The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-02-20
WHEN JEFFR|ES
BOXED C0RBETT
(By w. W. Naugl,top J

San Francisco. Feb 19.-Jim Cor
bett will not have 1t that Jeffries "out-
boxed" him or proved the "cleverer"
in their last contest In San Francisco.
In recently published article Jim
attempts TO pull 10 pieces my article
In favor OF Jeffries on the occasion re-
ferred to. and. as IS his wont when
dealing with adverse critics. tries to
quench me in the most gentlemnuly
manner possible.
In d,ssccting my views. he saws:
Now, I'll tell you what gave this
sporting writer an idea that Jeffries
out-boXed me in that San Francisco
fight In the second round of that
contest Jeffries caught me with O hard
left swing in the short ribs. that
Knocked all the strength out of me
and consequently robbed me OF my
speed
That will do for the present. Jim
says whole lot more, but 1t is 100
long to quote. and don't wish to gar.
bic it. | think | can make my point
from the extract above given.
Corbett was trained to the minute
for that fight He gave himself spe.
cial preparation in fact, and hoped by
the use OF crowbars. giant dumb bells
and other weight apparatus TO be able
to gather some Of the Jeffries strength
on 10 the Corbett cleverness. and thus
make a combination that couldn't be
beat
He had all the confidence that came
from the knowledge that the world
considered him the paragon OF pugi.
listic science. He had the self.relI.
ance that came from having stood off
Peter Jackson. admittedly Australians
premier heavyweight He had tho
further sclf-reliance that came to him
from the fact that "he had made a
monkey" of Jeffries for over 20 rounds
at Coney Island
He started out on this second fight
clear-brained. stoutlunged. timber
muscled and nlmble-footed. He began
to fiddle and feint, TO bewilder and
tangle the giant In front Of him; vet,
to take his own words for It, Jenrles
upset all his plans and knocked all his
knowledge, confidence and experience
into cooked hat with a hard lcit.
hand swing In the short ribs" that
Knocked all the strength out Of him
and robbed him of his speed
Isn't that being outboxed7 | think
so, And what does out-boxed mem.
anyhow? Isn't 1t the winner who out.
swims or out-runS the other man or
other men? OF course 1t is
little further along Jim SAYS.
Now I'm simply using this explana.
ton 10 show my readers that Jefrrles
is not a clever boxer"
All right. Jim. But pray, what con.
stitutes cleverness? Can any kind of
showing or performance that falls of
its object be considered clever?
When an army general, noted for
his brilliant maneuvers. plans what he
considers VIII be a series OF battling
movements on battlefield. and Is led
into trap and smashed to a pulp by
the opposing general. which Is the
clever man?
Supposlng even that general number
one had led the other general a merry
dance for hours. but was finally cor.
nered and coDQuered-isn't the con-
querng general the cleverer? l think
so.
Somewhere else Jim SAYS:
Even Jehries himself lays no claim
to- exceptional ability as boxer"
Dont YOU believe anything of that
Kind A statement OF that character,
IN TACT, suggests lack OF knowledge
OF human nature. There was never a
man or woman either who oxcelled IN
any department of cndeavor who dId
not consider himself or herself master
OF all the side lines in connection.
Jcffrics does not consider himself =
highly finished boxer, or at least he
did not when he relinoulsbed the
game He not only asked me prior To
his tight with Corbett to watch n he
did not Outlook the former champion
but he inquired of me after the afroIr
II did not think he had made good
In his ante-contest boast.