The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24

van and Jeffries are naturally slow after
| they pass the age Of ~. They find 4 inn
| possible To regain youthful activity unless
they keep hustling all the time. Once
! they allow themselves u tip the scales
near the 300 mark Il . all OF as far as speed
u concerned.
Fat Is a FOE that fighters i'm any class
must fear. The man who quickly runs
to flesh In always in danger % defeat
In taking on weight pugilist often
sacrifices vitality because he ~ com
PEELED to do an unnatural amount Of
grielling work This fact was Illustrated
by Jeffrles when preparing for the b'g
fight at Reno. To all appearances he was
a fairly trained athlete, but when he
started to fight he found His snap aud
ginger gone and was dumbfounded by
his loss OF steam and speed.
There's no such thing as fighter
coming back after heing any great
length OF time out OF the ring | remember
that Jimmy Elliott, who was shot and
killed 10y Jere Dunn in Chicago, was
considered such great puRilist that
number OF Brooklyn sporting men
got him out Of Sing Sing tn lower the
colors Of Johnny Dwyer They were
matched To fight for the heavyweight
championship OF America and 81 .Oo
side They fought with hare knuckles
up in canada in 1879 IL was a case Of
Jaffries versus johnson. Elliott. who had
been out OF the ring for six years. was
nine fast rounds
The hare knuckle fight between Joe
Goss and Paddy Ryan in 1871 was another
pitiful sight Gos- had been a great
pugilist, but he had been idle for several
years when he tackled Ryan His steam
was all gone and he was also wind broken
and although he actually outboAsd RYAN
the latter stopped him IN sixty-fivs rounds
Peter jackson. the great Australian
heavyweight, was another case in point.
jackson was all in when Jenries knocked
him out IN California. So was Charley
Mitchell one of the pluckiest fighters
that drew ON a glove You remember
how Corbett showed Mitchell up when he
stopped him in three rounds at Jackson
Vile OF course the Briton had been
out Of the ring too long and hadn't
chance To come back
-Corbett imsolf made two plucky
attempts to come back when he fought
Jsfries In the first attempt he stood
JeH on for nearly twenty-thr-e rounds,
only to he knocked out by a left hook
In their second mill Corbett was easy and
JET slowed him away in the tenth round.
How different Jen was then! He was at
his best beyond the shadow NJ u doubt
-ShArkcy was out 81 pugilSn for three
years after Jsf beat him at Coney Island.
but when he tried 10 come back in a siN
round bout with Jack Munroe he was an
obi ect Of pity. In that AFFAIR MunrOe. "A
third rater. put Il all over IN" sailor. who
was lucky 10 escape a knockout. We haV"
another shining example In Philadelphia
Jack q Bricn. who lost his best form after
q yea Of ldlsness Young Corbstt mad.
a valiant effort to get back into condition
after "a gay life. MT he WAS an easy
mark Zoe several second Taters
KID Mccoy trained for six weeks n
year ago and thought he was himself
again but when he ran up against Jim
St"war' az a local club he pTcssnt.sl a
sorry -TNactaCl. He couldn't get ont ~
his own wsv couldn't hit ~ all. and IS
cap..i a summary beating brcaus. stewart
couldn make himself beli.v. that Mccoy
had gone hack until Il was ton late
Some pIgilists have had sense enough
10 retire al the proper time. Jack Mean
life knew when h.. had shot hI- bolt and
uuit the ring an und"featsSd lightweight
champion ~ tho world Tommy Ryan
on" of tho host mislilew eirht- ever seen
IN IN. ring followed Nc AuliTs's example
When RYAN gave mp pugilisin for gund he
proCredsd 10 turn down all sorts Of en-
tlcinc offers Ia return RYAN and Mo
Aulif.. nv the waN. predicted johnson
victory over J"Tri"S and CAV" ~ their
reason the fact that M" 81 inactivity
ALWAYS spsllsd defeat