Show WORLDS WORLD'S CHAMPIONS MAI A CREAT CREA T IT IT WITH PERfORMANCE Immense Audience Welcomes Welcomes Wel Wel- comes James J. J Jeffries With Enthusiasm More lore than 2000 persons saw James J J. Jeffries Joffries and his all star collection of athletes athletes ath ath- letes letea In his groat athletic show at the Colonial theatre Saturday night Antmore And Ant more than 2000 persons were instantly impressed with the feeling of confidence in the ability of Jeffries to give a thorough thor thoro ough chastisement to his big negro op op- It was Jeffries for whom the great greal crowd had been waiting It was Jeffries who attracted the throngs to the station statler to welcome his arrival Jt ji t was the same champion who caused the tho admiring throng throat to f follow him to the hotel and to make mako oto 1 1 Y his s walks s about u town triumphal marches ar s sIt It was he whom they cheered and re- re cheered as he appeared on the stage of 01 the Colonial theatre Although to the crowd Jeffries was as th the whole show the audience e was surprised and pleased with the quality of the rest of the entertainment Frank Gotch Dr B. B F. F Roller Sam Berger Farmer Burns BOrns and the other athletes w were re given a ro royal al reception and their work brought forth enthusiastic applause Pleased With Jeff To most of the people In the audience e ethe the work of Jeffries was a revelation Salt Lake had seen Johnson and hence revered and fear feared d his perfect physique his great strength his speed and his cleverness Salt Lake had feared that Jeffries' Jeffries vacation from the ring had made him fat flabby and sluggish It was a a pleasant surprise to note that he was big but not fat that he was therewith there therewith therewith with all of his old time speed and skill From outward appearances he is fit Whether hether or not he Is possessed of the same gameness and vitality that characterized characterized charac charac- his former ring battles only the big contest itself can decide Probably the biggest hit made by Jeffries s was when he skipped the rope with the ease and grace that outclassed a school girl Another big hit of the Gotch Jeffries-Gotch show was the hC poorly r rehearsed added starter Tex e fo foIn forte Is in actions not words and he was decidedly decidedly decidedly edly ill III at ease when Sam Berger introduced Introduced introduced intro Intro- him as the champion promoter of ot blushed the world Tex appeared stammered and then tried to charge off the stage Berger stopped him and the Nevada mining man was forced to say a afew afew afew few words If he had thought of a speech he had forgotten It and he was only able to thank the people for the interest they were showing in the big Johnson Jeffries-Johnson contest and to assure them again that tho the big bout would be beheld beheld beheld held in Salt Lake Anderson Makes Hit Gus Anderson the clever little Kansas City ty wrestler made an Immense hit with the audience by hy staying fifteen minutes with the indomitable Farmer Burns The two put t up the best exhibition O of the ll evening a and ana the J Gotch Jeffries-Gotch combination don tion would would- add quality its to-its show If It took Anderson along as an exhibition wrestler The bouts between Gotch and Asbell and Roller and McCormick lacked the he live Interest and the he speed which characterized the Burns-Anderson Burns bout Dr Rollers Roller's talk on athletics was an excellent excellent ex ex- ellent one and the audience learned much nuch from the little lecture The were decidedly good In their comedy balancing act but Tim Jim Hermansen Her- Her Hermansen mansen nansen in bag punching was a disappoint disappoint- ment nent |