Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-08
TOMMY RYAN SAYS
FARMING IS GOOD
WISHES TO LIVE LIKE jim
JEFFRIES
The Glare and Glitter of Kingdom
Ceases to Be of Value
When Old Age
Sets In

Somewhere out in the luxurious open
spaces of Southern California, amid the
soothing environments of domeSticity,
where the gentle lowing of kline makes
pleasant music at the sunset hour and
the contented grunts of the porkers
give rise to visions of stockyard checks,
surrounded by knights of the harrow
and mayhap by his whiskers-lives
James ]. Jeffries the mention of whose
name causes an ominous silence to
spread over the cackle of the present
day ringsters, who cannot determine
which is the least fit to claim what
honors remain since the simple man
retired to the quiet places of his farm
ing land.
The glare and the glitter have sent
many a strapping athlete to an early
grave, and only in the dusty records
of the past may be found tables which
tell of their one-time prowess. Not
so with Jim, for he has chosen to CLEAN
the comfort and the real pleasure of a
robust manhood, and out where they
Chamber up in the dawn and turn in
with the chicks the physical wonder
of the age has set a precedent which
may or may not lead others of his
brethren to think twice and secure a
second grasp on the vigor and strength
ere it fades away to u nothingness be-
fore the falseness of the life that too
cessful gladiator.
Unless a Whirl of fate returns his
hugeness for another wrestle with the
quicksand fortunes of the ring life, a
Burbank farmers name will top them
all when a century's roll of fame shall
find curious ones of the future delving
into the human happenings of genera
tions back.
Tommy Ryan will accept the verdict
which Jim has arrived at and is to
become a member of the southern agri-
cultural set.
Yes, 1 have reflected upon it," said
Tommy while driving over the hills
and through the canyons back of Santa
Monica yesterday, land ] believe that
Jim has the idea. Open air and all that.
It's all right, the good things the fell
lows say after you win and the-you
know. They mean it, too, but what's
the use when you get old and have to
sit in the sun and watch the flies buzz
ing around.
whats better than a nice place out
in the country? What is? You know
lots of things to take up your time and
live like you ought to. Say, way back
on my little place in the east l built
myself up so you wouldn't know me, and
now because / like it out here 1 am
going to get place in Southern Cali
fornia and stick it out for part of the
year, at least.
MY wife wants to come out here
and when she comes it will be to the
farm for us. City lifes all right, but
the countrY-wel, you know
And so Tommy kept it up. In earnest.
too, was the willy ringster, who has
been the admiration and despair of the
boxing fraternity since first he COM
rnenced to climb the ladder of pugilis-
tic fame.
Nimble as panther and brimful of
life. the stocky mddleweight appears
as fit man today as when first he
caused the ring fans to sit up and
take notice of his dramatic entrance to
the kingdom of give and take
Ryan has visited the country sur
rounding Santa Ana, Whittier and
other outlying communities with a
view Of securing just what he wants
in the way of a suburban home, and
various land agents are working over
time in the hope of consummating the
deal which shall make Tommy a resi-
dent of Southern California and a
sharer in the joys which Jim Jeffries,
as retired ringster, now alone realizes
to the full.