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PRAISES JEFFST. LOUIS. Nov. 26.—Lou M. Houseman, who was in the city yesterday. picks James J. Jeffries to whip Jack Johnson when they meet in the squared circle. Mr. Houseman is one of the best known pugilistic writers in the country and has witnessed nearly every important battle held in the past twenty years.Jeffries is the greatest fighter that ever put on a pair of gloves, said Mr. Houseman. Jeff's great punch is a short-arm jolt. It never travels over a foot, but the force behind it is sufficient to kill a man with a good haymaker punch. I had an X-ray photo made of Fitzsimmon’s two hands after he fought Jeffries. The picture showed that ‘Lanky Bob’ had broken almost every bone in both hands. He told me that he pounded his hands to smithereens on Jeff’s head. Might as well have been pounding a piece of lead.
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Escanaba Morning Press
Escanaba, Michigan, US
Sat, Nov 27, 1909
Page 7
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