Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-13
MEANS RINGS MOST
DESPERATE BATTLE
JEFFRlEs' HATRED FOR JOHNSON
ASSURES VICIOUS FIGHT IF
THEY MEET.
WANTS TO BEAT HIM UP
Ex-champion Says He VIII Try to
Batter Negro BadIy-Mentlons the
Munroe 5attie-several Big OF.
fers Made for the Fight.

When Jim Jeffries climbs through
the ropes to fight Jack Johnson for
the worlds heavyweight championship
the spectators at the ringside are
likely to see one of the most vicious
battles ever witnessed In prize
ring.
Jehries hates Johnson and makes
no effort to conceal the fact. II was
reported from San Francisco several
years ago that the retired champion
and Johnson met in Tom Corbett's
saloon one day and the big black
asked Jeffries to fight him.
In rage the ex-boiler maker drew
purse from his pocket threw It on
the bar and shouted:
Il have announced that | never
would fight negro, but to stop your
talk. have just this to say: There's
about $4,000 in that bunch of money.
Now you and | will go down in the
cellar by ourselves. Therell be no
referee and the best man will win.
If you can put me out you can come
up here and take the money. II | lick
you it will cost you nothing, except
possibly your life, for / warn you
that I'll try to kill you with my fists.
These are the only terms on which
I'll fight a niger"
Johnson refused, so went the story,
which has since been denied. True
or not, 1t is an indication of Jeffries'
feeling toward Johnson. When JEFF.
fries retired from the game because
there was no one to fight him. Tommy
Burns, by beating Marvin Hart got
the championship title. Then John
son followed Burns, who was not a
champion of the class of Jeffries
Fitzsimmons, Corbett or Sullivan, tc
Australia and whipped him in IA
rounds. This put a different situation
up to Jeffries. He raved to think
that a negro. especially Johnson
should be called the best fighter In
the business. He couldn't stand the
idea at all. Consequently, having
found that he can get into condition
he is going into the ring again with
the sole purpose of putting the white
man back into supremacy In the
pugilistic world.
Jack Johnson is the only man
will meet outside of Jack Munroe
that will go into the ring agains
feeling that | want to beat him VI
badly. And when Jack and | NEE
you'll see what will happend," sait
Jeffries recently. The big heavy
weight simply scowled when asked
about Johnson and showed that h,
was obviously in i'll temper.
I'm in first-class shape" he said
that's the only reason I've hesitatet
about this match. I've trained as hare
as any man could do when he wa
abroad. OF course. i:s bad to ge
back into the harness after fou
years of loafing around, but | thin
| can do It, have kept away simpl
because wanted to make sure o
my wind first.
IT'S the wind that counts boys
You newspaper men don't appreciat
how much depends on a mans lastin
qualities. AS a general thing, it's
short sprint for you from some as
signment to your own Office. But i
the ring it's got to be a fight agains
a man who may worry you for a Ion
time.
It's only once, as | said before,
went in the ring with a hard feelin
against the man | was to meet. Tha
was Munroe. He had been braggin