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Show i j 1 - - r 7 - ' S I ; j ( -4 4-4 1 L:;;:: i:i Ycrl: Tells IIo'w: lie Stayed Tc:r l:c;::Cs With the CIiaLipicn. ( "I tot Into the rlr.g and put a pair ot boxing gloves on for' the first- time In two years," said Jack Munroe of Butte rc-sardlr.j his now famous fight tilth - Jewries, to a New York reporter. "JefTrles as In the other corner, glar-1 glar-1 Ing: at me as if he Intended to make m Jump out of the rinsr. I didn't mind that, but when he got ui at the bell and came swaggering over to my corner, ETlnnlns at me as If I was easy.-,it made me mad. He came over as confidently confi-dently as -If all -he had to do was to eat a piece of pie. He didn't take the trouble to crouch Just stood up straight. "I stood In my corner -waiting with my mind made up to strike the first blowi He came right up to me, witn his guard lveld carelessly. . , "I saw his guard was too low and 1 hooked my right over as hard as I could. It caught him rlsht under the ear. For a moment Jeff stood there with the silliest, most stjipid look on his face I ever saw. Did you ever ae a man straighten up suddenly and bang his head on a low beam or a table or "omething? He looked as If he did Just that. ' - Jewries Became Furious. ' ; ''But In the second round he was wild. Fits had been yelling: and waving wav-ing his hands over in Jeff's corner and giving him advice. When the bell rang Jeff Jumped up and ran at me. I didn't feel excited at all. I just mixed It up with him or clinched when . I had-to. In the middle of the- round, he seemed to get furious because he couldn't land on me when I was either running or blocking or clinching. "The referee had Just told us to break from a tlinch. "I let go and was about to step back, with my two arms still lying across Jeffries' Jef-fries' shoulders- and my muscles all re laxed, when Jeff suddenly punched me In the pit of the ctomach with his right and as I went down followed on te tame spot with the left. That was the only time he knocked me down In the whole fight ' "Site Him, ieft!" Crowd Yelled. "It was a foul blow, and the whole -crowd yelied.and hissed; "I .heard some of the boys yell: 'Bite him, Jeff! Why dontt you kick him while he' downr and other thinrs. . .J - "When 1 got up Jeff rushed rhe right 0 VILL LH CIIAXiriCII ; O ir it is 117 inir. . - "I know I'm a good football, f) player. I played guard for two () years xjn the greatest team In the West, that licked Up" everythlr.Sf from Chicago to San Francisco .that's 2000 miles like 'a prairie fire:- But I don't claim to be a champion fighter, or a great fighter, either. I like to fight I'm going to be champion if it Is In me. Whether H is or not I don't know, so I'd rather hot tklk abodt thaf-JACK MtTNROE. .... SS(S! away. I clinched, and on the break he tried the trick as-aln. In fact he fouled me that way all through the second and third rounds. "Near the end of the second round I got my chance.- - "Jeffries reached for me with a left hook, and he seemed to be slowing up. "Anyway, T stepped In toward him and let the" blow g6 6ver My heck. At the same time I drove my right against his ribs over the heart as hard as I knew how. "Jeffries staggered against the ropes) which kept h)ni from falling en his back. Then is legs gave way and he dropped over forward on his knees. He couldn't Stand straight when .be got up and didn't seem to be able td move his leg; Before I could -take advantage of the! chance the bell fang; Jeff reeled to his corner. -. Pound Jeffries Easy - to Hit. , "Jeff tried to rough me out of it all through the third round, arid I gave him a little football work. I retaliated as well I !oud at his own. garrwi but I didn't know how to hit In clinches and breaks. He had the better of me; But byHhe end ot the round he was In bad shape. I never saw a man so slow as he wai when he tame out for the fourth; Of course; it was bad condition that made him go so soon. He couldn't walk straight, and he didn't seem to be able-to punch very hard. -I felt strong; and I was Sure I could last so I. cut 130S?. "For all 'of ihat last round It was easy to hit Jeff. He was too weak td rough it In the clinches and he gave up hitting In the breaks." . |