Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-21
Boxing

Five or six years ago The champion
pngilist who would dare TO try q
SQUARE himself with the public for not
fighting often enough by giving an
excuse that there were not enough op-
p%onents for him to CONCUR would
come to be regarded as a man in a
dangerous state Of mind 1t is q nat
ural thing with scrappers who have
reached the pinnacle of their division
to re frain from many ring operations
Like Othello they expect to bs lover
for The dangers they have encountered
However, the game presents a new
phase where a fighter, q real cham
pinD, is deplor1ng the fact that thei
is nothing more for him to do in hi.
line and rather than remain iuartiv
lie is compelled to retire for good.
This man is Jim Jeff,ies, q pugilist
whose merit and worth have been
tested in many encounters.
Jeffries is actually longing for some
one to meet him. He is not TALKING
this time for an advertisement, bui
because he wishes work, or exercise,
as some fight followers might term it,
in the roped square. Cannot something
70 done for him AS it looks now his
longing for n rival must go unsatis-
fed, for in truth there is no one in
sight of him TO box ave Jack John.
son, the negro, and Jeffries has Otter
said that he will not fight any PER.
son of oclor.
Prof. Mike Donovan has often said
that no called the tur n regarding the
successor OF John L. Sullivan. Dono.
vau declared that he made repeated
remarks to the effect that the boxer
to step into Sullivan S shoes when the
big fellow was in the zenith of his
fame was then going to school. How
sagely Donovan spoke was proved
when Jim Corhett came along and
wrested Sullivan's lsurels, for when
Sullivan was looked upon as i%nvincihle
the Californian was struggling for an
education in the city of San Francisco
Many ideas have been advanced to
secure some M to meet Jeffries. One
practical suggestion is to induce tine
various clubs to get up boxing tourna.
ments, open exclusively to the big
lei There are several heavyweight
boxers who would he glad of The op
portunity of displaying their form in
contests of from six to ten rounds
against opponents who arc far from
the championship class. Iu this way
the fighters could get the necessary
experience and confidence, besides be-
ing amply rewarded for their services
The reason that there are not more
Of the big men developed is hecaus,
# the a~ntipathv to heavyweights i,
S ,me cities. The promoters of bouts
are afraid to put them On because Of
the attention they attract and the pos.
@ible Intervention of the authorities.
But this obstacle could re overcome if
the matches we're previously arranged
At the present time there are less tha'
handful Of heavyweights, that is
6 od ones, in the field, whereas Ten
ears ago there were at least ten. Of
C urso, it is hard to produce a man of
Jeffries's physique, but big men,
&C ding from 1870 to 200 pounds, are in
the game and will always continue so
a. long as the emolumen S are there.
Il Jeffries is to secure a fiji rival,
Frank Gotch, the wrestler, may pos
$ bly, fill the gap. Gotch is a young,
a nbitious fellow, who likes the sport
and WHO has some knowledge of the
manly art. He has the build, height
md strength all right, but thus far he
is almost an unknown quantitc,
though he fought recently in Buffalo
aud did we'll.