Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
REoPENs OLD SORE


Jeffries-D Delaney cease" reopens with
a vengeance. Recently a party of New
York sporting men sent telegram to
Billy Delaney, making him an offer of
$4,000 to take up the training of jeff
ries, saying that they were anxious
that Jeff whip Jack Johnson, and urg-
ing Delaney to go to Jeff's camp as a
guarantee that Jeff would be sent in
the ring in the best physical condition.
Delaney answered as follows:
II quit Jeffries for welching on a
gambling debt and running out on the
Squires match. Jeffries has selected a
good training staff and can get along
without me. From a white mans
standpoint l admire the stand you take,
but l could not conscientiously have
anv more dealings with Jim Jeffries.
Not for the whole of Manhattan island
would I take charge of his camp.
(Signed) BILLY DELANEY"
Jeffries made no answer to the above
telegram, which was printed broadcast
over the land, but Jack Ripper, jeff
ries' business partner, issued the fol-
lowing statement last night. and there
is every indication that Jeffries inspired
it. Kipper's statement reads:
ITO the Sporting Public: Mr.. VIII
liam Delaney says that $4,000 is not
enough to tempt him to take charge of
Jim Jeffries' training. Let it be known
that if Delaney were to pay 100000 for
the privilege he could not enter Rowan
dennan as a member of the Jeffries
training staff
TT will perhaps be of interest to the
training public to know that during
the past three months many oVertures
have been made to Jeffries by friends
of Delaney to have the latter taken
back into the fold. We know positive
Iy that these overtures came direct
from Delaney. While in San Francisco
recently I was personally approached
bv a prominent referee of that city,
representing Delaney, whose mission
was to see IF things couldn't be patched
up
"It was only after he realized that
he didn't have a chance in the world
to be put back on the payroll by jeff
ries that Delaney voluntarily started
the negotiations by which he hopes to
land himself in Jack Johnson's train
ing camp.
DELANEY BUTTED IN
I'VE will now take up the charge
made by Delaney that Jeffries run
out of the Squires match. The real
facts in this matter were as follows:
Delaney, growing desperate over Jeff
ries' steadfast determination to stand
by his retirement, made the match
of first consulting Jim. Billy had been
living off Jeff's bounty for SO long
that he was wild at the thought of
losing the income he derived from
Jims labors. He figured that if he
took a chance and announced that
Jeffries had consented to fight Squires
that the big fellow wouldn't dare to
repudiate the statement. He was mis-
taken in his man, though. Jim refused
to come out of retirement, and as re-
suit Delaney was humiliated in the
eyes of the public. He went back to
Oakland, crying like whipped school
boy.
"Delaney's reference to Jim's case
against the Reno gamblers is not to
| be taken seriously. At the time OF
this occurrence there were no ties of
either a business, social or friendly
nature existing between Jim Jeffries
and Billy Delaney.
I'm conclusion I will say that !
sincerely hope that Jack johnson takes
William Delaney into his camp. We
think this is exactly where Mr.. De-
laney belongs.
(signed) JACK KIPPER."