The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-03


but that he should have put the white
man to sleep long before fourteen
rounds is a cinch. There is not y
heavyweight champion from John L
Sullivan to Jim Jeffries who, with
Johnson's physical advantages and
boxing ability, would not have stopped
Burns In eight round or less.
He early realized that Burns could not
hurt him, and from that time practically
stopped working. In many fighters, such
as Joe Cans, this might be taken as an evil
dence of craftiness, but in Johnson's case
the only explanation, in view of his other
bouts. is that he is either too timid or
too unintelligent to go after his man to the
best advantage. Probably his line Of action
Is caused by both these defects.
One thing should always be kept con-
ight-you can seldom tell how hard a blow
was hit. Even at the ringside. spectators
are frequently puzzled over this problem.
but in pictures it cannot be answered at
all, as a rule. Therefore the practical
value of the punches landed by either
Burns or johnson was hard TO determine,
but the impression was that Burns did
little or M damage, while johnson must
have hurt whenever he landed flush.
Johnson's chances with Jeffries depend
entirely on Jeffries himself. With Jeffries
in shape, he Is a sure winner. But unless
he is hard as nails and can stand more
hammering than Is usual with pugilists of
his build, who nave been out of the game
as long as he has, Johnson is going to
cause him a world of trouble. The negro
has a poor knockout record, but he can
hit, nevertheless. Fighting a man of JEFF
fries's size and prowess. he would have to
change his tactics and do more leading
and countering than with light-heayies or
and Burns. That would force him to bring
into play all of his smuggling force, and
what would happen then no one can say.
1t looks like Jeffries In a walk-but Jeffries
will lave to be In shape.
The board of directors OF the National
League will meet tomorrow to decide
whether the game between Cincinnati and
the Pirates shall be played over because
Hans Wagner changed his position at the
bat while Casper was trying to pass hin
the winning run. which he did. It's a pity
that there cannot be some rule to prevent
pitchers from doing this trick.
For originality Charley Murphy, Of the
Cubs, cannot be beaten. His latest, a barn
storming trip, doing minstrel stunts with
his team in order to gather in some extra
'.coppers" Is of the first water. After
that they expect to play a series Of games
in Havana
The worth Of the squeeze play was
proven the other day out in Michigan,
when the Kalamazoo team won a 5 to l
game on a home run and four of the tight
plays. Some managers rap this stunt, but
It's a good one for all that.
Billy Brady is doing the prophet act
about Kaufman. He's sure that the big
Californian can beat Johnson, and will do
SO when they come together. He does not
specify his reason, but makes his claim,
and that goes for something in pugilistic
circles, where Brady has a big reputation.
The dope now Is that johnson will never
fight Kaufman, with whom he has signed
for a long contest. It's said that there are
several loopholes in the Kaufman contract
through which the negro may crawl.
There ought to be some records broken
at the old Clifton racetrack Saturday,
when the annual track and field meet OF
the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic
League will be held. Athletes from the
Englewood, Hackensack, Passaic, Ridge
wood and Orange high schools will COM
pete. The struggle, II appears at this
time, will lie between the Englewood and
Orange high schools.
Ketchel had an easy time of 1t last night
ley went at the Italian with a rush n
p1t hin, nttt IN the fAt1rfh rdnnd