The Detroit times., 1909-12-28

It's probably but naturai tnat JIM
Jeffries should be right now impatient
I Iy awaftinC the fate when hs and jim
- - c,rbett Wiil nnd
rot.suEsr Etce. quJct ,rainins
FoEs. NEsT spot thers 40 so ty
FRII, VS.. work on th% rssi ,i
| probicnl OF tonut-
a tioning which Is o"
fore the champion Of deeaae az
lis work OF preparing for Ms "l'S =
on the present holder OF the we, ',,
and Corbstt are both doing Toy -.
manning for that little OUTING ahd y
- surely going 10 bc strenuous a.
fair ,.,s,tv ,n
Dtcking his chief OF STAN, IL gem ram
conceded amOnE sporunk experts =,
haps n was only natural that ne shouth
have chosen Pompadonr IIm sc,cr
lie was Influenced TO this view larSeiN .
i'm all probability, by the TACT thht = III. III
Corbett came nearer than any otnSA
man 10 nlching away his champlonsnlp
rrown right at the time when Jer Was
considered most unbeatable Jeu nss
doubtless reasoned that the man VINO
stood him OF Tor % rounds ana out-
pointed him up 10 the time the chance
blow landed that turned the toe.
should be abl. 10 coach him on hls
weak points better than any otnsf.
+, his hour OF need he calls on Coroett
and his old-time rival responds
This condition has been matcheo oN
several similar instances IN the histotS
Iof the ring. In fact. champion boxers
/ In general have been noted TOR thelr
habit OF remembering with sreet re-
! spect one or two OF long list OF or
ponents, who have made them oat'ie
| harder than the others -
| When Battling Nelson was here
couple OF weeks ago he was iamentinE
\ the difficulty he experienced IN Kettins =
the sort OF, sparring partner he wanted
Z Particularly did hc feel aggrieNed on nc
/ count OF the fact that he had the week
4 following Detroit. booked IN MS ho'ne
/ Of
There's a fellow right in chicago
! that I'm going To try 10 get: sala iba'
His name Is Hedmark, and he. a Dane
like myself Joe surely used To De
some scrapper but he's shaken the JOB
now and | don't know whether he
come back and spar with me just Tor
| friendships sake or not II he'd DO ~
l know I'd have 10 protect myself,
though. We met just once We lost
few decisions in my day, III ADMIT
Some OF them We're tough ones, and
had kick coming after they were
given but there wasn't any question
about the night with Hedmark. Joe
rounds. lie simply smothered me, and.
while I knocked him down fve times.
didn't have look-in at the nnish
and I'm frank 10 admit IL. Joe quit the
game when he was good and is now a
plumber in Chicago, making good
money. / don't think I'd care 20 night
him but what sparrlng maten we
would put up IL he's anything like he
used TO be-
And there is Jack Johnson. Several
days ago The Times mad the pleasure
Of the hardest fight Jack had ever had
IL wasn't with Fitzsimmons or Hart or
Mcvey or any Of the pig celebrities II
across Hanks tracks the last time he
was in Detroit. and heard that. AT last
accounts. his old time rival was in Kali
amazoo lie tabbed the fact for future
reference Though not noted for en-
largement OF the heart IL was obvious
thai Johnson was greatly interested In
Griffen's present condition. He ex-
pressed himself as anxious to see his
one time opponent again and Will be
disappointed u. when the Johnson show
a near-bid for his fight with Jen, he
can't get track Of the man who gave
him so hard a battle out on the coast
sad indeed is the fall OF George
Stone OF the 81. Louis Browns, now on
the market with nobody offering a bid.
| And the peculiar part of IL all is that
! George looks and acts just as he did In
| the Years when he was the American
| leagues most feared batsman.
But who can blame the pail PLAYERS
in the National league for entering an
obtection % the aholishment or the
quaint annual custom that enables
them to draw salary for Week ~
which they are usually working Tor
themselves
After all. little Tommy Burns OF De-
troit is the man whom they VIII nave
10 credit for mixing boxing ana pusi
ness in a way that makes the pupllc
sit up and take notice when the siEe
OF the modern championship purses Is
being mentioned.
Doubtless Michigan's apology viii he
sweet balm for Syracuse. the nerve
OF a gang winning "A game by score
of ~ TO o. and then coming along ana
begging pardon
Students OF heredity may or may not
be Interested in the fact that JACK
Johnson's alleged brother Charlie ~
five feet SIX inches tall. weighs ljl
pounds and wears glasses.
Fxponents OF the new lat-faceG bat
with which II h proposed To revolution
ixe baseball. might direct little prof.
table attention 20 the rule book which
specified that THE bat must be round.
not over two and three-quarter inches
In diameter at the thickest part, nor
more than az inches I'm length. and en-
firely OF hard wood except that, Tor
distance OF Is inches from the end.
twine may be wound around or gran
ulated substance applied TO the handle.