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Show fcN Y' WIND CHALLENGES - RECEIVED BY JEFFRIES Hundreds Want to Fight, but Ho One. Will Stay In . . state Long Enough to Bind Match. -. It is not a primrose path for every man-. man-. ager of a successful fighter. Take- "William "Wil-liam . t)elaney for Instance. "Billy" has his own troubles. He Is the manager of the best ever. James J.1 Jeffries. Delaney ' Is known on both sides of tha-water f roht counting the Battery Wall In New York aa one aide of the wet thoroughfare and Kearney street, 1n San Francisco, as the other.- "Bill" alts up nlghta burning the midnight oil writing and telegraphing to all points of the -compass for a nt op-; ponent for Jeff. The result .Is always the same nit Delaney has Just written a. letter to the sporting editor of The Telegram. "We have the man and the money, he says, but we simply can't coax a legitimate opponent lnto-the same State with us. All we ask is for a fighter to post a. forfeit for-feit and we will cover it at once. W e are awakened from sleep every night by challenges' chal-lenges' coming 'collect' but these we. of course, pass tip. All we want tosee Is the sight- of some real money and we n be like the little nocket cameras we'll do the rest. "Talk about dark horse wallopers who have it on Jeff and are longing for a chance to show their worth? Why, they tprlng up in a night from all parts Of the earth. According to them Jeffries hasn t a ghost of a show. According to these 'hot air champions the big fellow might as well take to tha woods. "We will fight any white man In the world. The color line la drawn. We wlU fight" for any reasonable side bet from dollars to marbles. Jeff must be matched by June 1 or he will retire and retire for good. This is final. "Here are a few sample "challenges I have received for Jeffries. They come from every crossroads. From. them. It looks as if Jeff couldn't retain the laurels much longer. "The sporting' editor of the Wspplnger Falls Oasette has a man that can lick Jeff. He Is Flit Barrelhelmer. a work-ingman work-ingman employed In the Slawhouse brewery. brew-ery. Barrelhelmer Is a wonder. He stands feet 7 inches with his hair cut. If Barrelhelmer Bar-relhelmer defeats Jeff as he surely will the new pugilistic Haurel crown will be made out of hops." "Struthers. near PocateJlo. Ida.. April I. Jacques Placerine, a viell-known young o-ulrta In this neck of tile woods, h"by challenges Jeffries. Placerine. who Is only 16 years old. already weighs Z!l pounds. He has worn woolen mitts for twelve winters and believes with this record ho should be able to don the glovea. As this Is longer than Jeffries has been fighting the people here believe he Is entitled to a match. It takes three weeks to get a letter here. Mail should be addressed to Silas Cropper, storekeeper, postmaster, constable and general horseshoer, who is going to manage -Placerine If he falls to be elected oVerseer of the highway at the next fall election." ' i "New York, April S. Percy Cropperoskt. a bartender in a resort here in Chinatown called the Last Draw, has challenged Jeffries. Jef-fries. Cropperoskl has had his picture printed twice in a local publication. Once tnder the head of 'Crack Bartenders and the other time as a 'Well-known sport who reads the Polish Gazette." Cropper-oskl Cropper-oskl believes Jeff can no longer -aide step him. His friends declare he is the coming champion of the world. He trains with Chuck' Connors andt eata nothing but rhoD-auev and yokamln and drinks notn-fng'butMnk notn-fng'butMnk gn. Ah Fin Is hi, backer. No. 13 Dower street Is his address. "And then with 'daily hallengea from John L Sullivan. 'Jim' Corbett. Terry Mc-Govern. Mc-Govern. 'Tod' Sloan, the RossoMldgets, U looks as If Jeffries might lose his cron "But 'let any of them post" some money and they'll get all the fight they need." |