The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
DELANEY And JEFF
DISCUSS FIGHTERS
Champion, as Sporting Editor,
Interviews Trainer on
Ring Matters

vited by his friend, Otto Photo, of the
Post, to sit in the sporting editors chair
and interview some famous ring char
acters The first man to reach the Of
fee was Manager Billy Delaney.
So You are the sporting editor?" ask
ed Delaney of his big friend and cham
pion. well. come ON and interview me-
] want to see how you go at 1t. !"
jeff hesitated momentarily, then faced
the man who has been interviewed by
every prominent sporting writer In the
country and said:S ''AH right; the first
would you advise young man who was
just beginning to look around in the world
and who thought he would like to make
living through the fighting game?
IT would say to that young man. Don't
take up The htns the fa rana prize
in a lottery so far as the championship is
How do you make that out?" asked
Simply because fighters are born and
not made. In order to become champion
fellow must have the qualifcat tons In
everything the term implies before he be-
gins. Unless man has the qualifica-
tons of fighter at the start it is an abb
solute impossibility to develop him into
champion. / know what it means.
have seen hundreds try, but in all my
years only two have been developed under
my charge, and they are Corbett and JEFF
fries"
Delaney Tells Story
sTIl tell you, jeff continued Delaney,
''while / am at it and being interviewed /
might as well go along and tell my story
as would to any other sporting editor. l
Jeffries, are the greatest fighter we have
ever had in this any other old time.
Heavyweight material is scarce and It's
astonishing of the many men who two
years ago were looked upon as champion
ship possibilities that are now dead ones
Some last longer than others.
"Those who do last are favored by ma
ture and then lead a life that does not
take all the vitality out of them. They
don't abuse the gifts that nature bestoW-
ed upon them. That class Of fighter al
ways lasts the longest.
Just let's look over the list and see If
we can pick a single fighter than can even
make a respectable showing against you.
| OF all on the waiting list Marvin Hart
| looks the most likely one and is very apt
| to take your place when you retire. have
and strong in so short time. They tell
me he now weighs 220 pounds and has
| filled out wonderfully. He is big and
strong and has an linking OF championship
| timber in his makeup.
Just then Harry Dunno asked Delaney
who was the hardest hitter he knew of.
81 think jeff and Fitz Were came back
as hard as they liked But for a>fghter
to lick an ordinary man. or rather knock
| out a sucker, Mike Cleary was the best
| sucker and put him away faster and quick
| er than any man that ever lived. Peter
| Maher was another fighter on that order
"Corbett was a far better fighter than
the general public ever gave him credit
| for. His great fault, however, was that
while he was in his prime he failed to
1 demonstrate that fact to the public. He
! was always finding excuses to avoid meet
! ing men that he could have defeated with
| the greatest ease. I told him on many
| occasions that he was making a serious
1 m stalk ha1 he mt mr. arS md
that way.
when JEFF retires. and retire he will
! very soon unless some good man shows
up there will be great scramble among
| the heavies to see who gets the title.
| With Jeff out of the way it is about an
| even thing among the rest of the bunch. -
/ Stomach Punches Do Not Hurt
do you know that blow in the stom-
Champion Jeffries. II want to tell you a
funny thing about that. When I fought
| Rubin he was tin canning all over the
ring. Suddenly / turned my head and
saw Billy Madden motioning to Gus to hit
me in the stomach. I Strengthened up and
| allowed him to strike me as hard as he
1 could, then I pretended he hurt me, and
laying my head over his shoulder shouted
to Madden: Don't tell him to do that
again or it will be all over with me-
! Madden saw the joke and laughed.
/ My stomach has always been in good
shape have never had any trouble at
/ all / never wake up with a bad taste
/ in my mouth, and that, more than any,
thing else. convinces me that my stomach
must be organically perfect.
Its a queer thing to watch large
| audience and the expressions on their
faces when man gets hit. have had men
| hit me in the face, for instance Fitzsim-
mons, and a thousand voices would
| 10000 all over the house, while I could
hear them near the ringside say: That
! you, and tell you truthfully, that never
| even felt the punch. Yet there were
| thousands on the outside feeling for me- /
| can honestly say, without boasting, that
/ few men have even hurt me with a punch,
! and no man living has ever pushed my
head back.
mo, I'm going to tell you something
public to guess which fighter hurt me most
! in all the battles have fought, 1 don't
think one out of a hundred would guess
Sharkey, and probably Corbett, would
come in for the most guesses, but I'm go
ing to let the cat out Of the bag and tell
you that Joe ChoynSki hit me harder and
hurt me more than ever was hurt be-
fore or since.
II was a beginner at the time, and
/ my! how Choynski could hit in those
days | have often wondered since why
/ Joe didn't break his hands when slam
ming those big fellows. He was just
1 short of weight to make a good heavy
| weight and too heavy for middleweight.
Bandages on Hands
LAX ABOUT your naQQS, do you
| know that if had never used tape ]
| would have never hurt my hands. At that
| my hands are in great shape, and / will
| never use bandages in the ring again.
| When your hands are broken its good
! thing to use bandage to protect them
/ but If your hands are sound, don't place
| the bandages ON them; keep them off.
| you'll wonder why I say this-Weli, here S
my reason:
/ You lace your hands tightly and then
swing On an opponents head, break your
/ hand and the tape refuses to allow the
/ hand to swell. That's what makes bad
| hands for the bones become cramped and
| can't heal. have seen beginners go into
the ring and bandage their hands Not
| one out of twenty could tell Won what
| they bandaged their hands for Poor little
| fellows, they little knew that they are
| handicapping themselves right at the he
ginning of their career
AS said before there will be no more
bandages on my hands, no matter who
| fight in the future. And will bet that If
! adhere to that resolution my hands will
hold out as long as / am in the fighting
game"
Z How to Keep Strong
II guess I started strong" replied
Champion Jeffries when asked to state to
! what exercise he attributed his physical
/ condition and strength.
was always reasonably big" said
jeff. Then worked hard without hurt
| Ing myself at the period OF developm ent
when was between Id and Is years old
I BY. constant work in the boiler ship,
| swinging heavy hammers with either
hand, rivetfng, pounding and lifting.