The Saint Paul globe., 1904-09-15

NEW YORK. Sept. 14.-'swhile looking
for an opening got a wallop on the jaw
-an awful wallup. The next Il knew
was asking MeGrati what had happened.
and he said Graney had stopped the
fight
That is the brief but succinct account
OF his late battle with Jeffries furnished
oy Jack Munree. He says he was in a
daze after that first waiiop; that what
ever he may or may not have done SUBJ
seqe'ent TO that time is only hearsay eyi-
dence so far as his testimony is con-
eerned. He adds that he is going to keep
right on fighting till he gets into JEFF
fries class-he seems to doubt now that
ne can qualify therefer-and then take
ON the champion. This is how he told
city: -
If Graney only hadn't stopped it; that S
Wnat thought when I woke up and Tim
McGfath told me it was all over. might
would but I wish he hadn't stopped it,
just the same
One Was plenty
You see, after I got that first wallop
on the jaw l didn't know anything. They
TEL Ten me was down for long time, and
1nen ,nen came m, e. up and fought like wooden
when he hit me. and anybody ought to
KNOW wouldn't do that if I was in my
right mind | don't suppose could have
way figure it now is that 1 might have
got another punch that would have
brought me to again. and then I'd have
walked up and gone at him. I've heard Of
men doing that-going out. and then hav-
ing their senses come back by punch
and think if I'd got that kind of a
punch it might have done me some good.
that. amt it?
Scared? No, can't say that I was
scared, but was nervous, all right.
When 1 began to get ready 1 began
wondering whether ali the stories I'd
heard about Jeffries' condition were true
| looked across at Jeffries. and he certain
~ did look in fine condition
Those stories about his condition are
certainly all to the bad, 1 though to my
SELF: | never saw a man look better 1
can't say that he looked so big or that 1
wasn't afraid of him. Still, when you've
been kind of quietly counting on a man
being out of form and thinking, well. may
pen pe ne isn't SO much as they. say he is. and
then meet him and find he is, if anything,
a little stronger looking than his best
reputation it sort of unsettles you
Those few minutes before We went on
the floor seemed like an awful long time.
but kept up my confidence
by this time I'd begun to do some
thinking about the plans I'd mapped out.
rounds. I'd been training with the idea
70 bring out my endurance. and 1 thought
I'd be able to keep going all right and tire
him out
vti@a, Miners Plans
ts'.' After I'd fought those rounds I was
going to begin to go at him gradual.
punching harder and harder and finally
land two or three punches. They say you
can't hurt jeff. but I'm willing to try it,
and would if I'd only got the chance
Well. while that was going through
my mind it got to be time to go to the
center, and l went. Jeffries looked pret-
ty big, 1 tell you, but was mt a little bit
scared of him.
1 just walked right up and began look
ing for an opening, but there wasn't any
opening to find. 1t was different JEFF
fries from the one who fought the other
>fellows-eleverer than he's ever been be-
fore, and he didn't seem to want to give
me the same chance he's been giving
the other fellows.
81 couldn't hit him, and 1 couldn't get
out of the way from him. / didn't have
time to think whole lot I only kept
going. determined to find an opening
somewhere, and get through it.
We'll, there wasn't much but work
for while, and hard work at that. /
knew that if he got in one hard blow on
me 1t would mean trouble, and I didn' t
mean that he should do anything of that
kind.
He did, though All of a sudden /
saw his glove coming toward my jaw, and
tried to duck. I might as well have tried
to duck shot out of an eight inch rifle.
II got me ON the jaw and down went.
They tell me got up after while and
went after it again in a daZed sort of
way. but all have is their word for
II. All | know is that l was asking Nc
Grath what had happened.
Graney stopped the fight he told
me.
g What for?' I asked.
HE laughed. can see the expression
on his face yet. and there you are