The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-02
Managers and Trainers Discuss
Contingency of Fight Going
the Limit.
JOHNSON WILL FIGHT
TO FINAL DECISION
Flanagan Says Black Win Meet
Jeffries the Next Day
and Finish it
Up.
BY Max Balthasar.

JEFFRIES' TRAINING QUAR-
TIERS. MoANA SPRINGS, RENO.
July 2.--while very few students of
form expect the Jeffries-Jofnson
fight to go As rounds. many have be-
gun. to figure on the things that may
happen IL the battle goes the full limit
with nothing to choose between the
fighters.
Jefries, 1t has been asserted with
In the past few days with more con>
fdence than at any time since he de-
ciared he HAD come hack" can 60
the full route with ease. The same
claim is made for Jnhnson. But what
IL they go Is rounds without either
having q sufficient shade upon which
to base a v.rdict? VIII Jeffrfes stand
for q draw after all the clanaor about
the restoration OF the heavyweig
crown to the white race
On behalf OF johnson, Tom Flana-
gan. his manager. declares uneQuivo-
cally that II the fight goes the prs
scrfbed limit without the referee being
able to call winner. Johnson will be
perfectly willing to 90 as Tar as neces-
sary to arrive at decision. even IL .
knockout Is demanded.
VIII Not 80 Limit.
I'VE don't anticipate that the Tight
win go the limit" said Flanagan, DE
cause we feel confident that lack will
win long before the forty-fifth round
il reached For this reason we neveE
figured on the contingency Of going
farther than the limit called Tor by the
articles OF agreement. But. II at tho
end OF the forty-fifth round, Richard
Is unable to pick the winner. the we
will be ready to proceed. the follow
ing afternoon twenty, or even loo OF
moro rounds II necessary to decide
which OF the two Is the better man.
III the Jefrries crowd does not want
to stipulate the exact number Of extra
rounds. should extra rounds be neces-
sary, we win be ready to 60 ahead
to the extreme limit, by which mean
johnson will fight until either he 81
JenrieS 10 knocked esa 1t 1. :. - -
JoffrieS camp mates treat with
scorn the suggestion fl1At johnson will
last rs roundE The most pessimisti<
man at MoanA does not sconcede that
the negro win be on his feet more thar
thirty rounds and the possibility OF .
When advised Of Flanaean.s statement
Fam Berger said to-day:
What's the nse OF croesing q bridge
before you reach TT The light ISM
Igoiug As rounds and johnson need n1l
lfigure that 1t will be necessary FOR
Jeffrtes TO 60 into extra, rounds Il
reanh a decinon.
Would Jeffries 90 beyond 4s
rounds IL both men were on their feei
at the end and Richard unable u
decide?
Now. there you ara trying to eros.
the bridge before you reach IT.
| Whatever Rer9ersa feeitnUx Ys1ny ~
In the matter. Farmer Buxns. who
ability than any one In this camp
would be willing to let Jim 70 s1Os
rounds II that number were necessary
to arrive at decision But Il viii
not be up to the farmer to decide thal
important question should u arise.
Physicians Arg Ready.
That a. small army Of p1RSsicians hal
been selected to take charge OF q re.
|ceiving hospital to be maintained Ii
the arena on fight day and that theJ
expect to be kept busy. II shown b.
the Preparations that are being made
4 Injuries to the lighters are NO
bothering them. as they know the ply.
sicaf condition into which Jeffries and
such to make It practically impossi.
BILE for the contestants to infiict mors
than the ordinary hurts suffered III
we'll trained flghkers, barring 81
course. such an accident a. sent
Tommy Mccarthy to his grave in Sar
Franchises following his battie viii
Owen Moran.
i IT 10 among the spectators they vii
look for patients and tArHe snam hSr "a
aAses they expect to treat VIM be heal
Iprcstrations ana victims Of hear