| Show I fM l r I o X X I Ii i I 1 I f 0 I I 1 I tt S PORT DORT DORTa I j P x xI lien e 4 i i I ees a a pe pei o 7 v i i i H 1 Jeffries hi Looks Like I I I j i j John L i Sullivan of 1 1886 I f 41 i By B W 11 V W Naughton I I Tames James J Jeffries retired heavy henr heavyweight henrI heavyweight weight champion of the world and I I now before the public eye as a pos possible I sible candidate for Tor a fight light with Jack Jae I I Johnson made his first appearance in iii inthe inI I the tho public ring rinh Sunday in four years elm elmI I and while Jeff is IB not the same big boy bo boj I j wo saw when ho he was stowing awa awaI away I Sharkey and the rest ho he hot I worked In such fashion that he gives glo t i promise of oC being capable to get back J II Jn In grand shape J I I Jeffries does dOCH not display the wealth I of muscle ho did in hi his lighting years ca i J i II The shoulders are aro not as I as us the shoulder that compelled respect I j j from flOm Sharkey Corbett CorbettI I l i and aud others They Thoy Tho may mn acquire that i beehive bee appearance again n if the chain cham champion l j I pion plop takes up tip his bag a punching and andt andI t his flirtation with the tho heavy heaT sand I i sack mck mckI I i I In any an case Jeffries now look looks more i i like the John L Sullivan of 1886 1556 than the Jeffries of half hall a dozen years ears ago i I i He has lost the strong man lines linos that thai r I were a heritage of his hl I days clays He is flat Oat muscled and rotund of frame He looks as any an c athlete looks when he has fallen upon easy C years and is approaching middle age ngel tri l Now ow as to how he works w The In Introduction InI c the shouting and anti the bow bowIng I j I dug Ing g over big Jim grasped a skipping I J ii J rope ropo and glanced around tho the stage to tomake tomake j make sure he had hall plenty plent of sea room 11 11 Then he began to 10 skip and he Ii i covered ground was writs simply marvel marel marvelous marelI ous I I The ropo rope whistled as aH Jeffries sprang I this way wa and that hint I with catlike leaps eaps i There was certainly no suggestion ot or ori i stiff hinges Minxes about the performance i and the shrewd fellows peering from fromI I the tho wings whispered that the big fol follow folI low lc had not lost any nn of his speed j I whatever else time might hae ave rob robbed robbed bed him of From the rote Jim passed pas ed edt to t the dumbbells dumb With one of these things in each ch hand he danced to and andI I fro venting hooks and uppercuts on empty air Then Sam Berger Bergor was WIS brought on the stage stag all gloved and ready for Cor the rho event enl of the afternoon loon The rounds of or the exhibition were woefully short and Berger did most ol of o othe the he leading 1 0 11 II ng Jeffries ICs explained this later 1 r I had on a glove gloc for four years ears and I 1 was never noer a parlor said Jim If I commence I slashing out before I become used to it Ill hit too hard Of course he I did not let Berger have it all his own way at that He lie returned one punch out of or an average of oC three received recel od and ho disarranged Bergers aim many man times by br clever ducking clucking and drawing away aa aaI Nearly Spoiled Scenery I At one point In the opening spasm Jim gave gae back a scenery dig dl with hl his elbow and it looked l for a moment asIf as asIf If the top tOll hamper hampel stage stase would come como tumbling to the floor In tho the main I I though he was wag both hoth neat neal and nimble I Iam and am it Is not romancing to say sa his agil agU agilIty agUSty i Sty Ity it was remarkable for tor or a ring ling man who has been idle GO so long lone I I i There Thore was a bit of clinching In that I first round and a look of or wonderment and nail apprehension came Into Inlo Bergers Berger s eyes es as the big fellow muzzled his i 1 I I wrist wilst vt with one ono hand band and grasped him I Iback 1 back huck of the neck with the other Ber Bergel ger gel looked about as happy as a baby bab i calf in the clutch of a full grown griz but hut when Jeffries temporarily severe core look widened into a R whole w hole i i grin Sam S m became b came happy again and cut loose with wilh youthful abandon But it was all coming back to 10 Jeffries now and he dipped under tinder leads ends in I Ir such a timely way war that Sam missed oftener than ho he landed |
