The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-04
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HOW JEFFRIES
LOST HIS NERVE
(By Eddie Smith =,

O3kldn0, Aug. - mere WIS SolnC-
thing the matter with me. They sure
did something TO me, and 1t Will all
come out some day" For the nrst
time since his defeat at Reno Jetfries
has unburdened himself OF his feel
ings regarding the reasons for his
losing the big fight.
Bat Mastersons Id telling OF the
great gun fighters of the days of the
western frontier, gives us an idea OF
the kind of dope used on Jeffrles. In
relating the stories or some grent
fights with The gun and some Of the
gamest of the deatb-defying warriors.
Bat tries to define the difference be.
tween nerve and courage. He does
this something after the following
fashion; Nerve is an indefnable
something that keeps man cool and
makes his aim perfect even In the
face of death 4 man may have the
courage 10 90 into battle With another,
and be just as insistent on a fight
for his life as the other fellow, and
yet when the time comes when he
must keep cool and take deliberate
aim. his nerve will fail him. and the
man who has perhaps been less In
sistent on the fight will keep cool in
the lace OF death and with steady
nerve prove the best man with the
gun There Is no defining this thing
called nerve, and yet IL is the most
essential thing man must have 10
be a good fighter. either with his fists
OF With gun Courage is necessary,
but nerve moro So" That tells the
story of the dope given Jeffries. He
had the courage TO enter the ring
with Johnson, and was confident of
winning right up to the time when he
required the nerve as explained By
Mesterson, and then be fell down.
Lack Of nerve was the dope.
In the above statement there is
world of suspicion that the trainers,
or some one OF them, doped him. 1t
has been claimed by the Jeffries fam
lily that II was several days after the
contest before the big fellow had
thoroughly recovered his mental fac
ulties, or In other words until he was
really back TO his normal state Of
mind We have no doubt as 10 this
fact, but the talk about dope is all
bosh, JeffrieS was noC doped by any
one in his camp or by any one other
than his trainers. The story Is get
ting old and We suppose no attention
should be paid TO the assertion that
dope nli9ht have been used, but then
there are the trainers and managers
of Jeffries who arc rnUltled 10 some
protection. Every time that Jeffries
and those of his immediate surround
Ing refer TO the dope Story they cast
shadow of suspicion on every man
In the camp, and this Is hardly the
right thing to do, Jeftrles Is credited
With making the above statement, and
no doubt did II so he should i'm.
mediately tell whom he suspects and
not have the people guessing and
suspectlng every one connected with
the camp. 1t Is the opinion of the
writer that Billy Delaney and the
crowd were the ones to dope Jeffries,
and not mis- trainers. From the mo-
ment that Delaney arrived at Reno
the dope started TO work on Jeftrles,
and the excitement of entering the
ring put the final touches TO the mud
died condition that Jeffries found him
self In. Take it from me. Jeffries was
not doped. and had no nervous hys.
terra, as had been published from
time to time, He was frightened by
the extreme GOODNESS of the colored
man and the crowd Increasing age
and long inactivity are the things that
doped JeffrIes, for they robbed him
of all the courage that he ever pos
sessed and sent him into the ring a
shadow OF his former self There was
no dope used. There was no need
OF II.
Otto Floto is telling good story
Of how the touts and show.off boys
worked things at Reno. Il was COM
ing out of the Golden hotel one af-
ternoon Just a few days prior TO the
contest says Otto. when a fresh
young man rushed up 10 me and with
extended hand he said:
' Hello, John. how are you2
Il looked AT the fellow and said:
You've made mistake, young man,
my name is not John
g Amt you John l.. Sulliyanj?' he
asked
NO I replied
We'll. shake hands with me anv.
way and smile, for | have just told
my friends that you are John |. Sui
Ivan and that / have known you for
q long time l shook hands with the
fellow. and he loft to rejon his
friends, and as ] passed down the
street they all followed me with ad
miring eyes. and the young fellow was
the hero Of tho crowd"