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Ai• . •*..• V '- •*“T •i1ficav^VcigJil OiaiiijJioa of (!;o VfclilJv!'Iis a- Victoria, e;3suii ji iMJi ln.ii L.01tils;top'INii5*vTlw Big lei lows Leave To-mgLf u;ru San Antonio—Jeffrits nay Train at PurlLavaca,nnt1uv.Victoria is aU excitoirmni: (o day over the arrival of James J.J elides, Lhn champion henvvweight pugilist of the world. TI--athlete reached Victoria this at ter no on iroin Houston, and i-rcgisieretl at (lie Dmvnr Hotel. { Me is aeetijUjjaiiicid by “Kid1” Me-! Coy and (..!us kishliii, also noted-poTvonag-ui in Mi,, ;thlclio world, \ The party yd II k-ny.; j'(„- Aj tonio tonight. |No wvinr-r had !h-i !ih» fr•!i' *..... • ja) i i’ll ted 1'iv.ir, tin; Lain then ii }like Vi'ild i:i:e Ihi'uiglajur! V ilt;'i v%. i :.........■lt; • iaria, arii. I.nrnng■ of caii inns one;-, arc maktji^ thin-u IWv'.v■■Alt;rLGc.5rn ho ut il hi 1.) a river.The oh am pi on i,; quite good | Jcul-:ij]g, run. is a man of wonder-iidly jxnvi n'ul trhhurr.. 'tie i:i niieasy con versa (ioiialit-l—one of great inform a Mon.McCoy and Hu hi in did not Oftro to talk for pnhlicatio,!. Jeffries spoko a few words for public print. He s'.ated lhaL 51c is on his way to Man Antonio to attend to ; hit of private .business and partake of a little pleasure, and remarked that he hoped to bo able to arrange for a fight wi;h Monroo, “That fellow is n windy pure and simple, and ii will do mo good to give him a sound punching ami pimotur-MU?,” quote the great fighlor. “Jimmy” said that ho has of ton heard of Victoria. Ho is greatly pleased with v/lmt he has seen of it “1 have frequently been told that Victoria is a town of moro of ilus sluTi that indicates ;j big City than any place its size in lln.i country, and i (dpi it true. If Moni'oo and 1 ai*o to cross mi is, 1 will likely train for tho ovont at Port Lavaca, Texas, If so, I will spend quite a non! of my time in Victoria,” remarked tho famous fighter.In speaking of Jimmy Brilt’n reeont victory over Young Corbett for tho feather-weight championship of tho world, Jeffries declared: “Just think of it!Britt has only had eight fights and is now champion of tho world in his class. ”A queer pot, a young Bengal tiger, followed in Jeffries’ wake as ho left the train, attracting no[ Itf (1 rx 11 U.»,
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Daily Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 01, 1904
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