El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-14
Sports and
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come to the front as a life saver. His
training came at Asbury Park. New
Jersey. This resort is near life saw
ing station. and the other morning a
/; boat containing three men and a wO-
man was about to be capsized. says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. when the big
! boilermaker swan out and saved the
party by holding the craft and it's occr-
pants until help arrived. This is not
lost diamond" advertisement. but
the particulars of the heroic affair were
telegraphed from New York by Will
lam A. Brady. manager of the cham
pion. Jeffries is a great swimmer and
oarSman. and spends much of his time
on the water. After practically saving
the lives of those in the frail craft, ne
is said to have refused to discuss the
matter. letting it pass out of his mind
as though it were an every day occur
renee.
Rogers, the welter-weight champion
of Sacramento. California. is in the
city and if arrangements can be made
with the authorities will spar six
rounds with the Montana Kid this
week. The sports are working hard to
get on some good bouts and there is
plenty of good material in Ell Paso to-
day for several bouts. Jack Steiner
is expected tonight or in the morning
from Denver and will go on if permits
sion can be obtained. fDjcIs
Walter Lane and Jerry Hale are also
ready to box six rounds and things are
beginning to look bright for a good
tournament. 1t has been a long time
since Ell Paso has had any boxing
matches and the sports are anxious to
see some. 1t is not the intention to
have any finished fights but simply sew
eral six round friendly bouts and that
they would draw a crowd goes without
saying. =a-e.- a.I
The following letter was received
today: ,~+,.-.-
Editor Herald: 80.
l noticed in your paper of Saturday
that suggestion was made to have a
boxing contest during the Carnival.
While it is generally supposed to be
against the law of our state, still there
is no doubt in my mind but what an
eight or ten round bout could be pulled
off here without interference that is
of the Carnival committee would in
terest themselves in the matter.
wish to say right here that no attrac-
ton could be arranged that would take
better than a "go" between two good
men that would box on the square.
Such a contest could be easily arrang-
ed and besides being feature of the
three days program. there would be
big money in it for the promoters. |
When I say good men, do not refer !
to our local boxers.
The coming heavyweight fight be- |
tween Jeffries and Rubin at Cincinnati |
on February Is brings up the QueS- |
ton again of the championship belt. |
Jim Jeffries has won the
three times he has new
er become the possessor of the belt |
formerly held by John L. Sullivan and |
James J. Corbett.
Behind the failure of Jeffries to gain
the trophy to which he is so justly en- |
titled. there is an interesting story. The |
belt is hung up by a New York sport |
ing paper and up until the time it won |
by JeffrieS there never has been any
hesitancy displayed by the donors in
turning the emblem of victory over to
the champion.
When Jeffries was to fight the Sail
or Tom Sharkey for the championship
of the world writer on the aforesaid
sporting sheet was named by Sharkey
as referee. Jeffries for some reason
found objections to the sporting scribe,
however, and refused to let him OIL
ciate This caused bitter feeling to
spring up between the two men and in
turn the owners of the sporting publ
cation declared that Jeffries should
never wear the belt. For .thatqreason
Jeffries. the greatest of all heavy
weight champions, has never had the
pleasure of owning the belt. which is
valued at about $4,000.
According to the Cincinnati EnQuir-
er Jeffries will make another claim for
the belt within few days through his
William A. Brady, and if the
latter is successful in securing it the
man who wins the big battle in Gin
.innati will get the belt.
The matter of who will referee the
light at Cincinnati has been decided
md George Siler will act in that capa-
.ity Siler is the best known official
n the world today and has always Civ
IN satisfaction to all parties con-
.erned.