The sun., 1909-05-25
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
no HNSON E4si' F0RJBFFRfEs."
SAY VRTERAN ExPERfs. 3
hut BlIly Brady Insists That the Hotter
maker VII Never Fight Again sfid
Tells the Reason Why-Iiyiand Eks
peetesi 10 Extend HattiihE Nelson,

Since Jack J0hnsons poor showing In
the bout with jack Brien In Philadelphia
last week i,any sporting men have been
wondering he's long the negro would last
In y nght With James j, Jetries, pro vided
or course that the bolleru,aker was In his
best condition. Veteran ring followers
ss'J saw johnson Tail TO ontpoint 'I'rien
or even score d clean knOeEdown In six
rounds lost no time In saying after thyt
affair thai Jeffries, " and himself, wUuld
probably have no trouble in putting the
black champion away in about dozen
Pounds They argued that Johnsons cat-
tous defensive tactics would doubtless
puzzle Jeffrtes for a while, but that as soon
as the burlv Californian solved the problem
he would quickly stop the negro with the
saIne terrific body punches that put Sharkey.
Euhin, Corbett and FitIsltnmons ont OF
business.
But will Je'fries ever get into condition
to tackle Johnson. Ne says he will and
40 does his manager, sam Berger JeH
has Just engnged Jim corbett to help
him train and declares that he weighs 2i3
pounds Al present and will take on twenty
three pounds before he enters the ring some
time after nest Christmas W. A. Brady.
Jeff g former manager. however, declares
that he has never had any idea Of meeting
} ON nson and that his recent pug yiibtic chal-
lenge to the negro was due to lack of inter-
est in his vaudeville act. Brady insists
that. Jeffs wind is gone and that he can
never perfect it: that he may be able 10
reduce his weight and appear At, but that
when 1t comes down to cases the big Cali
forDlaH will stdestep the signing OF articles.
"Jenries is not coward" said Brady
yesterday, but he has always had moral
fear Of the ring. He wanted to quit the
game right after he won the champion nship
from Ftzsimmons and We had all We could
do to induce him TO take on Corbett and
He often told me that he in
tended to retire from the ring with an I'M
beaten record, and you can put 1t down as
o sure thing that he will never run the risk
of suffering defeat at the hands OF negro.
II Jeffries really intende ed to fight Johnson
he would post 900 forfeit without fur
ther delay. There is nothing to prevent
him from doing so. Such an act would be
a guarantee OF good faith aud would con-
vince the public that he meant business.
When johnson put UP this sum for week
and asked JefIries to cover II the latter
should have responded quickly. and the
fact that he did not come TO time with the
money further convinced me that he did
not want to fight.
History will repeat itself In the case OF
Al Kaufman. who stands ready to fight
johnson to a finish for $40. 900 side When
first took hold OF JefYrics you'll remember
that he failed TO stop Bob Armstrong in
ten rounds and was the laughing stock Of
the sporting world. He went back TO Cali
forna in hurry and was disgusted with
himself. But year later Je1ries came
back and won the title from Fitzsimmons
X Kaufman is in the same boar now, He was
scored because OF his rsceut failure to put
Tony Ross away in ten rounds and was in
q hurry to get back to the Coast. but some
OF these days he will get u crack at johnson
unless the negro loses to ketchel. and then
he prove that he is Of championship
callbre.
II johnson doesn't want to tackle kauf-
man I'll ofrer him another proposition.
If he can knock Tony Ross ont in ten rounds
Kaufman will let him alone. bu, II he fails
he must take Kaufman on for 100 side.
johnson cannot stop Ross inside OF such a
linat, and that is why want to corner him.
The negro Is tho poorest spsci N en- OF a
champion I've ever seen. and
| know that kaufman can put him away.
As ve bad some experience with Engish
sporting mon let pe predict that johnson % on
will ne hootc1 of the stage the first time he
appears in londoh. They don't want quit
ters over thcrs and the fact hat johnson
crawlc! out oil his match with LangIOrd
will not be for got ten la q hurry.
Battling Nelson. who will meet Dick
lily land IN \ forty-fve round bout at Colma
next Saturday. invnlving the light weight
ch iiHpionship Of the world may be put TO
a severe test Hyand IL a rugged young
fellow who has q punch in either hand and
can stand the GaT lie has trained long and
for this mill and many experts
on tho Coast say he is Liable to make all
kinds Of trouble Tor the Battier. he other
day Nelson was asked to give line on the
ro,,iit Of the battle. lie said that Hyland
,uixpt last thirty rounds, but that after
ward he would provo easy, When the
match Was frst made Nelson predicted that
HylnNd would be stopped inside Of twelve
rounds. so iha. his later prophecy Is taken
TO moan that he does not regard Hyland as
soft picking Nelson's refusal TO fight
eith paCky Mcfarland or Freddie Welsh
has crested tho Impression thai he Is not
the Fl :h'c- no nSrl to be. and numerous ring
eNTaItI ha'" declared of late that the Dane
is nearing tho end oi his career as light
weight chanpion. Il Nelson defeats iiy-
land Mcfarland and Welsh will both de-
mn 'I nn,rhes with him and Promo otter
forroth will try TO arrange thcm. but il
will uoi no AZ all surprising II Nelson an
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