The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
EVENING SPENT
WITH JEFFRIES
Big Fellow Talks About Some
of His Fights.
WHAT He DID TO MUk90E
COMPARES HIS ACTING WITH
THAT OF FRANK MAYO.
WHAT He DID TO MUNROE

Champion James J. Jeffries, the great
est prize figE Ter in the world, is perhaps
one of the mos modest men i'm the
world. Unlike many other men whose
ability along certain lines has made their
Lanes household words. Jcffries is retir-
ing i'm the eXtrema That common malady
the big head" IS utterly lacking in JET
Iries makeup and 10 those VINO know
him intimately he has a strong person
ality that would make him oceans OF
. friends if he WAS s. i'll an obscure boiler
maker. He is ha1 TO get acquainted
with but once his confidence is gained.
one furgCtS in an instant that his gigantic
frame holds untolC physical strength and
thinks of him only as big Sood-natured
CVersrown boy
Owing TO the cha mpion's prominence in
the last few years and ms many cham
pionship fights in Vhich the whole coun-
try was interested, there are many little
incidents which only Jeffries himself can
tell in connection With these fights that
bring forth smlue when one hears them.
jeff Forgot About the Show.
Jcffries was i'm a. story telling mood last
Friday evening while his show was going
on and he became so interested in his
stories that be uearIy broke up the show
Those who were present perhaps Temem-
Ter the long wait .hat occurred Just after
the beginning Of the fourth act Jei-
speak his little piece but when his turn
came he was nowhere TO be found All the
actors. the .supeE ?, stage hands, Joe
Kennedy and Billy Delaney were run
ming around hunting for the champion.
lat there was no ) effrles IN sight AFTER
a fun two minutes delay. however, JeIt
vas discovered telling a lr1euO about the
MUnroe scrap and ne was 50 interested
that ne had forgotten all about the play.
Here Is what Jeff was saving:
You know that fellow AiunrOe knew
right down I'm his own heart that he dld
not have "A ghost of 2 show. and that his
part i'm that fight was a gigantic bluff
! tried TO put him out in the first punch.
lut the lucky dog duCl1ed in time TO keep
me from knocking his head OIL lie saw
] meant business and as we Cllnched ne
said. say. jeff don [ make sucker out
of me. let me make a little showing.
] stepped back looked him square in the
eve and replied. You did knock me down
in Butte did yOu2 And then. whang, |
caught him square on the jaw. Knocked
out two teeth and sent him down for the
count I had 10 laugh at the big duo.
as he slowly got up in time TO stop ny
right which closed one Of his eyes and
Iroke his nose. ] rushed him again, in
tending to give him the haymaker. but
the gong sounded for the end of tie
round.
when we got up for the second round
] hit him again and sent him 10 the floor
lust then / saw Graney look at Munroe
and I saw what was coming. l tried hard
&C. get him again before Graney could stop
The fight but Eddie was too quick for
me and I didn't have the satisfaction Of
seeing lust how hard / could hit him.
When asked why he did not let Mum
roc stay "A few rounds and make show
ing Jeff said:
after that Butte affair. not for me-
That bunch lied about me and ! thought
7 would show the American public who
was telling the truth about that fight.
And ] guess did
When Madden Coached Ruhlin.