Show Big Money Looms Looms' for lor Jeff After Lean LeanY Years ars BURBANK Gal Cal July 30 AP AP- AP Jim Jeffries after years of financial reverses seems at last about to come into big money Oil has been found on onn coin somo of hi lili property and and his many friends of them notables whom notables whom he has entertained lavishly at his ranch anch despite his lean years are flU epU- optimistic that he will yet become wealthy The heavyweight crown that Jeffries Jeffries Jef Jef- Jef- Jef fries s wore was was' only gold plated He Ho did his fighting hard fighting hard and often often before before the days of fat purses He met life size men with fighting hearts but this was too early In the game to reap riches His His largest ring purse was the losers loser's end of that he got for returning to the ring against Johnson in 1910 His defeat upset plans for a world tour that was to have netted him On retirement retirement re- re h he bought a cafe In Los Angeles but luck still was against him He fell back on his ranch Friends he had lent large sums failed him At one time In his financial straits it looked as though he would lose everything But But when things to looked ked the worst he made a deal deat with real estate people whereby his l land nd was subdivided subdivided subdivided sub sub- divided and he realized a profit ofa of ofa a quarter million Recently oil was brought In on some land left teft him and as it flows his bank banI account Is expanding toward the sixth digit 1 |