The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-14

A dispatch from Boston to the Far
 mer today says that Jack Johnson. the
 colored heavyweight champion. will not go to Pittsburg tomorrow night to
 see Jim Jeffries box Sam Berger six
 rounds. Instead he Is going to wait to see Jeffries in action in Connecticut and he will make it point to be pres
 ent when Jeffries appears either in Bridgeport or Hartford, Johnson is
 plainly worried over the knowledge
 that the great 1Indefeated white cham pion is rapidly getting into shape and he announced today that he does not propose to be caught mapping.
 T will run down to Connecticut he said, land satisfy myself as to Jeff fries real condition. I have got a better line on Jeffries than he suspects. have representative that is watch ing him closely and if he thinks he is going to catch me mapping he is mis- taken. know what Jeffries can do if he is the Jeffries of old, and yon can bet your last penny that Jack John son as soon as he sees Jeff go through a six round period with Berger will know just whatswork has been cut out for him.
 At that think Jeffries has been getting into shape ever since I beat Burns in Australia and it will not sur prise me to find that he is almost fit now. have reason to believe that he worked hard out on the mountains of California and that before he came East to show his condition he was in good shape so that it will not surprise me to find him pretty nearly in his old time condition. So you can see it behooveS me to get busy right now and if necessary I will call off my bout with KetchelI to get a chance to face the man that no fighter ever whipped.
 eff nothing happens will reach Bridgeport Thursday afternoon and be close at hand when Jeffries appears there. Then can tell whether he is going to prove dangerous or not. My notion is that Jeffries is in good shape now and that with three months prep aration in his native State he will be will quit fooling and get down to bus mess, for I am satisfied that I am Jeffries' master and he will find it out before get through with him.
 Right here let it be understood that Johnson will never get a chance to meet Jeffries if he Hunks out of his match with Ketchell. The great un- defeated white champion has let it be known that he considers Ketchell better man than the negro and he be- the first crack at him. Therefore If Johnson should refuse to meet Ketch- ell he will not get a chance to meet Jeffries The latter stands ready to
  against Johnson only in event of the latter having defeated the best that the white race can produce against him. Just now Stanley Ketchell looks good enough to do the trick and he must have first chance. That is the Jeffries ultimatum. It should be borne in mind that Jeffries is not anx- ious to again enter the ring and the only reason why he consented at all is because he cannot bear to think that there is no white man able to dispose of the big hunk of charcoal. And Jeffries in assuming this attitude has with him all that is best in Ameri- can sportdom.
 When Jeffries and Sam Berger ap- pear at Smiths theatre Thursday night of this week it will be the second per formance of the big fellow in six round go since his return to the lime light. Tomorrow night at Pittsburg he and Berger come together for six the first time they have gone that distance since the big fellows re- mobilization. This performance here will certainly be well worth while, for not only will it afford the public of this city a chance to see in action the greatest gladiator of the ring since the lays of the mighty John l.. Sullivan, put it will silence for all time the tongues of those silly persons who nave looked wise and opined that Jeff -ies never could get in shape again even to go that short distance It should be understood this is not going .o be a fight.
 There is no longer any doubt of the