Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-07
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

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Buffalo. n. Y. June 80.
You vln not have to eross the
pond to witness ne Passion Play.
Work has already started IN East
Aurora. \. Y, 20 locate a suitable
site for the phy to be produced. for
The players q oberammerzan VIII
WIS., this country next year, 80 81
bert Hubbard announces. !
They are going To give a months
production o. tie Passion Play at E.
Aurora next summer. Mr.. Huhozrd's
statement was based on q telesram
renewed from Martin Beck Of New
York. Eho vent to Switzerland TO
make arrangements for this ovent
Mr.. Beck cAbIed from Switzerland to
Mr.. Hubbard. Have succeeded. A
bS auditorium Is 70 be bulk Il
East Aurora and many landscape
changes are TO be inside.
Mr.. HnbbSrd said:
The Passion Play artists are a re
ligsoas people and their ART Is a
sort q creed. They spnrned AL Of
fers Of money. We learned that they
wanted % build q beautiful church
IN uberammergsu. Mr. Beck went
straight 20 the Pope at Rome and
laid plan before htm. We guar.
aUee sS5.oe0 70 come ana they are
20 have an the surplus over that
amount and their expenses This IS
n1 a moneysmaking matter. We
gave them an When the plans we're
laid before the Pope he offered no
objection Z they took this meshod
of raising The necessary money TO
buId their church"
Jack Johnson whipped jim J~eftries,
N Reno. New, she Fourth. until the
white fighter was eonpisely ex-
hausted It was another case Of
you cant come back to the squared
circle after you leave Il and win.
johnson had the fight his own way.
practically. Throughout the Is rounds
and Jeffries made a sorry spectacle
when beaten to the floor Of the
rosin arena.
As Jack London might express 4,
the protoplasmic strength of this
abysmal brute was Inferior to that Of
the black tiger" The report circu-
lated Tuesday that johnson was shot
after the battle seems to have been
unfounded.
Loser Declares Snap Of Old Days Is
Gone.
(Jas. J. Jeffries)
lost my fight this afternoon. but
aid % have the snap Of youth /
used TO have I believed in my own
heart that all the oldtime dash was
there. but when / started to exc
cute, the speed and youthful STAN
ina were hacking.
The things l used TO do we're i'm
possible.
For instance, ! used TO shoot IN a
rght-hand body punch. a sort Of
shors-range blow that never used TO
tail me. But when / tried II to-day
The snap was not there, and It was
only a love tap.
suppose most OF my TRAINERS and
helpers viii say chat / did not box Of
ten enough. II would not have made
any difference II | had spared a
dozen times oftener than / did.
simply was o there. and that's all
there Is to Il.
! guess us my Nv faux. / was
getting along nicely on my alfalfa
farm, but when they started calling
for me and mentioning me as the
white mans hope" l guess my prldI
got the better Of my good Judgment
At that, ! worked long and to con.
!; ditim myself, and / was fit, so fan
as strength goes, but the old aeees
sary snap and dash, the willingness
to bear m and crush, were not WIKI
me. Six years ago the result might
have been different, but now well
1 guess the public viii LEI me alone
after this.
, Fifteenth and Final Round.
When the men faced each other Il
was plain to all that Jeffries was in
distress. His face was puffed and
bleeding from the furnishing lefts and
rights he had received and his
movements were languid. He sham.
bied after the elusive negro. some.
! times crouching low, with his left
hand stuck out in front. and some.
Tunes standing erect. STOPPING OF
erect he was a mark for Johnson's
accurately driven blows. Johnson
simply waited for the big white
man to come In and chopped his
face to ribbons. They came into a
elnch after a feeble attempt by JEFF.
hbes TO land a left-hand blow on the
body, and as they broke away John
son shot his left and right and LETT
20 the jaw like a flash. Jeffries
staggered back against the ropes.
His defensive power seemed to de-
sert him, and in an instant johnson
went at him like a tiger. A rain of
lefts and rights delivered at close
quarters sent Jeffries reelIng blindiy.
Another series of short. snappy
punches and the big white giant went
down for the first time In his ring ca
Eeer. He fell under the top rope.
over the lower n and on the over.
hanging edge Of the platform. Rest
Ing on his launches and right elbow
J~effries looked around in a dazed
way and got up at the count of nine.
While be was down johnson stood
almost over him until Rickard waved
him back. He stood ready to strike.
and when J~effries arose from his
knees he dashed in again. Jeffries
reeled about and tride to clinch. but
Johnson eluded him and as the old.
time champion swung around he
jolted him twice on the jaw. JET.
ines SAX 70 his knees. but got up
again at the coun Of nine. II was
then that Jeffries' friends began to
call to Richard to stop the fight.
Stop it, stop w." they shouted
from all sides. Don't let him be