Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-31
FIGHT WASON HE"SOUARE
JEFFRIEs ON THE CORBETr-MccOY
CONTEST.
Says Latter Was Outclaased-WfIlin1
to Meet Fft.simmons 1t Sthe
Proper Time.~

Smuggling among the pillows IN the state
room OF q sleeping car the big fellow"
mighty Jim Jeffries. the champion e1 them
all. and. incidentally. the coming actor.
rolled into the 9Th street passenger station
this morning. on his way to Petersburg and
Richmond. The brawny pugihBt was weary
and he said so when the manager OF his
present trip. Eddie Cooke. aroused him and
suggested breakfast at an uptown hotel
II 1t was all the same to Eddie, Jim man.
aged to say. with a yawn, he would prefer
to remain between the sheets and get a
few more hours Of sleep and perhaps dream
to some extent Of Knockout blows and of
F1tzsimmons. As the big fenow-he Is Ger
taanly big-is not in training at present for
fisttc encounter Of any sort Eddie Cooke
held that it was not necessary to maintain
matter of breakfast was permitted to go
over. And Jim slept on.
The manager had an appetite. however.
and proceeded to hotel to break his fast.
There he encountered q Star reporter. The
result was the extending Of an invitation to
visit the sleeping car. On reaching there 1t
was found that the wielder Of fists stu
slept. The manager shothdered the respon-
sibility and aroused him. But the fierce.
the aggressive. the powerful Jim was al
peaceful as a lamb He was pleasant and
remarked that he was glad to see the Wis
ttor. He had but little to say and to all
appearances is q mild and unassuming in
dividua1 He witnessed the Corbett-McCoy
fight last night in New York
I'm my opinion the fight was on the
square," Jeffries remarked. '"The Kid Is not
justified in entering the heavyweight class.
Why, Tommy Ryan can lick him easy. And
Corbett last night weighed about 100 pounds.
weight of the Kid. The scrap was some
what disappointing in the matter Of attend
ance."
'Is there any possibility OF another meet
10, ~ bat
yourselfT' Jeffries was asked.
'1f Mr.. Fitzsimmons wants to talk fight"
was the reply. 'Mr. Brady, my manager, II
ready and willing to enter into converse
ton with him at any time. But he may be
very sure that I will not go into the ring
with him on two days notice. as he seems
to want. FftzsimmOns 10 In good condition
as the result Of his training for his last
two fights which didn't amount to anything
am ready to meet him at the proper
time"
Jeffries will umpire a base ball game at
Petersburg. and afterward give a sparring
exhibition with Mccormick this afternoon
at Petersburg. He will repeat the program
tomorrow at Richmond. and is scheduled to
appear at National Park this city, next
Monday afternoon. He will then resume
road the 21st Of next month. 1t is emit
tied THE Man From the West"
How do you like the idea Of becoming
an actorr' the reporter inquired.
IT take to 1t first rate" responded the
pug1list. my play was written by Green.
the author OF "M'liss," In which Annie Pix
ley made such hit 1t is a good one and
ought to be q success. even without my
appearance in 1t. / take the part Of Sam
King. a sheriff. There II very little blood
and thunder In 1t; in fact. my part Is strict
ly legitimate. We will be engaged in the
presentation all winter"
Jim has been working hard for the play"
interjected Eddie Cooke. "The reason he
10 sleepy this morning Is because he sat up
very late last night studying his lines"
The train on which Jeffries was q passen-
ger departed for the south at II O'Clock.