The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-20
JEFFR|ES OF TODAY
 POWERFUL AS EVER Review of His Second Fight
 With Fitzsimmons TT SURPRISED EXPERTS When speckIed King Missed Two op- portunities To Win, Spectators An- ticipated Result-Bill Does Not
 Seriously Consider Johnson
TT SURPRISED EXPERTS
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 f1dence, and physical and moral couraSe' And he went further. He was able to stand more punish ment than any other man 1t has been
 my lot to see.
 And with all these assets, 1t was no
 wonder that the boilermaker attained the highest pinnacle in the pugiiistic
 world
 | good fighter must have, In addition to courage and skill, knockout blow and ability to stand more punishment than he, himself, can inf1ict on an ad- versary.
 It is common evidence that JeHries had the strength in his mighty right and his equally as mighty left, to lay an opponent cold upon the floor. This Is history.
 But some of the readers. no doubt, are not familiar with the fact that 1t
 was easier some six or eight years ago to hammer down the giant of the for est primeval with a pair of knuckles than to make an impression on the countenance of James J. Jeffries with the same instruments. People Doubted Jen's Skiil When Jeffries whipped Fitzsimmons the first time the country at large figured that the powerful fellow had landed the knockout more AS result of an accident than any real skill That | the victor was powerful no one de- nied. but many doubted his skill and | his ability to stand the punishment which a capital opponent could can out l in the course of battle to the finish | So when Jeffries gave the immortal Robert 8 second opportunity. thou
 sands picked the speckled wonder to
 land, and many bet their money that the sledge- hammer blows of the Aus tralian would hammer the steam out of the boilermaker. I picked Fitzsimmons to win. I bet my money on him. And I was sitting by the ringside when the two met.
 In the very beginning. Fitzsimmons
 took the fight into Jeffries' territoly The Australian was using not only his
 powerful strength but all his skill. and
 that he was foxy In his prime no one
 will deny.
 After several rolnds during which Jeffries had been beaten black and blue
 Fitzsimmons had an opportunity to I land a punch and win. JeTries, with | | corner, dragging behind him, in his peculiar style, the piano leg attached | to his frame. Bob was quick to see his I opportunity, and landed point blank on I the chin. It was not a punch, but a swing. The compact of the blow shook l the arena People arose In their seats, so startled were they. The blow was so | powerful that Jeff's head was dashed backward with terrific force. This ex- biz cba Sfp rb ielx
 as a flash, the mighty left of Fitzsim-
 mons landed on the solarplexus. Jeff | was jared from mas. to hulk, but was | in nowise leased. When he failed 10 | sink to the floor after the delivery of these punch es, I knew that Rob was
 beaten and that my money was gone. | Jenries Severely Punished l And Fitzsfmmons seemed to realize
 that fact. too.
 | Nevertheless. he kept on fighting,
 bea ting Jeffries all ever the ring, caus- l ing blood to spout from an hundred
 wounds. Jeff's face was almost in rib
 bons But after each reverse, he came again. seeming to court the most ter
 rife blows the speclSled ore was able
 to deliver. And so the fight continued
 until Jeff got in his hammer-like punch,
 and the greatest fighter the world ever
 knew with the exception of his con l
 the carpet and was counted out. 1 But 1t was an awful beating admin istered by Robert Fitzsimmons, and
 venture the statement that any other man than Jeffries would have been
 beaten. and that badly.
 All this goes to show just how much
 punishment the bolermaker could stand
 at that time
 Personally, believe Jeffries will whip | Tol T,,Ix ha6 Q nt TO-.
 gained that physical perfection which
 was his half a dozen years ago. But
 others figure Johnsng has a. chance unless Jeff is as good today as then. l And to settle all doubts In their minds,
 I make the statement today that Jef- fries is practically as strong as when he defeated Fitzsimmons the second ltime I am confident that he has punch as powerful, that his skill Is not whit decreased, and that his courage Is the same as yesterday. no one, not even his enemies, will deny.
 I have never taken Johnsing seri-
 ously.
 I do not think he approaches the
 form that Jeff displayed before he re-
 tired from the game. and believe that
 Fitzsimmons or Corbett or any other
 frst-rate fighter in the time of his
 prime would have beate him had
 Johnsing then been the Johnsing of today.
 I doubt the physical courage of the
 dinge
 The fight, in my opinion, therefore will be easy for Jeffries and as stated in former letter, I do not think the smoke will finger longer than the fif-
 teenth round. Other Fight Receipts
 While 1t is really certain that the fight in Nevada will not draw the : crowds that 1t would have drawn in 7 Frisco, it is equally an certain that , enough money will be poured into the , strong-box of Rickard and Gleason,
 wherever the fight occurs. to guarantee . the promoters an easy time for the 1, remainder of tn cir existence. ,1 It would not surprise me were the attendants to drop at the gate nearly a quarter of a million. In this regard 1t might be interest ing to publish the amounts received in
 previous big fights of history: , Nelson Cans. Goldfield ....... .$69.71 Jeffries- -Sharkey, Coney Island. 67."o!
 Jeffries- Fitzsimmons. Coney , Island ...'s'''' v"''os 2 Jenries e orbett Frisco ........ 62.54t 8 Corbett Mccoy, New York. ....... a7,00S | Britt Nelson. Frisco (19O5) .... 4S.31l Q Corbett- -sharkey, New York . l. :. 4s,00t