The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-28
SKETCH OF JEFFRIES
AND OF JOHNSON

, made between Jeff and Bob aC Coney
Island in 1899 II was looked upon as
Joke. ns tho man who had gathered
Jim Corbett's scalp In decisive sty,e
was thought TO be ablo 10 piay with
the big green hand. JeifrIes. Fitzslm-
mons did play With him for nine
rounds. II there was any part OF
Jen's head he did not hit at VIII. no
body at the rIngside could !ocltc the
place. But In the tenth round Fitz
tired. and, In the eleventh. after ccing
down twice, he was unable to get M,
third time. and Jim JeffrieS was the
champion Of the world
Five months later JeffrIes met Tom
Sharkey again in a twenty-five round
fight at Coney Island Jeff got a. dc
clsion over the sailor but he declares
that Sharkey is the gamest man who
ever entered the ring.
Corbett by this time. was eager to
get match With his former sparr.nS
partner. The fight was arranged. and
Tor twenty rounds Jeff took terrific
amount of punishment He utterly
failed TO reach Corbett with his
gloves, although Corbett battered him
around so freely that the big fellow
looked foolish. Jeffs seconds told him
that he was an eX-champIon beyond
dccbt unless he did something. and
Jen went out TO do I'm the next round.
He tore after Corbett. mlndlng the
storm OF blows that met him no more
than he would mind so many rain
drops. His left reached Corbetts mid
section In the twcnty-third round. and
moment later his right ended the
hight with short-arm jolt TO the Jaw.
Jeh's next fight OF any Importance
was with his old opponent. Rubin
Alter five rounds Rubin quit Jeff
had learned too much for Rubin be
tween their meetings
Probably the grentest amount OF
punishment Jeff e1er took-nnd he
took lot OF It first and last-was In
his second fight with FitZsimmons.
The fight took place In 1902. and E1tz
threw all his cleverncss and stronger
into the first three rounds Jens face
was badly cut by his blows, and while
Fitz was fresh. the champion looked
Ike novice beside him. But he
could not keep II up. and he cocld not
seem to worTy JEFF To anv extent In
the eighth Jefrs right caught the old
champion I'm the stomach, his left
went 10 the Jaw. and Fitzsimmons
was classed among the has-beens for
good.
The second fight with Jim Corbett
was Jeff's last Important fight. In
thnt fight Jefi showed that he had at
last learned the boxing game He
outtought Corbett. the admitted mas
ter OF glove work and footwork. 40
every point OF the game. and in the
eleventh Corbctt went down for the
last count This VAS Corbetts last
appearance in the ring.
Just prior TO his retirement Jeff
fought iour-round draw with Jack
Munroc al Butte. II vas a stay-four-
rounds affair. and Munroe stayed 5y
olineing 10 JEFF all the time. Munroe.
after the fight. claimed he had
Knocked Jcf down. As a matter OF
fact the big man slipped and fell.
but Monroe boastcd of bis alleged
triumph until Jon-s anger was
aroused and another Bght arranged
They met In San Francisco. and Nun
roe went down and out 10 the second
round
In his preparation for his night with
Johnson. JeHries has done tho hard.
est training work he was ever known
TO undergo. HIS methods have been
peculiarly his own as a rule. He
went In for hear shooting. fshirg.
mountain climbing and the Ike. and
his trainers had little 10 say about
what he did
In preparing for Johnson. however.
the retired champion has left no part
of his training so uncarcd for. He
would not agree TO the match until
assured by try-out work and the opin-
ion of physicians that he was physic-
ally able TO get In good condition.
Once asfpred OF that, he took up his
quarters in the Santa Cruz mountains.
sixty miles south OF San Francisco.
and drilled as he never drilled before.
In his camp Jim Corbctt, volunteer
aid. reigned supreme. Jeff believed
Jim was a Wise man on matters con.
Dected with the care of the body. and
he needed the former champions
words Joe Choynski was also there,
and Bob Armstrong All three OF
them were victims OF JeffS handlvork
In times past. but they worked hard
to prepare him for his last great bat
tie. Among Joe Choynskis unrccord-
cd battles is the defeat via a knockout
OF Jack Johnson II was during Il
three-round fight at Galveston In 1892.
Farmer Burns WAS another of the
training squad He is a wrestler OF
considerable repute. and not a day of
training passed but Jc1rles engaged
him In a struggling. hauling. hefting
match.
Eight years ago. when Johnson be-
gan 10 loom on the pugllistic horizon.
he urged his managers TO make every
effort to arrange for n fight with Jef-
fries. "Jefiries can't touch me" was
his boast even In those days, and he
fretted continually over the fact that