The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
JEFERIEs NOT CLEVER
Greatest Point 81 His His Terrible
Se-enQsh CT Blows

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/ Although the light between Jef-rfes and
/ F-itzsinuons for the championship has
been called fake. the battle viii so down
( IN ring history az one q the hardest
ever fought. The talk about fake has
row played out. the merits CT the battle
/ itself having been strong enough 70 sat
I issy the pubic. After all Il Is TIE patrons
1 OF the game who are 70 judge AZ 70 ths
/ sincerity OF a contest. and have yet 70
hear a ticket purchaser who thought "a
was cheated
The one thing which the fght brought
out more clearly than anything else i
that ferries Is not hard % hit. Fitzsiun-
mons. Corbett and Rubin were ais clever
enough 20 reach the champion Tish con-
psrative ease All OF them. however
fell before the force or MS siedgeham-
uer blows Il was expected that Corbett
would hit Je1rsss Ia their meeting a.
/ Consy Island. When Gus Rubin dI The
same last November at San Francisco
| there vas much talk about il despite the
I bad finish which the Swiss pusiiist after
ward made
Ruhnns ability TO hit the champion
vas counted as a part of the chances
Je6rles was taking. Il appears. how
ever. that Ruhlin's success IN landing.
though without erect was because 1sf-
4 fries allowed Il Il vas evidently h~-
cause Ruhiln outhoxed the champion IN
III he received a hard blow and lost bis
steam
From All that I can iearn FItzsirn-
mons n tire FIRST SIX rounds not only hif
{
hstt but ut much harder. TskinE 4
as a fact thar the champion Is not BARD
@ reach Il = not r.uch - say that 1ef-
fries owes his position as Champion en-
tireiy to two thinEz-0n his sietEshau-
ner blows ard the other his ability 20
sand punishment In both Re certainly
6 the most rsarveious uzn that ever
Iivee. TIE force q rs blows r. even
greater than the hard ores viii which
John l. SuIlivan Used 90 terrify his ou-
poneats. ard 1s1riss' atiiity 20 szke osn-
ishneut without ~ having sppareaf e.
feet on his speed q much greater THAI
that q any puEiIizt on record Mary
nrsn are game under so Jathias AID
keep corning. but there - evi1enfiy Only
ore Mo can stane - rnrcn - u ast
certainly a wonderful ssn-
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II not hard 20 hit T. Interesting - the
reason that RS ne1t sxht I'll probably
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