Show TRUTH ABOUT JIM q Poverty Is Js Only Thing That Will WillEver WillEver Ever Force Champion Into Ring Again I IBY BY CHARLES E VANLOAN VAN LOAN There is one question which Jim Jini Jet Jef Jeffries fries answers Fiores Frore of tithes times in 11 the course ourse of a day dav da y yDo Do you OU think you yo will over yer fight n ht again 0 v And nd the big fellow simply y shakes shaka his head He is tired of 9 talking about lb ut It Every point In the argument has been gone over so gO often H t knows his own mind mimi and is not to be bullied or r ca cajoled cajoled cajoled into doing something which h regards as foolish t Jim has lost lo t all 11 but a It Rotators tat r in interest Interest terest In the orize nilze ring rine A few days ago he declared that h Ii he would nev never ner r ragain again enter the ring aa u referee The Theman Theman Theman man who was as for she years the great r central figure of modern pugilism may my never again thrust his broad hairy fists Into padded gloves HP H takes the lew that he has his own life to t il ii nd the right to live It as a h hI he pleases He bitterly resents rese Ul the argument that i Le e must fight again anin aninOn On the Level I wish Iso a lot of thue these wise people would OUid g gi e me credit for tor or ordinary good tense Henle Jim aya querulously querulously The They dont seem to think Im sma smart t enough to know what beet bt b at far fr f r me and I lye Ive e been of ot age ace for rOl eleven years ears I cant ant seem to make them theIR un understand understand tIt tint Im on the level tevel when I II Isay I say lIay that I Iu Im in done dom with Ith fighting as R a I business Just the other day ilav I war wv warl 1 l back at the end ot of thA be bar and a dudish looking stranger came caine in He Introduced himself and or cr a afew afew afew few rr about the he place and tt Ph I fiU fit a s and then lie III pulled off oft tho the Sisal ual question Are you ever going o fight again I said No o Oh Air Mr Ir Jet Jef fries saSs sas he you OU cant possibly mean It Say Sa I wanted to take that I little shrimp by the back of th nek land and pitch him into the middle of ef tit tin Is street treet I suppose it was because he I represented d public opinion rather than titan anything he hI had done personally Everybody s sms nis to think that I cant nt possibly mean it N Nw sw listen to me I never was 8 stuck on beIn a fighter The only thing I wanted was wag the money mone aid fighting made more money for ne one than II I could have han earned any othor other way This business bu of t having people turn turning turning ling ing arcu i to look at me on the street nev never r made any ary bit hit with me I hated ht Ithe the stow show business and If you OU dont think so ask Billy Brady about the time he took me across the country I II 11 bet he lie hant forgotten It Ithen When hen I got gut all the money ou u of lighting game I 1 quit There was a i holler toller about my m getting out ou so I IAn All An right Ill give you one year iii a man for me to lIght fight It If you ou do I It I Tm Im m done doneThey doneThey They didat t find the man and wel j l s alt all Never Had Swelled Head I suppose If we had hat a lot of good heavyweights Id be in the ring today tJay better class of sportsmen do not nt ant vant to see Sl me fight again that Is the fellows you have now You now I never talked about myself Imd l d I hone hope I 1 never had the swelled lead tead but honest I believe I can hk lik h k til 11 the rest of or these e heavy in a punch Burns says he will tight fight Johnson Ills his winter Inter Johnson ought to beat dm The only chance hance Burns has is in he Hack tack 1 mans man yellow streak and anti I eliere re that Burns is la game and will be licked without a hard fight fi ht fo 0 that gives gins Burns one ORe chance all ull light Ight Suppose Johnson wins win the tile heavy championship as I rather sus sea seat H t l he will can you hear the holler hat will go up hats Jeff gom going gomo lo o 0 do Oh Jeff Jete you OU goin gem to let a nit ler er r hold the championship ha And all hat Sort of patriotic hogwash that J always peddle to a champion or the honor of your our native land tc te etc etcIe Ie And it will make mak a lot of people pepe lad md when I st sa still sun and let It Johnson I old the title But I have haw made up liy 19 y mind that Ill IIi never Jer fight another legro and Ill stick sUek to it U When they hy get another white man to gut I Quit But One Chance There Theres s a just one otic chance to get mm Hit m mIto ito the ring again If It I JUlIe IUM Jo very every 1 lar ar I have hae in the world Id fight b bause be ause lUBe by fighting I could pet Jet ei more moie moren n a y l than by b selling my strength tren th j ether ethe way I saw an ad te other her herand j and it read The average man Is hi IsI hiorth I orth 2 a day da from his lila nook n t down Iown hit ht comes comeR pretty nearly betas being true tm End rid It explains why I ent Into the game If I should 50 to 5 broKe Ind od nd I guess there Is might small PIta lanCe ance cf cot that Id be right where h re ri I parted arted a long tints time ago Then Id ht and the te only chance th tho they y yive ave ive to see Jim Jeffries Joffries In the ring gain |