| Show IN I X C Ii I UI U I JIU I Toll ilm Ihl lilt Great linn Ilas nonia r I IThe The editor of If the 0 R ha h has th I the timely ly ankle II on I the Ihl hi fr or champion Jaynes J an lill o ln pared ll d with the word records of 0 John 1 l NulU van ran on James J Corbett and Robert Mt f I Simmons and h Ile ht Uh w a II ahard herd hard tall fall out enl of or theme those who hav Vs tied the th i champion Aft Mt After r nyall fur for tho the lit nt City CU In February J Mi INS Ik John l I b started out on on ft hi his hIe lour around the country which brought him him a H deluge llull of at lad vested pled him with the Ihl reputation ot aMIn the M nf of r ring that III 1 Ned fatal 1 ml 8 nt night li n in III th the follI C tty Ut Iy ten Ieti Years yean hIt hate v heu h hr was U beats n to 0 the be Min sands U of if II the ull uld 01 Olympic club sarong arona I In III 21 round Rut Hut it II Will lIU H John Ili f r won well erful ii in iii in nil Ii IM I reil lv the gIri ani nn mi and II wont nb ob II vb n II Ile II nd a rd by th the AUrl n file hI I if r Ii IH t lirow to tor r lie II C tui In III Ilo ii idol and ami the th i or e hi hl In n fl lOad 11 an ail of r f I Ivan van th the life lite o ca and sit n era ra of that WB was really ih Alert Ihrl r n II nee if ticket i 11 If that Owl bell lh Ih lu In the th heart of e An a I in Ilya M in h dl II loit L AA Mill 1111 fall If C lie p oil lilt n l I Ik Maher 01 or ther r f the big biff an no IIII w extant h he II HI III t II J i down Into Inlo hU hili hId tomba U W have KOt got to grow KrOY u II new ne ono one for J Self lf or Uc oJe pend for tor gran ObI cur u on tn mili le legi r grades grade of at tho the And what have nil those alleged savant and got lot to eay RI anyway to this thin of or mine min nu n that lint thorp there IN I not n it man m i to take tako any thin dung like an 1111 ritual Imme with lIh J itin the th it lighter that ever pulled I shirt over aver hU his hi hem head the man who I mowed mott mu ved down oil ell the t ht talent In hi his within u y r n array nt of that that Ihal no tie other outer titan limn ever liver met not mint PS on tOrbett sad ami What that trio he l lIn In 21 Years Ilene line Jeffrie Jeffries In one COOl Abeel tilt these trill H s Hoir over Or Iho tho country utter r each arh one on of ot tin IIII fight lime IIA ha o him M as n pose champion and he IH III olum y end nil slow ilow ami only ohl bj by 10 reason of ot fortuitous wan M ar r the of or the u king Hah to auch Ill bint thought tra ety such dl leh rot rat I have hIve no pa Hence with his thin me In meas ot of historians let them b Ire be whom they Inn may nd I 1 know them all st at lust and th they y know me meNow meNo meNow Now No lets let tee ge did do during Jill In hi his reign r f n 1411 iy with the mm mn who I hlO presume i tn lu t I lure i n a 1 break with him Thre Th rs wa Wll was K ii In Jim Corbett I S Frank Jim Jun h Iet r Jackon and Mob Bob mans monH Hi III U whipped hl J II ln In ht a burn bato knuckle fight t where when f everything er went hut but It took to f film Jot 75 76 round to tf d do It and no sa that 1111 10 great fr it link He tie fought II a 3 34 V round draw at IV the th same Kamp etyle tyl elk ami iva W lu luk ky to 10 e escape pape e d drear rear at M that He lie would uld not HIM acct Peter J t r Jin h Join Jom lento ur er Paddy lAddy InvIn l H i and anil nIl Corbett tt linked him without getting liu hi hair in III I 1 round rounds A great KM record old to tu impure compare with lIh that of or fumes And I orl in III hl hi Ills nix lx years of th the throne with his hIM victory over p pitch old what lid l I he h Iu do toll I I f hl out lOt f t j u light nt at Jack FIn 1111 In III three thio r escaped u 11 licking from Tour Tom I nil Ills conqueror Jim Corbett was Willi ular from a n multitude of ot caus was always alway glanced at as n kant kanto and Jeffries the equal of at any nn of ot them In decency good l and nud In lacks the magnetism that scorned deemed to 10 environ the massive proper of oC John Jahn 1 I Sullivan The heavyweight stock has mn run short alert The fhe big ble fellows have all tIll receded Into In Inanition anition Millon having been heen hammered Into uselessness are aro dead retired or lr va VU mouth one or the other uther It Is la haid to ta tot t tell ll Jut hut the tho MB big champion champlon James J Jeffries n a colossal monument to a n mammoth rileD race Something r Inns be he h did at lit lota ant Sharkey would 1 put I It or len left might as well don dan hrs his apron again ii KB I n pick up III niB ale hammer and get bark back to 10 hili IH riveting n the boiler bolle factory Like Alexander the Great areat he may mil nigh High for Cor other worlds to conquer but hut I 1 Sharkey In four at Frisco and anil again In nine at ut New York and there them you yo II which brings ua un down to Fitz II 11 lie whipped Corbett In 1897 1697 out Olt at III union In 14 H round rounds und and then got knocked out In 1699 by ty Jeffries at nt Coney Conry Island In 10 11 II And Jeffries In June he out In lu U It rounds live months month later hammers Turn Teat Sharkey half to death In 26 puts pate Jim Corbett to cheep In M 23 3 four tour months after and dun Oun In six Ix but a n year and a n half halt to title thin Combine the work of ot Sullivan Corbett and In 23 years yearn anti and compare It to 10 that of Jet Jef Jeffries tries fries In n less legs than two and draw your our own conclusions Jeffries the tho country from coast to coast ran over overall overall all nil aspiring opposition lIKe a thoroughbred thorough thoroughbred bred br d responding to a every Invitation und and doIng thoroughly and completely every everything thing that has bus been risked Asked of ot him Until I now even orn the carping critics acknowledge acknowledge edge that there a man In the world capable of or giving Mm him even n 1 hard battle Today he be stands alone tho thin greatest greate t tighter fighter of ot this title or any other nee A poor champion Indeed |
