Weekly journal-miner., 1910-07-06
JACK JOHNSON NOW
 WORLD CHAMPION
tFrom Tuesday's Dai!yl

| first-class fighting man was created
 He He was as endowed 1 with .e everything that | the start. He did not need to train | and school himself to any great eX-
 tent. He had both the brain and the
 brawn, and all he lacked was the am | bition to win fame as a fighter. When | that ambition did come to him it re-
 quired but two years for him to van
 sideration, and make the champion | ship title one of his personal assets.
 Once he secured it, the only way he
 could find of ridding himself of the
 burdens it imposed was to give, it
 away. That is what Jeff did with it. ! He looked over the field of worthy
 ing one of them. as his heir. Eight years after his first fight he decided that Marvin Hart was the heir-appar- ent. and abdicated in Hart's favor. One of the striking things about Jeffries is the fact that it took a greal deal of argument to convince him that he was a fighting man. at all. Despite Natures generosity to him in the mat ter of size and strength, he had a strong suspicion all the time that he was intended to be farmer. Through ness for getting close to nature, via a fishing rod or a gun, and spent quite bit of time among the mountains. He developed decided fondness for country life, and when he resigned his high state as champion, having an- nexed enough money, through purses, moving pictures and srage appear ances to do. what he pleased, he has tened to a farm in Southern California with the intention of ending his days as a sort of country squire. Had John tion not interfered with his plans, he would, in all probability, have carried out that determination
 Jeffries was born in Carroll, Ohio, in lS75, but his parents came to Call fornia so soon after his arrival that he is looked upon almost as a native of that state. Little is recorded ot fact that he was a mighty hunter, a good boiler-maker, and a rough and tumble fighter with whom few cared fighter. aN' The first time he entered the ring he did so on the spur of the moment. accepting the challenge or colored fighter named Hank Grimn m, by defeating the challenger. The fight occurred in Los Angeles, Col, in lsSS: and Jeff accomplished the defeat or winding up with an artistic knockout
 While this victory did not seem to arouse Jeff to any ambition as a fighters to him as valuable training partner. He seconded a middle-weight named Billy Gallagher in San Fran cisco two years later Isds and ith Ga1iagheP nsI Long, of Denver. There was N,ooo purse up. and Long went to sleep in the second round when Jef's left en- 1t was shortly after this that Jim Corbett began to prepare TOT ms ngnt with Bob Eitzsinmons;; n;osSin Tnich HsayS savS Corbett. Jim's brother, who was on sent Jeff up to Carson City Nsysda; Nevada; Hammered f9 1T,I W the big fellow unmerci- fully, but Jeff was absorbing knowl- edge of the fighting game, through PSTe These ssd sTs Se took s them aT from weeks after Corbett's defeat, Jeff was in the ring again on ms sr;GtIonn owh noo1; o; two promising heavy weights Tn QUICK succession in lS1. c
 So much had Jeff benefited oy cor bett's training that he was marked as a coming fighter at once, and a match was arranged for him with Gus Kun. lin. of Akron. Ohio, which was fought went twenty rounds to a draw
 In the same year Jeffries fought Joe Choynsh a twenty-round draw He recalls this fight paTnsSsartg; p1dnSsa cn his law the hardest blow he ever receiVeo. II was a right-hander, and had so much good will behind 1t that ferries onn never ef the things that make Jefries call Choynski to his aid when he decided to return to the ring to t;ss hght Sohns9n; hsSan to find out how strong he really was. He Knocked out Joe Goddard. of Aus tralia, a hardy fighter with many Vicc torres S8 SnoSking oe nis out old Peter Jackson in three rounds, and making Mexican Pete Everett quit in less man tnree. Gn key came in the same year, and then n Jeffries went to New York, where ne was matched to fight two men Tn ons evening The .o,drsg Tss Gf and fhssf ss sS Gamaee9 bjs hand against the big black to such an extent that he could not meet steve o'DO9IeilS the dF o96SnneTs SfSeT msn friends. n
 During this time Bob Fitzsimmons was retaining the championship sgaihst all corners. A match was = maqe Is,.D 1899 Ii was looked upon as Joke, as the man who had gathered Jim cor cor bett's scalp in decisive style. ws tSs thought to be able to play s with one aid play with him-for nine rounas; If there was any part 0dn1eH of 1sTs at htSe tSe he did not hit at VII; ;r noDGeS 3Iace at Bu, . in the tenth Fitz tired. and in the eleventh. after going down I~ice, ,,ir1e was unable to get up Jn,Iu of 4be "PT,r Five months later Jeffries met Tom Sharkey again in a tWenty-nys ias got 2 aoIno ae. cision over the sailor, but he declares that sharkey is the gamest man who ever entered the ring.
 Corbett by this time, was eager to pet a match with his former sparring 6artner. The fight was arranged, ana for twenty rounds Jeffries took a ter rife amount of punishment: He ut terlv failed to reach Corbett with ms gloves although Corbett battered nlm sro,Ind so freely that the big fellow | looked foolish. Jeff's seconds told ,na him that he was an eN-champion beyond doubt unless he did something. and Jeff went on to do in the next round He tore after Corbett, minding the | storm of blows that met him no more than he would mind so many ram drons His left reached Corbett's mid section in the twenty-third round, and moment later his right ended the | fight with a short-arm jolt to the Jaw
 Jeff's next fight of any importance was with his old opponent RuhIln; i After five rounds Ruhlin quit: Jen had learned too much for Ruhlin be- tween their meetings.
 Probably the greatest amount Of pun ishment Jeff ever took-and he took a lot of it first and last-was in hi, his second fight with Fitzsimmons. The fight took place in 1902, and Fitz threw ali his cleverness and strength into e-s, ro1nds Jef'S face was