The San Francisco call., 1910-06-28

1T was I'm the second period that
.Iesfries landed "a punch which was as
close: To a knockout as he has yet
turned loose on any of them. It came
ID the form of one Of those old time
eips to the body. the very sort Of
punch which made the big fellow a
ella1anion some II years ago
Berger did not fall. but he doubled
Up ana fairly gasped for breath He
was 5veak and crippled from the ef-
feet 5e this terrible wallop and it took
hiIn 11vo minutes TO regain his breath
and get his bearings. The chances are
that Berger has done his last work
Tgith--J Jefries. He was very badly
used lIp young man at the conclusion
ofsthe bout
He did not have to tell this to any
b0dv.. either They all realized full
well what tremendous effect the lefts
which JEFF swung in had on this very
81 ever heavy weight. Berger is fully
convinced that Jeffries does not have
70 90 any more boxing He is just as
sure that the big fellow is right as he
is.tlat Nevada's sun has captured his
own beloved goat.
WHO'S. AFRATDs ARMSTRONG
Big Bob Armstrong fairly shivered
in lliS boots when he shook hands with
Jeff and started to waltz around. He
r1 u a
-l5e q prallopinE in store for him, though
he was .agreeably surprised when Jem
rfed. of easy. Instead of trying TO
box with. Bob and occasionally nail
riul Ten v-as content TO remain in the
cIinc6es and pull and haul around Tor
the greater part Of the three rounds.
once they both slipped right down
"a rtia mat Armstrong hit the floor
with an awful thud- He made such
.rc;ise:that some Of them were sure thet
Ter had cut loose with knockout
,--s7ios,c.. But such was not the case.
Bob merely slipped down and he was
-rr5- on: his feet in Jig time
LIARS slim came about In the same
y-s1r though everybody knew that
Armstrong did not cause II with any
srf -hfs -'yrallOps. The big telloW only
-.ey,<frrls and got up again and started
: 80, 5.1acIx Rob once more. He took ii
ea60d naturedly enough, though per-
faTrs The was not aware OF the TACT
that -Qne Of the notorious Gamer q
cef.gf74 him in the act RMS Is the
drst time that any Of them nave ever
sr%n45ed Jeffries after a fall down
C.arersIIv he manages to keep his legs,
llo-4nafter what happens.
irT-Iaerc is no doubt but that the dig
fellow might have gotten Tar more
.sc450r out Of the Armstrong workout
had he switched his plan OF campaign
= dit and resorted 10 boxing
Armstrong sort OF set himself for
fj,fe -on. several occasions. but JEFF only
ignored. these mute appeals.
CLINCHEs AND WHISTLES
* -vas about the same thing over
again. with Choynski. Old Joe was
lsveIy< and spry enough and wiling 10
.bS5r: and pepper away at Jeff, but he
,.r5ff-> wanted to clinch and wrestle
s,-Cf,ad. Whenever he chose he would
nick the veteran UP and toss him about
a
was more Of a little playIul act lnan
real workout with Jefries. He
seemed to be doing 1t more to accom-
41odate his friends than TO derive any
real beneht from the operation. But
he was satisfied at that
Like the rest Of them, Choynski I'M
r,edfsteIv began singing the praises OF
Teff iust as soon as he pulled his mitts
off. He told OF the giants wondertui
strength and his great powers OF en-
durance. Choynski was also IN bad
shane after the bout, but Jen dld not
even try 10 hit him. Choynskl was ep-
solutelv poWerless all the time, ana ne
realized this. but for the sake of ap-
pearances he tried to appear really dan
gerOus-
The Corbett setto was even milder
than the one in which cboynski fg-
1Ired. Corbett is not at all well. The
climate has affected him and he really
us nor IN CoH4lAfpA 10 GO diAy AcaA W. -
Therefore he simply held out his hands
and hacked away from JEFF. The latter
kept crowding ia on him all the time,
but did not try 10 land any Of his pun
issling blows. Corbett considered him
self very fortunate 10 be det down so
easily
BOxEs As A CONCESSION
Gentleman Jim would like to see jeff
dc more boxing. He is going around
shouting this TO everybody he meets,
bat at the same time it goes with him.
Corbett is a boxer pure and simple