South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-27
TESREAU WANTS To
WIN BOXING TITLE
Giant HurIer Has Ambition to
Wear Heavyweight Crown
Looks Like Championship
Material Expects Say.
BY FRANK G. NrENKE.


II John McGraw isn't careful he'll
/ wake mp some morning 10 find that
| Big Jeff' Tesreau has jumped the
] Giants and taken a job in the White
/ Hope" league. For Tesreau secretly
! nurses the ambition Of someday wear
/ ing the crown that once decorated the
dome Of Jim Jeffries the man whom
| il is said Tesreau resembles greatlS in
/ both physical and facial appearance,
| and which likeness won for Tesreau
| the nickname. JEFF"
( But fate so far has ruled against
! Tesreau becoming pugilist and IL
seems that fate will continue so 70
rule. assisted by Mrs. Tesreau. who Is
very much opposed TO "Jeff's" pugil-
istic ideas.
"Jeff'' yearns TO bring back TO the
white race the crown that Jack
Johnson snatched from Jeffries And
those who know of Tesreau's skill as
a boxer and who know OF his terrible
strength and the terrific punch that
he carries in either hand feel that II
properly trained Tesreau soon would
rank as the greatest heavyweight
fighter in the world.
Tesreau first connected with the
pugilistic ambition when he emerged
from his teens. He was as huge and
as powerful then as he is now IL is
quite likely that he would have taken
|
game then if his parents hadn't dis
suaded him.
Pitching Was Sure
There was another reason. too
| just about that time Tesreau was
startling various communities by his
pitching feats. 1t seemed certain
| that a brilliant future was in store
| for him in baseball. whereas. In
| pugilism, his future was a question
! So. Jeff a sensible person, stuck Il
] the trade that was sure 10 bring
home the bacon regularly.
Jeff since mas orcOme quite ia
/ nous as a pitcher-and quite dis
! gusted with the poor crop of white
! hopes" that have been harvested
since Jeffries was sent into the dis
! card If some hope" doesn't rise up
soon and make noise like a regular
/ fighter, it's possible that JEFF Tes-
! fighter, according 10 ring experts
| that bind and shove his huge frame
| into the pugilistic spotlight And
| then Messrs. Johnson. Willard, Smith
| ct al may beware.
/ Ty Cobb tells US that travelling is
/ bad enough when you can live at first
| class hotels. but il is a million times
/ worse when YOU go into small towns
| and live at s a day hotels Now we
! know why il is that so many bail
! players get peeved when they are
| shooed from major league club 90
! a minor league outfit
George Chip, who wore the mid
/ dleweight crown until Al Mccoy
/ came along and knocked il off. has
| the best muscled hands Of any living
I fighter, according 10 ring g Xperts.
! II owe il TO Johnny Coulon. the
! former bantam champion says
/ Chip. when I started in the fight
! ing game my hands were soft and
! after every fight I'd have swollen and
] bruised hands.
zone day / told Coulon about il.
! Johnny said.
/ Get a broom handle. twirl IL for
\ an hour or so each day, and in
month youll see "A change
We'll, ! took Johnny's advice and
/ the muscles on my hands began 10
develop and harden. the knuckles be
came strong. and ] never afterwards
I had any trouble with my hands in
my fights"