Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-23
jim JEFFR|ES AND
HIS GREAT RECORD
No Doubt That the Champion
Heavyweight Has Retired
From Ring
"DISCOvERED" N DELANEY.
The Man whs Has Handled Macy
a.-i-- uiii DALI. UNI IA.
III, Man whs Has Handled Macy
Champions VIII Retire With the
Big Boiler Maker

A few evenings hgo tho "Nowo' pub
,l,hcd a dispatch 10 the effect that Jim
JciirIcs. champion pugilist Of the world
had made the announcement that he had
retired for all time from the prize ring
and also from the stage, lie has had
enough Of tho ropod arena ana the foot
limits and from oil accounts the biz boil
ermakor IL sincere IN his determination
lie ntmuted that the championship
crown would bo placed ON tho head Of Bob
pl,mimmonr and then there viii BIO a
merry scrap Cor II between such men ~
Tltg Hart, johnson ana Others
But without discussing that question
A IA interesting 20 the iiPht fans at this
time 10 look briefly into The record made
by the biz follow,
Jpfrios was discovered" by billy Dc.
lancy, who has since been MS manager
and who rclircs from puglllsm also az tbs
time Delaney secured him 10 holp jim
tciboll train 70 nght hob lri,gsmmons
out In Carson CITY. Jcflrles won his cham
pionshlp hQnofs by .defoatng lilzsim'
mons N 1899, and followed y with VIC
fIsslmmons corboti and Munroc-soycn
blg satios IN ave years
JofIlleg was born NJ carroll o. on April
70, 1915, hc WAS taken ". California whom
uuIlo Young ana started battling Tor mon.
cy In q boiler shop at Los A6gelos, Re-
Tore Nc ever donned miii, ana on hls
loehl reputation, ana rough, and ready
pcrappcf. drlfl.d 10 San Francisco look.
INK Tor real pugllIstc trouble,
THIS ,wqs IN l@5 ana an Aleck GREG.
gNns saloon, with its upstairs boNlnR
shop. was the headquarters for aspiring
"pugs," Jclf dropped In on Alcck made
known his wants and was pliiod against
one Dan Long whom he dropped for Tho
count IN the second round,
lilll Delaney saw tho husky boiler.
maker no through his hs,lc stunt looked
him over carefully and concluded h. pos.
togscd the markings Of u champion, When
the corbotl' ltasmmons match was on
Delaney induced Corbett 20 take Jolf into
his camp and lhorc IL no doubt ne learned
The month following the Corbott. fltga
flmmona bgtllc at Carson Guy ON March
J., 1901, Jcffrcs knocked ont Van DuskrK
IN two rounds lana Q month later H.
tloppGa Henry, bakcI ~ nine rounds ON
draw, ana on Nov 30 he broke even with
Joe Choynekl over the same route,
llc began really nghtlng IN 1905 on
Feb p by defeating Joe Goddard In
four rounds ON March no beat pctcr
Jackson IN three rounds ana exactly IA
month later trimmed Pete Everett IN
Tom sharkcy bpmpod against him on
May q and was compelled 10 take the
short end " the purse az the end " the
Goth session
Al Of these battles took place In Call.
folnia, and Delaney thinking him good
enough TO beat al OF the soVond.ralolV,
TOOK him 10 Now York and matched him
10 stop Bob Armstrong aud stove O'Don.
nell IN 10 rounds zach without leaving the
ring Jon, however was In no condition
al
mad" mlsSraSlc fSmrc" Of ff0iIl'ItT ryns 10 10
knock on, Rob Armstrong IN the llmu
limit, Despite this the rcforcc awarded
him tho verdict, but Jch'a pugllletic stock
dropped below par
TN'e contest took place on Aug, 3, ana