The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-26
DELANEY BEAT HIM
Jeffries Did Not Win a Fight
After Quitting Billy.
Trainers Presence in JOhnsOn's
Corner Beat Hope

San Francisco, Jan. 26.-The death
of Billy Delaney recalls the Slo1y
which was told shortly after the hasco
at Reno that it was Jeffries leaving
unpaid bills at Reno and MS reLuseeA
to fight Squires that led TO ms cow
fall. These actions angered Delaney
and when an opponent came forward
DELANEY was for him. The fact that
Delaney was in Johnson's corner mas
many times been declared TO nave
helped whip Jeffries as much as Jonn-
sons blows. Delaney himself regard
ed Johnsons winning as a PERSONA
victory. It is q significant fact that
Jeffries never won fight AFTER ms
break with Delaney. He retired, II Il
Delaney would be against him: he
kept out OF the game until Johnson
brought him out of his saloon to the
squared circle.
known All Over World.
When the news that Billy Delaney
is dead was flashed around the world
everyone who had even slight KNOW
edge of what had happened durins
many wears in connection with the
sport of the glove well knew VINO was
Delanev's fame was widespread. He
was possibly bigger figure IN the
pugilistic world than any OF the men mems ne
helped to gain the heavyweight crown,
OF him it can truly be Sald ne ihouo
and unmade champions -
Repinning that September night IN
New Orleans, now twenty years oSos
when bare knuckle mining Went W
of vogue and boxing with gloves pc
came the recognized method OF de-
Gliding the worlds premiership, there
have been eleven heavyweight cnain-
pionship battles. There nave of iTsi
notably the Fitzsimmons Maner,
Rurns-Souires and Johnson-B Burns, put
only eleven in which the blue r1ppon
was passed along hand to mana, as 1t
were.
one Loser in Eleven.
In every one of the eleven bouts,
! Fillv Delanev was behind one or the
ether of the men and during all TINS
times he was sbehind one loser Ihat
/ was when Jim Corbetf was defeated ny
| Rob TftzsirnmonS at Carson.
DELANEY trained and seconded Cor
bett for his MATCHES with sullivan.
! Mitchell and F'itzsimmons- he prepared
| vafevios for his championship bout win
! E-itzs;n,rnons at Coney Island and was
! with Jeffries in every fght he partlci-
pated ir after that except the DISCS
| trous one ct Reno. Whlle under p:
! 1arev Jeffries won the championship
ond defended it no less than seven
times. His opponents we're Fitzslnn n oi
| twice., Corbett (twice). Sharkey, Kun
in ard Munroe.
He Helped Whip Jeffries.
After Jeffrjes retired from the RING
a GOODNESS arose between Big jim an; ano
breach was not healed by the time the
Jeffries-Jnhnson fight took place a,
Reno and there was astonlsnI1leA
throughout the sporting world when II
was learned that Billy Delaney fao
been engaged as Johnson's principal sec
/ cnd. It is the consensus OF oplnlon the
| The fact of Delaney being in johnson
anrle Of the ring had a depressing el-
feet on Jeffries and sided waterway II
/ his defeat -,
Delaney WIS born in New York clts
and was first identified with the Tlne
as a fighter in Bowery boxing eisl i.s
! Coming to this coast in the late slN-
! lies. he began his career as a tralnel
by inducing ]. J. Corbett then a pan, PAM
clerk and amateur heavyweight chaIn-
nion of the Pacific coast, to turn pro
Under Delaney's tutelage Corbet'
! gained and held the championship IN
/ I'll Il was wrested from him by FItz-
simmons. Delaney then had fo eha .iI his Is
Teffries. whom he trained Tor an ii rs
/ 1903