Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-15
jEFFRiEs AND JOHNSON WILL
BATTLE FOR BIG sum
JULY 4.
PICTURES TO PRoLoNG FIGHT
Fans Believe jeff Will Try for Quick
Knockout, But Expect johnson to
Stall-Scene Of Great Battle Not
Vet Selected.

viii Jeffries and Johnson fight for
the moving picture machine when
they meet In the 45-round battle for
the worlds championship, July 4, or
will each try to end the fight at the
earliest possible moment?
Pugilistic fans seem to believe that
Jenries will not spend a minute pos
ing for the pictures to make them
more valuable and add to his fortune,
They say the retired champion win
try to send his black opponent to tho
mat for the count just as soon as they
face each other. It is figured that
jeff, no matter how he trains, will not
be able to get himself into condition
for long battle and he win try TO
turn tho trick just as soon AZ hescan.
TIE purse of $101 200, offered BY Tex
Richard and Jack Gleason means q
fortune TOR the winner even though II
is split nifty and. fifty, although the
COPY. Of the articles Of agreement Nv
en-. to the public calls for 76 and 25,
! On the other Hand the fans ny
johnson will be there to pose for the
machine for two reasons. The longer
he can: make the fight the more valu-
able will be the pictures. s., Also
his chances Of winning Win be better
II the fight goes beyond ten rounds.
It will be to Johnson's advantage to
make the battle last 90 long al, pos
sible, say the experts ! ~ { ! III w
The battle ground will not be known
for some time. Tex Richard wants to
pull the fight of In, Salt Lake City,
Utah, but there Is strict law against
prize fighting in the Mormon state.
so there is little chance Of that city
getting the contest. e = -. :, * = ax
It is a safe bet that the night will
come of in San Francisco. Many
fight followers expect it will take
place in Jimmy Cotfroth's ring at
Colma, just outside Of San Francisco.
There is a suspicion that Coffroth is
In on the deal with Richard and Glea-
son, but it has been denied. It will
not be surprising II 1t turns out that
Jimmy" has an interest in the scrap.
He made a fiat offer Of $125,000 for
the battle, the moving picture priv
fleges to be his own Johnson and
Jeffries, at a secret meeting, decided
that 100000 and two-thirds of the
picture rights would make them more
money, so the man who is regarded
as the greatest Of the American fight
promoters, so far as the public now
knows, lost out. Coffroth doesn't seem
to be worrying much. He has gone to
Europe, but will be back in plenty of
time to attend to his end of the game,
If, in fact, he has anything to do with
the battle. He probably can make
several thousand dollars out of the
battle by renting his arena to Rick
ard and Gleason.
The articles of agreement prevent
either Jeffries or Johnson fighting any
other men before they have settled
the matter of supremacy on July T..
This will put quietus on Sam Lang
ford and Al Kaufman, who have been
trying to get matches. Fight dope
sters believe Jeffries would be better
OF If he could engage In several short
DOuLS UCAOIS Ac ACSSo IOAAoSA' ~
would give him a better line on dis
lance and accuracy, which he will
need when he faces the crafty
negro. johnson has had plenty Of
battles recently and this provision Of
the agreement will not be much to his
disadvantage. .-..'
Jeffries will have the assistance Of
three Of the most scientific boxers
who ever crawled Into ring. Jim
Corbett is going to help him during
the last two months of his training.
Kid Mccoy will be with him and Jack
(Twin) Sullivan will be another Of his
trainers and sparring partners. What
this trio doesn't know about the box
ing game isn't worth knowing. OF
the three Mccoy Is the only one that
ever displayed real knockout punch.