The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28
BACK TO MINES
FOR JACK MUNR0E
Public Was Dumped on Friday
Nights Fistic Battle.
JEFF LIKELY TO RETIRE
WAS FORCED INTO FIGHT TO
QUIET HIS ENEMIES.

Never in the history Of prize fighting
was there such a weird exhibition put up
by man claiming to know the first prin-
ciples Of the sport as was shown by Jack
MunrOe against Jim Jcffries at san Fran
cisco last Friday night The outcome
surprised even Jeffries himself Who re-
/ marked after the fight: All that I can
say is that ] am greatly surprised at the
speedy victory
Even those who know the Butte miner
would hc an easy mark for the champion
expected to sec MunToe make some kind
Of a showing. According 20 press re-
ports Munroe did not land a single blow
on the champion All the bravery at
tTibuted to MunrOe seemed 10 have LETT
him when the gong sounded. as his actions
were those Of a man who knew that ne
could not fiSht and was in for good
sound thrashing. This MunFOe nerved
/ himself up to take for the small end of the
purse but ne is forever A dead one
enthusiastically. and il is back TO tho mines
under an assumed name for the greatest
false alarm the pugiiistic world has ever
/ seen.
Meanwhile the dear public, which was
led to believe that the miner could fight.
is trying 10 land the blame for The fiasco
on some one. The responsible persons
are one OF two sporting writer's IN New
York. the sporting writer's OF San Fran
: cisco and those who first sent out the
I false reports about the miner from Butte.
Mont. For the past two months the dope
sent out from San Francisco has been OF
such a misleading nature that great
many fight followers. Who ought 70 nave
known better. actually began 60 believe
that the miner could fight Never has 2
man been boosted by the Frisco. Butte
and New York press Ike MGH.oe. unti
even Jeffries himself was made to be-
| lieve he was going up against \ ffgnter.
[ The receipts. however. show mat there
I were at least p few fight fars on the
| coast who could not be fooled bat the
money ia ken in al that VS. far more than
the fight deserved. In the future dope
/ from Frisco on fights will be taken with
a grain of salt by those who want facts.
Jefries Didn't Care For Fight.
Champion Jeffries. however. should not
be blamed in any way for the outcome
! Of the fight. jeff did aot want TO fight
MunrOe. and has repeatedly stated that
the miner was nothing but q big dub.
While here in Salt Lake Jeffries declared
that there were hundreds of middle
weights going around the country who
could defeat Munroe, and that It would
( be fOolishness to make a match with him.
/ The only satisfaction Jeff got for telling
actual facts was that people said he was
afraid. They called Jeff a err and a
I gutter, until finally the big fellow was
[ forced TO meet Munroe. In m9kirg the
match, however. Jeff made one serious
mistake. and that is he should have -supu-
/ lated that the winner take an Had
/ this been done. those who paid their good
money would not registered a kick. know
I ing the man responsible for the fiasco
1 ever.
! Jim Jeffries said while in This city right
/ after the affair in Butte that IL was the
worst misrepreSented account Of a fight
/ ever sent throughout the country he
! said that IL he ever MunrOe ne would
/ make him Tetract the statement thar
/ MunTOe had knocked him down on that
/ occasion. This and the general account
| OF the fight sent broadcast -Jeffries de-
4 nOunced in the bitterest kind of terms. It
/ will be remembered that Munroe was
| offered 81. coo to get into the ring with the
/ champion and duplicate the trick, but
/ those back of MunTOe had visions of a
I bigger graft. which was contaminated in
! Frisco Friday night.
Champion May Retire.
/ Champion Jeffries viii probably ROW re-
[ tire from the ring and carry the cham
/ pionship with him. lie does not like the
/ fighting game. nor does he care for the
I Diaudits OF the people jeff would rather
! take his gun andSa few friends and spend
/ his time cut in the country than mix
| with the crowds in the city. This ne will
/ probably do. and others can fight Tor the
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