Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-24
A Michigan University Athlete
Wants TO Fight the
BOilermaker.
THE CHALLENGE IS ABSURD.
MalChy HOgau Tells Why Such a
Match Would be Ridiculous Brute
Strength Is Not All.

Another pugillstlc Joke was sprung on
Champion Jeffries during the past week,
II came from Ann Arbor this time, the
headquarters for wisdom IN Michigan.
Apparently the students In the classic
town have time between their studies
10 bone up on fight dope" and the
enterprsing correspondent as a conse-
Quence dug out challenge from one
Ralph Rose, directed at one James j.
Jeffrios,
with reference to this challenge,
Malchy Hogan has the following 10
say
For those who have failed to keep
posted on the doings OF the college
world / might explain who Rose u.s.
] do not know the gentleman person.
ally but from reports gather that ne
Is giant Of flesh and bone Weighing
m the neighborhood Of 275 pounds I'M
like Benny Yanger. he Is not yet Il
years Of age, only confessing 10 10 OF
thereabouts
The young man halls from California
and has that much IN common with the
pugllstic champion. He entered the
Michigan institution last year, and I'M
medlately began 20 attract attention
ny lUt WY Ht loNtN WIN Ali' 0ANA'Nt
pound shot and the hammer lie broke
ali kinds OF records and, having no
more worlds 70 conquer, Il Is claimed
that he has designs ON Jeifries, lie
wants to meet Jeffrles as soon rs he
graduates from school, which VIII be
IN about four years That ne has ac-
Quired some knowledge since he entered
school can be seen from the fact thar
he puts a little matter Of four years
between his challenge and the actual
battle. He is unlike SANDY Fergu-
son In this respect and several other
pugilists Of more or less note.
Now. Of course, nothing VIII come Of
the alleged challenge Of the giant Rose,
/ Nigh say that the collegian was kid
ding himself when he first sprung the
ded, ! have no doubt that Rose really
thinks he can whip the champion In llg
time Rose knows he is strong and
that he can do things which no one else
can do lie also claims he is a good
boxer and asserts that he has boxed
with the present champion somewhere
He apparently thinks that all that Is
necessary In the game OF ilsticuff Is 10
have brute strength aud nothing else,
Well, there rs where he Is wrong Rose
may ind this out Should he ever be 80
unfortunate as 20 50 up against a really
clever man. AS a matter OF fact, eye-
~ fighter In the business from BAN
tam to tho "heavlos' has expressed
o willingness TO accommodate the man
at Ann Arbor.
Many man before Rose has felt
strong enough to win championships
every fifteen minutes before ne entered
the ring. Something else invariably
happened when he faced the real cham
pon. So probably with Rose, Get
ting outside of good steak and taking
survey OF his bulglng muscles, he I'M
doubleday can soc in his minds eye
how easy II would be for him 10 beat
Jefrlos TO u pulp. Most college ath-
letcs whom ! have known have had
practically the same opinions among
themselves while In college when Il
came 10 discussing fcats nj strength
II Is here where they make q mistake.
Boxing is not an exhibition OF
strength skin counts more than brute
force. although the latter, OF course
comes IN handy. Now Ii would BE-
reasonable to expect that a college man
would have the science when Il comes
20 boxing, Well, my experience with
them Is that they have not. They
don't give enough time to the sport,
and the majority hate the stiff training
stunts II is there where the profess
slonal fighter has the edge oh the ANA
tours II would be the same with Rose
should he ever meet the champion,
There s no danger that he ever will,
but his challenge serves ms dive1-
sion aud gave Jenfrles chance TO
laugh.