The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

The physical condition Of the retired
champion James j. JeGrias, has caused
lot of discussion as % whether De can
come back and make good. and some OF
the best judges OF dstic art disagree on
the subject. JEFF says he viii not only
De as Eood as ever he was. bot that he
was never SO thoroughly trained FOR
hight .n an his ring career, and that d.
was never fed "a foe So SOFT
Billy Delaney the man who discovered
and trained the retired champion. saws
taat Ja0r.es can never come back TO his
old form. He does not say thar Dc viii
not beat Johnson. fbUt he thinks jeff is
taking big risk iu sighting after a five
year retirement Delaney said recently
-a tr-seu- Ell know more about JeT
than amy man alive. ] trained him from
raw proGGct until he took the cham
p.ousEiD from FI-Z and then beat Cor
be-t twice In bis dar ne was the great
est heavyweight who ever put on
glove. lie was the hardest hitter 7 ever
saw, and / have seen them all. They
talk about he-crel-, why, Jim hits harder
VIZ. left lab than hetrhelI does with
swing That is not knock. IL is a
fact Ills right swing would KIN a man.
and I never allowed him 20 hit them
with all his might, it meant murder. and
j did not want a jail sentence for O. win
/ To-day Ee is not the man Of old II
stands 90 reason; De is thirty-fve and he
has oeen out or the game some time.
don't deny he may win. but he viii not
+ be the man be was then How does De
know that be IS Is good as ever2"
VFfl-c Nrurnbv So ..N,
( Mike Murphy. the college coach. adj
mi,ted TO De the keeuest Judge of physi-
. cal condition. thinks Jenries IS walking
back TO a certain defeat. and he does
not hesitate 20 say so. Tn speaking o.
/ The proposed match the other day. Mu--
ply said
I "Jen-es was the greatest OF the big
men. He was. but 1 hardly think he IS
to-day. Age beat Maud s u beat Ar
thur Duffy, why IL VIII even beat nature
itself and Jef-rIes is like all ina regr-ra
must wilt under the passing years. JET
fries has more intellect than the average
. fighter, and be spent a lot o. time I'm
finding out how good nc was before he
. agreed 10 Tight. He may fool me. but
+ ] never saw a man come back after five
I years idleness and beat even a good
man. and we must an admit that Jack
. Johnson IS a good man"
. Harry Edwards. Of the National Ath-
/ .etic Club Of Philadelphia. Is sure that
not only viii JEFF come back. but Ed
. wards will let 5000 ride on the result
/ of the bout with Johnson and ne will
take all the Texas money offered when
they meet. Il have seen Jef almost
since his first ring fight" said Ed
+ wards. and he Is as rood as he
/ ever was. Jen IS a man who has deve,-
Oped slowly. He talks that way. acts
/ that way. and lives that way. he viii
/ fool all the raIbird>. He has been at 90
I a year and ne knows what he is talking
/ about He viii hit Johnson harder than
! heICheN ever dreamed OF doing. and he
7 viii hit him right from the Jump and
on spots which count. and johnson Will
/ Doe tented into knot when he tries %
! land his left jab or right hand UppeTcut.
and that is about an that johnson has.
| Laugford was a wise fellow when he said
/ he was ready for Johnson any time but
/ that he barred Jeffries. Sam knows
something about this game. and SO does
/ Joe WoOdman. his manager
NIcGuiEHn Strong for Jen
/ Jack Michigan. OF Philadelphia. is fond
I Of the JeGries END. and he thinks ne is
going TO win a mint when the two big
{
| that was enough for me. Why. Johnson
| was never as fast in an hts life and
don't know how much gam he viii be
/ able 20 take, for we have never seen him
hurt. and Jcfr will hurt him and do 90
4 quickly and often JeC viii outright him
/ I'm the cH1ches. and he viii make him
miss Yes. I am sweet on the Jefr end"
! Connie Mack. the manager or the Ath-
lIotics. Is another who thinks that JEFF
/ fries WIFI beat Johnson when they meet
/ Connie saw Jefries before he began 10
| train for the coming bout and he saw
| him In his exhibition IN this city. and
] Mack said that if ever a man was going
! to get H. and get II quick. it was Johnson.
/ Fred Welsh the English lCht-weiEht.
| and Battling Nelson. are both OF the
/ opinion that when Jack Johnson fights
I Jim Jefries ne Is going 10 a certain de-
/ feat, and that the defeat VIII be a quick
one. Welsh Is reported as saving that
| he knew Johnson feared no one but JET
! fries, and that he was afraid Of the burly
Californian. IF Johnson has any terror
/ in his heart Of JeffTies it about settles
/ things for no falnt-hesrteG man can
meet a bulldog like JeGries and win.