Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD
OF A FAKE FIGHT
JEFFRIES is IN EARNEST ABOUT
HIS BATTLE WITH BLACK
CHAMPION.
TAKES ELECTRIC TREATMENT
Doctor Declares He Gave the Giant
6oiIermaker 400, 900 Volts-Ketchet
Dodges Fight with Papke-Frenct'-
man Easy Mark for WoIaast.


man Easy Mark for WoIaast.
There are not few people In the
country who believe-or at least say
they believe-that Jim Jeffries and
Jack Johnson never will meet in the
ring. Prize fighting has not been
the cleanest sport in days gone by,
and there have been so many evil
dences of rank taking that there al
ways is talk of crookedness when a
big match is arranged.
If Johnson and Jeffries do step into
the ring on July 4, out in California
it is safe bet that both will make
every effort to win. This is one match
that can be figured to be on the
square, Jeffries never would fix up a
fake with his enemy the black man
and Johnson would have everything
to lose and nothing to gain by agree
ing to lay down to the giant boiler
maker.
The way in which Jeffries has gone
ahead to get himself into condition is
another argument that he means bust
The former champion never did
like to start training. He liked to
take things easy, but when he once
got into action it was hard to keep
him from doing TOO much.
One of the first things JEFF did was
to have an operation performed on his
nose. The big fellows smeller has
never been right since Bob FftZsim-
mons planted one of his famous
smashes on the boilermakers probes
els. A bone was fractured and JEFF
fries found it difficult to breath 1t
was good enough for him while he was
out of the game, but it wouldn't do
in case Of battle, so he went On the
surgeons table and had it fixed.
Then he found that his right arm
was not fulfilling its part so he con-
suited another specialist. A muscle
had contracted when Jeffries allowed
the arm to cool too quickly after
pitching a ball game at Los Angeles
and it had to be heightened. The
specialist said electricity would tx it.
So JEFF let DR.. De Kraft hitch on somo
wires and shoot 100000 volts through
his massive anatomy. AS he increased
the current the doctor turned to one
of Jeffs friends and said:
-Four hundred thousand volts
Jeff's friend meekly suggested to-
the doctor that there were six or
seven people in New York who were
inclined to pooh-pooh the idea OF JEFF
fries or any other man receiving &c.,
900 volts, to say nothing of twice that
amount.
Thereby showing a lack of knowi-
edge when it comes to electricity"
the man of sparks replied. Eat Sing
Sing they send a man to his death in
the electric chair with 1000 volts, 10
ameres. Volts represent the unit Of
speed, amperes the quantity OF cleo
tricity. Mr.. Jeffries there in the chair
is receiving but six-tenths of one mil
liampere, the smallest fraction Of
what a man receives in the death
chair at Sing Sing, but it is tearing
through Jeffries' body with speed of
400, 900 volts, so you see it is plain
that it is amperes and not voltage that
kills"
Now do you think a man who had
no intention of fighting would have his
nose cut up and his muscles straight
ened out with electricity? Hardly
jeff means to fight and he means to
put Mr.. Johnson in the discard If he
can
1t took AID Wolgast ten seconds
more than three minutes to SKATER
the hopes of Hery Piet, the French
champion lightweight who came to
this country to gather some coin aAd
possibly a worlds title. This fellow
Wolgast is getting more dangerous
every day. They all look alike to him.
He has offered to meet Abe Attell at
122 pounds or Battling Nelson at 1873
pounds. Neither seems anxious for .
fight with the Milwaukee boy. Wei
CAST also wants whack at Packsy
Mcfarland, but the Chicagoan is lock-
ing for easier game IF WOlgast does
mt look out he'll be in the same posi-
ton as Sam Langford who can't get
either heavyweight or middleweight to
fight him.