The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-06


~ a student having no race feet
inE-aa one who IL Interested. no,
la thr men. but In the pcrfects phys
icai development - ment pr1fzshay
johnson ~ the rims YOU never fnn
tell once there WAS a friiowfsiy Dc
name ~ Mamrp~ but cvafybeay
knows that story
am not a prophet. mar th@men ~
a prophet nui / have watched both
men in action watched thrftf as a
student ~ phyateai action. (which
man beats "a. other onr does not
matter to me IN the least how he
does " n this question.
Jmrfrsnm IL suvinriiilr ~ he hnowa
exactly when and where the other
fellow IA going 60 his him But
Johnson never tells. lie only smiles.
or rather Efinn. and slides off. lie
may even pretend 20 fail down.
don't think Tor moment that
tho elusive AErssz American will 60
for hia opponent NJ that prince 81
puKiltatw. John 4. Sullivan. used 20
80 az hla man I anticipate rather
seeing johnson na ! have nren hirn
never there Every time yotI hii
him you miss him." said an Irish
man And that IL Johnson.
with hia bulk. hts strength and
the firiunraa which somebody told
me ne had acquired by vaudeville
stunts and other things. Jeffrias IL
not BY any means AN rany PROPOSE
ton. Physically. a. We ali know.
he a. a wonder.
Play Cor Johnson.
Johnson has ths ease and the
fr~aslofn 81 youth and the reserve
which marks the master ~ modern
ring tactics. To him the prize
fight as Il was once called. n a
very simple game To him u viii
be play.
To the bury boiler builder q will
be a serious matter.
PuEiiintn seems 20 the outsider a
physical cncgunter-an affair IN
which both contestants are most
horribly in earnest. A. a matter Of
fact u IL nothing ~ the kind. II
Ia trial Of strength IN which, the
man who II strongest physically.
spiritually viii in time tire an
other man until he Easps~-untii he
brrathes irrcguisriy.
That irreguiarity Of breathing IL
the other fellows chance. gasp
means that the muscles about the
ahdomsn-~the most powerful IN the
body--arc for the moment reiaxet
For that moment of relaxation.
for that gasp. the master % ring
tactics IL waiting Then he darts
In "A very gentle little snappy FLAP.
and Il takes more than ten sec-
onds 10 find out whether or not the
other man IL alive
The Final Punch.
That IL my opinion about this
bout Johnson viii play his man
out and then. having been running
and falling down about seventeen
times Johnson VIII rise up and
slap Jeffrics IN n tender place.
There are several, especially when
you get tired. II the opponent
catches you when you are tired and
gnsping. II II under the typhoid
process, II YOU. IN gaaplng. should
drop your Jaw Il ~ a CHANGING hinw
just under your lower lip. Anoth-
or point which no pugiliHt 81 good
taste would land on - just behind
| the ear--on the mastoid process, II
we must use professional.
Now my feeling ~ that JahnsDn
will wait until Jeffriea gets tired
enough 20 gasp.
And thcn--
! That Is what johnson ala to poor
| Burns. That Is what he did To that
| splendid fighter. Ketchcl. and that
I guess. Is what ho win do to the
'Invlnciblo."
Jcffries Is q physical wonder. But
Johnson also IN wonder IT ~
suhtlcty against strength the get
away against tho punch, and a boy
against man who used to be a
! boy.
one thing. and "A most comforting
| thing. Ii this. the fight will be
fair. Both men are beyond re-
proach as far as their honesty Is
concerned AZ To the rest I can only
rciterate my personal feeling that,
while Jeffries In one OF the strong
est men IN the world. the ebony
| man h one Of the subtlest. and
which shall win. bulk or subtiety ?
These two men are wonderful
specimens OF humanity. Jeffries Ia
remarkable for a man who has had
one career and now starts another.
But. as ! have said. he was once a
boy and In now 'lnan.
Johnson Is n boy In everything;
his body In splendidly knit. And
his heart Is right; he ~ buoyant and
glad that he IN alive.
Great Ia health.
! Great is youth.
Great II the combination OF health