The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-08
Pugiiism
Baseball
Racing
JOHNSON WILL
KILL KAUFMAN
Style of Fighting Adopted by
Kaufman Is Easy fo~
johnson.
(By Ed w. Smith

Chicago, Sept. S.-Ihey must nave
al Kaufman worried sick out in San
Francisco. The big fellow gives out
the information that he is trying to
perfect his boxing so that he can
stand off at long range and pepper
Jack Johnson's shifty head In their
coming 10.round bout on the coast this
month.
They will have to teach AL some
boxing and then some other things be-
fore he can be conceded chance with
the terrible black man. especially In
q short encounter To the man stand
ing off at a distance, just as Kaut-
man hopes Johnson will permit him to
stand, Kaufman and his style OF going
into an opponent look 10 be custom
made for Johnson, a perfect tit In
every particular.
Kaufman's style of going In with
his head lowered is just what the
doctor ordered for Jack. He can rip
and tear such a man to pieces. and IL
you don't think so. look over the pic
lures of the Johnson-Burns battle and
note what he did to Tommy, who is
considerably better at most all depart.
ments of the game than Kaufman Is.
Tommy. with all his speed and clever
ness. could find no way OF getting out
OF the way of Johnson's flaid-llke arms
and fists, and it was like ramming his
head into a stone wall for the Cana
dian star 10 stick In the ring and
fight Johnson at just exactly the style
that Johnson wanted
G Thes kind tof. q fighter TO beat John
son Wyl IeaFe tg Je9bpTq and develop.
ed not Developed afteu being IN the
business for several years. You see,
Johnson is wise old scout and that
round skull of mis- Is just crammed
with a quite superior knowledge OF
everything that goes TO make a high
grade battling man. What he didn't
have to start with he acquired by
some OF the hardest knockc against
the sharp corners OF this old earth
that man ever got and stood up un"
der
Therefore you may be sure that
Jack learned his lessons we'll. He is
not the hot house athlete one might
designate the Pacific coast star, BY
no stretch of Imagination could 1t be
said that Johnson was reared in any
lap of luxury. although he developed
later tastes that one might expect in
a spoiled child Of \ millionaire's home.
Johnson knows so much that there
doesn't seem to be q fighter In the
business. not even Jeffries., who is oil
was far from being a finished boxer
who can compare TO him In the fine
points Of the game He is a master
mind and scholar and men OF the
Kaufman type of rusherS have no bus
mess with him.
Yet that San Francisco engagement
ought TO be an interesting affair. com
Ing as 1t will on the eve of the pro
Stanley Ketchel who VOWS he vii
fight Johnson and whip him. John
sons form can we'll be guessed from
his showing with Kaufman II the af
fair goes far enough TO bring out al
of Jacks good points,
Johnson's main fault has been the
erratic training methods that he uses
when tackling men he does not think
well of. He was In no sort of shape
for his bouts with Jack O'Br!en anC
! Tony Ross and came in for fine pan
! Ming at the hands OF the critics foi
taking such chances and disappointing
the public, which pays the freight
The black, from all accounts thai
have. come out OF San francisco, ha;
laid aside tbe4 gasqline cart and fes
tive F5elo d HtBr7,Pd .6eek and put h!i
] mind -enIiIel%- on his training work
He is peeiing the weight off in Grea
chunks and promises to be nearly
right when he faces kaufman. Their
he will pass on to Jim Barry. wh'
would give him much stiffcr argu
ment than Kaufman. despite the fac
that not long ago Kaufman beat Barry
in long fight.
Those two battles should fit John
son beautifully for his affair Will
Ketchel. incidentally they Will re
plcnish a somewhat depleted banl
roll and put johnson in a good position
TO talk sassy business with Jim Jet
fries