Show r arm i g 2 5 LOOKING FOR ONE TO BEAT JEFF j 5 tn un H urn Whatever III effect the dearth of ot good fOod heavyweights may Ina have on time the boxing taxing game It certainly has haa hustled heretofore h lethargic managers of light lIht lighters ers p Into a 1 state elate o of oC activity to 10 discover some solve one capable of ot giving Jim Jeffrie a IL hattle tot for 10 supremacy up Clever big blat men are aa as hard to 10 find aa as precious pre loul Jewel jewels They Ther ar art are worth their weight In Ingold Ingold gold gob and CUlt with an fin adroit anti and pilot behind them they can accumulate i more loore the th greatest of ot little fellows In the same space of or time hut Dut lI t big bl men do not n t take to 10 pugilism us III readily aa a their small email Im 11 and this Irate If I ofle Od of 01 the reasons reMona why we w have so 80 few heavy weigh ta The majority of ot giants go 10 In for other kinds of ot ath athletics Only aa a a mi 1 teat lut resort r ort do they take lake up boxing Th The big man with athletic tendencies Is apt pt to be vain aln lie He regards regard his hi good i looks look a as essential to 10 his hl success and anda andas a as very ry careful to preserve them theta Ho Ile realises realises that his hit features feature aro mire liable to 10 be lit considerably mutilated and lid dis distorted totted If It he hi goes into th the fighting bud nfl liEU unless he lie U Is exceptionally clever eloer cleverAnd cleverAnd And no matter how skillful a man In III Inthe inthe the ring may Ina be he Is III certain to 10 receive a punch during the fight that thai may make Hake hits his nose no bleed blacken his hll eye disfigure his hll oar ear or puff up his hie lips Of 01 course a will well w 1 trained boxer gets over oer these thue hurts easily In a few tew days most mOlt of ot the marks disappear r unless some come bones bon have been broken Accidents will naturally happen In the best beat regu latel households And the ring U is not exempt In this respect The seasoned fighter the men man ml whose who and nM pluck have hue boon ben tested 1 time Ume anti and again a It Is I satisfied to take all nth the licks In cre creation cr atlon so long aa as he 1 Is the victor and Ild the reward Is II made worth the while Despite IU its I popularity pugilism In III Inthe inthe the eyes Y of ot many matey mati to s 8 a depraved port Very tr few goof 1001 arguments are or ed why wh many ninny should entertain this Im tin pr alon but the fact tact remains that the profession prof II Is held In contempt In plenty of quarters The average prize fighter fishter Is la just as nee human and und as good and as loyal as lIS the average business man He lie has haa simply Dimply taken up the business for tor tho the money there Is II In It Il ac at li M satisfied ned to take hard knocks If he Is li amply paid for lor forIt lorIt forIt It If JC he has haR a family he ho sees HOI that they are well welt provided for lor Many of 01 them save lave their earnings cartilage In tho the ring and are arc law members of oC society p u u u u u u u u u u u J There are aro any In number of or big young oung then men In this title country countr today who with the proper r kind of oC coaching and train trainIng Ing log would be b able to 10 become And make money In III tho the prize ring nut Hut they are afraid to take up the calling either for lor butch nuch reasons as ne these or be he because b cause they the aro prejudiced Of at course It Is le useless for or anyone to 10 go Into the fighting lighting business If It he Is not strong enough or does doe not the regul requisite site lite ability to make a successful fight fighter er tr While other kinds of ot athletics need net 1 strength and aul endurance pugilism Is thought thought to 10 be the most strenuous of oC all allAnd AllAnd allAnd And that Is la one of at o the tho reasons why the sport Is II so o popular and why It will to tomain main so 10 The Time tact fact that Jim Jeffrie Jeffries has hili so RO far proved Invincible is no criterion that he h cannot IM he whipped Ho Ile I le II only hu human hUe hUeman human man and a good rood strong blow dell delivered erod ered on a n vital lIal spot will tend send him low lowthe lowthe the Ih same name as any allY other man It Is only natural that n bruiser of or his hl caliber should Inspire ln tear fear In the hearts heam of 01 his hiM rivals But Dut fighters of at Jeffries caliber all have their day tiny and aro arc sure to 10 meet maet w with Ith a reverie reverse If IC they ther stay long enough at al the business There Is no better paying profession In the tho world than tho time career of ot a fI successful scrapper If It Ith he h I lion is on the top and only battles twice e ea a year he hI ran can gather father Ith r enough of ot this worlds wealth to keep him In luxury for lor the tho year following I Billy Madden has haR the th correct CO Idea about heavyweights h lie He hoe has hl deval covel opal more champions In this thle class clA than any other manager lie Ho can make moro macro capital with a II third rate heavyweight h than he could with a champion little littleman littleman man He lie always on the tho alert for tor new now In thle division Ho lie never nor turns a R deaf deaC ear car c r to the let letters leu lers he receives r eleK from tram ambitious candidates for prize ring fame and ho he gets a lot of oC thorn thom from Irom folks nil over the country lie Ho answers them person personally ally nil and If It the aspirant happens to be bea b a 11 heavyweight he ho will get an audience all the tho quicker Ho lie has ha nn an original method of trying them tl m out and can ran die dis distinguish their good and poor qualities without stretching his neck lie He knows knos a l brave brne man from a 1 coward and has hM no ute use us tor for any af of the latter Jailer breed br ld Madden Mahlen has handled such uch well II known heavyweights h as tUI Charles Mitchell II John Jhn JohnL L l Sullivan OUR Otis Joe and Denver Dener IM Ild Martin He lie took In tow low when no one else llIe wanted him and made mad n a fighter r out of ot him He Ifs aw saw that had he the the necessary qualities such each as lie gameness stamina height and weight All 11 ho he tacked lacked was proper train trainIng trainIng Ing lag and development Tho The trouble with present day managers Is that they drop Into InlO the tha background after they hey have developed one champion and made I mono money Instead of ot looking for Cor another I Iman Iman I man to fill nil his shoes they retire or live IIvo rf rf V n non y t f one on their reputation That Is I one on of ot the tho chief reasons why we eve have huv BO to few tw good heavyweights he AMERICANS AIm VICTORS Oroal Work of Cyclists Lawson Will i hour thour mid Rorie Once On co agAin America Ims hlll scored over every other country In athletics and time the cycle racing followers Ire are the ones who are congratulating upon the tho of 01 their representatives Although one olle of ot the men had only been on the other side Hide a few taw days lie ho had Irad no trouble securing a n victory while the time other two defeated their opponents with comparative ease eale Is l made to the triple vie vic victory Ic Ictor tory tor scored by b Lawson and Hurley Hurlo In rem the worlds championship races rl s held hold recently In London Landon They each filch captured a n championship against the tho fastest men Inen abroad and this ratio coun country IlIn try Iry can now boast of 01 having three worlds champions in III cycling Hobby Bobby R of ot the t Columbia team has hill been abroad a 1 couple cOll le of oC months and his hll ph speed nat naturally orally anticipated the victory which he scored In the tho kilometer cham championship of oC the lie HP defeated the tho bet bent best mOil men of or seven men different countries In the thO race behind motors Iver Ier Lawson of ot the Columbia racing team lea III rend hall been doing excellent work nn on the foreign tracks but It Will was somewhat of or a n surprise that he should evolve a l winner of ot the short hort distance championship champion ship chip In III London where whore he ho met tho the best bett of 01 the European riders rider The Tho most moat creditable performance however was WAI the tho victory of ot Marcus L I 1 Hurley Hurle of ot the New Nell York Athletic club c who won von his heat In lit the amateur championship two days after leaving the boat bORt Ho TIe equally n RI as well wellIn wellIn In the semifinal while In tho time final ho he hoI administered a n crushing defeat to heed Heal I I of ot England l the former holder of 01 the title I tie Italic halls from Irom Atlanta Ga Go claims claim Salt Lake yoke aa an a his home while Hurley was wal born unit brought up UI In hi Boston Doston although he now resides In hr New York where he Colum Columbia bin bia college as a student learning to tobe tobe 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