The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

am wrong 1 guess I can stand the kid
ding. I Will have plenty of company
either way. l think Johnson has the
better chance of the two. After apply
ing my limited knowledge of calculus
TO al the arguments pro and con, the
good points on the Johnson side of the
scales seem to outweigh those on the
Jeffries
If Jefries wins he must overcome
the youth, endurance and strength of
his opponent These three facts Will
be constantly staring the cave man in
the face throughout the battle. John
son is a known quantity, while Jenries,
in his present condition, is practically
an unknown. The unknown has the
known to beat without any assistance
from outside physical forces
NATURE BLACKS ALLY
Johnson. on the other hand, has a
strong ally. Nature has lined up her
forces on the black mans side. When
Jeffries goes into the ring he must
first beat nature and then Johnson.
Reason and precedent are against the
white champion in this first conquest.
True enough. Jeffries is in excellent
shape. He could not look better. But
what does this statement mean? Prac-
tically nothing. He has been out OF
the game too~long for any one 10 hho"
if he is still there.
Take a day laborer, for instance He
can shovel dirt from 6 in the morning
till s at night without showing the
slightest signs of fatigue. He uses
every muscle in his body every day OF
the year and seems to thrive on the
bodily punishment. But let meoiurn
sized man walk up and punch one or
these tough laborers in the jaw or in
the stomach. and what will happen?
He will go down in a heap. A day
laborer matches his bodily strength
against work. A fighter matches his
bodily strength against the bodily
strength of another fighter. Jeff mas
done little fighting during his training.
He has worked, and worked faithfully.
Rut this does not necessarily mean
that he can survive bodily beating.
ARGUMENTS FOR JEFF
Again, the Jeffries supporters will
say: "Who has Johnson ever beaten,
and how long has it taken him to beat
second raters like Jim Flynn, Tommy
Burns, AL Kaufman, Sam Nievy. Joe
jeanette and other smaller men?7
These questions are near reasonable.
Everybody will acknowledge that john
son has never been extended, He has
never tried to beat anybody in hurry.
He has been sure of himself in all his
battles and has chosen to take his time.
not II makes no difference. The fact
still remains that Johnson outclassed
all these second class men mile. He
fought everybody that was available.
The johnson people can come back
at the Jeffries sympathizers with the
question, How about the great men
that Jeffries beat?'
The two greatest fighters that JEFF
fries defeated were Fitzsimmons and
Corbett They were both older than
Johnson is now when Jeffries met them.
Fitz was 81 and Corbett was 81. John
son is 33. Jeffries was younger than
Corbett and F'itz when he fought them.
He is now two years older than John
son.
BLACKS DISSIPATION DOUBTED
I can not believe the stories of John
sons alleged dissipation during his
training. l have watched him work
for nearly a month and believe him to
be in excellent shape. His we'll devel-
oped negro blood has been responsible
in a measure for the impression of his
carelessness. The glow of health
shines out through every pore of his
dark skin.
1t is hard to say how long the fight
will last l am inclined to favor the
long route. unless the unforeseen hap
pens l do not forget that Johnson has