The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-22
JEFFRIES TO QUIT.
Will Bunch His Fights and Retire In
Year,

San Francisco, April CIV. w. Naugh-
ton, writing to the New York American,
says: Big Jim Jeffries. high in flesh and
high in spirits, is back among his Cali
fornia cronies once more. He is enjoying
life and giving himself up to the pleas
ures of the hour. He is the star guest
of many an auto party to the beach re-
gion and he is having a good old time
generally prior to his departure to Har-
bin Springs to begin a course of prepara-
ton for his championship fight with Jack
Munroe.
Jeffries says he will train as faithfully
for the match with the miner as he did
for his previous engagements in the ring.
Undoubtedly he will. 1t has been amply
proven that the best kind of training for
Jeffries is sojourn in the mountains
where he can hunt and fish and throw
his leg across bronco now and again.
He loves that kind of thing and would
rather camp on bears trial than tax :
in a high-class vaudeville show OF
course, he will train as faithfully as ever.
Why shouldn't he when life in the big
game country is to him a perpetual
delight?
Jeffries will use the gymna SUM at Har-
bin sometimes. With him. however, box
ing and pulley houling have always been
more or less a bore than pleasure. 1t
is safe to say that no set form of in
| door work will be followed, and that
whenever a hunt or an outing of any
kind can be substituted, the routine ex-
ercise will have to suffer. 1t was so
when he trained for Jim Corbett and il
will be so this time.
Yet Jeffries threat that he will train
as faithfully as ever is made in good
faith and will be carried out. Billy
Delaney is looking forward to the re-
tirement Of Jeffries. Delaney thinks the
world of the big fellow and is now
enamoured of the rollcking. happy-go-
I lucky existence Jeffries leads between
/ fights In Delaney's opinion. Jeffrie's
worst fault is his Discrimination to say
No when invited to take a whirl along
the primrose path.
All of this the writer gathers from a
source that is thoroughly reliable. De-
laney is keeping in view the fact that
Jeffries is now in his thirtieth year. The
veteran trainer has seen many world
beaterS whose physical powers were az
fected by careless Twink suffer defeat by
younger if not huskier men. and he is
determined that such shall not be jeff
rie's portion if he can prevent It.
Il want him TO bunch his fights and
get out Of the business within year"
/ said Delaney.
But if there are no opponents for him
| within a year," was asked.
We'll. get out of the business any
| way" was Delaneys rejoinder.
/ Billy added: And I'll go with him.
! I've had my share of the hard work and
| the excitement and | find / don't stand
| It as well as I did a few years ago.
| When I'm through with Jefries
wouldn't take hold of another fighter
under anw consideration
! This seems to suggest that when retir-
! ing time comes around the game will
/ lose a crackerjack fighter and a famous
/ conditioner and manager at one fell
swoop, But. who shall say. some Of the
! lighters and managers we know have
made as many farewell appearances as
+ a certain celebrated diva. and It may be
/ that Jeffrics and Delaney are built Of
/ equally malIeable clay?