The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-08
He Says Fight viii be Fixed.

John X. Robinson, manager for Bat.
Ting Nelson. Robinson states that II
the fight is on the square johnson will
win, but wouldn't bet counterfeit
money on it himself He makes no
effort to conceal the fact that he's
sore at Jeneries because the big Cali
fornian asked for eighty per cent OF
the receipts in the worlds tour of
JefIeres Wolgast, Nelson, Moran and
others. Part of his wall.
II saw Johnson work in his gym
nasium in Chicago one week ago.
ON February 20, two days before Mel |
son and Wolgast fought, | saw JEFF |
ferries go through about eight minutes
of work in San Francisco.
IF johnson and Jefferies fight on !
the level, Johnson will whip the boil |
ermaker sure as fate. Jefferies can
never come back Johnson is the |
greatest heavyweight fighter the world |
has ever produced. He is faster than
Corbett, can hit almost as hard as |
Jefferies could when the latter was
in his prime, is Craftier than Fitz-
simmons, a greater ring general than
Mccoy or Tommy Ryan.
This is Johnson as a fighter. AS
a man he is conceited, natural-born
vagabond mean and tyranical and
petty, a moral coward and discredit
to the negro arCe. He spends money
so that people may witness him and
marvel He wants to associate with
the whites.
Says Jefferies is Fat.
"Jefferies as / saw him four weeks
ago, weighs 245 pounds, is slow and
fat, looks older than the average man
of forty short-winded, slow-moving-
the very opposite to the smooth, grace
full, powerful Jefferies who seven years
ago was the wonder of the ring.
LAS man he is lazy dssipated,
greedy, a poor sportsman, and next
to johnson a poor excuse for defend
ing the honor of any race.
He came back into the limelight
not because he wanted to defend the
honor of the white race. He came
back for the $4,000 per week for
twenty weeks offered by New York
theatrical firm for his appearance on
the stage.
It's Frameup. Sure.
Now to get down to the real meat
of this battle. 1t presents the great
est mystery in the annals of modern
pugilisim.
Personally, l would not bet coun-
terfeit money on the battle. That
statement it not original; it is Dor
rowed from Battling Nelson. Nelson
made it months ago and at present
SEES no reason to change it. Nelson
saw Jefferies work in Buffalo in De-
cember. He watched the big fellow
work and telephoned me in Detroit as
follows: After looking Jefferies over
today. | believe he is through for all
time, and | would not bet counterfeit
money on his chances
Two days before fighting Wolgast,
Nelson again looked Jefferies over
and made the same statement.
Berger is On It, Too.
Berger and Gleason are business
associates. Tex Richard is in the
combination simply because he is the
gambler of the outfit-the fellow who
is taking the big risks and whose iron
nerve is required to handle the fight
ers and the officials. When it comes
to holdups, a California county or city
official runs a close second to a trust
senator. 1t takes a man like Richard
to handle them.
Berger swung the fight to Gleason
and Richard The purse of Sl0l 900
will be posted after the advance sales
reach that amount. The big money
gatherer will be the moving pictures.
| heard legitimate offer of one-half
million dollars made for those pic
lures in Chicago a few days ago. 1t
JEFF wins, they will be worth mil
lion dollars at the lowest. If Johnson
wins, they will be worth not less than
$500 600. And here is where the mys-
terry comes in.
JEFF Will Take no Chances.
"Thrpefourths of million Swayed
between three men. Enough money to
put the average man beyond the ken
of want. Jefferies, the most conceit- |
ed, egotistical man on earth, fight !
ing negro he despises. Bullheaded, |
he would never take a chance of los. |
ing that fight. Berger, behind the
guns, crafty and wise, able to talk
St Peter into giving Joe Cantillon the
keys of the pearly palace! Johnson,
money loving, crooked, recognized
faker, lacking backbone, handled by
man who made his money out of
the lowest form of vice on the Chi |
cago levee-here is the combination |
against which the great American pub
lie must line up.
The combination is a one to 100
favorite. The poor public is up
against a harder clique than the beef
trust ever dared to form. Pick the
combination and write your own tic
ket."
The Omaha Athletic Meet.
Three Men Fall Exhausted on the