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Show JEFFRIES INTERVIEWS PREACHER ON S00L MINNEAPOLIS, July 24. Itov. G. L. Morrill, a local preacher, yesterdav called on James J. Jeffries, the heavyweight champion, who is appearing this week at an amusement park. When tho minister was introduced to Hfl him. the fighter said: "Vou are welcome, but not any moro ' MM because you are a minister." mm Morrill said he did not thlnlc a minister HI any better than anybodv- olso just be- HI cause he is a minister. The fighter told HI the preacher that there aro Just as many B good people outside tho church as arc HI In Jt. The minister replied ho did not HI know but what he was right, "Why in thunder don't you preachers say something about a man's body as H well as his soul?" said the fighter. "How 11 is a man going to save his soul when his HH Uver Is out of order?" Morrill promised the. fightor he would appear on the platform with him tomoi-row tomoi-row afternoon. |