The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-27
JEFF WILL SURE WALLOP THAT SMOKE, SAYS TIP
The Press Sporting Expert
Sizes Up Jim Jeffries
Since His Return From
Carlsbad and Sees No
Chance for Jack johnson
!, Some Forecasts About
. Coming Battle. {
BY Tip Wright.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Well, Jim
Jeffries is back in Gods country,
big, smiling, prosperous, commended
looking, and ready to fight.
Take it from me, the California
grizzly could clean up the best of
them without any more training.
That's what ! think of him, and
there's plenty right here in fight
crazy Little Old New York., who
thin kthe same way. You've just
got to see Jeff to feel the enthu-
siasm ooze forth.
OF course, Jeffries isn't going to
tackle johnson for some months
not until the man who gets the
match has worked the publicity
graft like rennet in a new cheese.
Fight promoters imagine the public
has to be hypoed with a lot of fol
de rol for weeks and months before
important battles to get worked up
to the proper pitch.
Jeffries walked down the gang
plank at the Cunard dock a picture
of health. He looked good when
he sailed for Europe, but his condi-
ton wasn't marker to what it is
today.
A few days ago ! met a man from
Minneapolis, returning from Carls-
bad. He saw the boilermaker at
the famous Austro-Bohemian water
cure and his opinion is worth some
thing, for in his day this man was
real athlete.
Il saw Jeffries when he fought
Sharkey and saw him in California
about a month before Johnson de-
feated Burns" said this man. The
difference was startling The big,
brawny boy who battered the
navy's champion was lost in the
ponderous giant upon whom idle
ness had built mountains of flesh.
Then ! saw him at Carlsbad.
"Jeffries today isn't the Jeffries
who met Sharkey. He is bigger,
thicker and more rugged looking.
The man of a year ago has disap-
peared. ! don't believe Jeffries car
ries 10 pounds excess, and his flesh
is as pink as baby's and as hard
q armor plate"
l accepted thi as exaggeration,
but appreciate now that my friend
knew what he was talking about.
As Jeff stood, surrounded by news
paper men and photographers, the
tan could not hide the pink of his
cheeks, and his bright, healthy
loking eyes were a clean bill of
health that ought to make Mistah
Johnson remember a date on the
other side of the big salt lick
Jeffries can get into condition for
a 45-round fight inside of two
months. He took the waters at Eu-
ropes greatest health resort, upon
the advice of his physician, who
told him he could not begin train
Ing until he had followed a pre-
scribed treatment. This Jeffries has
done, and has returned to fight.
And Johnson? l believe the big
chunk of SCOT really wants to meet
Jeffries. 1t has been coming pretty
soft for Jack since he whipped
Tommy Burns, and his easy vic
tories since have given him just
what he needed to make him swell
like toy balloon.
Johnson is as sure he ca ndefeat
Jeffries as certain member of his
race was that the sun do move"
There's things you can't beat out of
some peoples heads with a club.
The two will meet for the big
gest purse ever offered. But 1t
won't be any 100000 or anything
of the kind. believe Jeff will be
guaranteed something like $4,000,
and that Johnson will get about
$4,000. Despite the fact that he
holds the title, Johnson isn't the
drawing card, and he won't get the
big end. You may read that the
purse is to go 60 and 40 or rs and
rs to winner and loser, but take it