The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-08
(By w. w. Naughton.l }

] San Francisco, Jan. s.-The question
Of the hour is Will Jim Jeffries fight
again? II oyershadows Jack Johnson's s
Australian triumph and 1t stops sport
| ing men from discussing tho 1stc
| heights TO which Sam Langford or
Young Ketcnel may attain. JeGries
says he Is through with the ring forever
and aye, and l am beginning to believe
him.
Talking Of Australian invitations. by
the way. Hugh d. Mcintosh. the man
who handled the Burns-Jonnson al
fair has a formidable rival when II
comes to trying to round up Mr.. JEFF
fries Of the alfalfa patch for a Queens
berry function In the land of the kan
saroo. Jack Wren, the leviathan book
maker of Melbourne, who sent Bill
SQuires TO these nospltable shores, also
wants Jeffries, and cabled the writer to
inform Jenries thereof. When said
that he would like TO bring Je1fries and
Johnson together at Melbourne in No
yember, which is Melbourne cup
his services.
When told Of the Wren offer. jeff
simply said: 1T goes into the basket
with the rest; there is nothing doing"
But why continue? Jefries Is de-
termined not to be dragged into the
ring again, and 1t is only waste OF
words to daily with the subject fur
ther. Some of mis- cronies here think
that after he has sulked awhile he
will listen 10 the voice of reason, or
as one emotional character said, Ito
the voice Of the American nation"
They are talking of rounding up Il
list OF would-be hackers OF JEFF In the
firm belief that when 1t can be shown
him that there Is half a million or
million of good United States coin
waiting to be bet on him when ne faces
the stalwart negro, he will begin TO
feel that it Is up to him to obey the
wishes Of the people
And in the meantime, SO far as Aus
tralla is concerned, the light Is break
ing on JEFF. The powers there, alarm
ed at the growing importance of the
prize fight industry, are about to take
steps to modify the industry. In other
words, the matches for which big
money is offered are likely to be Ia
booed and If this comes to pass Jeff
will have surcease from annoyance.
Kaufman Robbed Of Credit.
There is no denying that Al Kauf-
man receives less credit for his vic
tories in the ring than any man follow
ing the game. The big San Franciscan
invariably wins, but never in such bril-
liant fashion as to thrill the followers
Of the sport of the glove.
AIS recent triumph over Jim Barry
is on a par with his defeats of Mike
Schreck, Jim Flynn and a few others.
AL Is no further advanced in the opin-
ions Of the knowing ones than he was
before. After seeing him dispose OF
Jim Barry in what was anything but
an interesting contest, the sports OF
Los Angeles have about made up their
minds that the champion goal Is as
distant from Kaufman as ever.
Kaufman's health is not of the best,
big as he is, and he is to spend a few
weeks at Murietta Hot Springs, in
southern California. He Will nave time
to think things over there, and his
manager, Billy Delaney, who is back
in San Francisco, will also have an
opportunity of pondering as to what
the future holds for Kaufman. In the
meantime Delaney's determination not
TO allow Kaufman 10 tackle colored
man Is q wise one.
Packey Mcfarland rather resents
the report that he cannot keep within
the lightweight limit and do his best
Packey and Manager Harry Gilmore
declare that Mcfarland can make 1873
pounds, ringside and fight for kings
ransom But Packey will only reduce
to 1873, fighting hours, for one Battling
Nelson. Any one OF the lightweights
who desire to step a Queensbury meas
ure WITH Packey Of the stock yards
must be content to have the weight
clause of the articles read: "One hun
dred and thirty-three pounds six hours
before"