BILLY DELANEY ' ) DIES IN OAKLAND ' ' I ' Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Billy De- , H laney, the famous trainer, died last V j JM night. j. JH Dolaney trained many of tho most I H prominent fighters of the last twen- j M tv-five years, including Johnson, Jeff- j H ries, Corbett, Choynski and Kaufman. i m He trained Johnson for his cham- A H plonship fight with Jeffries at Reno, ! IM and was also Instrumental in arrang- I IH Ing the match and backing the col- i jH ored fighter i M Delaney was 5S years old. He lived , , m almost his entire life on the Pacific J ' IH coast and was inseparably associated r ' H with tho history of amateur and pro- i I jH fessional boxing in the west He was j . M a pioneer In rigorous training meth- J t M ods, enforcing rigid discipline and I M much outdoor work, to which he a3- i M crlbcd much of his success. He was m a boxer of considerable note, as welt M as trainer, and a fow years ago sen'- M . ed as sparring partner for his men. ( jH nn ' i A !