Show Could Jeffries Beat Sullivan With Both Fighters in Prime P-ime 7 I BY ill JEFF JEPP THOMPSON THOl New York Feb Fel 2 What 2 What v have leave been the result had John L. L Sullivan nn In his prime met In the ring James J. J Jeffries In his hie prime This Is purely an in academic question for tor of course the tho two men n never ver can can In fact never could have hao met under the tho conditions named The Tho question Is prompted b by two articles which recently have appeared In local sporting papers paper One sportIng sportIng sporting sport- sport Ing writer In speaking speaking- of Sullivan sa says sais s 's John L. L Sullivan was a heavy hitter hiter but was In the same Game class as ns Maher In the matter of ot cleverness Sullivan Sulvan never ne landed his blows on a clover er ce boxer He lie retained the tho championShip championship championship cham cham- of America for tor ten years ears limply for tor the reason that ho refused to tight any of th i real good men inon of or his time time Peter Peter Jackson Frank rank Slavin Sla- Sla yin vin and Joo Joe Goddard an any one of or whom could have ha e sent the Boston Doston boy to grass In short order That Is la one ono side of the question Queston Now comes an Interview with Billy BIly Maddon Madden who ought to be about as asgood asgood asgood good a 0 Judge of ot tho the fighting man titan as 09 any anyone one that could be picked out off off- hand He says ys Jim Jeffries would not have had a chance In the world orld with wih John L. L Sullivan Sulvan wh when n tho the Boston Bos nos- ton boy was In his prime Ive I've Ivo heard hearda a n. lot Jot of talk about what Je ff and his mountain of ot strength would have havo done against n tho Old Roman noman but let me tell tel you OU that Ive I've Ive seen them all 01 and John was the Icing While I am nm not so cock sure as Madden ralden sc seems ms to be that Sullivan would have hav been able ablo to have taken Jeffries's measure with wih easo ease at nt any anytime time timo In his career on the tho other hand this talk of John I L. L L meeting only onI third raters and not being able to toland toland toland land on a 0 clever man Is to Laugh I saw Sullivan In practically all al of his fights from tho time ho he put Steve Taylor out at Har Harry Hills Hill's Hils and f ono one of ot tho the greatest ht fights fights' with wih John Flood that I ever Aver saw up to the tho time that the wre k or of Sullivan was putout putout put putout out by Jim nn and I have seen pretty much all al of the good goad ones In Inaction inaction action acton since Sullivan Sulivan was a 0 natural n tighter fighter h ter he could hit hi the tho hardest blow of ot any man I ever saw and nd before he was wrecked by drink I do not believe there was a t man that ever lived l ed who could have beaten eaten him Tho The Idea Ie that ho he could not land on ona ona ona a clever er mann man Is nonsense They do donot donot t not grow row any cleverer men with wIh their hands and feet than Charley Chancy Mitchell was when he met Sullivan Sulivan first firt and Sullivan got ot to him all right and fought him to a standstill with a punch When he met Mitchell Mitchel In France Sullivan was no more moro the great John L L. than was the tho man who vho put Jack Dempsey out when h he hemet hemet met Jack JacJ OBrien O'Brien I do not know Inow which ono one would haewon have ha won If J it i were possible for tor Sullivan Sulvan and to have havo met with both men mcm In Inthe Inthe inthe the prime of or life and In Sn tho the prime of ot condition but I do know leow that I would very cheerfully pay for Cor a 3 round trIp ticket from New York to San Francisco o and a good stiff price for or a a. side ring sent seat It If such a match were possible Battling Nelson remarked recen recently ty Inside of 0 a year car I expect to lick Joe Gans Whether hether or not riot that wish wISh has any reasonable basis basl i will wIl depend largely large large- ly iy upon the result resul of the tho scrap between th the Battler Batter and Rudolph at Los Loa Angeles next Wednesday nl night ht I understand that the Doer Boor Is a hard nut for tor any man to crack and If Nelson Nelson Nel Net son takes Ills Ida measure in decisive style another match between him and 11 Gans would be ho the natural outcome I am rather Inclined to believe beleve that Nelson has gone on the tho principle that somebody somebody somebody some some- body must lick lck Gans sometime and that I If I he be at nt it long enough he ma may be tho the man Dilly Billy looks look like lika the goods Ills His recent light with wih Stanton at Boston shows that Jat the Westerner is all al that his friends have havo claimed for tor him He has vcr very much tho the loo me sue of ot the champion at nt his weight weight He lie i Is quick can stand punishment has the punch and looks looka look like ho enjoys l fighting for forthe forthe the sake e of the thc fight These are qualities qualities which make tho the championship honors Jack OBrien O'Brien having found round it i practically Impossible to rehabilitate himself him him- self seif ael In the fighting game gamo as ns a n fighter fis now nov appears as owner o and matchmaker match match- maker He has In charge charge the Ontario Athletic club of Philadelphia and proposes proposes pro pro- proposes poses to arrange and put on fights It ItIs Itis I Is probable that Jack will wH give a n certificate certificate with each bout that it I is on the level le otherwise and unless tho the certificate certificate is backed up by somebody whoso whose word may be depended upon It ItI Itis itis is I hard hardly likely that Jacks Jack's club will be bo much of or a a success g. g There is more trouble in sight for Cor Abe Atel Attell who I is busily engaged In plucking lemons in California Spike Robson the hitting hard harl little lUe English feather has come back to this looking for a 0 bout with lh the American champion Inasmuch a as Robson does lees not belong to the citrus cirus fatally family it is doubtful If Abo Abe will wil do an any business with him for a time at least |