The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-29
THINKS JOHNSON
Will WIN FIGHT
noc REID OF CHICAGO, VETERAN
HANDLER OF PuGILIsTs, FA-
voRs coLoRED MAN FOR
BIG BATTLE.

Noe Reid, of Chicago. who has
hroueht out several of the top notch
ughtweights of the country and who
hos INST taken the management OF
walter whitehead, IL Duluth, when
tho latter was stabbed and killed last
winter, is of the opinion that Jack
Johnson will have an easy time beat
inc up Jim Jeffries when the two
beayyweights get together on Monday
afternoon in the Reno arena.
In letter to a friend at Duluth,
Reid saws: II am of the opinion that
Johnson with clear field and no fla
yors will win I'm walk. This may
sound strange i'm view OF the fact that
Jeffries is 10 to 6 favorite. How JEFF
fries ever was put on the long end OF
such odds is past me. unless the rail-
birds intend to swing over and plunge
ON the black man at the last minute
with the intention of cleaning up.
sentiment, race prejudice an6
some pretty good press stuff from that
trio of past masters in spreading the
salye (Corbett, Choynski and Berger)
NAV have great deal to do with IT.
Jeffries six or seven years ago un-
doubtedly was the greatest fighter the
world has ever known and the way he
went through such men as Corbett
Sharkey, Rubin and /Fitzslmmons
proved to sportdom that he was JUS
tilted I'm retiring because of no more
worlds To conquer.
But that was six years ago and
one must consider that I'm that time
he has PRACTICAL ylived life of lux
ury and idleness, smoked cigarettes
habitually. drank daily, kept any
kind of hours and paid no attention
whatever to his physical condition
This kind of life generally is more
severe on the constitution of man
who always has kept himself In the
pink of condition previously than OF
one who has never been accustomed
TO training methods or physical cul-
ture. And yet they say that he Is
at present in the finest possible con-
dition an athlete could get into. In
other words they have In the last
four or FIVE months by some mystic
rious process rebuilt all of the mus
cular tissue that the last six years
of lax living have wasted. They have
restored his breathing apparatus to
its original strength. BY the same
miraculous system his old time rug
gedness and endurance have been re-
turned to him. 1t Is too much.
Tommy Ryan, undefeated middle
weight champion of the world, retired
more recently than Jeffries Can you
imagine him getting into condition
for Stanley Ketchel? / see Tommy
quite frequently He looks fine and
keeps himself in fairly good shape by
boxing two or three rounds daily. He
still talks fight. but what's the use?
Any real good lightweight would make
him quit.
at that, we can hardly blame them
for digging up jeff. Some one had
to go on the firing line and as his
wonderful record as a fighter has new
or been forgotten he was thrown as
straw to the promoters and they grab
bed.
johnson, on the other hand, Is con-
coded by nearly everyone as being the
cleverest big man that the ring has
ever known, not even excepting Cor
bett He is an exceptionally strong
man and seldom has been In anything
but the best condition. He is natur-
ally tough and rugged and is possess
ed of confidence impossible to shake.
This latter trait is sometimes detri-
mental to n fighter as 1t often develops
into swelled head. This dinge. how
ever. Is practical and fairly level head
ed and Is not inclined to underestimate
anyone he meets. as his cautious style
of lighting indicates.
Well, they are going to fight TO
please the public and the public pays
the freight. Let the best man win"