Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-14
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS
Jim Jeffries Waxes Eloquent in
 His Own Home.

He Denies that Any Rich Actresses
 Are Chasing After Ready to
 Meet Ruhlin at Any Time South
 Manchester Bouts Look Rather
 Crooked Winters Knocks Out Ken.
 nedy.
 James J. Jeffries is in the midst of his proud and sympathetic townsmen at Los Angeles, Cal. Far away from the scofferS and unbelieyers of the east, he pours out the innermost thoughts of his mind, with the knowledge that they will be received in spirit of tender veneration.
 His first sensational announcement, which reverberated from the Los An geles town hall to the village barroom and back, was that 'the never felt bet ter in his life, weighed 235 pounds in his street clothes and could train down to 206." It will be months before the suburbs of Los Angeles get through discussing that piece of information.
 Having broken the ice, the champion skated away in this style:
 ''Yes, I am glad to get home again. 1 have been in a great many places and seen many things since 1 left the old town last, and it always seems good to get back. l think will be in Los Angeles some time, and after greeting my friends and staying home a while 1 believe will go over to the island fishing and shooting. In this way I can keep in shape, and then, too, will do lot of training. I will fight Gus Ruhlin in San Francisco as soon as suitable arrangements can be made, and may not exhibit here before that time. Of course I would not want to take chances of hurting myself for that fight. A man never knows when he may do up an arm even in a boxing ex-, hibition.'
 The above will furnish much food for gossip, and having pulled the senti- mental lever for the benefit of his townsmen he then proceeds to side track some reports that have reached the coast.
 There are good many stories that have reached here about me that are off color, and think they ought to be nailed up. One is about that rich girl that the wise ones thought was going to marry. Now, there was nothing to that. They just made it up to suit. Another time they played it on me was that beer glass story. There was 3 foundation for part oft, because afel- low in that saloon where the affair oc- cured was drunk and he did spill lot of beer l was sparring in a friend ly way with the proprietor, who is one of my best friends, and this chap want ed to spar, too, but there was no such free row as some of the papers thought"
 What rejoicing there will be on the. coast when it is fully understood that our beloved champion cannot be en- trapped into marriage with rich girl. Members of the foreign nobility may be inyeigled into matrimonial al- dances with enormously rich American maids, but the champion fighter of America cannot be caught by any such chaff. Rich girls seeking the champion for husband may as we'll desist. MANCHESTER BOyfNG FAKE. ' sonth Manchesftees Jane Jlne, if4,zlIf the statements, of Walter Yennert's $ back CTS are true the boxing exhibition in. ApePs opera house Wednesday even ing was the biggest fake. of the kind ever attempted i'll town, and several To- cal men have been beaten out of large sums of money. It is possible the affair will get into court. vennert and his packers say that the referee, announc- ed as James McCue of Springfield, ask ed to be allowed to hold the stakes when the subject of. q stakeholder was being considered h the second round he awarded the decision to Gilligan of New Britain, and, according to Ven merits friends, skipped down the back stairs and out of sight with the money. To-day, they claim, he was seen at a local hotel and when asked for Ven nert's share of the purse replied. ssWho is Vennert? I don't know you people, There were 300 people at the exhibition and money enough in the house for all hands to get q fair thing After the referees decision one-ef Vennert's sec onds punched him ons the jaw and a free fight was narrowly averted The affair will probably kill the boxing bl1SinesSSill this tow1l