The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-25
Prize Ring

ers talk Of becoming heavyweight
champion of the world is very anus
ing
None of them is one-tenth is good
rs the great Jim ]effries was. but
they figure by disabling him in train
ing. etc. that they might beat him.
Sam Berger is the latest with the
dope. He says that if Jeff ever train
ed again he would have to take off
nearly 100 pounds. and by so doing
would weaken himself so that he
would be mark
Oh! that's great!
Here's man who wants to claim
that there is no one in the world his
equal with the gloves? 4 great cham
pion. Ell?
1t would sound fine. Jim Jeffries
VS.. Sam Berger. Looks good on a
sign, Ell:
Story Of Snndow ~. Lion.
1t makes me think of the time San
dow was scheduled to wrestle with a
lion in a cage at Central Park in
Frisco. The town was covered with
flags. bill boards. posters, etc.
SandOw VS.. a lion.
Looked fine. They fell over one an
other getting into the park!
Think! the strongest man in the
world against lion.
Great play, great crowd, great
scheme.
When the park was crowded to the
gates. standing room signs taken down
police were stationed at the gates to
Keep the mob outside quiet. and with
the band playing Sandow came out
amid a tremendous cheer. The band
played and the drums beat and the
crowd was almost crazy with JOY.
Then they brought the poor lion out.
He was muzzled; he had big leather
pillows over his paws. tight collar
around his neck that choked him. and
altogether looked like a prize pack
age that was wrapped up for fear of
breaking.
This was the ferocious lion that was
expected to spring at Sandow when
ne entered the cage. The lion that
would tear him apart, toss him from
one side of the cage to the other and
set the crowd mad.
No!
The lion crawled over to one side
OF the cage, looked around once or
twice and sprawled out as though he
was to be given nice sun bath for
the benefit of the great crowd.
Sandow carefullv entered the bis
cage, had the doors locked behino
him, stationed guards around the out.
SIDE with big irons and guns and then
the music and cheering stopped.
Waves Arms Like Jumping Jack.
Sandow stamped his foot, yelled al
the lion and waved his arms in the
air like jumping jack.
Nothing doing.
he went over closer and gently
kicked the lion. then jumped back
ready for the scrap.
Nothing doing.
The lion turned his head around
slowly and looked at him as much as
TO say: Cheese, Sandow, don't bother
me-" e'
Sandow, becoming Drawer, went
over, lifted the lion up, rolled him
over and tried to make him fight.
Nothing doing.
There was no more fight in the lior
than there is in a biscuit.
Every time he moved it hurt him
and he had no more chance of wrestl.
ing than stuffed rabbit had,
Just SO with JEFF!
Sure, take him out now. train him
down to nothing. He's all in. and
when you get him weak enough soab
MIN. Great fight. Great man. New
wonder.
If someof these present-day won.
ders would get in and fight instead
OF getting cheap boost occasionally
1t would be the better for the game
III berger, for instance, would 20 in
ana lick All Kaufman. Jack John.
son, Gus Rubin, Joe jeanette and G
lew others, he might be thought a
conner This old bunk about signing
10 meet Jack O'Brien in 1908 is ali
right for sailor boarding house. but
we've had that bull before.
merger Hasn't Proved MettleJ
fight? @e ''N
All the papers boosted him after
MS little six-round tete-a-tete with
Jack O'Brien. There were no knock.
downs in that go. 1t wasn't such
ferocious affair. Because he out.
pointed O'Brien we don't have to see
MN tight Jeffries before we know
"neher he is good or not.
Terry McGovern went from the bot
tom right through the list to the ton
before he battled for champion
Jack O'Brien fought fifty or sixty
hard goes before he was recognized.
BOD Fitzsimmons battled hard and
often before he was taken notice of.
NIX on this rough talk about get
ting Jeff. e
AS Mr.. Sharkey says. do some
thing" !.