Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-07
He Has Refereed Several
Good Contests.
Clothing and Dry Goods Clerks
will Play.
Labor Day Races Declared 0H--Local
Sporting News.

Sporting News.
President Milo williams of the
North End Athletic club recently re-
received the following letter from Il.
IL. Mcbride. who was selected TO ref
cree the smms. .Hoonar contest.
Mr.. Mcbride is the official referee of
the Hawthorne A. G. at Buffalo. He
was unable to fill his engagement In
this city and recommended Jim JEFF
fords. In his letter he says the follow
ing in refernce to Jeffords as n referee:
Buffalo, ~ y, July 81.
"Friend williams: / was just about
to write this letter when the messen-
ger boy brought your telegram. | am
almost sure that there will be n fight
fere at the Hawthorne A. G. on that
very day, and am much disappointed
as wanted to go to Akron very badly.
However | have made arrangements
for man to referee In my place for
you who ought to be n much better
drawing card than myself, none other
Than Big Jim .Jeffords, of California,
the heavyweight fighter.
"He is training at East Aurora for
two fights, one with Wcinig and one
with Peter Maher. He has refereed ut
Titusville and Oleun for me before.
He IL "A big, good looking fellow and one
who will make hit for you. Another
thing while In Akron, you might pos
silly fix M Il match between Jcffords
ana G. g. Smith, the ThunderbOIt, who
IL now IN Cleveland. They wait To
fight aud IL would be a good card for
yuu az your next SHOW, The papers
state that Eddie Connolly and Rube
Ferns fight here that night for the
wcltciweight championship, and SO
no, 10 leave you uncertain offer lief
fo,is IN my place.
II would Ike TO get the ioh of refer
ephls IN your club, as inter Sept. i
Aox'us MI step ., ,a's state and an
lopkit, for mto.dc clubs, II YOU wan
ne in the fauyo aad IclIoids for 'h'
~, 10th ,e, nc know hy wire right away
!. and viii scud for Kim
Yours in haste T. NJ, Mcbride
ANt.Nr JErFS ARM
A boxers arms and hands are whn
makes his living for hin, says III
Eastern exchange, Il begins TO lool
Az lf Jim Jetirlcs would not make I
lIviug amy longer. not In the ring a
any rate. His right arm is IN yer!
bad way. True, they hnve taken TN
plaster east on, and 1t Is said he 4
slowly improving, No man who eve
had an arm broken or Injured In an.
way win have the same confidence II
that arm again, aud II jim ever goe
into the ring il is Il nice twenty -dollo
gold piece against battered cent pec
that he will be awfully worried abou
that arm And now he goes out AM
gcts his left hand bitten by IA dog,
. In Fitzsimmons What win Jeffries d
next? They say that the injury to hi
hand is slight, but II would have bee
@ good deal better had the dog no
bitten II. Just now Jeffrles Is In "A sol
ry plight His right arm IL done "a
IN steel and leather, and his left han
Is swarthed In carbollc acid and lin,
and makes bundle as big as waite
pail. One would have TO exercise
live stretch of the Imagination to rea
lize that he is the champion slugge
OF the world. And at that he dldn
get his injuries while following hi
chosen calling. His right arm was II
5ured while practcing with medicin
ball, and his left hand was hurt b.
cause he allowed II 10 come betwee
the jaws Of a vicious bull dog wit
which he was trying TO firt. A build,
and medicine bah have dol