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Show v - i - ' Retired CJiampion James 'J7 Jeffries had high hopes. -' ; i from the result-of the IBerger-Kaufmaim fight, for in spite "v, of his -denials lit .-is no ..'secret that he has a hankering for the rich purses hung up by fight promoters in these days. ' , 4 He was much discouraged after the battle and its unsatis-v. unsatis-v. - factory result, i'pd has written the following confirmation ' :t of his permanent retirement from the ring: : ? BY JAMES J. J.BJT1 BiJB. -:V;.V-'-LOS ANGELES, CaC. Nov. 9. Tod ; Bk me wilM re-enter th ringt ' ', : . v. ' I ask you", where is there a man for " ' me to meet whose name', and' prestige J gig fighter would prorw him worth V ' .'while my going into training again for championship 'battle! , ' I have always eaid that tihould a contestant con-testant really worthy . of my metal tome np I would come forth and defend . . ny title, particularly if this claimant should hail from a foreign eountry. I " 'see no .new heavy-weights abroad. , ;'Gonner" Moir, whoi won the British 's championship from palmer,- has' no class; no more . has Palmer.- The Australian, Aus-tralian, Squires, is no bigger than our peavies at present, and I don't think ke elasses. with Jack O'Baien for clever-fiess. clever-fiess. V ' 1 It is a, safe bet thav Jim Jeffries will never 'fight again. In a few years I I shall not be able to train; any more, find there-is no material in sight now or , a champion, and champion pugi-ists pugi-ists are not made in a day, I ean as- Knra you. They have , to fight their Irray to the front. t The alfalfa for mine. - , I had high hopes of Berger. . I thought .this big fellow was a comer ftnd that of all men in the ring today he V was the most likely to attain the stand- rd of what the public expects in the man who shall wrest-from me the laur-'ls laur-'ls I won with the gloves. "He is a big fellow, strong, fast and clever," they told : me. "He has the punch ' , and the ability to deliver it. He is the man you will have , to face some day." - - Welli Berger is another exploded fhenomenon, and I see no reason why should give up the congenial life on .... xny farm ior the turmoil and hardship cf a training camp. I see absolutely no one that the pub- lie would care to see me put on- the gloves with. The heavy-weight class seems singularly devoid of good material ma-terial just now. The leading fights you ean count on the fingers of one hand. O 'Brien, Burns, - Kaufiaann, r Bchreck. Tll me, in all fairness, is there any one of these that the public that pays the toll at the gate would give a bag of peimuts to see me - put on the gloves with in a championship fight f O'Brien looks to be the best of the lot. He is a middle-weight. Of course, you will say that Bob Fitzsimmons was only a middle-weight when he. fought me, but Bob was a freak . of . nature. From the waist up Bob was one of the heaviest heavy-weights I ever ran across. ' Below the waist he was a bantam, ban-tam, but those long,. thin shanks of his could carry him around fast enough at that. O'Brien -is a middle-weight with the punch of a; heavy-weight and the speed of a bantayi. He is a wonderfully last, clever boxer, but Jack could peck at me all day and night and then for a few hours and make no more impression on me than I eoyild on Old Baldy out there back' of my furm. I expect O'jpriea will beat Burns.- I don't know whether he will put him out. but Burns' is only a good middle- j weight who has allowed himself to get heavy, and O'Brien should be able to peck him into r condition where he can Sut one over that will rock the Cana-ian Cana-ian boy to sleep. Al Kaufmann took quite a beating from O'Brien when they fought. H!e whipped Berger, but showed no class or any improvement that would war.mnt the belief that he ean turn the taJbles on O'Brien when they meet again, ,if they do. 'Mike 8c h reck, , who "is another middle-weight who i 'one of the kind of fighters that depend on bull strength and aggressiveness to carry them through their fights. So. you see, tlie field dwindles out, and if you study the situation carefully you will see that I was justified in saying say-ing there is no retison for my returning to- the ring. |