The Washington herald., 1910-07-04

needy In two. Billy Madden took Gus
Rubin TO the Coast about that time and
the champion knocked all the fight out
OF him in FIVE rounds. FitzSimmOns. who
had regsined some Of his fame by stop
ping Sharkey and Rubin in this city
within two weeks, was now anxious for
another fight, and Jeffries readily accom-
modated him. Fitzslmmons trained hard
er than ever before and was in the pink
Of condition when ne stripped for action,
He promptly carried the fight to the boil
ermaker. and for half a dozen rounds he
handed out some fearful punishment JEFF
fries was cut over both eyes. his mouth
was split and his nose was smashed. yet
Fitz could not send him 10 the canvas.
Finally Fftz broke both OF his hands in
hammering Jeffries about the head and
was helpless, so in the eighth round the
boilermaker knocked him out with
punches in the body and on the jaw.
CoTbett was also taken on for another
fight and this time JeffTies not only out
boxed him. but also put him 10 sleep in
ten rounds. That was in August 1908.
and Jeffries was at his best. The follow
ing December, while touring the country
he met Jack Munroe, a miner, at Butte,
Mont Reports as 10 what happened differ.
II was said that Jeffries was knocked 70
his knees, but this was denied BY him.
At any rate, Jeffrles failed to drop Nun
roe III four rounds. the limit Of the bout.
and the latter promptly posed as real
fighter. Eight months later Jeffries
knocked Munroe out in two rounds In
Mechanics Pavilion. and then he de-
cided to retire after offering 10 meet
Fitzsimmons, Corbett, and Sharkey, each
for ten rounds IN the same ring, the
same night-a proposition that these fight
ers promptly declined
Begins Quiet Life.
Jenries soon purchased q ranch near
Los Angeles, where he also invested some
money in a saloon with Jack Ripper. an
old friend. He organized a boxing club
at Vernon and pulled of some fights, but
the affair was not huge success, so he
gave il Up. The easy life soon increased
his weight until he was over the 2l5 pound
mark a year ago last February, when he
decided to tour the country at $3.50
week, prior to making the formal an
nouncement that he had decided to fight
johnson for his old title.
Jeffries is six feet one and one-quarter
inches tall, aud weighs about % pounds
in his present condition.
Jack Johnson was born in Galveston,
Tex, on March 81, 1878, and is, therefore,
more than thirty-two years Of age. He
is six feet one-qusrter inch tall When
he won the heavyweight title from Burns
he weighed 1875 pounds. fifteen pounds
less than he scaled yesterday. He be
gan fighting as a professional in 1901. and
in March Of that year he was knocked
out in three rounds by Joe Choynski, the
only decisive defeat ever recorded
against him up TO yesterdays encounter
He lost on q foul 10 Joe Jeanette but
later he beat Jeanette in clean-eut fash.
ion in a ffteen-round bout in Baltimore.
Marvin Hart got a decision over him In
a twenty-round bout in Frisco, but the
verdict was pronounced manifestly IN
fair.
When Choynski put Johnson away the
negro was a novice He had taken box
ing lessons from Choynski, who knew
him like a book. The fight caused so
much of a stir in the Lone Star State
that Gov. Sayers ordered the arrest of
the pugilists, who were thrown into Jail
to await the action of the grand jury.
They were soon released in $500 bail
and were finally allowed TO go free, as
the grand jury failed TO indict them. Leo
Posner, promoter Of the Galveston A. c.,
was the man who gave Johnson his first
boost up the pugilistic ladder. Charley
Brooks, a colored masseur and boxing
instructor, introduced Johnson to Pos
ner. with the information that Jack was
a conner. Posner agreed to match Brooks
and Johnson at his club. and they met in
1901. johnson was tall, rawboned, and
powerfully built, and in two rounds he
had Brooks unconscious on the floor Of
the ring
Posner Picks Johnson.
you'll do" said Posner, who proceeded
TO arrange a strenuous programme for
the big negro. Johnson then stopped
Horace Miles in three rounds. and beat
George Lawler. Of Chicago. who called
himself Jack Mccormick. In ten rounds
Mccormick wanted more action, so John
son trimmed him twice in succession, each
fight ending In the seventh round John
son also beat fighter named Jack Lee in
fifteen rounds OF points, and BY that time