Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-29

| The cool manner In which JenrleS
turned down a request for boxing ex-
hibition while the governor was at his
camp yesterday led to a great deal of
comment and some harsh criticism.
Jeffries' Indifference to the disappoint-
ments experienced by so many who
made futile trips to his training quar-
| tiers to see him work was thought to
! have passed the limit when an official
whose good will had been regarded so
essential to holding the contest out of
which Jeffries will make fortune, was
| turned down.
| Fla Picks Jen.
| Victoria, B. c., June 29.-"Bob'' Fitz-
simmons. who arrived from Sidney last
night, picks Jeffries as the winner in
Mondays battle. He thinks the fight
will not go over 20 rounds. John son
won't stand very long against the mas
| sive strength and bear-like tenacity of
Jefries, providing he is in shape said
| Fitzsimmons.
RumOr Knocked Out.
Reno, New, June 29.-Rumors
that the Jeffries-J ohnson fight would
be stopped by executive edict having
been given a complete knockout by
Governor Dickerson himself, inter
est shifted last night from the gov
ernor's hotel to the training camps.
Every one connected with the great
contest made it point TO visit Mo-
ana Springs or Johnson's quarters
during the afternoon and not until
evening did the steady procession of
motor cars cease
Tex Richard breathed a sigh of
relief when his conference with Gov
ernor Dickerson was over. He had
the governors personal assurance
that there will be no interference
mo one will ever know" said
Richard, what troubles 1 have I'M
dergone in preparing for this fight
1t seems to me that from the very
start there has been some kind of
organized opposition other than the
church declarations. Rumors of all
kinds calculated to injure my inter-
ests have been sent OUT
DIckerson Interested.
Governor Dickerson seems deeply
interested in the fight preparations.
After his friendly chat with Richard,
he determined to look in on the fight
ers and, if possible, to catch them at
work. Accompanied by Captain Cox
of the state police, who is here with
a squad of desert rangers to help in
keeping order, the governor jumped
into an automobile and went rafting
away to the suburbs.
At JohnSonS camp, where he ar
rived late in the afternoon, he caught
chaY etc
his best workout since coming to
Reno. Johnson boxed II fast rounds.
Four rounds with Al Kaufman op-
ened the program and Johnson clev-
erly eluded the rushes of his husky
opponent. kid" Cotton came up
next. Johnson went after him with
playful viciousness. In the fourth
round Jack tore himself loose with
one of his surprising displays of
strength. Twice he drove his left to
the head with terrific speed and force.
In ring parlance it was a double
left hook" and ended the bout for
Cotton. He staggered and would
have toppled to the floor had not the
seconds caught and helped him to a
seat.
Johnson was not ready to quit
and called for Monahan, whom he
kept dancing around for two rounds.
Dave Mills was subjected to the
champions fire for two more rounds,
then Johnson started back to the no.
tel. Governor Dickerson and Cap
tain Cox Joined him and the three
went up to Johnson's room, where
they chatted for some time.
JeR on Strike.
Out at Moana Springs, Jim Jeffries
went on strike for the day. He alb
soIutely refused to do any work be-
yond a seRen-mile jaunt in the morn
ing. Even the visit of the governor
failed to stir him to action.
To Battling Nelson. former light |
weight champion, Jefries was most |
cordial when the latter visited the |
Springs in the afternoon. Jeffries !
looked upon Battling as a great lit
tie fighter to use his own words and |
the pair strolled around the grounds |
for a long time.
Nelson declared that he was amaz- |
ed by Jeffries fine condition.
Burns Picks JefYries to Win.
San Francisco, June 29.-Tommy |
Burns, hugh Mcintosh ana Bill Lang, !
the heavyweight champion of the An
tipodes, arrived yesterday from Aus !
tralia on their way to Reno to see the |
fight. Burns is strong with the opin-
ion that Jeffries will win.
johnson may be game against lit
tie men like Ketchel and myself, but |
he will show the streak of yellow |
when Jeffries lands a few hard |
punches to the stomach" said Burns. |
jeff only has to be half as good as |
in former years to beat the black man !
and 1 look for the fight to end about |
the goth round with JEFF the victor" |
Burns weighs 1874.
Although l have never seen JEFF
fries in action, look for Jack John