The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-01

| impressions formed at that time. 1t
| will be his aim to show that it was
an off night with him when he met
| O'Brien and he will try to create n
! bigger demand than ever for john
son-Jeffries battle
There are other reasons why John
| son should be at his best with Kauf-
! man and they doubtlessly occur to the
champion Kaufman is tall and stall
wart and outside Of Sandy Ferguson
the biggest man probably that Jack has
| tackled.
Cannot Afford to Get Careless.
The record will attest that Johnson
| has never scored such clean-cut vic
| opposed to chunky fighters. This ali
suggests that there may be somethh s
| in Jim Corbetts contention that if
| Johnson's right uppcrcut is taken away
| from him he has very little left.
Everyone remembers how Johnson
when boxing Flynn at Coffroths arena,
| tainted the Pueblo fireman into rushing
| to close quarters, the better to catch
[ him with that fierce uppercut
| Come right in. Flynn" Jack shouted
| in every round and Flynn went tum-
bling in in response to Johnson's jeers
! and the yells of the crowd. 1t was
| while rushing in the eleventh round
that Flynn received the uppercut which
made meat Of him for the watch hold
ers
i 1t was the same in Australia.
| Come on, Tahmy,'' was Johnson
battle cry. and Tahmy came on to be
bruised and pummeled.
| Now all the fighting world knows
| that such an uppercut such as Johnson
uses doesn't find it's mark as readily
when aimed at the jaw of a tall fellow
like Kaufman. Al boasts a half inch
more stature than Johnson. something
stood up to be measured in Coqroth's
office on the night their match was
made.
What is more. Kaufman stands erect
when fighting, and is not liable to prove
such an easy mark for the Johnson up
percut as did Flynn and Burns.
Kaufman has other qualification:
calculated to bother Johnson. He is 6
hard man to daze with any kind Of
punch, and he is game through anC
through.
All things considered it is little won.
der that Johnson jumped into ranins
without dilly- dallying. To defeat big
Al Kaufman in ten rounds is likely tC
prove Il troublesome task and johnson
will have to do the trick neatly an(
completely if he is to gain any credi
through the affair.
, No Decision Will Be Rendered.
There has been considerable com.
ment on the fact that the men hav,
: agreed that no decision will be rem
dered in case the bout goes the full ter
, rounds. Ordinarily arrangements o
| that kind are regarded with suspicion
2 but in the present case it must be saic
t that Johnson and Kaufman have ,'n..r
t commercially frarl; about the TENS o
their match
1t would have been simple enough
for them to have withheld from til,
public that there was no decision
around meanwhile for a referee whc
would have been willing to stand il
acter and withhold the matter from
publication.
AS the thing stands. the writer fol
one believes that johnson and Kauf-
man will show the best that is in then
| when they face each other on Ad-
omission day. Some of the leading mer
Of the world of sport. notably Billy
Brady and Bill Delaney. have touteC
Kaufman as the one man. apart from
Jim Jeffries, best entitled to dispute the
championship with Johnson. 1t should
be Johnsons purpose on Admission
day to show that Kaufman does not
possess championship metal. Other
wise Kaufman's shadow will fal
athwart the Jefries-J ohnson arrange
ments.
| If Kaufman does anything near as
we'll as Johnson on Admission day
those who keep tab on pugilistic hap
penings will be saying that it is up t.
Johnson to fight it out with Kaufman
before seeking trouble with Jeffries.
johnson Quite Confident.
Johnson meanwhile is all confidence