The Detroit times., 1909-12-09
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That great wave OF doubt Is
sweeping over the country when men
discuss the alleged effort which JEFF
- fries is making 10
poInrrus regain for tue
busy wiTII white race the
JEFFniEs. championship Of
. pugilism cannot be
denied. Among sporting experts.
skilled conditioners and present-day
boxers the almost unanimous opinion
seems 10 prevail that Jen 1Gnli be
the sho't-endcr in the battle, provid-
ed that 1t is fought as = real, square
h.h1 should be contested.
Harry Tuthill, trainer OF the Tigers
puts il little Inherently when he
calls attention To- the attitude of Billy
Delaney, probably the most famous
conditioner OF boxers the world has
over known and the man who has
trained Jeffries for all his prior ba..
ties
when somebody finds out what
inside knowledge Delaney has or JET
fries. il will make interesting read
ing" says Tuthill. Nobody knows
Jefries better than Delaney, yet why
is it that Delaney has quit the JET
fries camp when he is most needed
and is found instead. back of a
second-class man like Al Kaufman
and advising his old patron. Billy
Brady. to bet $4,000 that Kaufman
can lick Jeffrics In six rounds?
Delaney isn't trying to match
Kaufman with Johnson; he knows
better He recently side-stepped a
match for Kaufman with Jack 'Brien.
He isn't crazy about his present
charge-not by long shot. But he
does believe Al can lick Jeffres.
Docs Delaney know something about
Jeffs physical condition which is the
key to handing him a licking. even
II the licking has to be administered
Ivy n second-rater? Or is II some
fault In Teff's fighting style that none
of the other opponents have discover
ed but which even a dub can use TO
upset him?
Delaney has something on big
Jeff whatever it Is, and perhaps
Johnson has IL too"
Reports that the fight has been
fixed in advance to make the pictures
good should not alarm the view or
the supporters OF the Jeffries side OF
the argument If the fight Is going
t. be fixed. ,tffries will surely win,
as sucH result will more than
double the fighters share OF the NOV
ing pictures. Come To think. Such
an ending would be far from fatal
TO Johnson either. jeff will undoubt-
eddy retire after the fight--if not be
fore and Johnson will need only
couple of fights and little good press
work To again establish himself as
the worlds champion, in spite OF the
licking.
And vet. when all the present posi-
bilities OF the Jen-Jack match are
gone over the great fact remains That
left Is game and has never bceh
knocked down, even by the assaults
OF men who were unquestionably more
powerful than Jack Johnson. II seems
almost impossible that years and DIS
ease can have Slapped his yigor 10
such an extent as to have entirely
undermined his great constitution.
Interesting fact The Boston Red
Sox were the first club in American
league history that batted TO sea,
sons average OF 2G0 or better and
failed to land flag.
In selecting for n scout man VINO
has been a conspicuous failure as
manager. Jim Mcclure. Of Cleveland
means to see to il that there Is no
hcir-apparent ready TO step into MS
shoes on short notice,
st Louis athlete was Killed play
ing basketball the other evening. Shah
we abolish the game or only reform It?
Detroit friends will he glad to hear
that Danny Mcmahon is again on his
feet conducting sparring school III
Chatham with more than % pupils.
and Danny is putting up at the best
hotel I'm town. At least he writes me
On that hostelry's stationery