The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-07
Pugiiism
Baseball
Racing
NAUGHTON ON
THE Big FIGHT
Sport Writer Says the Public De-
mand There Shall Be No
Backing Out.
(BY ". w. Naughton.l J

| (By ". w Naughton.)
San Francisco, Aug. bravo, Jim
Jeffries,
The boilermaker, true to his prom
ise of months ago. has placed $4,000
in safe keeping In New York and has
dared Jack Johnson TO toe the scratch.
What is more to the purpose. JEFF
fries says he will be ready for the
test within five months, which, as
championship affairs go. is not long
for a fight-hungry world to be kept
, waiting.
| OF course, many words Will be spok-
en- and many hairs split before final
arrangements for the greatest event
! Of the prize ring have been complet-
ed, but the meeting Is inevitable un-
less one of the rivals flunks cold
/ bloodedly.
| There NAV be a split over the lnan-
cial feature Of the big undertaking.
There may be a difference of opinion
as to where the event shall take place.
But If both men are eager for the fray,
there is no chance of hitch that
cannot be overcome.
If one of the gladiators should de-
velop a case of cold feet" woe be-
tide him. Ever since that affair in
far Australia there has been a de-
and now that the outlook is promis-
ing the public will work itself into a
fine frenzy over the prospect II eth
CT man backslides. his name will
stink in the nostrils Of sporting men
for generations to come
Where Will They FIeht7
Where will they fight? 1t is lit
tie early yet to hazard an opinion,
but the prospects are the white man
and the black will come together on
California territory. Jeffries has more
than once evinced a disinclination to
consider invitations to box in Nevada.
He has said. further, that he will not
| leave the United States to engage in
a pugIlistic contest He has been
kind enough to say that he would like
to fight Johnson In this state, while
| Johnson is on record 10 the effect that
he would rather battle In San Fran
cisco than elsewhere.
How big will the purse be7 Well,
when the wildcat offers begin to come
| in from Flybynite, Break o'Day and
Broken Pick; and when the million
aire real estate boomers and the for
| eign Queensberry magnates begin to
! be heard from. 1t will look as if all
records In the way of a championship
wallet are TO be broken. But the
sums that will be offered-on paper
Will convey no idea Of what the purse
will really be. When Jim and Jack
get down 10 considering responsible
bids, purses ranging from $4,000 to
4 N Ir.I,t 1. L.
VIII there be heavy betting Well,
if the indications count for anything,
it will be a banner event so far as
wagering is concerned 1t is a battle
of the races, When Johnson. fresh
from his Australian triumphs. said he
would cancel any kind of IN engage
ment in order to face Jeffrles in the
prize ring, well-to-do negroes in Chi
cago said they could command $780,
600 backing for their man. When this
was told in Los Angeles southern
sport said 1t was only a flea bite
compared to the money that would be
got together as sinews OF war for JEFF
fries. Since that time there has been
plenty to show that "the colored pop
ulation' takes great pride in the fact
that negro is the worlds champion,
and a determination to support John
son to the utmost when he stands forth
to defend the title be earned b. de
featlng Tommy Burns has been ex-
pressed again and again. All signs
surely point 10 brisk market when
speculation on the Jeffries-Johnson
battle begins
jeff Neoro's Senior.
A great number are asking how JEFF.
fries and Johnson compare in age
JefTries was born April is, 1875, and