The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-02

JEFF DOOGES CHICAGO
Retired Champion Is in a
Hurry to Get Back to
California.
WILL QUIT ROAD FEB. IS.
Wife of Pugilist Leaves City To-
day, Meeting Her Husband
in Montana.

James j. Jeffries will not visit Chi
cago as per his schedule following the
completion of his theatrical tour. The
big boilermaker had intended to con-
tinue east after his final stand at Hib-
bling, Mimi, on Feb. 10 to join his wife.
who is now in Michael Reese hospital,
but Mrs. Jeffries will leave this morn
ing to meet the smuggling Californian
at Helena, Mont.
Jeffries and his theatrical satellites
are now working east from the north
west coast, being billed to play at Hell
ena on Feb. 5. Last night Lou House
man of this city received a telegram
king him to proceed with all haste
to the Montana metropolis, bringing
the invalid Mrs. Jeffries with him, and
he will depart at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Jeff has heard the call of the wild
and has entirely wiped the eastern map
off his visiting list prior to his big
fight with Johnson on July 4. It's now
out to the mountains for him as soon
as he can get there, and he will hike
to California about five minutes after
he receives Nthe last bouquet from the
admiring public of Hibbing.
Jeffries will appear in Helena Satur-
day night working from thence up
into Canada, striking Winnipeg and a
few minor points. From there he will
work back to Minnesota, where he is
booked for his final theatrical stand
at Hibbing, Feb. 49, At midnight of
the same date he will leave via a flyer
for Hardin Springs. where he is going
to spend a solid month in resting up,
hunting, fishing and leading the SIM
pie life of his Illus trious ancestors of
the stone age.
Jeffries expects to get a world of
good from the rest cure, and at the
completion of thirty days of solitude
he will start on the last lap of train
ing with four months of the hardest
kind of preparatory work. He is going
into the affair in earnest, according to
his statement, and will take daily
routine of toll which will make him
harder than a slug of cast iron.
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! Jenries' determination to strike for
| the mountains will preclude any chance
| of the Chicago fight fans being given
an opportunity to judge of his capa-
| bilities again before the big hght. he
had intended to hold a pow-wow with
the promoters again and might nave
made a public appearance, but the lurio
many.
The news of Johnsons indictment
/ spread with great rapidity and there
was much speculation as to the outcome
of his arraignment before Judge O'Sul'
4 Ivan in general sessions tomorrow Or
Il account of his many troubles with th'
law and the persistence Of the dis
trict attorneys office in prosecuting
the fighter, many of the sports won
dered whether the big fight would o.
interfered with.
Il In the event of his conviction
might mean he could not begin train
ing for his fight with Jemres In oal
Francisco, which. is to take place OF
( July 4 and therefore could not be Il
/ condition.
/ When johnson was notified OF the IN
dictment late today he Immediately go
| into communication with his manage
s and held a long conversation as 10 Jus
$ what could be done should he be foun
guilty.