The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-01
A SERMON ON BOOZE AND GIG
ARETTES" BY THE REFORMED
PUG"
THE FALL Of JIM JEFFRIES
THAT Vas the Combine That Knock
ed Out Jeffries, Not Johnson"
Says the Former 25-Year prinker
Let Them Alone, Boys

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 3O.-"lf
you cant take one drink without
getting drunk" says John l.. Sulii-
van. rcont take one drink-leaye
it alone
Thus runs the philosophy of the
former champion of the American
prize ring who. with his old-time
antagonist, Jake Kilrain, is sparr-
ing with boxing floves and doing
bit of monologue at Yale's Theater,
7O6 Main street, this week.
For twenty-five years" John L.
continued Il tried to drink all the
whiskey that was maize After
twenty-five years of active training
in that line, | discovered that they
could make it faster than l could
drink it. Right then and there |
threw up the sponge, and that was
six years ago. / haven't tasted a
drop of intoxicating liquor since and
I'm in better health and have more
money than / ever had in my life
decided that day six years ago to
| leave the job to a younger man,
wishing him WELL but feeling sure
of his finish.
Mr.. Sullivan cites the Jeffries-
Johnson fight as an example OF
what may happen to a man who
goes against John Barleycorn.
"Jeffries," ne said, "retirel from
the ring and started saloon. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that he drank
a whole lot of liquor while running
that saloon. Everyone wanted James
j.. the retired champion, to take a
drink with him, and James J. gen
orally was open for the invitation.
Furthermore, he smoked, | am tod,
five or six boxes of cigarettes a
day. Cigarettes are worse than whis-
key. And let it be said to my
credit that that was one fault
never had. l never smoked a cigar
ette.
What was the result of those
six years of drinking anh cigarette
smoking with Jeffries? His stomach
was eaten up. 1t caved in and when
a mans stomach is gone he has lost
the most vital part of his anatomy.
Brawn workers or mind workers
can't do business without healthy
stomach and whiskey and cigar
cites strike directly at that vital
part of the body and ruin it.
'fWhen Jeffries went Into the
ring with Johnson he looked all
right on the outside. You know a
drunkard in the morning can get a
shave and some hot and cold towels
over his face and fool the people
little while. You can't see the
drunkard's interior, but he can feel
it. He is deceiving you on the out
side, but he knows all about the
riot going on on the inside. He
knows he is no good He knows he
is incapable. His will is weak. He
is without the reserve necessary to
forge ahead and do things. He is a
wealSling, when he meets a strong
antagonist, whether it is contest OF
muscle or brains.
"Jeffries weighed 235 pounds when
he entered the ring. After he had
fought five rounds he weighed q
thousand pounis. After he had
fought ten rounds he weighed &
million. After he had fought four
teen rounds there still was only one
Johnson in the ring, but Jeffrie,
was seeing three Johnsons, strik
ing at all OF them and not hittine
any of them.
When Johnson floored Jeffries anG
Jeffries took the count, it WASH
the first time that the ex-champior
had turned up his toes. Old Mar
Booze had sent him down for the
count long before"