The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03


has ever met. and barring corbett he 10
the cieveroMG He 70 nOe an aggressive
alugger Who rlahss In 10 finiah q man In
the hrst round. but on the contrary he 10
a cool headed. crafty. patient boxer. with
phenomenal defence and q hard wAllOp
IN either hand whsn ths proper opening
johnson 10 not a believer in taking
chances. He IL strictly a waiter. He
never hita out from the shoulder unless
he SECS vulnerable spot unprotected
He knock ed out ketchel with one punch.
a terrific right handler 70 the jaw. al
though he had not lied such q blow i'm
any Of the proceeding rounds In meet
ing Jenries II is figured that johnson.
taking into consideration tho white man o
possible lack OF wind. may Dlan n long
light by blocking and clinchlnR inces-
sanity. round after round. until Jcffriea
becomes tired Then the negro NAV
begin 10 cii the boilsrmAker 20 pieces.
just a. Wolwast trimmed Battling Nelson
In TACT the Johnson believers say the
light with Jehri@s will simply be a reoati-
ton u the Wolgast Nelson affair. with
the negro playing the part Of tho new
lightweight champion. They declare in
short, that h JOhnson wins it viii be after
twSnty-uve or thirty rounds and that
Je9ries will be gradually worn down 20 q
helpless condition.
Johnson undoubtedly has a Knockout
punch. but It's q question whet her ne In
Jens equal ~ 4 hitter Whether the
negro could hit solidlv enough TO pat
Jenrles to nleap after the latter had lost
his strength 10 a serious question. No
man has ever knocked Jefries down m
championship fight. His gamenean has
never been In doubt. He susI aimed
terrific hammering from the SluRxinR
fltzsmmons without sign Of grogEiness
f1tz broke Jef's nose in their second
California - -
into pulp. yet Jen stood up under Il all
and finally put the Cornishman Away,
That Of course showed what . remark
abse specimen OF manhood Jeifries was
a. iis=s time, bsat lLy wss ~ years old then.
and md, h ,. thirty nth SIrthdAy falls on
power and natural lionheartedness though
there seems TO be no doubt that JelIries
VIII he able to take q loo Of punishment
from johnson. and while that NAV be
GOING on u must bs remembered that
Jenries will not be idle. The boilermAker
when nRht ~ the heaviest palncher in the
world. His body blows are irreaisIibIe.
Sharkey. who had three ribs broken in
the night with Big Jim AZ Coney Island
ten years ago. can testify TO that fact
Je6s friends. therefore. insist that no
matte r how much punching he NAV re-
ceNe from Johnson 'he latter will 80
down before smashes in the ribs and over
the heart that cannot be blocked OF
avoided
Few 81 the experts believe the ARht
will go forty-tiVs rounds which 10 the
limit None OF them can see the struggle
IN that hRhi An there IL much III feeling
between the principals, it IN the prevail ina
opinion that Jefries wall trv Z O bring about
the negros defeat as soon ss possible
realizing that the longer tho eight goes the
worse II will he for the White race II il
Admitted that three hours in the ring
would he terrible underta hing for Sefries
and that because % his present condition
such laps" Of time would seriously handi.
cap him
Both men will have the .aTvices Of eS.
pSrienced seconds Johnson has enRA geo
Tommy Ryan ths former middIewei gni
Chang lon who taught Jefrie- the scien.
tiiic principles Of lighting RYAN And the
boilsrmaker have been . nsmie- for wears
however. and the former in taking hole
Of the negro evidently seeks revenge
JeSrles may have too many advisers II
! Corbett. Berger. GOtch. Armstrong and
others. and there seems 90 he no doubt
he will mias the veteran Billy Delaney
who seconded him in all his chaTnpi onshiE
battles, but Jehries Possesses a COO
head and In a famous ring general IA
- natural fighter and il stubborn "a
carving out has own ideas johnson Ia.
shown good judgment too hut whet hel
he will get rattled under fire remains
20 he aeen
There - much talk relative TO the a kins
~ moving pictures and a1me person,
inchne To the belief thvt the men vii
stall for ten rounds before Getting dOwF
- real hard work but those who know
J~Rries say he will not 10 = marty TO sucl
en- agreement and will DO his level heS
from the moment he toes the scratch
II - a fact that JET he's poor opinion NJ
the negro. for when q fight was suERe~tec
with the latter several years ago the Cali
fornian refused to make n match anc
said in explanation
johnson - a second rateT and . coward
He would run away a. soon a. I got int
the ring and a bum fight would be the
result He has never shown class anc
would be an easy mark'-
JeR still believes the fight will not ~
sensational and - telling his friends q
bet on him