The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-10
JEFFR|ES IS OUT
FOR BIC, FAT PURSE.
championWill Not Take on jack
johnson Unless lie Sees the
Money.
FIGHT WOULD BE F'Asco
Experts Believe the Big Cham
pion Would Put the Negro
Away With Ease.
FIGHTs WOULD BE FIAsCo

NEW YORK. November o.--E,very
time hear tie wise ones talk of jim,
Jeffries and his utter disregard OF the
future 1t makes me smile. JEFF him
SELF does not know what he intends
to do In the way OF nghting, He does
not even know he is alive II these
same wise ones are TO be believed.
He Is just existing along, with an
occasional round with JOY water, II
reports are to be credited.
This is all persimmon talk. There
Is about as much truth In the gossip
flying aroupd and putting Jerfries in
all kinds OF positions az there is If
the hazard that he will not fight boz
cause he fears tho outcome, copsld-
ering reputation and so on
Out on the coast several managers
are loosely talking about nltching
Johnson. the man OF color. with the
giant They refer TO $4,000. and even
100000 as If 1t were mere trifle and
could be dug out of a pocket at Will.
And these same managers have been
SO persistent with their talkfest that
they have actually succeeded in con-
yincing some people that there Is some
Likelihood Of battle between Jer and
the negro.
Jeffries does not want to fight john
son. lie has a reason, to be sure. and
II is satisfactory enough to be accepted
by every one who follows the ring
game closely. Johnson has no more
claim for fight with the big master
than a Harlem amateur has for a go
with Joe Cans. His fights have not
shown what he can don truth. lie
has not fought at all. He has gone II
little here and a little there, impress.
ing spectators with his size. and he has
done II great deal OF talking for an
obscure colorcd person. But az 10
fighting. he has done nothing to brand
him as a world-beater or u possible
worthy oopon,nt OF any OF the 80.
called heavics. let alone Jeffries.
jeff Looking for Money.
When the big man goes into the ring
he wants to see some money there.
Jeffrics likes money. That's what he
the ringside and the cartoons and gos-
sip on sporting pages OF newspapers
do not tickle his vanity one bit. He
smiles when he views the possibility
Of walloping some contender for the
title and raking down fortune at the
same time.
A go with Johnson would not at
tract the crowd one would think. It
would surely prove to be Of local
nature. The real followers OF the game.
who would cross continent to see
something good. would content them
selves with reading the newspaper
stories the next day OF fiasco rather
than spend good money and risk bets
to see negro clouted into the land of
sleep.
There are many people WHO believe
Johnson has some ability. Maybe he
hns. Any one who boxes for a time ca n
convince spectators that he is able
to handle himself, unless he happens
to be boxing with a fighter. That Is
Just where the point lies. johnson
has never met a fighter and conducted
himself In manner warranting all
this fuss about him. He IL either a
clever actor or he Is without ability.
Surely enough he is not one who Ia
going to take the title from big jeff.
II some OF those clustering man
ayers out on the coast will think
enough Of Johnson's victory over Jim
Flynn at Colma a few days ago to
guarantee purse nlluring enough to
appeal to JEFF. there will be fight
quickly enough. But the purse must
have real money in It and II there Is
no fight 1t will be because another
attempt to bunk the lovers OF the
fighting game has failed.
Moran ii After Attell.
Owen Moran. the British feather
weight, who claims the bantam cham
pionship of England. has performed so
well since he came to this country
that he now Is in direct line for a
battle with Abe Attell tor the feather.
weight championship OF the world
Moran's recent victory over Tommy
O'Toole In Philadelphia raised tho
Briton's stock above par. and 1t was
predicted at the end OF that bout that
a worthy opponent for the American
champion had been discovered. But
there still Is another hurdle that
Moran must surmount before he will
be able to put up his hanls with At
tell. Moran has been matched with
frankie Nell. who once posed as the
bantam champion OF America. and was
thought to DO q very handy youth
till Joe Bowker showed him to be a
selling platter of the rankest sort.
Moran and Neil are to m act On Mo-
vember ED, and there should be a
cican-cut victory for Moran. Then he
can come along after the faster ones.