Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05
JEFFR|ES IS HOT
AFTER MONROE.
Says it Will be Swings and Wal
Tops From Start to Finish
For the Butte Miner,
BIC JOHNSON IS AFTER, jim.
But Champion Says He Will Not Fight
A Colored NAM "Let Them Scrap
II Out" He Says.
A dispatch from San Francisco says;

A dispatch from San Francisco says'
1t looks as II Jeffries and Jack Monroe
will get together in Los Angeles Jeffries
wants revenge for the indignities heaped
upon him at Butte. Monroe is willing to
make the match II the inducements are
right, and the promoters of the Southland
appear to think that the go will MI Il
long felt want. All the parties Interested
being Of one mind, an announcement that
the contest has been arranged may be ex-
pected any minute,
What will It be like?
There isn't any question In regard TO
the things the champion Will do 20 Mon
roe II tho opportunity offers. The only
professional courtesies the gentleman
from Montana may expect are SWINGS anu
wallops. Wil he be able to stand enough
Of the heroic treatment TO Undue the
crowd with the feeling that II has had a
run for IL money?
Here in San Francisco, whore Monroe is
remembered as an amaeur boxer ana
footballer, he Is not taken seriously. That
is why the local clubs pooh poohed the
proposition when a match between Jet-
fries and Monroe was suggested after
the recent championship AFFAIR.
Come to think of II, Monroe's expert
ences as n professional pugllist have been
somewhat unique, He became celebrity
through standing before Jeffrles for q
few rounds at Butte He made all the
while being careful to avoid Jeffrles and
all othel heavyweights In this respect
he showed that he possesses considerable
native shrawdness or is peculiarly amen
able to sound advice
Now he purposes going against Jehries
again. From Jeffries he received his
boost, from Jeflries he will In all proba-
| biity receive his quietus.
Jack johnson. the col0red heavyweight,
is persistent in a quiet way He thinks
| he is entitled to a match with Jeffries
| johnson has given some thought to the
situation, apparently, and he Is now put
| ting the case In way that will attract
! Jeitres attention ultimately.
III don't want to poster Jenries said
| johnson. "lle has said he won't box a
| colored man for the championship. but
| hardly think he wants to bar the whole
| colored race. What he means probably
| Is that he isn't going to pay any atten-
| ton to challenges from Tom, Dick and
| Harry You know there are a whole LOT
| OF negro heavies now, and | suppose
| every man Jack Of them thinks he is in
| line for the championship.
| Nov, what 1 propose Is this. Let the
| colored heavyweights hight It out amonl
| themselves and see who Is the best man
| Then let that man challenge Jeffries, and
| believe Je;ries will give him fight"
Johnson says that in furthrance OF
|
| with the winner of the Sam McVey- Den
| YER Ed Martin go. which takes place In
| Los Angeles shortly He has already de.
| feated both men, and he feels, of course
| that he will have no trouble In repeating
| with either of them.
| As matter Of fact. Mr.. Johnson Il
! putting in one word for the colored heay.
| les in general and two for himself II,
| has figured that he Is the best of the
band, and that his scheme, when workef
i, out, will simply silence the other negroes
and give him the sole right to address
Jeftries on the subject Of a championship
tight,
Harry Forbes has been telling the crit
| les OF the middle west that he intends t.
leave San Francisco OFF his map in tn,
| future, 1t is time San Francisco anC
Harry parted company, for they wer,
never a winning combination. When h,
was 10 box Nell IN this city some month";
ago rumors OF crookedness hurt the at
tendance and when he was knocked on
by Neil on the evening preceding tn,
Jeffries-Corbett fight the promoters los
money.
Forbes and Neil will get together again
no doubt II some section outside Of Sai
Francisco applies the slnews OF war. Tn,
youngster Nell comes from hghtinJ
family. and he will not overlook a chance
to pull down the big end OF a purse $,
long as there Is assurance of a squar
deal