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The Yardlings got off to a fast start in the first match, when Steve White (H) defeated John Jeffries 18-6, 15-10, 15-10. Then Dave Millet (M) defeated Paul Garrigue 11-15, 18-13, 15-13, 15-9. John Seldon (M) defeated John Rauk 15-8, 7-15...
*Other ex-heavyweight champs who tried, and failed, to regain their titles: Gentleman Jim Corbett, 33, against Jim Jeffries in 1900; Bob Fitzsimmons, 40, against Jeffries in 1902; Jeffries, 35, against Jack Johnson in 1910; Jack Dempsey, 32, against Gene Tunney, in 1927.
* - Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Max Schmeling were all knocked out. Jack Dempsey was outpointed.
The winners' boatings: Jeffries, bow; Paulus, 2; Rieselbach, 3; Whiting, 4; Straus, 5; Henderson, 6; Simonds, 7; Adams, stroke; McCauley, coxswain.
James J. ("Big Jim") Jeffries, 75, heavyweight champ who was knocked flat in 1910 by Jack Johnson, the first Negro champ, observed that the fight game has become so sissified that "I'd rather see a wrestling match . . . Lots of these kids fighting now would make damn good ping...