Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-01
WHO HAS A CHANCE
AGAINST JEFFR|ES2
Ex.Boiler Maker Takes Life Easy
While Promoters Search for
A Worthy Opponent.
HAS WADED THROUGH Them ALL
Although He Has Fought ColOred Men,
He Now Declares That He
Draws the Line.

Who has chance In the ring with
James J. Jeffries heavyweight champion
Of the world? Is there a single fighter
IN the world today who has the ability
TO take from him his title? is the COM
ms champion now toilng away at some
task as JeiIrles did IN the boiler works
when Jim Corbett whipped old John l..
Sullivan?
These questions are agitatlng the fight
fans In Salt Lake and elsewhere, but time
alone will answer them. II Is generally
believed by those who follow the game
that he Is IN q class by himself Just be-
fore his second defeat Of Boz r'ltzsm-
mons, Lou llOuseman, manager for Jack
Root Was IN salt Lake, AMI said to the
News
I'm my opinion, Jeffrles will whlp tho
old man inside of 10 rounds 1 do not
believe the man lives who has a chance
against the big ftllow. He is In a class
all to himself, and | believe II Will take
an entirely new generation of lighters to
Whip MIN, Practically every lIug fol-
lower IN the country now shares that
opinion.
Now that the big fellow has proved
himself invlncible among the best OF
them he is taking life easy while fight
lA'N'NNln AlN Niuhillik lflt WORTH III the
hope OF finding man who would be a
worthy opponent
Although ready to meet all Corners.
Jellres draws the color line, and. like
many OF his predecessors, the chamnion
sdys ne VIII not consider a match with
negro hghter Jefries has fought col
9lcd men IN MS ring career He met and
1dealtd Jetor Jackson, but as there are
no COlJrcd boxers that have any claim
on we championship the champions re.
ifsal VIII, not make much difference,
~ looking over the Held for man who
uas possible chance To beat Jeffries
mere rs no asprant who STANDS out, I'm
iacl Jehrles has gone down the line. and
he mas numbered among his victims in
~ oHcl career some Of the greatest
n.sltefs that the world has ever seen. III
tnqt s man who can defeat Jeffries
ne = not known 10 the public.
shathey, who has proved himself a glut-
t1n Iot punishment and who fought the
SSnalnplon % rounds, was considered A
INFECTIOUS competitor but since his bar.
~ dt S0neg Island. Sharkey has been
IL, siEVa'tl oy hullin, who IN turn was bad
TDss1i,en py Jenries at San Francisco.
,.Jeufts mas shown that he can defeat
ht clever boxer as well as DISPOSE OF tbo
ti,sJI ana hard hitter. hitzsimmons,
, WIN ms mighty solar plexus blow was
uo'ef able to do any serious damage To
sbo Snanplon IN either OF his battles,
ro,nSsS i1ught IKE q demon for %
,,ggul9s put the big boilermaker finished
.ne maj round under n pull none tbo
SnoIse OF the terrific exchange Of blows
~ oi ,lt mas had two trials. and altbonrh
, nv tieie game battle each time he was
samn az ~ tne task and went down the
In fon, 'n9Se VINO came before him.
bed m LACY, all Of the present aspirants for
sstsa,N,yNeight honors have had two trials
a. we Dig bollermaker. Corbett fough1
SSSnIlts twice Fitzsimmons had Two
t tma'Sts, sharkey faced the chnmnlon in
en,or u''u Fought battles, and Rubin also
man NJ ing .Wlce with the Callfur-
don,,. some or these is looked unon ma
Seris,,g.,I ous, and The sporting world Is won.
WIS VINO VIII be the next chamnion
hal potDett took the champlonshin
Sass away from poor old John H., Jeffries
not ,,n t I'iGhIn9Wn quantity In fact IL was
Se,nrrnI3l9ns az Carson CITY that Jeffries vas
sStSnu,ss,luugsred a boxer, and even when bo
CobpIlru INTO the ring with Fitzsimmons M
sbin' island to battle for the chamnion'
c6amtnp,WNn Expected him to carry on the
sspotung men have been disc,,ss gos NC ~,
taks ~, make up OF the man who can
a., ''ilIle measure Such mon os
dlg ke Nohsldne, Eddie Burke. loo Van.
ri5sGIn Al smith have come To- The con.
IeGrirs ",as a man who is able TO take
Wonderful nt,',iIv must have the same
In,es, champion. "''" ii''''hs powers as
light "IssSfte, SAID ConsIdlne the other
IN NJ '.liles has many adyantares aver
o,,nlS opponents. lie Is heavier os
iaEs 'each can hit harder and is abIc 70
landlo foou punching He is abIe In |
it'', co,ni n's opponents with ease and when
1ot j IN 4, 10 coughing It, why. they are
Ierrcs ever VIII be a long time before |
,r ~ WV ieke. good care of his bd ploSiu'hg
Ind tbera ne Is IN a class ali by himself
'ofse on the borizon =" W DC any dark |