The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-13
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
HoRE REASONS ADVANCED RON
THE Don MAN az JEFFRIES.
Mulssoea. Corbett. hsad, ami O'nsurks
Optne mat Hix yellow Lacked Neees-
sary NrrNe DeIAne, said 10 Have Ae-
rused BoIlermak ~ og . Desire 10 Quit.
e Jear,.. was frightened nv the lmror'

-Jedries was frightened nv the Importance
Of his task says william Muldoon. Who
has returned from Reno lie made two
serious errors FIRST he should not have
consented to make the match with John
sou and again he should not have trained
himself rhyHicAlly Jsrries was the negro's
superior. bu, otherwise he was a pitiiui
obiect
Jim Corhett insists that Jenrie- was suf-
/ ferinE from nervous pro-tTation When he
entered the ring result Of Worry He
de, larvs that the boilsrmakeT was greatly
ANNOYED when he saw hts old trainer, Billy
DELANEY. ia John-on's corner Corhett
doe-n't say that Jenries lacked gAmeness.
hut he hints that tho big fellows old nerve
/ wasn't there
MeanNhile Il may be said that william 4.
Brady who mana ged Jefirie> when the latter
! won the title from fitLsimmons. told THE
I SrN man a year ago that Jenries retired
after beating Munroe solely becAuse OF
! constant fear OF defeat
-.IenTiea always worried about hia hghtS.
said Mr.. Brady and he was MORALLY afraid
OF being beaten. He told me many times
that he wanted TO retire before defeat might
come HE way. II he Nights Johnson Jsi
| will Worry a whole lott
And now comes Tom O'Rourke. veteran
nght manager. with the positive statement
20 TIM sUS that Delaney several years ago
informed him conhdentialy that Jefries
! la kcd real grit
| Delaney told me. sAid O'Rourke yea
terday. that JeGrles wanted TO quit in the
nth round OF his nTst night with FitEsim-
mons and again in the eighteenth round
of his battle With Sharkey at Consy Island.
DELANEY also told ma that " Jeirie- ever
met a man hts own size and vel ght who
. could nkht better than the average he
, would bs defeated. | rene mber when
I.nrtez boxed IN this city for the nrrt time
.NW.He
stop Armstrong in ten rounds and then
d,dn't have nerve enough to meet poor old
. steve O'Donuell the same night I told
him that little George Dixon had knocked
, O'ponnell out. but that made no difference.
| lenris- who said hts thumb was hurt. re-
| fused 10 night and In 80 doing hs made me
! believe he didn't have the right sort Of
nerve
Prom that time ! always insisted that
JeHrie- was greatly oveTrated lie licked
Fuzsimmons because the latter was nifty
| mounds lighter and was ov~rronndent
. Corhe,t wasn't strong enough for him and
Shark-y was forty pounds lighter John
! ION therefore Was the nrst man of Jen's
size tho latter ever met. and a. soon as Jen
found that he Vas w against IL he icst
| confidence IN himself As a matter Of fact
Jerries never saw the day he could beat
! this black man
1 think Kaufman - the only white man
who has a chance with johnson and II
| they nsht IN years time Delaneys pupil
will n" worth a bet Kaufman u Young,
game. -uperhly built and 10 q natural tighter
It's chief fault is sIoWness. which Delaney
will r."tifv IN time
Persons Who are making a howl about
the moving pictures Of The Reno hEht be-
cause tho negro won evidently forget that
other Colored men have held ring titles
Georga piHon. Joe Cans and Joe Walcott
nd aetGhf cham
piun- respectively, but nobody IN sport
dom ever objected TO their color There
OF the world. perhaps. II John l. sullivan
had tried conclusions With Peter jas kson,
the Australian negro. Articles we're signed
bered, but the fsht Was cancelled
Johnson knows how to behave himself
from the Time he signed sr,iciss with JET.
fries Was anything bat Offensive ne
abused nobody aud Kept free from certain
elements
4 II J~nrie~ had p!Ace-l himself IN The csTrs
OF DELANEY MuldoOn thinks the result
Deianey's STievHncrc, aEsin-, JeHri,ss az.
sroomed Jenr~s INTO championship form
Delaney wanted ham 10 take the nrsi crack
gillsti, lemon arrived on IN" coast more
than no years ago J-h rie-. however,
rril.sd and cS also s ss.ss ~snn johnson
beat Burns. however, and Jen rles De, idcd
TO come out Of re! rsr"nt DELANEY. con.
ndeut that he would be the boilermakers
manage was suddenly shocked when N.
formed that Jsnri-- didn't want him
around DELANEY naturally boiled within
no S. handling jsGs AFFAIR." and inci-
dsntally cutting a good -liIe from We rry y
frT- ~ me break between JenrIe- and
DELANEY widened mutual friends deplored
DELANEY was the only trainer capable OF
putting JeTr.e- into proper physical son.
the .oilermaE"fs weight without sappins
his vitality, but Jenries. stubborn To the
ss' a SfTrs t h, wRsn he sSS jsr,ss m
thus city last year for the nTst time the latter
~-igh|-i rs, pounds aud that within Twelve
pounds lie had his own IDEAS about re-
| during. bat he might have farrd better
with DELANEY Al ~" helm
II J-annette and Iangford NiIi night to
hn,.h ~H I mn NO" Nv bn nss.n, d.i"pp
minAtion " JeAnne'te - ANXIOUS 20 hght
lAngford II y thought that the. VIII come
~ Winning could further emphasize hls
right 80 a match With the h"ayy~e,shi
tell Tansford 80 take fall ont Of ksuf-
snan On the fare OF u John~on Gems To
have mu.h respect in~ardly Tor the hos
Ton Tar BABY.
II ~. cirirens Of Reno have any .ay n
remain i-yalirei Ten RIckard II i- under
stood - PLANNING 80 stage Tommy Warns
and tangford On lapor Day. " they con-"
Together The pur-~ will ~ not less than
ssO.Usi ami forty Ave rounds wIll b" the
dAtau's
~ q R~~iNell Who stands ru'~'i OF the
turf IN Kentucky beCau~@ 81 the alleged
DOPING ~ the hor~s \adIu At latontA
has nanN sSmpaihIerr ON the New Nors
rir,riii - ho believe that he has been har~hl'
treated H~dWeli while racing here Sa~
never a"russd ot unfair ta'tiC~ hi- hor-~s
we're al~Ay- trying AID hi. stable eniov.d
the confdenCe 81 the pubic. We openly
admitted that he pu' aren't in the io"d
consumed Nv hi or~~s. practice that Was
regArfi~l a. legitimate on the fa~iern turf
Tho tat that R.iw ell informed the la'onia
stewards that Nad1u MAS uhht to rar" and
Tes'etVsd permi~~i0n 10 -rrAtrh hIm y re-
Earded by 'ocai turfmsn a. Cnn"lusiN~
proof that he VAS not attempting SHARP
practice Radv ell has hig stable and EN-
plny. a large number of help~r~ The Ken
lucky state Raring Commission. vhi'h
will hear hl-AppeAl On SATURDAY.. 'sconposed
81 col Milton Young. George Long.
Major Foyhan r DaingerHeld. col
! clay and y camden b" are known 10
10 SWlnebtly lair The Atonia track -
controlled nv Western TUT syndicate which
has had @oms friction With the commits
I sion on several points Pedwe lls closest