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Show says hart ;;:ihj:man Charlie Mik Back vKcntackiaa to Fight Jeffries. ; r ;z ' . . .- . 'i r -.:' ' f J . "ChawJey Mitchell, one-time txing ; champion of England, and one of the best gamesters 'connected with the sport to-day. to-day. is pot after Marvin Hart. Not that Mitchell wants to hook up with Hart in a passage of arms, but the Englishman believes that the Louisville boxer Is the one man that can put the kyboeh on Jeffries Jeff-ries and to that end has made overtures to tak him under hi managerial wing. Hart 1 now in Louisville recovering from the effect of th big reception ten-: ten-: dered him upon hi home-coming after his victory over Johnson, the black. Hart is said to look with great favor upon Mitchell's offer and In all likelihood will put himself under Mitchell's tutelage. Mitchell 1 rich. Not only did he come in for a large inheritance from his noted father-in-law, the late "Pony" Moore, but Squire Abingdon also . left ' Mitchell a I heavy "remembrance." Mitchell was for years the close friend and protector of the titled Englishman- and Abingdon was In the truest sense a gentleman sports-.roin. sports-.roin. " - Mitchell, who Is managing and backing Jabes White, who, as The Telegram exclusively ex-clusively announced, is being trained by one other than "Battling" Nelson, for his "go" with Brltt says that If Hart consents to come under his guidance he will not sanction his fighting Jeffries for a year t. least Mitchell believe that Hart Is not able - to put the Indian mark on the champion as yet' but believe he see In him after a year's development the man that can "deliver the goods"' and bring home the long end of the money and the title. There Is but one possible drawback to Mitchell's plaps and that Is this: Jeffries' last "fight ' was with Monroe on August 36, 1804. Since that time the big -fellow has scoured the whole country for an opponent but to no avail. He ha announced an-nounced that if there la no- fight In prospect pros-pect by June 1 he will pas up the ring for good. X Tries does not vacillate. He -. means lyrst Ire says. It Is too ranch to ask him-to keep In training year In and year out simply, through th possibility of a fight. If Hart really wants "a fight with Jeff he he but one thing to do. It 1 not Imply to challenge the big fellow. 'Jeff gets on an average of twenty challenge a day. A two-cent stamp will carry a challenge across th country and no matter mat-ter bow ."tight shut" the game is In certain cer-tain sections of the country any fighter can dig op a stamp. If any white man wants a fight for Jeff let him post a forfeit showing he means business, and get some club to hang up a suitable purse, and Jeff will be there to "do the ret" "Bniy-Delaney will sign up with any one at once, In behalf be-half of Jeff, if the coin is tn sight oth can be reached for the next two weeks at the Hotel Navarre, Seventh avenue and Thirty-eighth street New York city. Show Jeffries - enough money-In it to clear training expense and he'll fight at the drop of the hat and furthermore Jug-. Jug-. gle the arms that holds th hat In order to make it fall the sooner. There is but , on stlpulatlori-the color line. The man must be white. |