Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-12

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form when I was a kid.
Look at the picture of my fight with
Fitzsimmons. In that battle we used
the highest standard OF pugilism and
ring generalsnip. You will see there
blows that johnson never even heard
of, and that standard is still the best
to this day.
Against any man but J~effries, john
sons left might he dangerous. 1t will
make no more impression upon Jim
than u feather hurled at a ton of bricks
would make.
1t must be remembered that Jeffries
has not had q fight in more than six
years. He has to get into the real
going, or as near as he possibly can.
Now, Jim will be in pretty good con-
dition, but 1 want to say h a he will
know hat he was boxing after he puts
the gloves on with me
The good of pugilism as a sport has
been deteriorating since Jeff's retire
ment. When Burns claimed the ham,
pionship it did little to revive the in
terest in the game, and when Johnson
took the title from Burn it aroused
interest temporarily, but was not en-
during enough to hold the attention of
the sporting world as a universal in
stitution. We never had a black cham
pion before, and the predictions that
the negroes ~ascendancy to the title,
would crab the game lave been verl-
fled. h world of sports owes a deep
debt of gratitude to Jim for leaving his
farm to reenter the ring. He a put
new life int the game, and If he de-
feats Johnson, as l ave every hope
he will, it will do much to raise the
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dropped.
1t may not be in strict accord with
the nature of the dope that I am ex-
pected to hand out daily in this column.
but / would like to say a few words
to my younger readers in regard to
smoking. 1t is one OF the worst habits
a man can contract. 1t is weakening
to the heart, and is bound to put you
out in the end. OF course the ciga-
rettes are the worst, but tobacco in any
form is bad. When Jeffries, who had
previously been an inveterate smoker,
decided to get back into the game, he
Immediately cut out the use of the weed.
Not by degrees, but all in one jump.
That is the only way to do it. II you
don't smoke, don't take 1t up, because
you think 1t is manly. 1t Is far more
hard to have the moral courage to
travel with a bunch of fellows who do
smoke, and to stand up and admit
thai you haven't the habit. Ask any
one who has become addicted to the
use of the weed. Every one of them
will tell you that it is no good, and
they mean it,. These few sentences are
nothing new, but they are true, and 1t
is a good thing to repeat them occa-
6ionally.
Willie Lucas had a shade the better
of Adam Ryan at the Douglas A. c., of
Philadelphia last night. Lucas was
entitled to the decision on account OF
landing the cleaner blows and send
ing Ryan to the mat in the opening
round. Ryan did his best work at
short ange, landing hard OH Lucas's
body several times with well-timed
blows, but Lucas was always willing
to mix matters with the general and
was entitled to the decision.
Young Loughrey, of Philadelphia,
outclassed Dave Deshler, the Cam
bridge lightweight, In a twelve-rouno
contest at the Armory A. a., of Bos-
ton. From start to finish Loughrey's
sweeping lefts to the face and body
offset Deshler'S fast left hand. n the
latter was slowed down to a marked
degree before the end of the first six
rounds. The contest was marked by
brilliant rallies by both men at times,
but the excellence of Loughrey's attack,
and the fact that he kept boring in
from start to finish, enabled him to
pile up a lead OF points which even
the heet-fisted and fast-stepping Desh-
Ter could not overcome.
Ray Bronson, the Indianapolis light
weight boxer, AND Matty Baldwin. the
Boston fighter, have been matched to
battle As rounds, winner take all, by
the promoters Of the West Side Ath-
letic Club, New Orleans. The date that
has been set for the battle is Feb
ruary 6.
Battling Hurley and Cy Smith fought
ten fast rounds in Schenectady last
night to a draw. The bout was fea-