Arizona republican., 1910-07-08

l played out from the moment I entered
 the ring"
 | I Said: You told me Saturday ! you never felt better in your lift
 and that you had never been in sucf | a condition during your whole pro- i fessional career. And your doctor here. who is, I am sure, your most sincere friend, tells me that he found you perfect organically; and the two physicians who examined you in the
 morning were delighted at having had
 the privilege of examining so perfect a human being. Do you think, now that the thing is all over, that you
 were really in the best condition you
 were ever in in your life?"
 His answer was:
 Yes, I don't believe I was ever as
 good before. But I simply could not
 fight. l wanted to, but my arms
 would not move My head seemed
 queer and I can't find any eXplana-
 ton for it all, and when l say my
 head felt queer it was not after l
 had been struck but at the very be-
 ginning, before a blow had passed
 between us. It seemed as though l could not tell for sure whether John son was a block away or foot away.
 My mistake was made when l made the match I trained faithfully, as you all know; my condition was perfect, but I was not equal to the undertaking"
 Such is the story of Jeffries' last efforts. I believe that it was a grand lesson to the millions of people who are not interested in pugilistic mat ters. It shows the importance of the strength of the character, the soul. and the mind. Jeffries was physically great enough for any undertaking, but he was not mentally strong enough or great enough. The importance of his undertaking had preyed upon his mind, and as the thousands of people who swarmed into this little town from all over the world and the thou sands of telegrams came in for news and information from the training camps, and the thousands of letters (for I know personally that his mall daily amoutend to no less than 90 or 75 letters), the importance of the whole thing worked him up to such q pitch that he completely succumbed to the mental and nervous torture and the climax came as he entered the ring and saw seated about up ward of 10000 people waiting pa tientlv in the hot sun to see him whip the colored champion. His power or mind over matter failed completely and that magnificently developed 227 hounds of bone and muscular tissue was without a pilot to steer 1t m the right direction.
 The worlds greatest trainer depre- cates the failure of young men m the schools and colleges to develop mental strength and will power along with physical strength. As he puts it:
 If the young men in. our colleges and other educational institutions who are neglecting the greatest op- portunitv of their lives to develop their minds, and are directing theit energies toward developing physlcal strength and superior athletic quail ties would only profit by this eXperl- ence and realize that moderate amount of physical strength. with well developed, well rounded out strong. healthy mind to direct the affairs of their lives and to help them to overcome physical opposition is the best thing to go after. how much better off they would be ana how much more useful and profitable their journey through life would be to the world.