The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-31
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left than he has shown in his recent
fights, he will still be outclassed in
left hand work, since the left is
Jeff's best hand. In the mix-ups
and clinches Johnson cannot throw
his weight on Jeffries and push him
about at will as he did with Ketchel,
for the reason that Jim's strength
will be equal or greater than his
own. Both have dangerous rights,
but Jeffries is the more damaging of
the two, since he aims to land it as
his opponent is coming to him, while
Johnson delights in playing safe by
holding with his left while he hits
with his right. Johnson'S right up
percut Is his best blow, and it is an
extremely dangerous one, but he will
find Jeffries a harder man to upper
cut than any he has yet faced. If the
/ fight ends in a one punch knockout
Jeffries will be more likely to land
| the blow than Johnson, for the rea-
son that he hits the harder blow.
WILL MAKE JEFF. FORCE FIGHT
Johnson will very likely make JEFF
fries come to him most of the time,
which will place the ex-champion at
a disadvantage, since he is at his
best as a defensive fighter. When
JEFF abandons the crouch he is not
hard to hit, but the man who hits
him will always be in danger of a
return. That will make Johnson
more cautious than usual and he is
noted for taking few chances in a
fight. Jeffries is naturally also very
cautious, so there will doubtless be
rounds in which little work is done,
but the rally should be hot enough
to satisfy a bull fighter. 1t will be
real fighting for the reason that the
two men dislike each other most
heartily. Jeffries makes no secret
of his feelings toward Johnson, and
the negro is human enough to wish
to retaliate. There seems to be more
public feeling Over this coming bat
tie than any that has taken place
! since the Fitzsimmons-Corbett con-
test at Carson City. There has been
a popular demand for Jeffries to
come out of retirement and win back
the championship from the black
man, and if he succeeds he will win
popularity that will equal John L..
Sullivan's in the heyday of his glory.
When at his best J~effries was not a
popular fighter for the reason that
his cautious style and great bulk
made spectators favor his smaller
opponent. 1t will be different when
Jeffries faces Johnson. Nine out of
ten followers of boxing will favor the
white man, and if he wins his glory
will be unlimited. A majority of
fhnCo uyhn mill c1Ipnnrt Johnson will
do it purely on mercenary grounds.
They will bet on the negro, believing
that he is now a better man than JEFF
fries, and their feelings will natural
ly follow their money interests.
BRITT A POOR SECOND.
Jeffries will not fall into the same
trap that Ketchel did by impaling
himself on Johnson's right for the
reason that he is not such a slap
bang fighter as the Michigan Lion.
Ketchel threw ring generalship to
the winds when he rushed in with
guard down to finish Johnson after
that knockdown. No fighter of ex-
perience ever cuts loose like that
until he has first felt out his OPP
ponent by at least one feint to de-
termine just how badly he is dazed.
The mistake was the elimination of
a series of plumbers made by the
handlers of Ketchel, the worst of
which was taking on Johnson at all
at this time. Wilus Britt may be a
good manager in the way of getting
matches for fighters, but he is
neither a good second nor a manager
whose judgment car be relied upon.
Just think of the folly of KetcheI
having matches on hand with three
such men as Papke, Langford and
johnson at the same time. The Lang
ford fight fell through and .Ketchel
lost reputation on the other two
bouts. Now, with three teeth knock
ed out, Ketchel, who should be at
his very best, is seeking retirement
cuperate. Things have been coming
so fast to him of late that he wants
time to think.
WORLDS SERIES PROFITS.
National League clubs have won
the worlds championship four times
out of the last five contests rath-
er d~iscouraging showing for those
who claim to believe that the Ameri-
can League is stronger than it's older
rival. The contest this year required
sever games to decide a winner, be-
ing the most evenly contested since
the series was inaugurated. The
revenue beat all records, amounting
to over $18S,0O0. OF this sum the
players of the P%ittsburg and Detroit
teams received about $4,000, the
balance going to the owners of the
two contending clubs and the Nation
al Commission. Some of the club
owners, casting covetous eyes on that
$1S8,O00, declare that the regular
playing season should be heightened
so as to allow all the clubs in the
two major leagues to share in the
profits of these late fall games. They