The Detroit times., 1909-12-09


- fries Is making 40
no,ur.,us regain for tho
BIsl WITH white race the
JEFFniE>. championship %
. pugilism cannot be
denied Among sporting experts,
skilled couditioners and present-day
boxers the almost unanimous 0pinion
Stems 10 prevail that jon 17uli he
the short-cuder in the bate, provid-
cd that IL Is fought as . real. square
hgh should be contested.
Harry 'futhill. trainyr OF the Tigers
puts II II little mGCreniiy when nc
calls attention to- the attitude of Billy
Delaney probQbly the most famous
conditioner of huXcrS the world has
ever known and Nhe man who has
trained Jcnries for all his prior bat
ties.
when somebody finds out what
inside knowledge Delaney has of Jet
fries. II will make interesting read
ing" saws Tuthll Nobody know
Jeffries better than Delaney, yet why
is it that Delaney has quit the JET
fries camp when he is most needed
and is found, instead. back Of a
second-class man like Al Kaufman
and advising his old patron. Jimmie
Brady. to bet $4,000 that Kaufman
can lick Ieffries in six rounds?
Delaney isn't trying to match
Kaufman with Johnson; he knows
better. lie recently side-stepped q
match for kaufman with Jack O'Brion
lie isn't crazy about his prescn;
charge--not by a long shot But nc
does believe Al can lick Jeffries
Does Delaney know something about
Jen's physical condition which ~ the
KEY to handing him licking even
II the licking has to be administered
10y a sccond-rater? Or is it some
fault in Jens fighting style that none
OF the other opponents have discover
ed but which even dub can use t6
upset him?
DELANEY has something on big
jeff. whatever it Is. ana perhaps
Johnson has it too
Reports that the fight has been
fixed in advance TO make the pictures
good should not alarm the view OF
tho supporters of the JeffrieG side oil
the argument. If the fight is going
t. be fixed. nifres will surely win
as sl;ca result will more than
double the fighters share OF the NOV
ing pictures. Come to think. sucn
an ending would be far from fata'
In Johnson either. Jeff will undoubt'
edly retire after the hght-if not be-
fore-and Johnson will need only 4
couplc of fights and a little good pres
work To again establish himself as
the worlds champion. in spite OF the
licking.
Ana vet when all the present posi-
hilities of the Ieff-Jack match arc
zone over the great fact remains that
left * zane and has never been
knocked down. even by the assaults
Of men who were unquestionably more
powerful than Jack Johnson It seems
almost impossible that years ana dls
ease can have Slapped his Nlg0r 20
such an extent as To have entirely
undermined his great constitution.
Interesting fact: The Boston Red
Sox we're the nrst club in American
league history that batted TO a sen
Ason's average of $50 or better aud
idlIed 10 ldnu HdS.
In selecting for scout man WAC
has been n conspicuous failure as i
manager, jim Mcclure, OF CleVeiaho'
means TO see 10 il that there Is no
heirapparent ready to step INTO his
shoes on short notice.
st. Louis athlete was killed play
ing basketball the other evening Shail
we abolish the game or only REFORM II
Detroit friends will be glad to near
that Danny Mcmahon is again on MS
feet conducting spariing school III
Chatham with more than 90 pupils.
And Danny is putting up at the best
hotel in town AT least he writes me
On that hostelry's stationery.