The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01

dispatch stated that Savannah intended to put In a bid for the proposed Johnson Jeffries bout If the Savannah fight pro motors have any such idea they hao just as well dismiss it, if l know any thing of the temper of the Georgia peo- pie. and think I do.
 When Dixon was in his prime he fought a battle with a white boy in New Or leans. The result of that fight on the temper of the negroes was such that the mandate went forth that no prize lights between black and white should be held in Louisiana. and that dictum goes througout the south.
 The color line is a very real and tan gible thing in Georgia, and If the Sa- vannah fight promoters go against it, it's goodbye to the fight game in Savannah
 If the Savannah authorities were to give permit for Johnson to fight white man in that city, which is incon- cevable, it's dollars to doughnuts that Governor Smith or Brown, whichever hap pens to be in office at the time, would veto 1t, and. if necessary, back his veto with troops.
 It has not been so many years ago that Governor Northern of Georgia sent the entire military force of the state to the Florida line in order to repel invasion of sports who were intending to pull on the Corbett-Mitchell bout on Georgia soil.
 It may be possible that Jeffries and Johnson may meet in the ring, but it will not be in Georgia.
 Big Ed" Casey, the Villa Nova col lege football player, made his initial bow as a professional pugilist recently in Phil adelphia With nothing to offer but his massive build and his unmatchable game ness, he was sent in against one of the best men of the time, AT kubiak, the young giant from Michigan.
 Kubiak is a fairly good hitter, very az gressive and as full of confidence as an egg of meat It was the combination of the three qualities in Kubiak, experi- ence, aggressiveness and confidence, that brought about the undoing of Casey. Had the latter been started against man on the order of himself, or even one bit susceptible to a punch, Casey would have sent his friends away shouting his praises. As 1t was they filed out of the 
 club with expressions of sympathy for the way their companion and friend had been led to the slaughter-for slaughter it was-after the second round.
 This man Kubiak, by the way, will bear watching.
 Young Otto may well ponder the inn mortal words of Scotland's sweet song ster, Bobby Burns no relation to Tom my). who remarked:
 "The best laid plans of mice and men
 Gang aft agley."
 Just before his meeting with Leach Cross he declared:
 q am going to knock Cross out. will make him quit in few rounds. am going after him at the beginning, and he will be soon on the floor.
 After Cross I am going to beat Mo Farland, then I will take on Welsh and, finally, Nelson"
 When they met, Cross knocked Otto out cleanly and decisively in the fifth round, all of which goes to prove that you can't almost always sometimes tell.
 Abe Attell, the featherweight champion of America will box Jem Driscoll, the English star, at 124 pounds ringside. If J6m declines the WtibDl lhClc Nlii DC no match This is the ultimatum Attell issues.
 "Driscoll claims to be the feather weight champion of Great Britain At tell said ''If he is, all right; but let him prove that he is feather by mak- ing some sort of weight l can do llS pounds easily, and weighed only few ounces over that when l got on the scales at Goldheld last week. Yes, l am at 100 nOnpdS and giving everybody shot at it.
 Here is man calling himself a featherweight and yet expects to come in at 126 or 12S pounds l am not going to give away that weight any more when my title is concerned. l never got any credit for giving away weight to anybody. They laughed at me when Welsh best ed me. He should have done so because he had over 12 pounds on me-
 Another English fighter has landed on our shores and he s Driscoll The latest importation is a Welshman, like his more famous namesake. He was christened Patrick. but he is known all over Eng land as "Boyo." Jem Driscoll and "Boyo' Drscoll are both natives of Cardifr, Wales and went to school together. ''Boyo" fights at 116 pounds In England he Is called a featherweight, but he could make weight for some of the lads who are posing as bantams in this country.
 Drscoll has joined Billy Gibson's string of scrappers, and the president of the Fairmount club is willing to gamble on him.
 Sam I.angford is not going to let Stan ] ley Ketchel have anything on him in the matter of making money while waiting for the time to come when the two must hook up for the championship at the mddleweight limit. Stanley and his manager Willie Britt. sent word to the i coast that they had made arrangements ! for 15 weeks on the road with a show i Manager Joe Woodman then got busy and 1 signed up for an engagement with Fei i Don at the Columbia theatre in Los An geles and announced that he was there tc stay.
 Sam waltzes on the stage in blaze oi ! glory is very dramatically introduced by the great Fer Don himself and does h.s little boxing stunt.
 The boxing is highly interesting, ant to any one who has any desire to get 2 i line on him it is very useful, for he dis plays his wonderful cleverness and proves 1 that he is entitled to a chance with any man living within several pounds of his weight.
 Manager Woodman said when asked what he thought his chances were fol getting Ketchel: Why, it is only matter j of time when we will be matched, for am sure that Ketehel is not afraid ol Langford. It would not be natural for z champion to be afraid, but l expect w' will have to wait until such time as h' realizes that he cannot get any money any other way. His Johnson talk make: me all the surer that we will get the match. for until such time as he has beat en Langford, a thing he will never do the people will ridicule the Johnson talk