Show TALK WITH JEFFRIES New Champion a Modest Unassuming Young Man In hIs dressing room as he nrenared for hIs exhIbItion ChampIon JeffrIes talked very pleasantly with several friends He is a modest young mhn still new enough to hIs honors to be free from any ultraegotism Of his coming bout with Sharkey he said he knew little save that the money was deposited and the battle I sure to clme off in October probably In New lork He made no boasts as to what he should do with Sharkey In truth he rather seemed to dislike to talk of hIs fights past or present a quality that is refreshingly unusual in a champion pugilist 1 am not dead stuck on the game I anyway he admItted but as long as Im in it I might as well go ahead and fight Ill meet anybody that wants to stand up before me They neCnt wait untIl they get a reputation Theyllhave that if they can lick me peaKIng or tHe 1tZSlmmons tight Jeifries saId that he was confident of wInning from the < start and could have finIshed hIs man much earlier In the game bad he not waited to test pIs opponents strength and powers lie came out of the fight almost as fresh as he went into ft he saId You look almost like a foreigner lfr TeffrIeS saId one of the guests youre so dark Oh but he Isnt put in Ross ONeil Hes an American born and bred You bet I am JeffrIes said and I got all thIs stretching his great frame and spreadIng his long arms as he looked down at hImself in conscIous I pride In California I was raised on I a ranch in southern California and I grew bIg and strong by rustlIng around the mountains Callfornlas a great place I like it far better than the east though the cast is well enough Still theres nothIng like the west after af-ter all i Jeffries leaves thls morning wIth hIs party for Ogden Traveling wIth hIm are Jack Jeffries Ross ONell Alex Brown and Billy Delaney I s UJ i r |