The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
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n oNs OF GUILTY PARTY.

ahu iiS y" 90 VI uS6tu " lhaAo hiu slVSe
to Johnson. This statement is auth.
orized by JefTries himself.
For the first time since he stagger-
cd from the ring at Reno, defeated,
Jeffries has declared himself Hither-
TO he has steadily refused to tell the
waiting world whether he would meet
Johnson again or not.
81 am positively through with Ithe
fight game.
81 shall never step into the ring again
This is absolutely final"
With these words, James ]. Jelfries
dropped everlasting crushcr upon the
hopes OF such Of his friends as thought
that at some future time he would re.
quest a return match with Jack John.
son. SIS, - ..l.,5l,
! Don't Want a Cent More, He Says
mo amount Of coin can ever tempt
nc, no promoter ever induce mc to
take another fling at the ring game"
continued ;Jeffries Il have all the
money / need to keep my wife and
myself in comfort for the rest OF our
lives, and don't want cent more.
81 know Tex Richard imagines he
can sign me again, and while would
do any possible favor for Tex. will
have to dlsappoint him in this.
81 am out of the game forever" AT
these words Mrs. Jeifries sitting near
smiled satisfied smile, for 1t was
the first time her husband had given
luttcrance, even to her, of his inten.
lions. She, above all other, protested
against his last signing OF articles,
and for her sake this retirement will
mean n last farewell to the sport of
the padded mitts.
Says He is Sure He was Tricked.
Jeffries had not uttered single
word about his defeat or the causes
that led 10 1t. This particular after
noon he threw off the bounds OF res
traint and opened up. Here is his
story:
81 am positive" he said, that ! was
the victim Of trickcry. Something
was done to me. 1t would have been
impossible for me to break down In
the condition was ill.,. so suddenly, un
less some one got to me in an under
handed way. -
THAT was tempered with Is n Ger.
tainty! Eight days before the fight
| remember we'll ititwas, Saturday in
the morning. went on a fishing trip.
We had breakfast willie out, and as
| returned that afternon i went to
bed and 10 sleep. 49, s..
From that day never was myself.
| wanted to sleep all Of the time. At
first | thought had been working
too much and that rest for a couple
of, days would fix me all right. But
the laziness never left me.
sFrom that day to day | tried to
make myself believe | was all right,
but the tired telling would always grab
me after dinner, and / could not do
Anything but loaf.
Declares His Brain Was Not Work.
ing, Either.
Il was also attacked with dyson.
tary, for which not even the doctors
could account, for had been extra
careful OF my diet the last two weeks
of training.
ITO show you Just how strong it
was handed to me did not. recover
from either the dope or dysentary
until had been at Catalina two weeks
At that point, Mrs. Jcffrics broke
IN. 81 couldn't understand It," she
said. "Jim is always so full OF life,
and even when not training is always
moving about and doing something.
I've seldom seen him sit stilEfor more
than an hour at time, so grew
suspicious the moment ! saw him
lounging about when. he should have
been working"
81 think she's right about that"
said jeff. I'm naturally full of life.
But the worst OF 1t all was that my
brain went to the bad. | couldn't
think. / Just had some sort Of an idea
all tho timo that I'd be all right next
day. But ! didn't get all right and
finally began not TO care.
Could Have Called All Bets of.
81 was not in the condition l vas
ut Ben Lommond. am not kidding
myself when | say was never better
than was there. ! was full OF life and
ginger. felt the same way In Reno
until the day OF that fishing trip.
why don't some Of these experts try
10 account for the .lifeless hulk that
staggered about the Reno ring?
THE day of the fight only remem.
Der going down the. aisle toward the
ring, can't recall a single thing be-.
fore or after that.
] have always been bit nervous
before my fights, but in this Instance
! had no nerves at all. Neither was
] scared. j never have been. could
not oven think of the fight.
-"lf I could have gotten my brain
TO working would surely have rea.
lied something was wrong with me
and would have asked Richard to
Call of all bets.
81 know nothing OF the fight, except
what | have been told. They say
took my Introduction with my legs
spradled apart and did not even bow
TO tremendous ovation.
A Woman Could Have Whipped Him,
He says: Can you imagine me
being such n fool2 But, Bill, don't
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