The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04

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same youngster would tome day give
him the worst beating Of his life.
| While Jeftrles was being initiated In
Corbetts camp, DELANEY decided te
give him a real tryout, 80 he arranged
a match with the big heavyweight by
| the name OF Van Buskrk, who was
known as the champion the Pacific
Coast. The result was beyond all ex-
pectations. Jerries met the old-timef
and finished him in two rounds. This
was in April 1885, and Jim was only
twenty-five years old.
me next month Jeffri's successfully
defended his title against Harry Ba-
kerr AT the end of tits contest he
his career-that with G,s Rubin AT
this time Rubin had b,en picked up
by Billy Madden. and vas known as
the Akron Giant, The fight was
scheduled to take place IN August. I'm.
fortunately for Jeffries, he underrated
his opponent, and when they entered
the ring, he was confident of making
short work OF the Ohioan But Rubin
knew little more abott boxing than
the big boilermaker, ant for a time 1t
looked rather bad for 1effries. How.
ever he managed to pull through. and
In the twentieth round he put left to
Ruhlin's head which nearly finished
him The fight was called draw
His next great fight came in Novem-
Der of the same year. when he met
Joe Choynski In San Francisco. Choyn-
ski had never been champion, but
he had met some of the best men in
the ring, and they had only won by
close decisions. Accordingly, he was
the favorfte When they entered the
ring Jeffries outweighed his opponent
by nearly fifty pounds The contest
ended in draw in the twentieth
round.
First Great Fight.
The battle, however which really
brought Jeffries into the limelight and
gave him International reputation, was
his great fight with Peter Jackson
This was held in San Francisco on
March %, 1898 lJackson's wonderful
reputation as fighter gave him a
large following. But Delaney figured
which the Australian had been living IN
England for number Of years, jeff
rles stood good chance of winning
HIS expectations proved true: Jackson
was so badly punished that the police
mad TO stop the fight in the third
About this time Tom Sharkey had
achieved quite reputation along the
Pacific Coast He had won on foul
from Fitzsimmons, and he had fought
a fourround draw with Corbett. De-
laney figured that he would be a good
match for his protege and the battle
was, arrnged. When the two men step
ped into the ring their physical con-
trast was remarkable The big Cali
fornian towered half foot above the
sailors head. and it looked as though
wouldn't even have the pleas
ure of landing punch. But appear
ances are decsiving. All through the
fight sharkey kept boring in. swing
ing both hands and fighting like
Jedries stood his ground,
and hit almost at will. At the end
of the twentieth round both men were
badly cut up, but the Californian was
the fresher of The two. and was given |
the decision
New York Cit at this time was the
Mecca of the big fighters, and Delaney
it time 10 take his protege to |
the Eastern metropolis. He made ar
engagements for Jenres to meet two
men in one night. and the fight was /
pulled off at the Lenox Athletic Club
Bob Armstrong and Steve o'Donnell. |
two burly heavyweights. were selected |
as the sacrifice. Armstrong was the |
first In the ring. and ne gave the wes-
terner such stiff fight that Jeftries
was fortunate to get the decision, at |
the end of the tenth round. Unfortu-
nately, he injured his hand. and was
unable to meet O'Donnell
The Gotham fight fans, however,
didn't like his excuse and took no |
pains to hide their displeasure. Brok- |
en-hearted an disgustsd Jeffries and /,
his manager started back for the
coast
For sone time Deliney and. JEFF
Went Into retirement; but st takes
money to make the mare co. 50 De-
laney again got in touch with the
New York fight managers, in order
to arrange a match tor his charge.
New York, however. had been bumped
once. and had decided that 1t did not i
want any more Of the Californian In
desperation. Delaney wrote to Billy
Brady and asked him to arrange a |
match. Brady got busy and surprised
not only Jeffries and his manager, but
the entire sporting public. by clos
Ing an agreement for a fight with
F'ltzslmmons, who at THAT time held
the worlds championship. aastern-
ers were inclined to laugh at the con-
test but this did not affect Delaney.
re brought Jefries East and started
him training at Asbiry Park, while
Fitzsimmons managed to kean IN
shape at his home inl Bath Raach
Whips Fitzstnmons,
The great fight was pulled off 1nna
., 1889. at coney Island and more
than 10000 enthusiastic fans crowd
ed 'the big pavilion. 1T was IN th,s
contest that Jeffries 4 rst used his ia
nous crouch" and for a time a
puzzled the old ring general. They
fought savagely for ten rounds. hut
Jeff's youth and ability to stand nun.
ishment soon began to tell When
Fiez walked to the centre Of the rinr
for the eleventh round, he was all ' 'in
Both men tented several times and
then Jeff threw his left across 1 hia
face as guard and launched hia