The evening world., 1908-12-21
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Bathing Nelson SATISFIES n!'
latest ambition and runs 8
i Marathon mite number OF
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would De interesting 10 SIC IL Iu''
gameness, coupled, OF course. with
nerfect nhysical condition and an ey
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"a'' "'-''
q man through such race eve"
tnotgh ne mas not cou'i'e'ed oe'o'
IL lhe same line Oh sport
1t would be interesting 10 see Nelson
'grogGy," and IL would be unique
spectacle If the great lightweight took
the count for the first time in his life.
NELSON has the gameness, perfect
p, ysique for long-continued effort, and
a world of wiry toughness. Probably
great distance runner was lost to the
world when he took up fighting as a
profession.
l have seen many fighting men who
could easily have made good on the
cinder path. There was Jim Corbett,
for instance. Jim was a very speedy
big man. At Carson. while training for
the fight with Fitzsimmons, Corbett
spent most of his time on the road. 1
usually went with him-on a horse. His
daily run was six miles out from camp
and back again. He did 1t at a log
trot and ended with q squirt of about
two hundred yards at top speed. And
he could tear it off. That fight of over
sixty rounds with Peter Jackson showed
what endurance Corbett might have
had for distance running.
jaH cood pr,
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m''' q ina NC O'e runner HIS
ms ms enormous
e'e"'' vas a''o"'s ''i"s' ME al Har-
s.n .I"es ie useu 10 go our ana chase
'"e mountains never heard
'i'"' INN eaueHt ueer' anu peihg rea-
sonably truthful, l won't claim that he
did. But he must have scared Soma ~,
them half IN deatb ICbar, r,i,.,,I,,.
was training Jenrles at Hardin the bie
fellow took Fitz out for a two-day trip
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anu hepI 4oohout lot game Jetries
always carried rifle. He said that It
helped him cover ground. for he didn't
al,.
io'4ee ''e iioHotoh! Vi the Work "hl!e
there was a chance for shot at some
thing. This time Jeffries got n big
huo,s .,d ,t, saoo,,a a., H., 49,,
~ ''' 10y --' -a'i' ~
ting INTO camp with the deer over his
shoulder, all alone. The rest of the
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pa'''' "','' tie N"Ih nurses S"'i'e 40
later with FltzsImmons limp!ns along
afoot Fitz wouldn't give IN and ride
I'M. no told ,ne IAffrias hon, IN \ noca
ou' '' 'O'u i''e 'e-4!'eS Nep' Wy p"N"
that nearly killed him.
Nearly every day JefrrIes went six or
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eis"t "l'les down the Foau' waited ioF
the stage and ran all the way into HaT-
bin with it. The mountain stages travel
fast. and +, vas IN. un,dar NJ tho co,,r-
0'' ,' - '-'e
HEs'ue ''at JeHF!vs could Keep up: 1et
ne always came in smiling. Walter
Christy. the great professional snrin.e-
say. ,hat Jeqfriss f.. r,,It NV ,,,,,r,,,o :,
&C., ~ ~ Te'ttIts - pu.It ~! tuh!I-+.6 ~
PrscSl n 80" ~ 4i'7'.e 40 .ee1.
49, $500 =. ne ,-au '"Ne'' W t""'
~'"s '"9'e1u Vi "s""'s'
Sharkey Could Go Some,
NJ $50
rom sAafAe!, with ms long .eSs an, and
enOI DCu!' Was great runner 4o!h
WIN yen "ou now tAat ne could beat
'te n,ts ~ tanG !lhd cadHcy 20 era
a!stahce FetoFds years ago When Tom
, I GaI ~. a. ore ana was training at
DaititS .nSSu'taIl ~ OahlaAu, ioF one
~ 81 'is eai'' n L.s' me-, ! NtHl over 10 see
nm ,Sot Go, o'f' ,rsI 'Ui le
1ql MAJ ua!. Nld!IeI MN on a bicycle