Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-17
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Jim Jeffries lands his terrible left on
Johnson's stomach he wins.
Jack johnson plants his famous right
upper cut on Jeffries' chin it will be
pay of on the dusky champion.
This is the way the wiseacres of
the pugilistic game figure out the fin
ish of the great battle that is to be
fought-probably in San Francisco-On
July 4.
They say each of the gladiators is
one-hand fighter; that Jeffries' right
hasn't the necessary kick and that
Johnson has only the one blow. right
uppercut to the jaw.
, Past performances of the two men
seem to bear out this manner of dop-
ing the battlers. Jeffries has never
used his right for anything but guard
ing He has whipped every man he
ever fought except Joe Choyinski. Joe
! fought him 20 rounds to draw, but
/ they never met again, SO honors are
even between them. Gus Rubin fought
him a 20-round draw, but Jim came
! UdCh lOuI years IdICA oAu PUT IA0
Akron giant away in five rounds.
The question naturally arises: II
Jeffries can whip such men as Bob
Fitzsimmons, Jim Corbett, Tom Shar-
key, Gus Rubin and Bob Armstrong,
who are the best he has met. with his
left hand, what's the use of having
right hand anyway? Jeffries is a left
handed man. He writes, eats and
shoots left-handed. However, he
stands with his left extended when In
! fighting pose. This makes 1t hard for
his opponent, for a fighter generally
expects to find the greatest amount OF
dynamite in the arm his adversary
holds back.
Johnson delivers his pork chop pro-
Queer when his opponent is coming in.
1t is probable that Johnson could have
trimmed Tommy Burns in half dozen
rounds and that he could have handed
out the same finish to Ketche) had he
so desired. They are built for Jack.
They are rushers and come in with
arms flying. Johnson waits for these
rushes and comes up with the right.
He has mastered the blow and there
never was q fighter who was as accu-
rate in planting the uppercut. But will
Jeffries rush? Corbett, Ntzsimmons
and Sharkey carried the battle to JET
fries. johnson never has carried the
fight to any man he has met. Hence
Billy Brady's reasoning that it will be
long fight seems worthy Of considerar
ton.
County Attorney Lyon Of Salt Lake
City says he will prevent Jeffries and
johnson fighting there. He declares
he does not care what Gov. Spry may
do about it, but he intends to see that
the law is not violated and that there
will be no fight.
It begins to look more each day as
If Frisco will get the battle, and 1t is
apparent that the California metropolis
is the logical place to hold the fight.
Jimmy Coffroth is back in San Fran
cisco, after winning $4,000 from Eu-
gene Corr, the leading sporting man of
England, on a bet that he could travel
from Liverpool to the Pacific coast city
in ten days. 1t will be shown in few
days whether he has finger In the
big pie.
The question has been asked: Who
is the bantam weight champion? The
query is a sumner, for no title in pu-
gilism ever has had so many claim
ants Among them are Johnny Coulon,
Monte Attell, Danny Webster, Jimmy
Walsh. Phi! McGovern, Pal Moore and
Charlie Goldman. Why not have an
elimination affair and settle It? Nearly
all of these boys insist upon 116
pounds when they fight. When Jimmy
Barry, Johnny Connors. Jack Levy.
Caspar Leon and Steve Flanagan were
fighting for the title they scaled 1T los
pounds. never more than 108. Connors.
tho Springfield (1ll.) lad. who has DO:
come q theater owner, hotel proprietor
and the keeper Of one Of the best bars
in the Illinois capital could tight 1t
100 pounds and never was whipped At
that weight. Connors and Barry never
got to really settle the question Of su-
premacy between them. Barry had tho
better of six round encounter once,
but Connors was by no means whipped.
They were matched to fight 20 rounds
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