The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-03
PugiIism
Baseball
-R Racing
.KAUf UfMAN=JOHNSON
FIGHT FOR BLOOD
There Will Be No Love Taps
When the Giants Meet in
the Ring.
(By W. w. NaughtouD

| rounds with AL kaufman, Jack John
son has taken firm hold. He has
been accused OF taking life very easy
since ne became champion. and OF
neglecting the things likely to assist
him In retaining q hold OF the title,
out In this particular case he is acting
like Il man who is in earnest
There is reason TO believe that
Johnson Is still smarting under the
adverse criticism he was subjected 10
after his affair with Jack O'Brien in
the East Many who saw that affair
considered that Johnson stood a very
small chance OF defeating big Jim JET
fries. and Johnson no doubt is eager
TO remove the impression formed at
that time 1t will be his aim to show
that it was an off night with him
when he met O'Bricn. and he Will try
10 create a bigger demand than ever
Tor Johnson-Jeffries battle.
There are other reasons WIZ john
son should be at his best with Kauf-
man, and they doubtlessly occur TO
the champion. Kaufman Is tall and
stalwart and, outside of Sandy Fergu-
son, the biggest man probably that
Jack has tackled.
The record Will attest that Johnson
has never scored such clean-cut vic
tories over big men as he has when
opposed TO chunky fighters. This all
| suggests that there may be something
| in Jim Corbett's contention, that IL
Johnson's right uppercut is taken
away from him he has very little left
Everyone remembers how Johnson,
u.ho Of Enffrnt IA . oY
ma, taunted the Pueblo fireman into
rushing 10 close quarters, the better
TO catch him with that fierce upward
lunge.
Come right in. Flynn Jack shout
ed in every round. and Flynn went
tumbling in in response to Johnson's
jeers and the yels of the crowd. 1t
was while rushing in the eleventh
round that Flynn received the upper
cut which made meat of him for the
watchholders
II was the same in Australia,
Come on, Tahmy" was Johnson S
battle cry, and Tahmy came on TO
be bruised and pummeled.
Kaufman viii Bother johnson
Now all the fighting world knows
that IN uppercut such as Johnson uses
doesn't find It's mark so readily when
aimed at the Jaw OF a tall fellow like
Kaufman. Al boasts a half inch moro
statue than Johnson. something that
was proved when the two men stood
up 20 be measured In Coffroth's office
on the night their match was made.
What Is more, Kaufman stands
erect when fighting. and Is not liable
TO prove such an easy mark for tho
Johnson uppercut as did Flynn and
Burns.
Kaufman has other qualifications
calculated to bother Johnson. He is
hard man 10 daze with any kind of
a punch. and he is game through and
through.
All things considered, it is little
wonder that Johnson jumped into
training without dilly-dallying. To de
feat big Al Kaufman in ten rounds is
likely TO prove a troublesome task and
johnson will have TO do the trick
neatly and completely If he is to gain
any credit through the affair.
There has been considerable COM
ment on the fact that the men have
agreed that no decision will be rem
uPTe0 IN case Iuc Doul Gbeo lut iAHi
ten rounds. Ordinarily. arrangements
of that kind are regarded with suspi-
cion. but In the present case II must
be said that Johnson and Kaufman
have been commercially frank about
the terms OF their match.
Looks Like Fight in Earnest.
It would have been simple enough
for them TO have withheld from the
public that there was a mo decision"
understanding and TO have looked
around meanwhile for a referee who
would have been willing to stand in
with a private agreement of that
character and withhold the matter
from publication.
AS the thing stands. the writer for
one believes that Johnson and Kauf-
man will show the best that Is in them
when they face each other on Admis'
sion Day. Some of the leading men
OF the world of sport. notably Billy
Brady and Bill Delaney, have touted
Kaufman as the man, apart from Jim
Jeffr!es. best entitled TO dispute the
championship with Johnson. 1t should
be Johnsons purpose on Admission
Day to show that Kaufman does not
possess championship metal. Other
wise Kaufmans shadow Will fall
athwart the Jeffrles-Johnson arrange
ments.