Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
Is JEFFRIES THE CHAMPION
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ing world began TO recognize Burns as the
best heavyweight in the ring, with jeff I'm
retirement. SO that Tommy went to Ehg-
land, still proclaiming from the housetops
that he was the real thing. This was.after
he had knocked out sauires, the lemon, in
a punch, and thereby had annexed the
Australian title. After that he beat Moir,
Palmer. Roche, Smith, and Sduires twice
more. while he was persistently ignoring
the challenges and the forfeits posted by
johnson 10 bind a match. Yet Burns Ia
no moro deserving OF criticism because he
turned Johnson down than is Jeffries, who
drew the color line before he retired. In
either instance It was a case of champion
refusing to fight a challenger. something
that was unheard Of in olden times, when
a title-holder had to fight or forfeit.
Johnson is the only man that Jeffries
ever refused 70 meet as champion. Blu
jeff once declined TO tackle the weak
jawed Steve O'Donnell in a ten-round bout
after the boilermaker had twisted his thumb
in a vain attempt to stop Bob Armstrong,
a negro, in a similar bout the same even
ing. Corbett while champion positively re-
fused to fight Joe walcott. the Giant
Killer. who was welterweight champion
and gave as a reason that he would not
meet a negro, although he had tackled
Jackson in a sixty-one-round draw. Cor
bett also refused to meet FftZsimmons
until public opinion forced him to make
the match which ended in his downfall.
In addition to refusing to make a match
with Peter Jackson, John L. Sullivan
avoided Joe Goddard when the latter chal-
lenged him in Australia F1tzsimmons met
all corners and never drew any kind of a
line.
Sam Austin's List.
Going back to the early days Of pugilism,
Sam Austin, sporting editor of the Police
Gazette, has compiled a list Of heavyweight
champions from 1719 up to the present time,
as follows:
1719-Figg.
17N-Pipes and Greeting.
1734-George Taylor.
17A-Jack Broughton.
1760-Jack Slack.
1760-Bill Stevens.
1761-George Meggs.
176-Bill Darts.
1769-Tom Lyons.
1772-Henry Sellers.
17s0-Jack Harris.
17s5-Jackling Tom johnson.
17s0-Big Ben Ryan.
1792-Mendoza.
1795-JaCkson (retired).
1S03-Jem Belcher.
1S05-Pearce Game Chicken).
1S0S-Gully.
BO3-lOm CrlDD received a Dellp "
ferable, and a cup.
iS24-Tom Spring received four cups and
resigned the title.
R25.Jem Ward received a belt, not trans
ferable.
iS8S-Deaf Burke claimed title.
1S39-Bendigo (W. ~Thompson) beat Deaf
Burke, claimed championship and received
a belt from Jem Ward.
1s41-Nick Ward, brother of Jem, beat
Caunt. February 2. CANT beat Nick Ward
and received a belt by subscription. 1t was
transferable.
iS5-Bendgo beat Caunt and got thei belt.
s49-Tass Parker beat Con Parker for
91O0 a side and the championship.
1&0-Perry, the Upton Slasher, after his
fight with Paddock, claimed the title.
1S51-Harry Broome beat Perry and won
the title.
185S-Perry again claimed the title, Harry
Broome having forfeited goo to him in a
match and retired from the ring on Au'
gust l.
lS57-Tom Sayers beat Perry for 200 q
side and the new belt.
1S6O-Tom Savers retired after his fighI
with Heenan. leaving the belt for compe'
tition.
1s6O-Sam Hurst. the Stalybridge Infant
beat Paddock. Both claimed the title o.
champion. The belt handed to Hurst.
1861-Jem Mace beat Hurst.
1s62-Jem Mace beat Tom King for EGO
lS6a-Tom King beat Mace and claimed
the belt, which he subsequently gave up
declinging to meet Mace again. Mac
again claimed the belt.
S65-Jo Wormald beat Marsden for EGO
a side and the belt. both having claimet
the championship. Belt handed to Wormald
Forfeited 9120 to Mace, who again claimed
1S66-Jem Mace and Joe Goss, a draw
e2O0 a side and the belt.
$50 Wormald received forfeit from
e. Baldwin, ECO a side and the cham
pionship. Baldwin absent, Wormald clsime'
belt.
1s67-Jem Mace and Baldwin, a draw
e2OO a side and the championship. Belt Il
allegiance.
l85S-Wormald and Baldwin a draw, $50
a side and the title, in America.
1s69-McCoole beat Tom Allen in Americi
: for championship of the world.
72-M and Joe Coburn fought a draw
for $500 a side and the championship.
lSS2-John l. Sullivan defeated Paid,
Ryan for the championship OF America a
Mississippi City, London rules 3 rounds;
lSs5-Jem Smith beat Jack Davis, ElO
: a side ard the championship of England.
~1sS7-Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith, a draw
~1Ss9-John l.. Sullivan beat Kilrain 10
, $40, 900 a side and the Police Gazette belt, a
= iss9-Jem smith and Frank slavin.
draw. $500 a side and the championship O
issi-Fitzsimmons defeated Jack Dempse
for the middleweight championship or tn
. world. zu,
van for the championship of America /
q rounds. Purse $4,000.
1S97-Fitzsimmons won title from Corbet
4 1s99-Jefferies won worlds title fror
s Fftzsimmons in II rounds.
=. 1S99-Jefferies defeated Sharkey, challen
ger for the title, in % rounds (decision.)
e 19O3-Jeffries defeated Corbett, challenge
}, for the title, in 10 rounds.
a 1eO6-Jeffries retired. Title void.
l9OS-Tommy Burns defeated Squires {
Australia: Mohr of England, and Roch
OF Ireland: was knocked out by JAG
$ Johnson, colored, in IA rounds.
WITH THE BOwLERs.
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There lcertainly must be something In
name. as the SWifts boys won two out Q
three games from the Dreshers last nigh
$ on the Association alleys, with Statfor
taking ali honors, with a single OF 26 an
totals OF 524. Score:
SWIFTS,
u 1st. ID. Sd. Tota
/. Hunter .....".....'.... lo lo ~ ~
Henderson ............ 1F7 us 1874 q
y Paterson ."............ 100 l< Ll =
d Totals @5 H6 AS l,G
q DRESHERS.
LIST. ID. Sd. Tota
Landgreen ............ 100 lN az %
Stafford .,,.,.......... 10y 10y 80 ="
Anderson ............. lD ITO ~ =