Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-27
CAN JEFF GET
INTO CONDITION /?

The sole topic In sporting circles,
notwithstanding the stir caused by
the row in the National League, is
whether or not Jim Jeffries can come
back" or in other words, be as good
next summer as he was Ave years ago
II he can every one seems to think
that he could beat Johnson easily. for
the negro does not care for body
blows, says Los Angeles paper.
/. II must be admitted however. tina;
about the only two pugs that ever
stupg Johnson very deep are Joe
Choynski and Sam Langford. Choyn-
ski made johnson quit in three rounds
when Jack was beginner In the game
in 1901 and Sam Langford gave the
big negro the hardest fight Of his life
in April, 1906. Before and since then,
tend himself and considering Choyn.
ski and Lanyford, Jeffries will be the
third good man Johnson has signed
for. for but few Of the others he has
met were anything but second raters
and this goes for Kaufman, Burns
and O'Brien
,IefYries has the hes. chance OF any
pug that Ever lived to be hitnself again
for while he has been out OF the game
| five years he has lead fairly even
life and while he has probably drank
too much "booze" on various occasions
he never carried the drinking to ex.
cess and has never gone on lOng-cOn.
tinued sprees. Everyone in Los An
geles who knows Jeffries well or has
seen him every week knows this to be
true. and stree his marriage several
| years ago his wife has attended to
this part of 1t. While II is going some
to be the champion of the world In the
prize ring. II Is also going some to he
the wife of the champion and It is
more than possible that Jeffries would
have gone the. booze and gambling
route OF many champion pugs had II
not been for Mrs. James ]. Jeffries
for whom the big fellow has whole.
sale and retail respect.
/ w duy hdfV
been the cause ~ his evenly tempcrc,.
life, II has been an even one and one
cause of II Is his remarkable physical
development. his youth. health and
strength. II Is a 100 to bet that any
man who could stand up under the
fearful beatings given him by Shark
ey, F'itzslmmons and Corbett could
certainly bear up under beefsteak
supper. ten bottles of beer or a seven
hour nightly social session AT pin
pool occasionally. and there are none
of Jeff's intimate friends who think
that these things have hurt him
enough to stop him from coming
back" to his old form.
II must be admitted. however, that
| II he does he will be the first great
fighter that ever did, but II the great
mugs of the past had his constitution
and his health and strength they
ruined their physical powers by dissi
patton and late hours long-continued
JcfY's wonderful constitution may brine
him back" but the history Of the rint
shows that a dozen other topnotcher,
could not. Their lives prove nothing
however, for none Of them were like
Jsffries.
Lone Shining Light.
Jack McAulife. lightweight cham
pion, retired. Is about the lone SHINING
example Of the truly great fighters whit
knew when to stop. McAulife had
couple of narrow escapes In his pas
two battles, with Young Critic AM
owen Zcigler. and Il didn't take Yer.
close figuring to show him he wa
through. Two years later he boxe'
an exhibition with kid" Lavinge, AM
publicly retired. The latter was &C
claimed champion and held the it'll
until he was beaten by Frank Erne.
John L. Sullivan whipped Kilrain II
1889 quit the ring for three years, wen
to Australia, boxed an exhibition o
two, and took things easy. He re
entered the ring In 1892, and wha
Corbett did to him at New Orlean
was full portion portion. That goo
fighter, Fftzsimmons. knows what 1t |
to try to come back
After being beaten by PHILADELPHIA
Jack O'Brien everybody thought h
was through. He was In retifemen
for couple of years. and at his ar
two years idleness didn't improve hi
condition. He essayed to meet JohI
son In Philadelphia and the old scou
didn't last two full rounds.
That marvel of cleverness and shift
mess Jim Corbett, had his lesson i
rehabilitation. and with sad results
After that fve.round skirmish wit
kid" Mccoy he crept into retiremen
for three years. Then he boxed Je
fries In Frisco and his showing wa
mournfu compared to the one he ha
made against len few years befor
at Coney Island.
Hall All In.
Jim Hall. the famous Australian
who once knocked out Bob Ftzsin
mons In -four rounds, retired In 1S9,