The evening world. Newspaper, December 28, 1908, Page 8

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1908. a iD ve rogers! THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK | nosenteodhen JEFFRIES ONLY THE SPHINX. MAN TO DEFEAT JACK JOHNSON Poon iasanerenree: © G aene Former Champion Declined to Leave Retirement to Battle with New Titleholder. j gene eves of the world ' man’s world—are t ' ' | Bean ees ward the lower end of 4 Jeffries is down there. Jeff is out Pe fishing at Catalina, .aving a good ee time and paying no attention at all to the frantic telegrams of a score of managers who want him to come out and fight Jack Johnson and take that title away from him, Jeff is the only man in the world who can do it, and Jeff says he won't. In spite of the fact that Jeffries has stuck — to his word complacently through all sorts of persuasion—has stuck like glue for four White Fighters Busy Solid years—he is still pestered with appeal. Any other man but Jefiri migh} be persuaded. But there’s no more use in trying to mov~ Jett’s D C l Li Retire s position than to move his body, which everybody gave up drawing 0) or ine long ago as impossible. When Jeff says he won't, he won't, and that’s all there is about it. All of Jeff’s answers, when he does answer, read Kaufmann and Fateh Both | ' alixe: AY “Absolutely nothing doing. ___JAMES J. JEFFRIES.” Decline to Meet John- | Res (Many Speedy Runners Want to Race Shrubb ——-.—_— ly, who has competed Brien has seen Kubiak perform in a Fights and is of the jon that bh ufmann and Jim Barry. the heave thelr hard ish Champion Will Be ; Sit, AiG CIEE BaP SECS son and Langford. as Wee es COHN MAKES NEW jon rouner, Ee WITH MIKE DONLIN, THE "ACTOR MAN Kent Busy in Relay Ey some good ones in Jeff's time, He beat them -all, and then beat them over ain, carefully :nd completely, to ow there was no mistake. He made by by imself a champion so far ahead of all © BROOKLYN MARATHONERS GET BUSY THIS WEEK. world could produce—and there colored man ar 5s the vau geliforn a heavyweight anil a rivals that there was no one for him to 5 Jeet aT id strong o mp ‘ . toh Nee ease ene ot red and | Harvey. Cohn, the a ores a Incidentaily, Manager McGraw Gets °; shes Gant he retired, never to start ie Of the Irish-American 4 as Be : went into real estate and made a barrel he weekly r or two of money. Then he took a part- “were Into the Game, and Thinks the ie A.C. over the E 1 not j ner and built the finest cafe on the Pa- + but also set a new record for low Gi C Sh il k RRM cc Ga FC oe Te API Scr ea REE ea iants’ Captain Should Take ecu naam No, fighting is hard work, and :shere 5 two men. sta I uate alerrround, Bout, betneen Tommy, : . 3 hic | Co now in New Yc sJeft is now he doesn't need do anything abnewerecord dor) thal iardsinten ip yeu eniiie ene nen ten Ra amtO) ae iS) cma F 3 ave taken, pia ie I tday, ° ran rings around Gore “strenuous thay sit in the shade {COUrS® of the club Nee 2 Taining drip in opring. a ay in Testa ane Me I and watch the } round dollars roll-} Cohn, after trailing well back in the eee ee minelly, a Ing into the sock: world is longing BY BOZEMA. BULGER. ‘ i ne IKE DONLIN, the histrionte, is just now in a hard battle with Mike : i e 7 Donlin, the baseballic, and McGraw is standing near by ready (0 ponewnat take on the winner. It is not that Michael loves his baseball le. that if he g but it is the shekels that he adoreth more, ne, | The captain of the Giants and his, of spring training so that he can fill‘ {| wife, Mabel Hite, have just closed a these dates jcontract for eleven more weeks of their] “I don't see wher ,jact in vaudeville and they open in| batting ‘rep’ on the pete noel: | Pittsburg to-night. They have other) tion McGraw took, 1 I shall certain- dates in view which will carry them up expect you to show up at Marlin to a few days of the opening of the ball Springs with the rest of the gang in *|@eason. Before making the deal a cer-| March ai tainty Mike had a talk with McGraw,| McGraw explained that he wanted | If possible Donlin would like to get out | Donlin to make all the money he could ‘NOT FOR MILLION. : ENTRAR Here’ S a Champion Giant ' time, I have received a number of tele- ee vn F ie ‘i Ea SURE aut SDAMIEDEE I} BLO nay 20 St. 48, To-nigne Pugilistic Titles 1 seis Changed Many |: Times This Year' \, ; a in the fighting game. Hvery| ick when the Tace was. dni fighter of any prominence has Sprin, Yad one or more fights, and several : championships have changed hands, ‘Abe Attell still holds his title, but he | has had to fight hard to keep it, Owen Moran, the little English featherweight, gave him two hard Joe Gans lost his title to Battling } Nelson. Mellody was whipped by Harry Lewis, but this crown i# not safely resting on Lewis's head, for t several claimants 10 it. Papke passed Mis along to Stanley K Carrick Trinity A. C., fin- rd°and fourth positions HUDSON«:,: e Wed ETHEL BARRYMORE CRITERION, 2304 55,, WILLIAM GILLETTE _ in SANSOM i iroapway. | | LYCEUM 3. 255,0! IhOTH 1M i; cae date ELIE athe GAK RICK 335, WM. COLLIER, KNIGKERBOGHER 0 wae FT ERITZE SCHEFF. ya!" WM. FAVERSHAM 25 il SAVOY siil.nin dean ese MANINE ELLLOb Es TEAK Buseteiliaseraeevccenieniulninitiie “ASINO, ran get a good ten men finished in the fo! and © _NESTIO', sk De ‘WULF prea Tbr Wevay Be e are Hi Young Loughre: j } elght, has e nore con- grams asking me if 1 would fight Johne h thea E THEATRE, 42d at., Mats, Wed 218 i LOS ANGELIS co Dee. Pr a ba ARE tosh, a Farre!| says Is prac cer fies: §.1y. 8 Wed. oF ee net. . i, - } He has fought twenty . ot the College World . INTRA EEE ear ornate ae x er wi an 1 gave it bee a ay# he ta p See TTT LE NEMO SDE MEDERIS ey hate Fe. (aickey nie sald Jun Jeffries, when he heard AeUNAD : Min ie i OADHAY srttrassina wea rt ua SSELaiiessiicn eve avs oth cases % Joffer of a purse of $¥,(60 tor a figh A n Metntosh he it $5.15 Mate Wel Pela : en | veach Cr who was Gotham - | 1 tween Limself and Jack Johnson at Side Australian Axht promoter, would jeave at Sis, . Hor nr SEHR ETS “as eal a, Gard Om! ren Mingoit ant dnc Johnson at its Aalst ott mat JOSEPH O'MARA" wt ve ta rom Home? f fob eigntern contents as eR ae te Trey cert ean aon eras ry (ERA Te ET LIBERTY te $F gat | | WALLACK'S Mien, Qa pon Lt et lighty nta in th co! oO Cae re x | ring ain for any amoun added | Plon Sf a ena in ‘i aa Suan ec tees Ie ihe cet aber Fine again for any amount,” added tho PNM noah, wants deff 10 dah Johnson, | ABs ia WIRELESS | MARIE CAHILL ut Late Jef Agnes, He fonght some t sartlett. gunie a0 far as fl BE Ua Ana IF RneRaR TE Bor gst Une mate AL NEWYORK THEATRE Meas pita Fak 28 then went to Paris, where he won seven | eee 1B @ lot of Jonah ni about fileure that Jeffries is the only man in TT ; |, nrnicn & Lent 8 toto ioeming abt | ees at Tata wheleantianeis ie ANN A HELD), ean IBLANCHE BATES PNR ace nee, lA TUS Bs BARTEL uehiortzel to nay |an'h new rronn from hin nae vetoes Pe ates e 8 erie ; ; cl iny place’ with a. chal OCENCE ‘BF OnGY NTR division 6 had hts and | eon eth “ie ret arr ane id throw him out, but I have no m prawn | mbt soins tough ineb, one being Jimmy | sirenath thal Prof. Mediiliand has pre- fon. to enkawe ‘in combat at any |W | no f }ARLISS DEVIL tenty Founda “seer vt eletcenete cota tenaninelan wo} HACKETT. TR FS 2 » one undpoint fe he he e wi “1S mn a point gar Ni 4 OAKLAND ENTRIES. : GAIETY “ti! ij Mrs. FISKE | Cie Nell tests all over the 1 Venn sin CHT THE TRAVELING “SALESMAN SPRINGER'S SPECIAL NEW YEARS DAY ntries for to-morrow's races — | =. GRANDTEW FIELDS METROPOLITAN “OPERA HOUSE. METROPOLIS 2, Mot ae Saute: ATES Ht een THE ComTeR Win Bailey Wins Glorio, 108; Geuimell, irom Big F; eid jae oe a eng! wea Raat a | ees DEA ee | WoAKLLE | BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, AMBREM ENTS: |p uti ARID NATO WS, EMPIRE Tread nae in Mohawk Kun * Mat. Daily, GARDE ALHAMBRA 3 ya | We MA aM Mat, Dally, ie. or ee MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | HURTIG & SEAMON'S ii, nie imrintigaailoy eilie’ Abadiaikiie rinnenior | Afies ye A im LN ie es ; {fine wy SPORTS the New York Athletic Club, was first | 4F! r BAWANSY AL a ei ay atiele ea haa i AMERICAN 1918 Gennes over the Biro arse yesterday, Fc ‘ | Bintan dH VE TAVICTORIA pau 10,30, BOO ’ Baar en uleien a sleet SAVANNAH | ENTRIES, ore hsv TATRA lalek | ELORODORA Be ia 6 Pet 8 saeates oT Roorae wo. (ORE : CHAGOLN’ 89, SEVERIN oh ost = Sieh aay eda ea ica “is! | HAMMERSTEIN’S SALAS Sn UT | _ ant furlongs. ii Wine ‘ MATT MALONEY WILL NOT |i. ot COLONIAL RACE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, | Matt Malone ew Mania Thseecyoar-olte andy yards. ¥r La 10h ous break i aren de oat ie alecv ds | ‘ier neat nr 0 Their Me au, 8 | will 4 pete mpi TRACK, Cal bu; Pledinor Wd cre ri | Mad Mat. 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