The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

ed a straight left on the jaw, and the lat
ter returned with a straight left in the
wind. The Ohioan assumed the agrees
sive, but was cleverly stopped with
straight left in the neck.
1.-THE fourth round was the hottest of
the fight, for Jeffries opened up with
right and left swings on the jaw, and
the Ohioan lost his head temporarily.
He cooled down, however, and jabbed his
opponent in the nose drawing first blood,
but was Immediately sent to his knees
by right swing in the neck, and re-
mained down nine seconds. He smashed
the Angel in the throat just as the round
closed, and staggered him. Jeffries be-
came the aggreSSOr when they came up
for the eighth and rushed the Ohioan
to the ropes. He landed several times
over Ruhlin's heart, and the latter only
landed a right swing on the neck in re-
turn. AT the close of the round Jeffries
swung his right hard on the Ohioans
jaw, staggering him. They eased up aft
er this round until the eighteenth. JEFF
fries then assumed the aggressive, and
repeatedly planted his right over the
Ohioan's heart until the latter was per-
ceptibly weakened. In the last round
Rubin was sent down and almost out by
g terrific right-hand swing on the jaw,
and only the call of time saved him. The
referee, however, declared the fight d
draw, a decision that was received with
mingled cheers and hisses.''
Jeffries Worked Hard.
Jeffrie5 did not keep idle. but on Nov
80 he met Joe Choynski at San Francisco
and twenty-round draw was the ref
eree's verdict.
During 1898 Jeffries' star began to glow
more fiercely, and at Los Angeles, Feb.
2S he conquered Joe Goddard, the once
formidable Barrier champion, in four
rounds.
On March % he was pitted against Pc
ter Jackson, the wonderful colored man
who, in his day, was doubtless the
worlds master. Jackson had gone the
race. but a few months had apparently
rehabilitated his physical being That
appearances were deceptive was proven
when the contest progressed, Jeffries
scoring a victory in three rounds
Exactly month later, April o. JEFF
fries crossed arms with Peter Everett,
and the present champion won in the
third round.
The sailor champion, Tom Sharkey,
whose main claim to fame UP to this
time was his Wyatt carp win over FitZ-
simmons, was the next man to face JEFF
fries, and they met at San Francisco
May 6, a twenty-round bout being held,
1t may be stated here, perhaps, that
Jeffries was the main trial horse for Cor
bett in his training for the Fitzsimmons
contest at Carson City, and one day dis
pate were sent out that Corbett had
knocked Jeffries out in two rounds. JEFF
fries now says this is a lie, but Corbett
says it is true
About this tine ambition crept into
James craw, and he meandered from
he (N.NlTla T,e-A l.
wallop some of thc big fellows around
New York. I remember the first night
he was introduced in New York at the
LenoX club June "a, 1898, the evening
that Dial Hawkins was knocked out by
Spike Sullivan.
Jeffries at this time was a big, rough
fellow, as clumsy as COW, and I will
never forget how he got his feet tangled
up in the ropes getting them through to
be introduced
He was matched to meet two men at
the Lenox A. c., New York, Aug. S,
agreeing to stop them in ten rounds
each. His first opponent was the big
black, Bob Armstrong, whose private
performances have always eclipSed his
ring work. Armstrong stayed the ten
rounds, but lost the decision OIL points
Jeffries hurt his hand in this battle, SO
did not carry out the rest of his pro-
gramme.
The showing made by Jeff did not set
the world af1re. In fact, no one believed
him to be any more than a fairly good
heavyweight, one of the Joe Lannon set
of pugs, game and willing, but as slow as
an ice wagon
What was the surprise of the sporting
world, then, when early in 1899 Jeffries
was selected as a match for the then
champion Robert Fitzsimmons The one
cid - ~,
tests from all quarters. The man whom
the world wanted to see matched against
Fitzsimmons was Tom Sharkey. The
chance would have gone to the latter if
Sharkey's supporters had not felt too
confident. There were several clubs bid
ding for the match Billy Brady had
been given a piece of the Coney Island
club to let Jeffries box Fitz there and
when the partisans of Fitz and Sharkey
met the latter's hackers would not agree
to the eXtortionate terms proposed by
Fitzsimmons
Fitz Was Too Confident.
When rumors reached him of Jefrries
great Improvement it was too late to
make amends for ill-spent time, and
Lanky Bob went to the ringside and de-
feat. No fstic surprise like it ever came
off in America.
The raw, slobbery. skulkfng yo1lnester
Of year before had been transformed
into the busting. speedy, cunning hard
hitting worlds champion. 1t was a hard
fight, but Jeff wen
Immediately the Sharkey people sought
match and Jeffries proved an able
champion, for on Nov he met Sharkey
at Coney Island before the most brilliant
ring assemblage ever gathered, and JEFF
fries proved his right to the champion
ship title by gamely winning the verdict
from Referee Siler after twenty-five
rounds of a roush-and- tumble encounter.
April 6, 1900. Jeff knocked out Jack Fin
nesan at Detroit in one round.
Then came his match with Corbett.
May IL, 1900, when Gentleman Jim came
to the Ri gside devoid of his effeminate
ways, and, by the exercise of his wonder
full cleverness outboxed the champion I'M
til the twenty-third round when Jeffries
knocked Corbett out
Since then, until his MATCHES with
Griffin and Kennedy, Jeffries has done
practically nothing in the ring. He has
proved himself a great pugilist, and the
most willing pug We have kad in a dec
ade to meet all chaliengers