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Seattle Star - July 7, 1906
John L., Sober 15 Months, Talks Pugilism
The prize ring terror is now 48 years old and weighs 175 - no joke. His hair and mustache are almost snow white, but his eyebrows are coal black.
"You know a fellow never gets tired of putting on the gloves," he said in an interview. "I love to box just like you newspaper boys love to write. I long for the old days sometimes. Of course, I have given up the ring. But I would love to have a four-round go sometime with my old opponent, Charley Mitchell.
"What do I think of Corbett? Oh, I have nothing against Corbett. Jeffries? Well, I wouldn't call him a wonderful fighter. He has simply not been pitted against anyone who is dangerous. He has won because he is big and powerful and had the bulge on the other fellow. But in the fight with Fitzsimmons, I thought Fitz made the best showing."
John L. sighed..
"Oh, I wish Jeffries and I were 25," he said. Then he ****ed that left eyebrow. "There would be something doing if we were," he added.
John L., Sober 15 Months, Talks Pugilism
The prize ring terror is now 48 years old and weighs 175 - no joke. His hair and mustache are almost snow white, but his eyebrows are coal black.
"You know a fellow never gets tired of putting on the gloves," he said in an interview. "I love to box just like you newspaper boys love to write. I long for the old days sometimes. Of course, I have given up the ring. But I would love to have a four-round go sometime with my old opponent, Charley Mitchell.
"What do I think of Corbett? Oh, I have nothing against Corbett. Jeffries? Well, I wouldn't call him a wonderful fighter. He has simply not been pitted against anyone who is dangerous. He has won because he is big and powerful and had the bulge on the other fellow. But in the fight with Fitzsimmons, I thought Fitz made the best showing."
John L. sighed..
"Oh, I wish Jeffries and I were 25," he said. Then he ****ed that left eyebrow. "There would be something doing if we were," he added.
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