Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-18
GIVES HIS OPINION:
 TT WILL BE ,JEFF.D
Johnson Can't Beat the BoiIermaker Latter Can Take Awful Pounding.


 Martin Julian. the man who made Bob Fitzsimmons three times cham pion of the world is in Philadelphia to have conference with Jack John son, the present heavyweight title holder, and in Johnson's dressing room at a theaters the former handler of champions and the Texan discussed the moving picture prospects of the coming mill in which the negro and Jeffries will participate.
 When his conference with the cham pion was concluded Julian left the room, and half a dozen newspaper men who were present failed to dis cover that the Texan had been talking to one of the shrewdest men the fight game has ever produced.
 When asked what he thought of the coming championship bout, Julian said:
 "Jeffries will win. I like Johnson. He is different man from what many think him to be. but you see I know just what kind of an old bear-cat this fellow Jeffries is, and that is why I say what I do about the result of the battle.
 Jim's Weight Will Count.
 'Jeffries tells most people that he will weigh about 225 pounds. Well, then he will be smaller than he ever was when he fought Bob Fitzsim- mons. He goes twenty pounds more than this. He is a mammoth in ev- cry way. and that will play a lot in the result of the bout. If Jeff wins, and I think that he will. the pictures of the fight will be the most valuable ever taken, and both men will become rich as the result.
 Few Come Back, But Jeff Can.
 Few men can come back We know that from the results of bouts we see in the ring, but Jeffries will be differ ent from all the rest of these men. The left hand is the most useful one the Californian has, but he hits the harder with his right paw, and if he clouts Johnson with it he will win right there. for I don't think that he ever let it go with all his might.
 By the way. when they talk of men with pluck and grit, don't overlook Jeffries, for Bob punched himself out hitting him, and we all know that Bob was one of the hardest hitters in the world, and Jeff was almost blind when Bob weakened and could not defend himself and had to bow to youth.
 How Old Fitz Is.
 ''Fitz will be 43 on his next birth day. I guess I am the only man in
 
 for he is peculiar about his age and tells people that he is much younger than he really is. He was at his best when he was 3S. Bob is not broke and they won't have to give him any benefits when he quits the stage where he is making good money, but he is foolish to ever mar a great record by now, for he is not near the wonderful man he used to be when he was the champion middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight.
 Hired Sharpskooters.
 When Fitz fought Corbett in Car son City I imported twelve of the quickest shooting cowboys in Texas to protect us, and this is about the first time that this has ever been told. You can see them in the pie lures of the fight. They were sworn in by the government of the state of Nevada and they wore their guns and were there to shoot any one who tried to molest George Siler, who refereed the fight. Siler had been threatened, and when he told me I said I would protect him if he was honest, and did. It cost me a lot of money to bring those men there, but it pre- vented them from handing me a raw deal, and I think to this day that unless the gamblers knew that I was going to kill to get a square deal they would have flooded the ring when Jim Corbett was losing that fight for they backed him to the lim- It."