Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-02
JOE GRIM ISSUES
Def TO JEFFR|ES.
Italian Iron Jawed Man Throws
Down Gauntlet to the
Champion.
AFRAID Of NO MAN ON EARTH.
Offers to Wager $1,000 That the Big
Boiler Maker Can Not Knock
Him Out
AFRAID OF NO MAN ON EARTH.

81 am willing TO bet $1,000 that Cham
pion Jim Jeffries can't knock me out In
six rounds. Fitzslmmons and dozen OF
me best lighters OF the present day have
failed to accomplish the feat, and | am
eager 70 see II the reputel strongest
fighter In the world can accomplish what
80 many have failed to do"
The above statement was made the
other day in Philadelphia by Joe Grim,
the tough Italian fighter who has stood
up before Bob Fitzsimmons and Joe Cans,
and withstood their sledge hammer wall
lops without going into dreamland In
addition to those two noted fighters,
Grim has successfully wthstood the on
slaughts OF Walcott, Peter Maher and
o'Brien. Apparently he does not know
fear and has absolutely no regard for
pain. Here Is what he says about him
self and Of course he ought to know;
NOBODY CAN KNOCK ME OUT"
81 fear no living man. will lght them
all. Fear? Pain? / don't know what
they mean. who viii fight me next? Let
him come am ready.
who has knocked Joe Grim out? No
body. 1t IL impossible. Why? | will tell
you.
First, | have no fear.
Second feel no pain. blow Is some
thing to laugh at. When ! am hit on the
Jaw / shake my head think OF my an
cestors In Naples and the thing Is for
gotten. Who IL Fitzsimmons that he
should try TO knock me out2 | laugh.
who Is Jack OBrien2 Nobody.
who is Peter Maher? An old man.
"Who is Joe Walcott? p-s-s-tl
who II Joe Cans?
81 am Joe Grim.
Nobody can knock me out.
II Will fight Gardner. C0rbett, Jeffres,
Munroe. Let them come to Philadelphia
TO me, or | Will go to them, | weigh 100
pounds. | am Ave feet eight inches high.
My chest Is 30 inches, my waist 32is My
reach IL 70 inches, my thigh ~ my calf
H. my blceps l2lf, and / have l5-lnch
neck
when get blow In the solar plexus,
where fitzsimmons hit me five times.
am Jared. For one second 1t Is UNI
pleasant | gasp | feel disturbed but
/ recover instantly.
you can look at my body. ! have no
muscles to speak of. i have no great
arms am a small man. But l have a
heart. II you listen YOU can hear IL beat
when | am lighting. | only want to learn
the science OF fighting. only want to
fight as my courage directs me"
WHAT FITZSIMMoNs SAYS.
Bob Fitssimmons, who recently tried
to give Grim the sleep producing wallop
but failed after flooring Grim IL times,
says;
Grim is the hardest proposition to
knock out that | have ever met, lie Is
the most amazing man In his way that
ever knew. While / did not land on his
head as hard as / was able to, struck
him three Of the best blows | could give
on the solar plexus.
Every time | hit him what ! thought
was Knockout blow he either burst into
laughter or launched a speech. ! knocked
him down time and time again, but he
came right back.
II figure it out that this man Grim has
his nervous system located about two
Inches under his skin. The organism
that responds TO suffering is better pro-
tected In him than In any other fighter
! ever met. He is insensible To physical
pain. And II Is this characteristic that
makes him such a hard proposition to
handle.
1T is the series OF shocks to the ner-
vous system that does the work In the
prize ring. especially so when you are
Furnishing man In the body Tako a
repeated attack directed over the heart.
Every smash driven In shocks not only
the center OF the clrculatory system, but
the immediate spot hit as we'll
"A hard punch on any part OF the body
will stop the now Of blood for second
or two, and when the flesh has recov-
cred its normal position the blood rusncs
into the veins again. taxing and shock
ing the heart.
III | put left hook into a mans neck,
n right cross to his heart and then hit
him on the jaw | expect the shock to his
nervous system and ciroulatory system 20
finish him. Any one Of the blows should
do It. But they failed to work on Grim.
Several times | was on the point OF
landing on Grims head, but | was afraid
OF breaking my knuckes. AS II was,
knocked him down II times. Seven times
he took the full count OF nine seconds
anv v MOI go ol nyar,aSv c asan M'.non'
ing, What Is more. he talked and pratt
tied about Not being hurt in every
round.
"He mas most remarkable guard, pro-
tecting his head aud upper body almost
as completely as though he were swathoi
in horse blankets. His recuperative pow
er liz wonderful. A blow that would put
an ordinary man down and out for the
full 10 seconds is easy FOR Grim. He ac-
tually trains on punishment