The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-23
THINKS JOHNSON COULD
BEAT JEFF IN PRIME
Craftier Than Fitzsimmons and
as Quick as Corbett, CIeve-
land Fans Sum Him Up.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 27-
Jack johnson s perfect judgment of dis
lance and the timely manner III which
he meets an opponent 5 counters are
colored gladiator boxing. He measures
distance beautifully, and for man of
his immense size he is marvelously
quick with both leads and counters. lie
has the easiest sort Of style, and stops
blows with little or no effort.
He frequently holds his guard low
and open for the purpose of leading
his opponent to try for the spot left un-
guarded. Then as the other fellow S
Or right jolt shoots across like fash,
and Mr.. Opponent is given an abrupt
little shock. Sometimes a myriad of
stars Of dazzling brightness pop into
vision as the champion blow lands.
If the big fellow is in real earnest
he recipient of the jolt betakes himself
to the Land of Dreams for brief visit,
and returns none the worse for the ex-
perience within few seconds. Johnson
has the knack of landing a knockout
blow down 10 a science.
Fought Jetfries under Wraps
The fellow had apparently been hold
ing much in reserve prior to his battle
with Jim Jeffries. He merely toyed
with Tommy Burns and Stanley Ket
eheI, and Judging by what was seen
Of him at the Star Theater last week,
! he fought Jeffries ''under wraps. - to
/ use a turf expression. Had he gone after
/ The ex-boilermaker earlier in the game
=; the fight would not have gone half the
distance.
/ Johnson is a big man, bigger than
any champion since Sullivan 5 days,
/ with the exception of Jetfries. He is
much faster than Jeff ever was. in
fact. he is fast as Corbett. who was
considered the fastest heavyweight of his
time. and is a much harder hitter and
stronger than ever Corbett was.
/ Craftier Than Fitzsimmons.
Bob Fitzsimmons was considered the
crattiest ring general among the later
! dav heavyweight champions, but IN this
respect he could not show Jack John
son ANYTHING, Johnson is much more
brainv fighter than he has been given
,credif for. He knows all the fine points
OF the game, has an exceptionally quick
eve and great amount of patience lie
never loses his temper and Is good hu-
mored throughout all his battles. Jack
lis one of the best built men who ever
donred glove, and he has a great
Iamount of endurance, as is natural III
men Of his race Clevelanders, who had
lneyer seen johnson until last week. are
no longer wondering that Jim Jetfne,
Ifailcd TO ''come back Many of the
wise ones are now expressing the
opinion that this big ebony skinned
Apollo could have defeated .Iettne'
when the big white fellow was IN the
zenith of his career.
Ferguson a Possibility.
| BOSTON, August 27.-George Little
1.-The former manager of Jack johnson
has now taken Sandy Ferguson, the blg
heavyweight Of Boston, under his man
agement with the hope Of eventually
forcing Johnson 10 meet him for the
heavyweight title Little seems to thlnE
that Ferguson, with proper handling. L
the most likely heavyweight To bea
johnson. and with that idea III mind 1t
intends to get him into the best possible
condition. and after he wins few
fights with him intends to challenge
johnson.