The Washington times., 1905-07-09
JEFF AS REFEREE
WAS A SUCCESS
Kickers Will Not Try to
Whip Him.
MUSTREC GNIZE HART
May Not Be Real Champion, But
Contenders Will Have to
Fight Him.

NEW YORK, July S.-Jim Jeffries is
all right, and he can go right along
making money, and easy money at
that.
AS a referee he is a glittering success.
After the Hart-Root fight at Reno there
was no kicking. no cussing the referee.
and II the loser attempted to take it out
Of the man who gave the fight to the
other fellow no mention Of the fact was
made in the dispatches of Naughton
from the r,nsside. L. is not recorded
either tina. there was any questioning
of the orders or decisions Of the referee.
Referee Jeffries fills a long felt want.
He is barred from the fighting game
proper because nobody will fight him.
BY officiating at fights between aspir-
ants for the honor he has been COM
PEELED to pass up he will be doing the
public a favor. especially if he sticks
to the platform laid down of licking
the man who fakes a fight over which
-he presides.
ceived for the Reno affair. it ought to
be worth the big fellows while.
While Hart may not have won the
heavyweight champ onship at Reno Mon
day night it can be said that the man
who is recognized as the title holder
must whip the game, hard-hitting Ken
tuckian, and the showing made by him
is a pretty clear indication that the man
who takes his measure will know he has
been fighting.
Hart IS young, strong, willing, can
stand a world of punishment, and has a
punch, withal which does business when
1t lands. There had been some doubt
here as to the decision over Johnson.
Few have any such doubt now, and
should the two ever get together again
the Kentucky man will carry lot OF
educated New York money.
Already there is some talk of a. match
between Hart and Schreck, the Cincin
NATHAN, who, didn't fight Bob F1tzsim,
mons at Salt Lake Monday night, bu
who did put Dave Barry to sleep. 4
match between these two ought to b'
interesting They fight in somewha
similar style and would mix it up il
great shape.
Jimmy Britt soon can claim the it'll,
of champion postponer- His fight will
Kid Sullivan has again been put ahead
They will get together July q, If ther'
is no further postponement. It is bu
justice to Britt to say 1t was at Sulli
vans request the bout was postponet
this time.
.Spidefr Kelly very properly give
Charley Mitchell credit for introducing
the body blow to pugilists IN this eoun
try.
Before Mitchell came to this countr.
and fought" said the Spider" recent
ly to a San Francisco newspaper man
I'VE had never had much faith in bod.
punishment, and the play made was al
for the face, but he certainly taught u
better, and in late years some of tn
hardest fights IN this country have beer
Won by BODY blows.
II want to tell you that Mitchell was
grand fighter
Spider is right in both propositions.
is well remembered when Mitchell cam
over here. a fresh-faced young English
man, who had just won in a boxin
tournament on the other side. gotten u
by Billy Madden, to develop a cham
pion. One of his first tryouts in thi
country was with Mike Cleary, a goo
one In his day. Mitchells body fightin
was a revelation to the fighters Of thos
days.
The college boat races are over. an
the rejoicing at Yale and Cornell is
thing of history. 1t seems a pity the
there should be two regattas. when or
would furnish much better sport, an
would IN addition demonstrate whic
is the best of the college crews.
Yale and Harvard cannot see their wa
clear to go to Poughkeepsie. and tgf
1t out with all the college crews, VIII
would 1t not be possible to let the wiz
ner OF the Poughkeepsie rece into II
Thames event?