The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-15
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
,rEFFRIES AND BERGER WILL
BOX IN PITTSBURG TONIGHT.

An Exchange OF Love Taps worth $4,000
aid Not . Real Test-Jack johnson
Requested to Stay Away-Jockey
O'Sein's Nlctory In French. Derby.
Pi,,shurg Is all worked up over the ap-
nearance Of James j. Jeffries In a sir round
.usrrlng exhibition with Sam Berger, his
mariner and manager, there tonight and
The fact that Jack Johnson. the negro cham,
mon. has thr eatened to be at the ringside to
force jeff to name a date for their proposed
rrht, which few believe will ever take place.
Patrons Of the boxing game In the Smoky
city include %seyeral- prnminent citizens
who are protesting vigorously against the
possible appearance Of johnson and Il
crowd OF. colored admirers. In fact John
son, who IA in Boston. received several
plainly worded kilograms, yesterday from
the promoters or the Jefries exhibition ad.
yfins HIM not. to lesvethe City Of Culture.
Many New York sporting men were in
clined 10 ridicule the whole affair yesterday
and some of III lem declared that both Jeffries
and Johnson were simply bluflng for the
purpose Of advertising their shows. They
pointed to the fact that the negro champio n
is filing a weeks engasem ent In the Hub
and that 1t would hardly be possible for him
to hnd time enough to visit Pittsburs.
Furthermore they said that johnson,
ever ,spce mis- return, from, Australia. had
taken good care to keep away from Jefries
and that they did not believe the negro
VI. ~nIiou to indulge In a personal inter-
view with the boiler maker. As far as
Jen's bout with Berger is concerned. sport.
Ing men said yesterday that it could be moth
ing more than a burlesaue., Not a hard
blow would be delivered by either man.
they declared. and the mere fact that there
would be six rounds Of sparring could not
be regarded as a test Of the former cham
pion's physical condition., .Jenries and
Berger have been going through the motions
in short bouts on the stage forsmore than
three months, The ounds have been cut
short, and as'a result the work has been
anything but strenuous But as. Jeffries
will eceive 81, 500 for to-night's love tapping
match with his manager he cannot be
blamed for putting on the gloves
Jef has a similar engagement to All at
Philadelphia to-merrow night. but nobody
regards 1t seriously. Meanwhile the boiler
maker has refused to indulge in a real fight
Of ten or fifteen rounds at Colma In July
for a so. 900 guarantee with some second
rate heavyweight to be selected by Pro-
moter Coffroth. The latter suggested such
q match in order to afford Jenries an op-
portunity to show the American public
whether he could recover his old form or
not. but as Jen quickly backed up the con-
clusion was reached by Californians that
he had no idea Of fighting again and was
simply going about the COUNTRY IN search
OF soft money. i, - 49,
ketehel is maxi ns the trip to California
on at both places. In Denver he wifi take
on local slasEer for a good sized purse. after
s sa'sn to =" prepare Ta FOR the pap pss'i mil s Sn july ups
igr he rest Of the summer. q be orisinaiis
PHI ifInS come 9 back ( to Ne eve ye Misn 4ishs ate. lien
the go with Pspke. as the Fairmont 4. {.
b h. ts S'f rosnd t. S %iI5 W W 4 pnne esi. for Who ( 0S Ss.
} Ensls 1sdr' sad i Fans, S Wien levi! ~. got 9.
here The Other day hi; manaser statsd that
,he other side. and as L.ansford has always
been anxious to tackle. Ketchel the Fair
for a 'i match ufbs etwe es,'u the N middleweishtt
champion and Lewis. But will Lewis naht
hetchel when the time comes? II be does
QUICK Knockout.
Jack Munroe. who had nerve enough to
EEo e. s ( fe oat r. he HsH sI,ns n fw, ,sss eeS e ss e.
and who Is now Mayor Of Elk City, Canada,
~ iOuhN Nov ~ oaSh u III
rhilade!phia four years ago and therefore
thinks he Is qualified to talk about the
comparative merits Of Jef and the negro:
"Jef IL the only mar who can beat Johnson"
says the former miner, and he can win
by a knockout inside Of fifteen rounds.
,en o. course must be himself to do this
sition. | think Ketchel is too small to beat
him.
t.rday to learn that Frank D. Neiil had ridden
v. Z. yandsrbilt's Negofol to victory in
ths French Derby At Chsntilly on SUNDAY.
lean turf. gave up the saddle several years
ago because he could not make the required
iSiSIIas II II. t ssss GsSnnHiF IL v wias9 ln.o , esI e
ship with the well known trainer, Fred
Burlew and together they operated what
S sas s .nS az & Ne. ,h DREAM rs; a.d f rh ssas ssie s sSea
cessfsi from the start and headed the list
OF winning owners at the Crescent City
f during two GinteT I. Sa% Wss ns.,.d 4s t soon s
we're the first americans to leave the turf
make the prevailing bisSi scale Of xeishts'
. s9'I.d Ses at9.1 s1fi5ns . sss,T; .SoT. ss did h s1.
until his Derby triumph. .Neeofol. the
winner. is q bay colt BY Chlldwiok.Neb-
third, is BY Halma. an american stallion,
dam First Sight. Both horses were pre-.
pared for the big race by William Duke,
an American trainer, who has been operat-
Ing on the European race courses for nan
years.
Word comes from England that James
p Keene's Colin will probably never race
again. When he left home last autumn
Colin was unsound, but IL was thought
that a long winters rest would bring him
around all right. Breeders in this country
hope that Mr.. Keene will decide to bring
this mighty son Of Commando back to
Castleton Stud instead Of letting him 20
70 the highest bidder in an English market,
II 10 said that Mr.. Keene has not decided
yet just what will be done, but the belief
Ia prevalent that Colin. undefested. viii
John Z. Madden is greatly disappointed
70 his colt Fayette. Last. year the son Of
Ogden waA rated Hot far behind his stable
mate Sir Martin. and Madden refused sew
eral rich offers for him. When the present
season opened Madden predicted that Fay
cite would be the star OF the three-year-old
division. and when the colt ran second to
King James In the Metropolitan Handicap
i, began TO look as II his shrewd owner had
spoken by the card. Fayette's defeats In
the Withers and the Belmont tere attributed
by Madden to the heavy going. When the
colt worked q brilliant mile at Sheepshesd
Bay last week for the Carlton Stakes the
naster ~ Hapnhur0 plaza vaa iuhIlant