El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-16

THE CLASS IN sPoRTOGRAPHY.
. It seems but Yesterday, but in real
itv 1t was Just IS years ago toby
that Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett
mingled in their second battle AS
he poet saws "FoW swift the years
how swift and fleet. how very fast
upon their feet" The battle marked
an epoch in the boxing gauA- II was
Gentleman Jim's" last ar0e~ rance in
the ring. It was Jeffs las --7rtant
fight with a paleface. Il was
the last big bout bet white
heavyweights up TO the To fair.
And II was the very ap0tlesis Of
Jeffs fighting career.
On the 18th Of August. 1908, the
whole SORTING world awaited with
bated-and baited-breqth the news
from san Francisco. The fans were
on the qui vive with excitement and
there were not half enough qui wives
to 20 round. Lo~al dealers re0orted
At the time that there never had been
such a demand for Qui wives.
Every train into san Francisco. &C
cording to an ancient print OF that
period. brou~ht crowds Of fans into
the city. The gate receipts were
$50 $40. which broke oil records ex-
sept the, Jeffries-sharkey battle in
IN fhe first Jeffries-Corbett battle
IN 1900 Gentleman Jim" made his
former sparrinC partner look foolish
for 20 rounds. and it looked like Jeff
was due to become an eZ-chor1 pion-
A desperate rally in the 23rd saved
him
Corbett believed that Jeff had won
by lucky punch and yearned for
another chance. The pompadoured
one had been a bank clerk in San
Franc SEQ before he took to the fight
ing game. and he had many friends
in California who believed that he
could win It was new Jeffries
who fought Corbstt that dav At last
he had learned something OF the arr
Of boxing. and Corbett. the master
Of glove work and foot work. met his
match at every point Of the game.
and in the tenth was street he'd out
for the count
Corbett. the most perfectly and
beautifully constructed human animal
In the world" as Mark Twain wrote
OF him. thenceforward devoted him
self to the uplift Of dramatic art
With the execution Of a brief bout
with lack NunrOe the following year.
Jeffries did not fi~ht again until the
Reno affair Of 1910 The battle was
the swan song Of the white race be-
ginning the end of C7uca sian supre-
n0cv. with wae 70 hove a ren7afs-
his name? Oh, yes Willard-that's
the fellow.
Harry Wardman. millionaire ~
WASHINGTON. has offered $4,000 I'm gold
as prize for the worlds Champion
snip. to be decided over the CO'Umh ia
Country Clrb course this fall or next
spring. His idea would Re to have
the leading p3ir OF golfers from every
country in the wo-I1 take part.
! have no particular qua r c. lions
to add to my offer" sai1 Wardman.
TT win be left to the Eolf association
OF each country to choose tire two
candid7tes in anv way SUITE be IN It.
self The ideal way. Of curse would
be for America to enter Jim rarnes
and Hagan IS its re~re~e-t atives
against the best British. Canadian.
and French golfers. Nv idea IS
the game. which f. ra-idly gaining In
popularity everywhere"
Minneapolis will slide into the spot
light on Labor Eav with q brawl be-
tween Mike O'Dowd. worlds mi die
weight champion. nd Mike Gibbons
the once invinciblA St Parl f1as1 Glib
bons says he will knock the genial
ODoWd deader tt,a1 Col mb~s and
show the universe that he is the real I
hol4er Of the title. But O'Dovd says
that he viii show that Gibbons is !
neither prophet or a cham.
THE CLASS IN sPORTOGRAPHT.
Il was in a battle at San Francisco |
twenty years ago TODAY that Frank |
Mcconnell knocked out Jimmy Franey
in the fourteenth round with a blow
that resulted in the latter's death
within a few hours.
Who was It that defeated seven men