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

why Battling Nelson is not the
only one who can boast Of being
durable and all that! There is a young
Dane living in Omaha. Neb.. who has
never been able to break into the record
books and who is little known outside
of his own state and Colorado, but
who is some fighter The lads name
is Emil kid Jensen and he has de-
velOped from a featherweight into
lightweight during the past half dozen
years and is now challenging the best
1873 Founders in the west
The kid is just beginning to blossom
forth when most fighters are ready 10
lay down their gloves and retire. He
vas born in 1856 and has been fighting
steadily since 1901, having started IN
the game when only 10 years OF age,
and as a Dantamweight- He has mad
over so battles since that time and
many of them have been with tough
boys at that One Of his early fights
was with Clarence English. VINO at
that time was considered champion
SIP possibility in the lightweight d.
vision along with Benny YaRger, Bat
Ting Nelson and others TIE little
Dane gave English a terrific fight Tor
eight rounds, losing the decision, but
letting the heavier man know that he
bad been in a real fight
The following year he was stacked
up against Young COrbett, the Denver
sensation, who had just previously
beaten the famous Terry McGOvern, IN
two rounds at Hartford, Conn, and
who was looked upon as wonderful
boxer, which he was. It was to have
been an exhibition. but the kid was
rather roughly handled and he fought
back. He went along and scored nine
EnOckOuts and also won 20 battles,
losing few He lost to Guy Buckles,
who was a WelterWeig ht. and tough
one, and also to Phil Knight. who was
also tOuted at that time as coming
lightweight champion Later he fought
Buckles a draw. giving away consider
able weight. His latest fights have
Eeen with Jack German, a good young
Lightweight OF Omaha, and Eddie john
son. another promising lightweight OF
Pueblo.
Emil writes me that he thinks he
has had experience enough. after Il
years of battling. and now wants to get
real top nOtchers and il he cannot
make good he viii retire for all time
The effort OF some of the promoters
or managers in the west to bring
Jim Jefrries back into the boxing game
is not meeting with much enthusia srn,
especially with the public, and il is
about 100 to 1 that the big fellow will
never consent to any kind Of a stunt
like that The public well remembers
the fiascO Of 1910 when Jack Johnson
was given the opportunity to defeat
a man who had no business in the ring
at that time The idea of trying . to
bring back into the game a man who
has proved that he cannot come back"
the sport would never stand for it.
They had one experience and that was
sufficient
It is not Jim Jeffries that is to be
blamed for any such movement now,
but the men who are trying to urge
him to make one more attempt TO
come back" like the farewell Of
Patti. 1t was not Jeffries who wanted
To get into the limelight in 1903 when
the critics began TO howl for him to
reenter the ring and bring the cham
piOnship back to the white race jeff
stated time and time again that he was
cut OF II for good; that he had retired
and wanted 10 remain a retired and 7
indicated champion The urging Was
50 great that the alfalfa farmer began
10 think he was really as good as ever
and might make successful re-
entrance into the arena He even
went so far as to visit Germany for the I
purpose of taking the baths and to
find out whether his stomach. which !
had bothered him considerably, would {
stand the siege OF training for hard (
battle That was the secret Of Jeffs /
first trip over to Germany at that I
time The long grind was too much for j
him and though he appeared in good D
shape before the contest for the title !
at Reno he was a sick man, or rather }
on the verge OF nervous prOstratiOn I
the day OF the battle. The fact is he /
was never the same man physically /