Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-19
WON BY JEFFRIES.
Great Prize Fight Goes to Preachers
Son.

Great Prize Fight Goes to a Preachers
Son.
New York, June 10.-Champion Pu-
gilist James J. Jeffries, by defeating
Robert Fitzsimmons last night in
eleven rounds before a great money
house" in the Coney Island Sporting
clubs barnlike structure, entered upon
a new career of money making. He
won $4,000 Of the $25, 1000 purse, for,
strange as it may seem, the defeated
champion got $4,000 as his share.
Thousands of followers of ring sports
are telling today chow it happened"
Fitzsimmons manfully declares that
the best man won and betrays no
emotion when he wishes the big,
strong, young man who knocked him
out success in getting all the money
he can" Jeffries feels jubiIant today
he can be excused for this, for three
years ago he was a comparatively I'M
known man, strong, ambitious and
possessing no ring genera1ship. To-
day he is the talk of the sporting fra
ternity of the world. He believes
that he is the best fighter in the
world and will defend his title.
The boiler-maker is now money
maker. The defeated blacksmith
will never go back to his forge, for
Fitzsimmons has had remarkable
career, winning twenty-three battles
without suffering defeat. He has
money and what the critics say is
'|the title to the middleweight cham
pionship." But he is 81 years old and
went into the ring once too often.
heavy-hitting power of the young Cali
fornian were too much for the ex-
perienced slugger. That Fitzsimmons
was weak, weary and daZed by the on
slaught of the young giant in the
tenth round was apparent to all at the
ring side. That he was beaten man
before the knockout in the final round
is obvious, for left half hook to the
jaw forced the veteran to drop his
something he would not have
done had he been the equal of the big
heavy man-and paved the way for
the right-hand swing that practically
terminated the long ring career of one
champion and made another.
Corbett, who had picked Jeffries for
the winner, makes no friends by his
boastful and revengeful talk Neither
Jeffries nor Fitzsimmons will ever
meet Corbett in the ring, although
Corbett insists that he is today bet
ter than either Of them. Everywhere
in this country where sporting men
talk prize fights, Fitzsimmon was the
favorite and the result came IS sur
prise. But the 1osers-for plenty of
money was lost by the Fitzsimmons
fanciers-say philosophically "He
went against youth and strength once
too often Jeffries is but "a years
old, yet he has decisions over Shar-
key, Jackson and Fitzsimmons-
latter the greatest fighting machine
the world has known. His only
trouble in the contest with the de-
feated champion last night was in the
seventh round. Here Fitzsimmons
would have given a great deal for the
power of his adversary to land hard
blow.
In writing the history of this great
fight the critics will not overlook the
fact that Jeffries was brought into
cleverness by Trainer Delaney and
Pugilist Tommy Ryan. These ring
generals made of the former rough,
strong and awkward fighter the equal
of Fitzsimmons in ring work. Referee
George Siler's work was the best ever
seen. He used so much discretion in
separating the men in clinches that
neither contestant had any chance to
complain Of his rival getting an adj
vantage. "Kid" Mccoy summed UP the
criticisms of many of the fighters to-
day by saying: "The fight shows that
a very clever man at 158 pounds is no
match for a very clever opponent at
21O pounds"
Los Angeles, Cal, June 10.-When a
reporter called at the home of Chap
pion Jeffries' father in East Los Ange-
les late at night he found the lights
out and the family aroused and came
down to hear the news of the fight.
Mr.. Jeffries, who is a preacher and
does not approve of his sons profess
sion, did not appear elated over the
result, though he asked several ques-
tons as to what round the fight ended
in, and if either man was hurt Be
ing assured that neither his son nor
had sustained serious in
jury, he said: cts just as 7 said some
time ago when I was asked for an ex-
preston as to the coming battle. The
Lord was in the fight; He was with
Jim and, of course, Jim won" Mrs
Jeffries was delighted that her son had
won, and Immediately sent the fol-
lowing to him: ''I am glad you have
won the victory you have worked so
hard for. Mother