Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-25

sporting writer. is telling about II
in his columns and the Frisco sports
are discussing it in their idle mo-
ments. The whole thing seams 10 20
back to Bob Edgren's article on the
poison cup of tea" But the new
turn of affairs has Jeffries saying
that he is going to make statement
1t will be interesting. in view of the
statement that he made at his home
! in Los Angeles to Deck Wolters and
myself just after the Reno battle
On that occasion he declared that 1t
was Johnson's fists that beat him.
| That was SO, in one sense, but If
Jeff had not been frightened, if he
had not broken down mentally under
the strain. no fists of a Johnson
would ever have beaten him.
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The poison story is joke story.
jeff, physically, was a well-trained,
well-condltioned man. Mentally when
the hour of battle arrived, he broke
down, caved in. He collapsed in his
dressing-room just before the fight,
but he said he would be all right after
he had been "stung a few blows with
Johnson's fists" He never came to.
though, and he fought in a trance
throughout the contest. He wasn't
doped but he was dopey. He got a
pretty fair licking and he was well
paid for his trouble. To him Johnson
was jinx, in any event. He detested
the fellow and 1t Is doubtful if he
could do his best in his best day
against him. The day that johnson
whipped Jeffries at Reno, Jeffries, in
my opinion. could have beaten any
white man in the world. Ii was a case
of big job after a long retirement
on Jeff's part, but on the other side
of the ring was a huge goat" that
made all the difference inlthe world.
G
The mentioning Of Johnson's name
recalls the fact that Jack is having
his own troubles. In this country his
life was made miserable in numerous
ways, and now he is up against il over
in England. Johnson's trouble is John
sons fault. He has played cards
poorly throughout the game. He made
cracks that he would have a white
woman for a wife, and he kept his
word. That killed him. He lost the
friendship of his own race and the
whites turned against him. Johnson
was pleasant fellow and smart
fellow, and he would have been popu-
lar if he had kept within the bounds
of propriety. Now he finds himself
nowhere. In this country he is
prisoner only, and in England he is
being bounded so that he may not be
able to fulfil his Theatrical engage
ments-and all for being fresh.
9
Turtles of ten years ago will no
doubt vividly recall the very inter-
esting stories of the races printed in
the New York Press and written by
John Boden. They were master
pieces, and the author of them is now
dead on his farm at Spring Valley,
III ANS" Va n ClotC. A1is jDOuCh
writings were mostly descriptive and
they held the reader. He knew the
game, was a close student of the
thoroughbred and was intimate with
all the big men of the turf. He was
born in st. Johns, N. b., and was 81
years of age. He will be buried in
Brooklyn.
c.
j. p. NJ:
What night will the Common
Council and the Board of Street and
Water commissioners meet in Hud-
son County? Give me the names of
some newspapers printed in Hudson
County? H. B.
Jersey City is now controlled by
commission government and this
body meets on Thursday afternoon
of each week. The Hudson County
Dispatch, the Hudson Observer and
the Jersey Journal.
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J.P. N:
Give me the cheapest route to AL
bany, N. Y, by boat. j. G. K.
The round tripsvia the Capital City
line boats, which leave pier 46, North
River at 6 o'clock in the evening, is
you could row up or swim 1t.
Co
]. p. NJ:
What is a direct route to South
Beach? READER.
Take trolley to Elizabethport, cross
ferry and take car for South Beach.
@
T. B.-Consult our files for your
poem.
]. p. N:
Is architectural drawing taught in
the evening school at Central High?
S. f.
Not at Central, but at the Drawing
School.
j. P. NJ:
TO whom should I forward my ap-
plication blank for letter carrier?
have filled same out. READER.
To the secretary of the Civil Service
Board of Examiners, Custom House,
New York city.
]. p. NJ:
Kindly tell me the value of the fol-
lowing coins: 1S43 half-dolar, silver
scent pieces dated 1866. 1867, copper
2-cent pieces dated 1864, 1866. penny