38.—Jones dashed in, but Tom steadied him by a left-hander on the left cheek, and Aaron got down.
39.—Jones, still first, let go left and right on the mouth and left cheek. Sayers returned on the blind eye, and got down.
40.—Jones let fly his left, but missed. Slight exchanges to a close, and both down.
41.—Jones, on the forcing system, planted his left on the jaw and then on the left ear, and as he was pursuing his man he fell on his face.
42.—Jones missed his left. Tom returned open-handed on the back, and Jones dropped.
43.—Jones dashed to a close at the ropes, where they pegged away smartly but ineffectually until they fell.
44.—Tom got home on the left jaw. Aaron missed both hands, and fell.
45.—Jones went to work, but without precision, and as Sayers retreated, Jones fell on his face. It was clear that Tom was carefully nursing himself, while Jones, feeling that both his ogles were going, was forcing the fighting, in order to tire out his opponent before he became blind.
46.—Jones rattled in and caught Tom on the left cheek, but not heavily. Tom returned on the left peeper, drawing more claret, and Jones dropped.
47.—Aaron, in his anxiety, missed both mauleys, and Tom caught him a heavy right-hander on the proboscis, whereupon Jones dropped.