The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-23
JEFFR|ES READY
TO FIGHT JOHNSON
Returns From Short Trip to
Europe in the Best OF
Condition.
WILL PROBABLY sign
ARTICLES NEXT WEEK
Refuses TO Step on Scales to BE
Weighed, hut Claims
22S Pounds.

22S Pounds.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-.lames j, Jrn
rics has come back from ms tulotCI1" "a.
trip ready and fiji, II is belleNcu, w i:a aEt
lack johnson for the hcaNyMc'Em'
championship of the world. ID "ne el
vlrons of Carlsbad; Bohenlid; .n' n,,o
time boiler maker is asserte1 I" nay nIti
yraincd vigorously for the johnson lnlt''
,yitLour giving the slightest llnC To ms
-r;epds in America of what nc was DO
mo. When .lclrrics walked down the
rang plank Of the steamer iiuSilan'as
which arrived today, he looked as ~
nc was in fighting trim. HIS soma n%ulk %
nf frame was without supcrHuous ilesh
md his complexion was clear, 2an, 2a
Berycr, hiS sparrlpg partner, am 4 llos'
OF admirers a, the dock appca'c" Sut
priscG M tho physical condition {" '"'
retired champion. r.l,s,n
tNow ! m ready 10 nsTnI n, INN" IND
tbn sooner the a.ticlcs arc signed INC
letter IN live up TO the Berger agree
,,,1,f hut a &c the details they can
take care of themselves. Ia
.SWhst ahou: Johnson WAS as"eu'
Too Much Noise.
.rcCfncs brown eyes snapped as nc
II care not about johnson. That
nigger has made more noise, ana EV"o
less than any man know.
IcG'rios told how he had brought hlm'
self into fighting condition, but ne
,yae little reticcur about his weight.
~ weighed under 200 pounds a,
Carlsbad . began Jeffries, slowly, ana
The last time | jumped on the scales
it was in Franco tipped the beam
at 22S pounds. but YOU can I get me OH
',aow did ] get in shape, he sald,
1T seems the newspaper men always
have me with a lot of fat on my
body. 7 did not have much when
went away and haven Z any now.
And TO emphasize the point Jehrles
seized a substantial part OF hls vest
IN his hand TO show how smal ms
waist line had grown.
How Jcffries Trained
..Now M Carlsbad 7 did ten miles
an the road every morning. continued
ihc former champion, "and IN the at
fcrnoon I put in my time In the GYM
nasnm. The Germans thought was
.razv when they saw Inc running along
The highways.
- did some more work IN France
and trained mt Il place Just out OF Parls
had 10 look at the address on caro-
every time / went out there to work
The French are crazy over fighting 3no
saw some bouts there. ! also took
i'm some of the exhibitions at the Ma
,ional Sporting club at London, bu
,hcir advertised heavyweight contest
are nothing more than middleweigh
affairs. 80,
- have done no boxing while
abroad.
Tcffrics said he would undergo al
operation OH hls nose in few day
while IN this city.
Il L ,,e..l - .ls.INh ~ .
bad. but they told me there that th
doctors here could do il Just as well
and again the prices they charge ar
something fearful. Ny nose was broke
and it intcrfcres with my breathing.
JEFF Ready to Sign.
,Jeffries said he had talked 10 no on
while abroad about his fight with John
son and denied he had said that h
wanted a purse Of sloO,OOO for TN
mill
Mrs. .Icffries accompanied her hu'
hand on the trip aud spent some tim
at her home in SAKE -Mciningen,
.Iefrries probably will meet Jac
johnson and his manager IN this clt
early next week when the final article
for the fight VIII be signed.
Last August in Chicago. Sam Bcrge
for .Ic1ries. signed a preliminary agree
mcnt with Johnson for a contest of AM
where from ~ TO 100 rounds befoI
he club offering the largest purs
which was to bc divided on any tern
yided that the fight should take pla,
within six months after the signing
The retired champion said he ha
heard IN Paris that Sam McNey IN h
contest with ice jeanette in that eli
had really won the tight, and That
rad been fixed for jeanette 10 win. .Ic
fries added that McVcy was only
night handed fighter and would have ii
tie chance with Johnson.
':You want a left hand 10 fight job
son, - added Jcfries. as he walked aw;
10 Join an admiring crowd Of frien
on the pier.
Chance for Promoters.
The division Of the purse has be-
agreed on, johnson couccding that pa
10 Jctfries That leaves only thr
points to settle:
FiIst-Thc selection of stab
holder.
Second-The referee.
Third--A place and time for the
ccption of bids.
.'That's all there is' said Berg
"'Thc fight will 20 TO the highest b
der There is no wranglc about tn:
Various tentative offers have been
ccivcd, Of course, but no formal bids,
"Wc ought 10 have couple of wee
80 get them all IN, j should say. a
decision on them falls autonatlca
10 The best responsible bidder
. Will JcfTrics consider any theatre
cuenecmcnts?' WAS asked.
''Nothing is going TO interfere W
our being on the spot when the ii
comes,'' replied Berger. al He mi.
pick up a little expense money, but
will sign for 10 extended tour and a
engagement he does make will conf:
a release clause, guaranteeing his pr
encc in the ring.
'sHow soon will he ficht?'
.'Tbat depends on the other fellow
said Berger. "'Jcifrics is pretty near
now, but he will be absolutely fit
fore he puts the gloves on