The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-07
SPORTS
Who FAVOR
]EFFRIES
Brady, McVey, Delaney and
Others Praise the Cali
fornian's ProWess.-
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, June civilian A.
Brady came to New York from Asbury
Park last night When seen at his
office to-day he said:
There is not the slightest doubt in the
world that Jeffries will win and in my
opinion he will defeat FitzsimmOns in
four rounds. Persons who do not know
have no idea of the force of the blows
Jeffries can hit with both fists. l have
nothing to say derogatory to Fitzsimmons,
because he is wonder; but | say JEFF
fries is his superior in every way. Jim
can hit Tommy" Ryan wherever and
went down to Asbury Park the other day
to teach Jim some points, and Jim
made a monkey of him and then showed
him some points. If Jeffries ever hits
'titz on the head he will break ii open.
FitZsimmons says he does not care any
thing about pictures and that he will fin
ish the fight in a few rounds. If Fitz-
simmons attempts to force the lighting
Jim will knock him out in one round.
Jeffries has never been knocked down IN
his life. He has never been hit on the
head by anybody and has never borne a
mark there. He is feet l inch in height.
He has the longest reach of any man III
the ring, and he is every way the superior
of FitZsmmOns.
There is no question about the result
in my mind. but if Fitzsimmons by any
chance should win he will have proved
himself to be the most wonderful man
in the world.
Popular opinion is with ''Fitz." That is
because Jeffries was badly managed for
a while just after he came here two years
ago He undertook 10 fight two men at
the LenoX Athletic CLUB IN one night.
The second man was Bob Armstrong,
who is the hardest man in the world to
put out. Jeffries split his right hand IN
the first round. but he fought ten more
rounds, injured as ne was. and beat Arm
strong then. But because he didn't knock
Armstrong out everybody said he was no
good
Connie McVey. who trained Corbett
for all of his fights and who spent few
days last week with Jeffries at Allen
hurst n. j., where the latter is train
ing, is a great admirer Of the boiler
maker. To a reporter he said:
While l have never been in the habit Of
bOasting about fighters chances | can
not help stating that JeffrleS Will SUI ly
win and will be our next champion.
never saw a man in such wonderful con-
ditiOn, active and who has shown such
great Improvement as Jeffries has. He
has youth. strength and vitality with HIM
in this fight. and as Fitzsimmons has not
fought in two years l cannot see how
JeffrieS can lose.
Billy Delaney. who trains Jeffries,
has issued a card, which follows:
To Whom It May Concern I notice in
this morning papers that FitZsinmOns
claims he will go the pace" and put
JeffrieS out in a round. Every man who
ever fought Jeffries. with the exception
of Peter Jackson, instead of fighting him
ran away from him. Sharkey made the
same kind of a boast and when the hell
rang he took to swinging tactics and con-
tinued them until the finish of the fight.
If there is any running away done on
next Friday night Mr.. F'itzsimmons will
be in the lead, with Jeffries a close sec
ond. leave the public TO judge after
seeing both statements which one is
right. Yours truly,
WILLIAM DELANEY.
ASBURY PARK, June 6.-"Tommy"
Ryan had this to say to-day:
l believe from the bottom of nv heart
that Jim Jeffries will beat Fftzsim-
mons, and | base this calculation on my
knowledge of Jeffries-of his skill and en-
durance that l have witnessed every day
for the past six weeks. Never have |
seen a man improve and catch the fine
points of his business as readily as Jim
Jeffries. On the road and in the arena
he Is equally effective, and does his work
with conscientious regard to the require
ments of the big contract before him.
l will say this much further that if
Jim Jeffries cannot whip Fitz now he can
never do so, because ne will never again.
TO my thinking, reach the same state of
physical perfection which he has attained
SINCE he began training for this fight
My prediction is that the fight will not
last more than ten rounds. and that JEFF
Tries will land a left-handed knock out
somewhere on Fitzsimmons anatomy as
closing memento of the battle.