Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-19
GLASS JAW BIC MISTAKE
JOE JEANETTE EXPLAINS
TROUBLE OF JIM COFfEY
Much Interest In Outcome of Fistic
Encounter With MOrnn-WII
ElGht To- NlSht.

NEW YORK. October lS.-Or Joe
Jeanette. the coffcc-colOrcd patriarch
ing with Jim Coney. has made Il very
important discovery about james or
Joe has discovered that Jamcss prog
nathnus jaw is not glass. after all.
despite the diagnosis and analysis Of
the experts
or Joe has Il naive explanation tor
tn" manner In which the Irish giant
rocks and reels. and generally gyr;,tcs
whenever he gets Il smack ON the tip
or III" chin: aud which has given rise
/" The theory that the lower portion Of
Jam"*,s mush. or face. is constructed OF
some brittle substance.
It's his laiss," says or Joe. meaning
less Hes top heavy. His lags 90
w"hbiin around under him when he
haid STAYS clear. and he isn't hurt.
people git the idea that he has a soft
Jaw. Another thing. Jims stummick
nin't ncvah bin none too good. lie pm,
les most anything in il and didn' know
what to eat. or how TO eat. nv nothin'.
and that. weakened his .,umraick But
o co'Sc his stummick weakness ncvah
got into his iawr like his laiEs."
SO. then. or Joe has been spending
lot of time showing Jim how Ia keep
his top-hcarincss under control. and
thinks Jim will knock Frank Moran
practically inseusihlc in the carly
stages OF the fight at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night.
That seems TO be the opinion that
prevails generally among the local fol-
lowers of til" fstic paStimc Moran
has been away from here so long that
the recollection Of whatever ability he
displayed in his New York perform
ances has faded. while Cofey's clout
remains comparatively fresh in the
memory
Con"y has never me, "a man OF real
cha mpionship class. while Moran has
boxed at least one top notchor Maybe
johnson had gone away hack when
remains that subsequently, it took the
present heavyweight championship
man pronounced by the experts as in
vincible-twenty-s.X rounds TO beat
him.
Moran Gct. II In Neck
hrEning along the lin" that Johnson
rounds. and that Willard TOOK u cmty-,
six rounds to do the job OF ucstinc'
johnson. "a knockou, 10y ComcS inside
to max" Jim look pretty good
As for Moran. il he wins. the cry
anyway, and there you rr". The b"St
pcor Frank stands to get is the worst
concy fell into m.nL,v COOL hands
when Billy Gibson secured Joe jean
cite TO look after the irishman. OF
Joe is one OF tn: few fighters who can
impart some OF his own knowledge OF
tn" game TO another fellow. and Joe
certainly knew enough ahou, Fighting
when he was in hts palm, days 10
jet
N.ow rated as /. has been. jeanette is
probably good enough to-day to heat
most OF the men in the heavyweipht
division. including the two who meet
Tomorrow night But he will prob
ably never again b" seen AGAINST u
white man OF any noe. at least around
New York However. II coney should
ever become champion he viii owe
much OF his success TO the teaching OK
tn: old Hohoken greyhound
Jclncttca SUCCESS as teacher lies
in the :drt th;rt he docs not try 10
make :, green hand do the things he
himself used 10 10 in the ring. which
is the invariabl" mistake OF the aver
aE" tighter "ho Is trying TO teach a
puiil. Jeanette studies Il man care
fully, notes his natural resources and
his strongest points and develops him
naturally
Tic has not tried TO make Concy
hph; tn" way jeanette used TO fil-it
III" has merely tried 10 develop and
bring out toncy'S natural ability. Here
and there are traces OF the old Jean
cit" style IN Cohcy's work easily re
coGniZcd by joc's admirers, but. on
the whole, the lriShmau fights III a
manner peculiar to himself.