See end of this message for instructions on how to unsubscribe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Nevada > Washoe Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=25408 More articles for Washoe can be found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1006 Article Title: Allbuquerque Morning Journal Article Date: July 5 1910 Article Description: Jeffrie Has No Apology To Make Article Text: I lost my fight this afternoon,but I did not have the snap of youth I used to have. I believed in my own heart that all the old time dash was there, but when I started to execute the speed and youthful stamina were lacking.The things I used to do were impossible.For instance I used to shoot in a right hand body punch, a sort of short range blow that never used to fail me.But when I tried it today the snap was not there and it was only a love tap. I suppose most of my trainers and helpers will say that I did not box often enought. It wouldn't have made any difference if I had sparred a dozen times more than I did. I simply was not there and that's all there is to I guess it's all my own fault, I was getting along nicely and living beautifully on my alfalfa farm but when they started calling for me and mentioning me as the white man's hope,I guess my pride got the better of my judgement. At that I worked long and hard to condition myself and I was fit, as far as strength goes, but the old snap and cash, the willingness to tear in and crush, were not with me. Six years ago, the result might have been different. But now well, I guess the public will let me alone after this. Jack Johnson is the most wonderful fighter that ever pulled on a glove. He won as he pleased from Jeffries and was never in danger. I could not help but feel sorry for the big white man as he fell beneath the champion's blow. It was the most pitiable sight I ever saw. As a matter of fact, I thought way down in my heart that Jefferies would be the winner of the fight. The fight was won and lost, when Jeffries went through the ropes the first time.This is official.The other knock down doesn't count. It was this way: Jeffries was brought to his knees and as he arose, dazed, Johnson hit him with a succession of lefts that sent him through the ropes. As he lay there, several of his seconds caught hold of him and helped him to his feet.Under the rules of the game which I have read thoroughly while certain people were saying that I couldn't referee a fight this disqualified Jeffries and Johnson was the winner. Instead they shoved him into the ring again to be beaten further while I was doing all I could to stop the fight during the confusion. Jeffries could not hit Johnson and Johnson could hit Jeffries whenever he pleased. Jefferies wasn't as good as the last time he fought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT: To stop receiving these notifications, you need to know if you are receiving them through a mailing list or if you subscribed through the Newspaper Abstracts website. Either way, you had to have subscribed yourself, as we do NOT just add people randomly to our notifications. To determine what you subscribed to, look at the subject line of this message. If the subject line begins with the words 'Old-News' followed by 'New Article for', then you are receiving this notification through a mailing list. Look at the end of this message for instructions on how to unsubscribe. If the subject line says 'New Article for' - but does NOT have 'Old-News' in front of it - then you subscribed through the website. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.newspaperabstracts.com and login. Once logged in, click on 'Your Account' near the upper right corner of the screen. Once there, click on the 'Edit' button next to the statement 'Profile of your-username'. Then look at the line that reads ' Receive email notification of every new article added to the site?' and make sure it says 'No'. If it says 'Yes', then change it to 'No' and then click on 'edit profile'. Next click on 'Manage Subscriptions' to see if you subscribed to receive notifications of articles added to a specific state or county. If so, check the box next to the state or county and then click on 'Cancel Subscriptions'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com