The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

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an aspirant for the United States
senate. am for all clean sports and
against the baseball trust
Speck Smith-"Jeff looks like a natural
to me. I think he will make one
pass and the coon will fade away"
Billy Pratt-"Who would have ever
thought of matching men like Ketch-
ell or Kaufman against Jeff when he
was in his prime? The big fellow is
there for my money and 1 think he
will give the dinge fine trimming
Dan Riordan-'I can't figure where
Johnson is going to beat this white
Hercules"
Ben Hogan, an oldtimer who brought
Jem Mace to this country and who is
now a resident of Chica go-"Jeffrie
is still a young man and there is no
reason why he can not come back.
I look for him to give the colored
man sound thrashing"
way from the south to see Jenries
win"
Harry Keegan Monahan-'T am with
the white race. Jeffries looks as
though he has come back and can de-
liver He never would have agreed to
get back in the game If he did not
know away down in his own heart
that he could regain his old time
form"
Walter KeiIy-"I can see nothing to it,
only a badly frightened negro, fight
ing on the defensive, trying to with
heavy weight punisher that ever
climbed into ring. I can not see
anything to it but a white celebra-
ton"
clever, defensive coon trying to keep
out of the way of the greatest fight
ing machine that ever stepped into
"a foot ring
Alvie Ixing-"I think that Jeffries is a
sure thing. I figure that he will be
too strong for Johnson. who will not
be able to stand the pace and dis
tance"
$. j. Gates-"I have watched Jeff train
and 1 have come to the conclusion
that he should defeat Johnson in less
than II rounds"
Roger CorneII-"Ten rounds of jeff S
fighting will satisfy Johnson"
William king have been on the
ground and watched jeff train John
son will surprise me if he lasts more
than Is rounds"
thought, that Jeff is the greatest
Jeff is likely to win very early and
if he can put the finishing blow over
in the first round I know he will do
so, irrespective of the pictures,
Captain of Police John Martini have
carefully watched both men work.
and while Johnson is in superb con-
dition, 1 must say that Jeffries' ap-
pears to be right back to the old
form in which he beat the world
To me it looks like Jeff should win.
but l expect to see Johnson give
very good account of himself. / do
not look for a short fight, but think
both will travel some distance be-
fore the winner is declared"
DANNY Long, manager of the San Fran
cisco baseball team-"It looks like
jeff in the first inning to me. Henry
Berry told me that the big fellow
is as good as every. Berry was down
to see him work and he is a good
judge of the conditions of all ath-
letes I know that johnson shows
up good, but he never was in Jeffs
class, and I think we will all realize
this when the two hook up on the
fourth
Billy Macdonald of the Peerless mo-
tor car company-'I can not see any-
thing to 1t but Jeffries They tell
me that the big fellow is as good as
he ever was, and 1 get this advice
from some of the best judges of
condition in the country Seeing that
jeff is right, he will make the dinge
jump over the top rope before the
fight goes very far,
William Erb, millionaire oil operator
1t looks to me like Jeff is already
in and we are cashing our bets on
the big fellow. AS soon as 1 heard
that Jeff was back to his old form
/ could not see where Johnson could
get even close to winning If jeff
loses l never want to see an oil well
spout again. as it will remind me