Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-28
Sketches of Jeffries and johnson
Who Will Decide Physical Supremacy of White and Black Races -
...In RenoArena on July Fourth... ~

us n coming fighter at once. aud a
match vas arranged for him with Gus
Rubin Of Akron, ohio. which was
fought in san Francisco in 1897. The
fight went twenty rounds to "A draw.
In the same year Jeffries fought
Joe Choynski a twenty-round draw.
He recalls his fight particularly, he
says, because Choynski landed on his
jaw the hardest blow he ever re-
eeived. 1t was a right handler, and
had so much good will behind it that
Jeffries never forgot il. That punch
was one OF the things that made JEFF
fries eail Choynski to his aid when he
decided TO return 10 the ring 10 tight
Johnson.
During the next year Jeffries began
to Find out how strong he really was.
He knocked out Joe Goddard OF Aus
%tralia, a hardy fighter with many vic
tories to his credit. followed that up
by knocking out old Peter Jackson
in three rounds, and making Mexican
Pete Everett quit in less than three.
A twenty-round draw with Tom Shar-
key came in the same year, and then
Jeffrics went to New York, where he
was matched to fight two men in one
evening. The first of these was Bob
Armstrong (colored), and Jeff dam
aged his hand against the big black
to such an extent that he could not
meet Steve O'Donnell, the other man.
much to the delight OF O'Donnells
Friends
During this time Rob Fitzsimmons
was retaining the championship
against All corners. A match was
made between Jeff and Bob at Coney
Island, 1899. 1t was looked upon as
n joke, as the man who had gathered
Jim Corbett's scalp in decisive style
was thought to he able TO play with
the big green hand, Jeffries. Fitz-
simmons did play With him-for nine
rounds. If there was any part OF
Jeff's head he did not hit at viii, no.
body at the ringside could locate the
place. But in the tenth Fit2 tired, and
in the eleventh, after going down
twice. he was unable to get up n third
time, and jim J~effries was champion
Of the world.
Five months later J~effries met Tom
again in a twenty-five-round
fight at Coney Island. jeff got a de-
cision over the sailor, but he declares
Sharkey is the gamest man who
ever entered the ring
Corbett, ~ this time, was eager to
get a match with his former sparring
The fight was arranged, and
twenty rounds J~effries took a ter
amount of punishment. He ut
terly failed to each Corbett with his
although Corbett battered him
so freely that the big fellow
looked foolish. Jeffs econds told him
he was an -ex-champion beyond
doubt unless he did something, and
Jeff went out to do in the next round.
He tore after Corbett, minding the
storm of blows hat met him no more
than he would mind So many rain
drops. His left reached Corbett's mid
section in the t~Wenty-third round. and
a 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, Rubin.
five rounds Rubin quit. JEFF
had learned too much for Ruhlin be-
tween their meetings.
Probably the greatest amount of
punishment Jeff ever took-and he
n lot of it first and last-was in
second fight with Fitzsimmons.
The fight took place in 1902. and titz
threw all his clcvcrness and strength
into the first three rounds. Jeff's face
was badly cut by his blows, and while '
lritz vas fresh, the champion looked
live Il novice beside him. But he could
keep 1t up, ana he could not seem
to worry Jelf to any extent. In the
eighth Jeff's right caught the old
in the stomach, his left
went to the jaw, and FitZsimmons
vas classed among the has-beens for
good.
The second fight with Jim Corbett
Jeff's last important fight. In
fight jeff showed that he had at
asst learned the boxing game. He
)|utfought Corbett, the admitted mas
.er Of glove work and foot work, ut
very point of the game, and In the