The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13
more EVIDENCE
| AGAINST O. BR|EN
Champion James ]. Jeffries Says
Philadelphia Man Approached
Him With Proposition.
WANTED JEFF TO LAY DOWN
Offered Latter $4,000 Dollars to
Take the Count in Fight With
Him in Nevada.

LOS ANGELES, May 11.-:.ig Jim
Jeffries, the retired heavyweight: cham
pion Of the world, and the en-. man
in whom the sporting public ms in-
plict confidence. has added the first
ta:cn to the career OF Joseph HuEnn.
Litter known as Jack O'B1ien. C'Brien
has always been regarded as a smooth
business man, but 1t will amaze Ills
closest friends to learn that he actually
had the audacity to propose to Jim
Jcffries that the latter fake fight
with him in Nevada, Jeffries 10 take
the count for the sum OF $4,000.
Big Jim was an interested spectator
at the ringside. and the poor showing
which O'Brien made puzzled and dis
gusted him. This morning he learned
| OF O'Brien's attempt to frame up the
| fight, and so great was his wrath that
he told the following story, stating
that he believed the TING had CONC
to rid the game of Jack O'Brien and
idrive him from the ring dis5raced and
idiscredited.
Jim Makes Statement.
/ Tried to tie Tommy up to get out
to him. did he?" asked jeff. i"WeIl. It
| should not surprise me in the least
for he tried TO do the same thing with
me. Jack OBrien is the first and only
man who ever came to pe and asked
me to do crooked thin5 or all the
| fighters and managers I know, this
man is the only one who ever had the
gan to ask me to fake fight. Worse
than that. he wanted me to lay down
to him. Here is what happencd:
Shortly after the first fight with
Burns o'Brlen made trip TO Nevada
TO see the Cans Herman battle and
look over the possibilities in that
state. When he returned TO Los An .
geles he called on me at my town
residence. 1t was in tho morning when
ne called, and he lost no time about
getting down to business lie did not
make any bones about it, either,
4 JIM said he, have some business
10 talk over with you. It may interest
| You, and may not. don't know wl,eth-
er you would have anything to do with
a proposition OF this kind
i saw that he was trying to make
me say something, but shut him IN
and made him come out with it.
IT is Just this he said, finally. 4
nave FOUND a certain party or parties in
Nevada who say they will give a sac 7
900 purse for a fight between Won ana
me. They will place an additional 500
WV IN the bank for you, making $50. 900
IN all-every cent of which win 90 ~
you @ -
Then he stopped for a second and
wound UP with these Identical words:
But you will have to take the count
to get it, ~
"Foiled Again"
nearly paralyzed mo that he
should como out with a bald-facad MA =
!lke That | began to laugh at him and
ne saw right away that 1t was ali or
told him that I did not need money
that bad and he Interrupted mo again
to say: t's't'
"of course. l did not think that Won
would pay any attention to It. and T
tola the Nevada people so at tho time .
4 Before OBrlen went away / told
him that had been on tho level So
far, and II ever fought again If
would have to be on the square. What
IS $4,000 to man alongside his record
Tor being square? 1t would be selling
out pretty cheap, think. 1t is worth
lot moro than that to me to he on
/ the level told him that If | had
been out to do anything like that !
i would have pulled 1t off long ago, And
! thon he went away. ~
/ Ihat was the only time man ever
came to mo with a proposition or that
Il SORT ana under tho circumstances
tae! Justified IN telling the story
4 Ol3rlen tried the same thing with
I burns and McCarey outflgured him
4 what do You think of fellow whc
put up fight like he did the Other
night having tho nerve to ask me to
take the count for HING"
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