Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-07

! walloped Jeff's head nearly off. but he
kept on coming after me without giving
me a chance to stall. | was out Of shape
aud soft then and | couldn't go more
than couple OF rounds at that pace,
guess Jeff got pretty good idea OF the
way he ought TO fight wnen he saw how
he tired me out by keeping after me.
Then, when We went down to Frisco
and | went In Jeff's corner for his fight
with Jim Corbeit. | told him again. l
knew that Corhett was Cinoh for JEFF.
anyhow. lie could stand up against Jer
Just as long as .Jeff wanted 10 let him,
and | wanted JEFF To knock him out
quickly, so | told JEFF, In his corner Just
to go at Corbett and keep hitting, never
taking a backward step as long as the
fight lasted, because Corbett couldn't hit
him hard enough to hurt.
JEFF started out that way In the first
round, He went after Corbett. chased him
around the ring and caught him when.
ever he wanted to. He walloped Corbett
In the stomach and ! saw that the fight
was all over.
JET could have whipped him In that
first round and he would have done II II
II wasn't for the fact that be didn't want
TO disappolnt the crowd.
Several thousand people had come
there 10 see fight, Jeff found out IN
the first round that lie could whip Cor
bett whenever he wanted 10 put the punch
across. He didn't want the people to pay
lot Of money for short show ana he
knew that there wasn't a chance In tile
world that Corbett could whip him. so he
let Jim stay long enough TO make a good
show for the crowd.
II was mad ] wanted Jen TO get In
and finish Corbett quickly, He Just came
back to the corner after each round and
told me that CoTbott WAS easy and no
could get him whenever he wanted TO-,
But Jeff never took back step In that
fight. COrbett couldn't worry him with a
punch and there isn't a man IN the world
who can.
"If JEFF makes up his mind to fight
that way going right IN all the time,
there isn't a fighter going who will have
n chance with him. All he needs 10 do Is
to walk In ANA punch. He IL as strong
as bull and when he hits 1t tears a
man all 70 pieces.
"The punch that he hit me in the stom-
ach took all the fight out Of me, | WASH
stunned but | couldn't have gotten up
TO my feet and put up my hands to save
my life | guess Corbett won't forget the
way JEFF walloped him In the stomach,
and Sharkey won't either
"Jeft is good, hard straight puncher
| He doesn't need to know anything about
defending himself or getting away or any
Of the clever stunts that a boxer like
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| physique 10 take beating. It doesn''
| make much difference TO him whether the
| other man IL doing lot of punching OF
| not lie can walk right into II and
| double discount It with his own WALTON,
Another thing Jeff does not need tC
! train, Hike most fighters. He Is 80 strong
| and full OF endurance that he doesn't have
| to do lot Of road work 10 get into
| shape for a long fight He is better and
| quicker without It, He IL getting quicker
| all the time From now on no boxer VIII,
has shown up yet will have chance Will
the champion"
This Ia what Fitzsimmons thinks Of JEFF
| fries. There Is no small envy or spite II
| the freckled fighter toward the only mai
| who ever has beaten him, His opinion !
worth noting next time that Jeftries y
matched to tight for the championship
| that he holds | noticed myself In the las
fight In which JEFF engaged that he haI
discarded the defensive style with whlcl
he started and that he was continual!
| going forward
This Is the way that the great John l.
Sullivan used to fight. 1t Is the prope
style for a champion TO use,