Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-05

ing for this fight for a year"
said James J. Jeffries today be-
fore starting for his traiing camp in the
santa Cruz mountains, and I know
pretty we'll by this time what I can do.
The weight is not bothering me in the
least; in fact, I don't want to take off
much more weight to be right. After
the first trip into the Tehaehapi range
] was fairly down to weight.
MY wind Is good. That has never
been a point of worry with me. Don't
worry about me. l am going to be fit
when 1 enter the ring.
For all the work 1 have done. l ex-
pect TO spend q hard three months in
the Santa Cruz mountains. l can stand
the training and l want TO be- absolutely
perfect. l ave not said that this fell.
low Johnson would be tough or that he
would be easy. You can't tell about
those matters. l am not going to ne
elect a thing that will put me right
when / am fighting, and l will win. just
as quickly as 1 can
CHICAGO, April 5.-Jack johnson,
the prize fighter. was not granted his
request for two negroes on the jury that
heard the testimony in his trial for
automobile speeding yesterday before
Judge Scovel in the municipal court,
but the twelve Caucasians who sat in
judgment proved satisfactory to the
pugilist by promptly returning a YER
dict of not guilty.
They saved me the trouble of going
up to the Supreme Court with the case
said Johnson. 81 am not going to have
the police put it all over me all the time.
just because I'm a well-known man. If
L ran around and got drunk and gam
bled the cops ought to pinch me, but In
a good family man and behave myself.
If everyone was like me, it would be a
good world
NEW YORK. April 5.-Jack CTwin)
Sullivan. the Boston middleweight. gave
Sailor Burke. of Brooklyn, a bad beat
ing in a ten-reund bout at the Mara
thon A. c., in Brooklyn, last night. Sui
livan foored the sailor in the first and
eighth rounds, with a right to the jaw,
and had him groggy at several stages
of the bout.
NEW YORK. April 5.-Pal Moore, of
Philadelphia, who claims the bantam
Weight CtldIilPIDA4SlAPs 4iaA II I'LL LIS way
last night in a ten-round go with Willie
Jones, of Brooklyn, at the Olympic Ath-
letic Club, in Harlem. Jones showed
some speed and cleverness in the ninth
round, but was outclassed throughout
the bout.
SCHENECTADY. N. Y. April s.
Young Britt and Jimmie Walsh danced
and Rugged through ten rather slow
rounds here last night, Walsh winning
the popular decision on points.
TROY, n. Y. April 5-'Billy" West.
of New York, and kid" Henry. of this
city, went ten rounds to a draw before
the Grogan A. C. of Watervliet, across
the river from this city. last night.
The fight was about e
BUFFALO. y. Y. April 5-Paddy
LAWN, the Buffalo fighter, knocked out
Charlie Griffith, of Cincinnati. here last
night in the third round of a scheduled
ten-round bout at welterweight.
ELMIRA. y. Y, April 5.-Joe Uvanni,
of Rochester. lax a shade the better or
Jack Barry. Of Scranton, here last night
in a six-round bout before the Empire
A. c.
The best show of the week at the
local clubs will be held this evening at
the Paramount Club. Matty Baldwin.
of Boston. and Owen Moran. the little
Englishman, fight tonight at the Fair
mont.
Tommy Murphy is training at Ford's
place. Perth Amboy, for his fight with
Battling Hurley at the Empire A. G.
next Friday. This bout will open the
club run by Buckley and Mcmahon, and