Show INSIDE HISTORY OF BIG FIGHTERS FIO Interesting Recollections of Otto Olio Oto Floto the h Pug Expert Export ANn AND I NOI tl About tile the Tim 1 n tIn h Collie C tOuchier In inS S ll Shuttle Ue We are again on on oil the ev CI e of ot a chain cham battle batti b tl says Otto Oto Plato Fiato In the theD D Is less than ten years yeara ago alco mighty t John L I Sullivan went under titular beCot the 1 Jabs J ba of ot the young Cn l llan Janice James J 3 Cor Car belt Ilet It I Is la less than five yearn ago sino since Robert Hubert lobert cd ed by hy the tue solar plexus route louto that ho lie 10 was Yas entitled to tho ho champions crown crow I It I Is lees Ion than loin three Q years carl ago alo when the name of ot James J Jeffries became world Iambus famous t through his win over tho the great Australian fighter It I gained mole moio luster r when It I successfully do 1 fended the tho title against Sailor Halor Tom Tho coming contest In San Ban Francisco next Friday l night will make the hue third time that Jeffries has hu been calUd cul d upon upun to defend the thu title tte WI Vil he put In the pugilistic scrap or will wi ho ha h himself rest among Inong the tho 7 It I In is good betting belting that Jeffries wll wi ill still be the champion when It I Is nl al nil over oer Of Ot course there Is Just such n a n thing tIming us as S winning But It I Is also possible that Connell will wi be Jus governor of or Illinois some lome day There am nie always ala possibilities especial especially ly I In Jn thi tiu prize ring If It was wal of at that typo of ot fighter wo we 11 ml lit term a 0 knocker out the lie dan danger gir gr of ot the th punch might aught bo be a I great Item to take tako Into IntI consideration But hut Gus Ous Is 10 anything but hut a I pro producer ducer Ills entire records shows from frOn top to bottom that lint he ho never knocked out a good man In his life lo unless It be anti and he ho wore wor the time sailor ou out more than thun he knocked hIm him out On the theother th theother other othel hand hant that list record shows where both and forced him lun him to take the count So Ho that the danger lunger of ot Jeffries being knocked out by bytho bytho byth tho th Is II only the very vely i remotest emotes of at possibilities Yet such things are 10 ant why whit knows but that lint there la In n a good turn tur In the wheel of fortune for tor Let Ie UH us Ut f see eo CO what both men mn hare hYC done dOM Jeffries since he ht began lighting fighting Ii iii hi July Jul hIS 1830 18 6 has hs not nol a n defeat cc r corded eor eJ against him True when lie he Il Went to New NOW York and attempted d to toMp t Mop Mp two men In ln twenty rounds and failed on an the first one Oll Bob mob Armstrong Armsrong It JH AS s or ought to be charged ns ni nl a ad de defeat defeat feat teat simply dimply because under the terms t or ortho Q orthe tho the match he lie certainly lost It I Is u i hard matter mater nt at best liest I st however r to sa sn say that a man lost and yet et he was net debated But ut a fighter who malice makes so o foolish a match ought to have It charged against him hIl when he ho falls fails cals to accomplish wil t tho he ho undertakes Bets hots were paid accord according ac acCording ord ing to the referees decision In Urn that event emt and the referee decided that failed to knock knoek Armstrong rm trong lilt mit Out Outside Out of ot this little Uto technical lots loss his record Is a I clean one The greatest feat felt and the one one that lint gave him genuine prominence was wag when ho lie lowered the colors of that doughty warrior red rell topped lopped Robert 1 He lie his real rei worth In that undertaking ant and accomplished what no man ever over did be before before before fore or since Wonderful as na was his de defeat JI defeat feat t nt of l he showed the thi mettle mette he lie was made made of ot when he fought Torn Tom Tor In the match after It II was all ni over and w Wt t calmly reflected over OYer the thc same we came cameto cameo cameto to o the conclusion that after all al he did not lt deserve deReno so to much credit credi for whip whipping whipping whipping ping the Australian And when we learned that he weighed almost seven pounds more than thun Fits we were astonished and nuil marveled nt at the wonder wonderful ful UI showing of at the tho latter Jeffries how however however ever eer deserved credit for making tho th match and showing the country countr that he ho wits was all al his friends had claimed for him himIn himIn In Iii the match with wih the cham champion pion was vas a n sick man He lie le was as only ani pare par partially taly trained for tho the bruising contest that hint followed Tho The wrangle between Billy BIDy Delaney Delane and Tommy Ral was responsible for this thin Add to this thu thi fact tact that thousands of lights above n o his head were ere throwing out n a heat hent BO tie fierce that thit some Ime of the tho were over OVel roine One with the tte tle same game and were forced tu tt luc leave the building Yet with wih alt all tl the conditions he h managed to pull uH through Those who were aware waro of ot his him hil condition and then realized what he Ill had done were simply astonished at the mans endurance Jeffries first called to atten attention was frt cled our thin tion ton when ho was wan wal brought from front Loj Io Ijo Angeles at lt the suggestion sU of ot hilly Billy Bly Woods to help train Jim Corbett Corbet for his hig fight with wih Bob FItzsimmons at Carson City CI At t that time he lie vas WI a 1 big strong fellow and end Corbett Corbet used u ed to punch him around at will wi All MI Al the tho stories however that came from the Corbett camp about hout the knocking Jet Jef Jeffries fries trIes down were fake fakes Billy Dily has lias time and again declared there was I no truth to them After Ater the de dc defeat defeat feat of ot Woods took Jeffries to California and from that time lime on he rapidly went to the tho front Ills His first frt opponent was Wi a n giant named Van Vm Buskirk and It I took Jeff just Jutt two rounds runds to put that ambitious slugger to rest Then came Henry of at Chicago who ho went veat to the th mot mat for tor hI I sleeping powders In the tho ninth round Third on the list was WI Gus the lie same man he Is to face ace next net Friday night made a I plucky battle ay and was W l rewarded by the tho UA referee with witha wih n a draw the first one In the chain cham champions record Joe Joo then thon tack tackled tackled 10 led the tho big fighter and ns as Joe was a ago I good go fellow and Jeffries lead over Oer him was none too to big hig the tho lie referee also allo de do declared elated that fight n a draw Joe Goddard who came to this country countr Raid and followed Corbett tt around seeking a I match cried quits In the he fourth round rund of Jeffries next contest Peter leter Jackson about this time got cot rol tho ho the notion noton In hU his hi head hen that he was still a formidable man In the ring and tackled 1 Jeffries JefrIes In the first round roun of ot that con contest contest test Jackson showed up well weil vel Rut nut age e and fast fait living soon told on the lie one timo peerless fighter anti and In the tho ti third tm round the thi spectators present remembering notable battle the 10 boring bering the many black Imlack man had fought pleaded to ti tm the referee to the tho contest ns n they am amnot not lot care caro to see old Peter loer knocked out out Colorado furnished tho the next opponent op for Jeffries In lii tho lie person of the t e cele cela celebrated Mexican Pete rete dont smile amle In tin tho ho third mound of the contest Peter pter attiCk his head through h time the ropes 8 and ana looked ut at the audience and Ind ua sum W Jeffries did not hot euro care to hit hi n a man with his back back turned towards the lie referee asked luter to Go 00 way back and sit Bit down The ho amusing part hart of ot this fight wa was Cor Corbett when Pete left the lie ring Harry belt bett was VILH standing let on tho lie outside of the ropes WiS when the Mexican turned to towards towards wards hint him hin and ana said soll the lie nat mat matter ter Did DIJ I tout foul him Of Ot course coure liar Har Harry Jar ry fY Corbett Corbet nearly n tell fell fel over with wIh sur nur surprise prise Foul hint him 1 cried No Feul hin Orbet Peter J you rou did dil not foul toul him hIn How BOW ow do ito you expect to foul toul a man when YOU yoi OU dont make an nn effort to strike a v blow I 2 Next the seat of ot war changes to the tM Hast East and wo we U thud find him hit battling for tor the he Ind worlds championship and winning the same In eleven rounds from Bob Dob Flu Fitz Fitzsimmons simmons Imo After n a short trip to Europe I the fight with Ith Sharkey took place Referee Slier awarded the tho decision to Jeffries nt itt lt the of ot the round Titers There was sas much grumbling und And dissatisfaction over the same 1110 by bytho b tIm the Sharkey adherents amid others claiming that the tIme sailor should have had a 0 draw at It tIme the very yer worst But ut when the tho fact Is II taken t ken Into con can consideration that Sharkey was WIS laid up i for tor n a week after tho the tight fight from tIme the tl I he lie received while there was Wil Wilnot not even oven a 1 scratch on the tho champion It I looks ns os If Slier knew what ha he h was do doing doIng doing ing when he lie h made ma n the th decision After Ier defeating Jack Finnegan I In one ono round In Detroit he ho tackled Jim Cor Corbett bett The Tue latter later made a 0 great fight for tor hot twentythree rounds when a n right hand Jolt put him to sleep Since then tho the champion chump lon outside of meeting a n few I local men In contests In the tha different rent cities eithe he lie visited has hau met no formidable cites opponent He lIe le matched to meet In Cincinnati last win winter wInter ter but tho tim authorities prevented the meeting started his fighting career In Inthe Inthe inthe the same year en that lint Jeffries JefrIes did He de defeated ia d tented hl first opponent who was a n tel fel fellow tellow low named Jim Woods at Akron Ohio Ho lie the then n won ivan from two men named Tob TobIn TobIn Tobin In and Kane Ian Yank Kenny defeated him bim himIn himIn In sixteen rounds nt at Baltimore Billy Diy Madden at this time was WI managing Stoye Stoe ODonnell ODonnel and was With him on his him way to San Francisco The he pair pah l lr stopped over nt pt Akron and Madden adden thought ODonnell would pick up a lit litlie I littie tie lie easy money mOley meeting To the to surprise of oC everybody present won with wih something to i pare aro uc Madden Madder saw saw sa his opportunity right there theme and then Dropping ODonnell ODonnel and making terms with he ho continued him hi Journey to 0 the coast with the Akron giant Klant Ilant anti and shipped Steve Ste back blk to New NewYork Ne NewYork York orle appeared Ipp on the coast and secured n a draw daw with Jeffries He lie le then defeated Tut Hyan BUI Dl Smith and Wolf Volf knocking the time latter out QuI QuIJe He Je then lien lost to Kid Hut Ri McCoy In a 1 twenty round bout at al Syracuse tumid Imd was WD knocked out by Tom In one round at Coney Cone Island scored the lie second knockout of ot lila his career care r against Tom McCormick In iii Philadelphia In two rounds He lie le then defeated Joe Goddard Joe and Goddard again n oln Ills His Hs next battle was wan with Peter Maher Maker which resulted In a 1 draw dra Again Madden and crossed the lie continent and he met de defeat de defeat feat at nt the hands of ot Joe Kennedy In twenty rounds rUnds The latter later was recent recently ly Ir knocked out by b Jeffries In two rounds From Prom Frisco to this city where he le defeated George Lawler and lack Jack He lie then met mot a I lot of ot see sec BC whom he h defeated winding up lila his hil winning streak by knocking out Tom Sharkey Shurkey for tho the first time In the tle sailors Bailors career Two weeks w ks after that put to lo sleep in six lx rounds runds It Ils Is now 1 up to Jeffries JeIrles Madden Mallen must fear tar Jeffries JeIrles somewhat In the tho clinches Evidently he remembers hers bers bl how ho tho the champion cent admit Mit that right hand Jolt Jol to rib ribs anti ani how ho It I told on the he sailor pallor In tho the closing rounds round He lie JI docs not care came to have Hulin Itoh in take tak tint that punch It If It can be avoided The Th rule rile I ms to tl please the tha public best and and for that mat matter matter matter ter It Is ns its 1 fair for tor one on fighter as a It I Is for tor the other They The were vere the rules un del which the tho pugilists fought In New York In Chicago In this city Tho ThOe Those e br lights fights give the Ic merL men too to much mitch of ot a n chance to a clinch and do nothing It I tires tre tho the spectators out and gives too much opportunity for tor fakes takes L lt Let t us hope hpe the tho San Bon Francisco club chub will wi Insist In the tho straight Queens Quena boil er rules rles The battle botte between the two big bi fellows will wi be bo slow Flow Ilow enough without handicap burdening It with wih an I |