The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
TALKS OF THE Fight
Mike Donovan Says Look
Out for johnson.
HANDS OUT GOOD ADVICE
Boxing INSTRUCTORS of New York Ath-
letfc Club and Former Middle
weight Champion Says JeHrtes
should Cut Out Boxing and Not
Don Gloves Until He Faces Negro.

SAouAu Sut Out boxing AhN MOI
Don Gloves Until he Faces Negro
From the New York Mail.
The next time the sporting editor as
signs the writer to look Up a former
fight champion and have him discuss
the relative merits Of the men con
cerned in great batIe-to-be he vii
make sure to provide himself witt
enough tape and other medicinal para
phernalia around his arms and solar
plexus TO ward of jabs and jolts directed
his way.
To be more exact. any one who comes
in contact with Prof Mike Donovan, for
mer niddle-Weight champion, pal of Ted
dy Roosevelt, and boxing instructor Of
the New York Athletic Club. and tries to
have him picK the winner OF the coming
Jeffries-Johnson fight had better fit him
self up TO stand of some unnecessary
punishment, for Donovan cannot express
himself more accurately as TO how a
fighter can win than exhibiting that
mans best blows free of charge.
OId-time Fights.
Donovan likes TO talk more about old
time knuckie fights than boxing exhibit
tons Of to-day.
When he was asked who would carry
the bacon home on July 4 at San Fran
cisco. he made this significant statement:
Il like JEFF Look out for Johnson"
Prof. Donovan lives In a neatly fur
nished fat. with Mrs. Donovan and nine
little Donovans, at us West l64th street.
The writer caught Donovan just as he
was getting ready to leave for the club.
He shook his interviewer's hand cordially
and shifted uneasily as he threw open
the handshake,
Il don't want 30 disturb You Mr.. Dono-
van but who do you think will win the
big fight"
Now see here" broke in Teddy's chum.
I'm picking winners OF no fights Get
that? Go in the parlor and III be in In a
minute, this with tinge Of the Irish
brogue.
No sooner had the writer been seated
than little Miss Helen Donovan hit I'D
the piano with some clever pieces.
Hey, you fellow. come on, was heard
as Donovan moved rapidly toward the
door. Ride downtown with me?'
Il don't Ike 10 bother you so much,
Mr. Donovan, and besides, I'm in a hur-
~ Can't you pick either JEFF or John
son to win?' I mentioned.
When I moved up here in the Bronx
five years ago there wasn't darn house
to be seem ducked the veteran boxer
cleverly. There was all trees. Now
what a fine neighborhood IL is"
He said a lot of other things: spoke
about the nasty June weather and began
TO feel out his companion
just as We reached the little bridge on
our way to the Ninth avenue t. man
IN little shanty was heard 10 say:
Anger Aroused.
Hey. Mike did you read how Teddy
got mixed up with the English yester-
day?''
Donovan cast reproachful glance back
at the man who addressed him ana num-
bled out;
"Oh. to the dickens with John Bull. he
can't kid Teddy. Ne for Teddy all the
time. He knows Egypt. or what you call
that dump, better than a whole lot Of
Englishmeu."
The reporter agreed with Donovan. and
thereby got in solid.
You see, Roosevelt" began the FRO
fessor, but tell you JEFF did the great
est stunt in his life in hiring Joe Choyn-
SKI to train him for his fight with John
son. John l. says that Choynski is a
dead one and that JEFF should have taken
a younger man. but Sullivan Is away of
Believe me, JEFF couldn't have gotten a
better man. There's a fellow''-and he
jsbbed me a hard slap across the ribs
that's got plenty of brain matter and
can teach JEFF something he has prob
ably forgotten. He's old, that's true, but
it doesn't matter one bit He can hit and
get away like a FASH Bang, another
wall0p to the solar piexus for me.
Cut Out Boxing.
IF I was JEFF" continued Donovan. II
wouldn't put a glove on until got in the
ring with my opponent. He ought to cut
that out and substitute shadow boxing
and keep his hands in shape for the cru
cial test. He ought to do plenty Of road
work. skip the rope. and above all. be
careful of what he eats. You see. II he
does this and Donovan stepped off the
sidewalk and pulled off some clever foot
work that attracted the attention of a
number of passeTs-by.
DO you really think JEFF can get into
condition."
tOf course he can. It's all foolish talk
that he can't get into shape because he's
been out of the ring so long. have seen
JEFF in a number Of his big fights, and
also while training, and I tell you that
his body IS the most healthy looking one
l have ever seen. DR. Gurdner, Of solar
plexus fame, told me the other night that
he examined Jeff when he was in New
York last and found the muscles to be in
grand shape.
you know it isn't like SuIlivan's belly
was when he fought Corbett His lust
looked ike frog belly. Why, the condi-
ton he was in that night I could have
taken him myself into closed room and
knocked his head on
BY this time we were aboard a train
bound downtown.
An Even Fight.
Don't you think. honestly. that JEFF
can VIM persisted the writer.
81 told you the fight is an even one.
and / can't for the life OF myself pick the
winner I'd like to see Jen win. but
look out for Johnson. He is a clever and
scientific boxer, like Joe Cans, only on a
larger scale. That explains it all. He's
got this jab and this''-and the professor
unmindtul OF the dlninutive student seat
ed beside him, began 10 wade in, until
the latter cried quits. He jabbed this
way and that, and as a better way of ex-
planning things, crossed with the left and
then countered with his right. Blows of
all kinds rended the air, and he did not
let up until the writer promised he knew
everything by heart
Such was the case all the way down to
the bridge.
THE fight looks to me like a disap-
pointment.' resumed Donovan after he
had got minutes rest The two men
are battling for great future and they
viii be careful 20 clineh and hug when
ever opportunity affords If they get in
bad. They have to be careful. and you
can't blame them. Yes. it does look as