El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-27

contest declared of, as he lost heart
from that moment ana Ga NOT taAe
the same interest in it. He knew that
his condition had been worked up 70
the right point for the carrier GATE ana
from that time on he began to go back
JeffrieS is SO years OF age and ne mas
not lived the life that some Of the ath-
letes should live in order to keep up
guCh work If he could not do hlmsen
Justice in 1910. what chance would he
have now 1t would be the rankesr
kind of injustice to the public 10 try
and spring sucn a farce again, and 1t is
a good bet that Jim Jeffries will not
consent to any such plan
The passing away of Jim Hail. the
wonderfully clever Australian middle
weight. at a time when he should be
Just in the prime Of lie proves that
even great athletes must take care OF
themselves if they expect to reach the
three quarter century mark. Hall was
just in the 40's. but the speedy life he
leo made him appear much older From
a robust man OF nearly 200 pounds he
faded fast the past year or two and
the ravages of the white plague
brought the end in a SanatOr1um at
stevens Point. W1s-. Where ne mad been
sent by Patsy Callahan. former man
ager Of Eddie McGOOrty, and who
helped poor Jim when he was absO-
lutely down and out Callahan also
saw that the Australian was given all
that a good Christian should have and
as a result Jim's body rests in the
burial grounds at Neenah, Wis, the
home OF Callahan It is likely that
Patsy viii arrange to have an apprO-
pirate monument erected to the mem
DRY Of the famous fighter.
It was in the early SOS that Hall was
at his best, having come over from
Australia about the same time Bob
EitZsimmOns arrived in this country.
Jim lad won a four round decision
over Bob IN sydney, but It was claimed
az the time that F1tz had laid down
TO Hall This was strenuOusly denied
by Hall, but he did claim that he had
been made the victim of a job by his
seconds. he being green at the game
at that time. A little over year ago
Hall was in Milwaukee and he took
occasion at that time to deny the story
about the alleged lay down" He was
a fine looking fellow those days,
standing over six feet and weighing in
shape at the middleWeight limit He
looked like a gray hound, being finely
drawn and every inch the ideal ath-
It was in 1893 that he was matched
with FitzslmmOns at New Orleans for
won the title from the late Jack Demp-
sey. the '-NOnparel.' two years before.
The match created great interest at
the time as the purse CT $4,000 was
something unheard OF those days. but
which did not materialize as Fitz
wished. and to this day has not been
paid over to the winner. that IS, the
bulk Of il. FitZ won his fight in four
rounds and after Jim had put up
splendid contest for three rounds
After that Hall Joined forces with
ParsOn Davies for a time and while at
Mount Clemens Mich, got into an
argument with the famous ParsOn,
and as a result Of it he carried mark
Inflicted by the parsOn to his grare.
Hall had a few matches, but finally
gave up the game and became a travel
ing salesman and was also interested
in other ventures. being very success
ful for a time. He kept straight for
q lone inc .-sr- e.
was the beginning Of the end He was
one Of the quintet OF famous boxers
turned out BY Australia during that
perfOd-FItZs1 InhrOns,f Peter Jackson
Young Critic, Frank SIavin=and il
might be Wen to add the name OF Joe
Goddard to the list