Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-29
SOMETHING ABOUT WHITE.
mob" Edgren Tells Something About the
English Lightweight Champion.

The following Is from Bob Edgreh
q New York mo thank you, nothing
for me-" said Jabez White, Lightweight
noon as Charlie Mitchell beckoned
TO a waiter in the little back cafe OF th,
Metropole Half dozen sporting men
hitchod their chairs closer 70 the shiny
round table but White sat back with a
politely Indifferent smile az the corks
popped ana the wine glug glugged mo
the taperlng glasses.
It was the same room IN which Young
wheming defeat by Battling Nelson, N
defeat that squeched the little DenNA
ties championship ambitions ana se.t
him 60 join the army Of has-beens Thb
lent OF Young Corbett Tho very table
where White sat had been one OF his
fayorites, and many ana many time
Corbetts elbows had been firmly planted
over the cigarette burns that decorated
the edge " II.
But II took only glance at the new
conner TO establish the fact that he Is a
very different sort Of a youngster -,
White is a wise looking lightweight, He
resembles, feature for feature the man
whom he is going to fight next month
In California. lie has the same high
nose, the same sharply angled jaw, eS-
prossiye Of aggressiyeness and determina-
lion; the same light eyebrows and the
same thln-llpped, reserved, clean-cut
mouth. Lake Britt, he doesn't carry
mark or scar TO show that he has fought
IN the prize ring. His eyes alone aru
In the sunlight, Whites are dark brown,
almost black, like an Indians They pop
wide open, but they don't stare az you,
like Bfltt's Whites eyes are always
isn't nervous, but he shows a tremend-
| Gus energy and activity. His hands arc
strong and bony like Fitzsimmons'
! noticed that his face was drawn 9
n "a
| remarked upon the fact
"oh, I worked a little before coming
| over said White. But that was moth
| ing think ! must have lost few
pounds on the way was rather sea-
"They say seaslckness is a good thing
TO start training with"
White smiled a little amused smile,
| and the corners Of his thin lips curled
upward. The idea Of beginning his con-
| ditioning on the rolling pillows was a
| new one 90 him, and he remarked that
| II was quite beneficial perhaps, but
undenlably uncomfortable, don't you
| know"
The English lightweight never crossed
| the ocean before At home his life Is
somewhat less strenuous than the sam
| pie OF ocean travel that he got on tho
| hurricane tossed Cedric.
| Jabez keeps a hotel near Birmin CHAM,
| the Fox aud Goose In this country II
| would be called a roadhouse, There Is
| bar, Of course, but he says that he
seldom even goes into IT, for he doesn' I
| drink himself or smoke He has four
| interesting dogs and two horses, And
| then he has been married six years, and
| has 1.-TWO little Riddles to learn a living
for The simple life, with fight thrown
| In now and then by way Of spice. suits
| him--let the other fellows have their
fling, "A month OF dissipation ia kes a
year from mans life, says Jahez.
| And so he has never tried 1t.
White has not fought any big fights
for two years, The last was with Spike
| Sullivan. He explains that by saying
that In England ITS different from tn {
| fight me because they are all afraid OF
| me, Here every lightweight wants q
| chance TO fight the champion