The herald., 1897-08-02
THE RING

Jim Je1fries, the Los Angeles giant
Will before very long be- given a chance
to prove whether or not he Is, possessed
of championship mettle, says the San
Francisco Examiner. He has been
matched against Joe Choynski, the
well known heavyweight, and the con-
test will take place in this city under the
auspices Of the Columbian Athletic as
sociation on or about October 25th next.
This match has been talked of for
some days past, but arrangements were
only completed yesterday, when Ed
Graney, representing Choynski, and
Billy Delaney, Jeffres' manager and
trainer, met and signed articles in be-
half of their principals. The agree
ment calls for twenty-round contest,
and one of the clauses provides that the
men must take care of themselves in
"the break" In other words, free-arm-
hitting will be in order, but hugging and
wrestling are forbidden.
There is little doubt but that the uu-
satisfactory ending Of the Jeffries-Ruh-
lin match has had considerable to do in
urging Jeffries to sign with Choynski
Prior to the events referred to Jeffrios
was thought very highly of by the
local sporting contingent, but the fact
that he allowed Rubin to share the
honorS of a draw with him caused his
stock to drop.
The outcome of that particular match
was wormwood to Jeffries, and he lost
no time in letting it be known that he
boxed Rubin with a pair of badly Grip
pied hands. His intimates and those
who knew the secrets of his training
quarters made it reasonably certain that
the Los Angelan was telling the truth in
regard to his injuries and it is in order
to prove that he is better man than his
recent contest would make it appear
that Jeffries has elected to go against
hard-hitting Choynski.
The fact that astute BILLY" Delaney
still clings to the belief that Jeffries is
"the coming man" will have it's effect
on local sports when the time comes for
figuring out which of the fighters has
the better prospect of winning. Delaney
is thoroughly dispassionate when ii
comes to sizing up pugilist, bull pup
or game chicken, and he is not likely
to waste much time over anything in the
fighting line that does not appear to have
a chance.
In Delaney's opinion the go with Rub
lin should not be- regarded as fair
sample of Jeffries' fighting ability. The
time that will elapse before the big fell
low is required to face Choynski will, in
Delaney's judgment, enable Jeffries'
bruised finger joints to heal, and the
veteran trainer is fully satisfied that his
bulky novice will spring few surprises
on his more experienced opponent.
Choynslli's pugilistic prowress is a
good wine that needs no BUSH Califor-
MIA Joe, as he is sometimes called, has
battled all over the world, and his vic
tories outnumber his defeats ten to one.
He has been a willing matchmaker,
never turning his back on a chance or a
challenge, no matter how big his pros
pective opponent or how formidable his
record. While little more than mid
dleweight, he has tackled the bulkiest
members of the bruising brigade, and
his last contest in this city-that with
Herculean Joe McAuliffe-is sufficient
in itself to show that Choynski is a
weight
The result Of the match with McAu-
life will be used to offset the argument
that Choynski is giving away too much
weight in his match with Jeffries, but
for that matter the young Californian
has always to concede weight. He is in
an awkward class, being just shade
too heavy for the middleweights, and in
order to find employment he has to pit
himself against men who outscale him
all the way from fifteen to fifty pounds.