The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-12
SPORTS
BETTER FIGHTER
THAN JfFfR|fS
(By Billy Madden.l

New York, Jan 1c.-It's a pretty
hard thing to have 10 say that you
think that colored man is superior
10 a white man when II comes down
10 question OF the championship OF
the world, but Ia In my honest opin-
Ion Jack Johnson will leave the ring
next July Atm, conqueror OF Jim JEFF
fries | have been in the fighting
game from q managerial standpoint
over thirty years and am only using
the dope Of those many years to form
my conclusion OF tho finish Of the com.
ing big battle. In my time I made
John L. Sullivan the worlds cham
pion; Charley Mitchell the champion
OF England. Jack McAuliffc. the hold
er OF the lightweight title. and In ad-
ditiou brought Tommy Ryan. Gus Rub
lin. Peter Maher and others before
the public
Getting down 10 the big fight can
only say that Johnson is a very clever
man; as clever fighter as / ever
saw slip on a glove. And behind that
ho has the wallop. The combination
usually produces a champion.
White the big fellow was taking
matters easy down In the land Of al
falfa, Johnson was busy hustling
around fighting to keep the sheriff
from the door. Don't forget that John"
son Will appreciate this in the battle
for the title.
An event which happened nearly
seven years ago impreeses me very
much regarding the outcome Of this
tight At that time | had Denver Ed
Martin In my stable Martin was a
big husky colored follow who stood
feet 3 inches In his stocking feet
and Weighed 210 pounds IN condition.
Martin bad whipped a bunch OF tough
heavy men and / Immediately hiked
TO the coast to try and get match
With Jeffrtes Tom @cCarey thought
so much of a match between Martin
and Jetfrics that he offered purse OF
5000 Not for JET He couldn't see
whore Mnrtin came In That suited
me to dot Winner take ALL We
wired Jsn, bat he didn't want any
part OF Martin and there was no fight
We then signed up with Jack John
son, thinking that some money was
In sight. Our dope was all bad, What
Johnson did to Mortn Was crime
No matter how he tried he could not
put glove on Johnson. If Martin
hadn't stuck 10 my advice, Johnson
would have put him away in few
rounds. That fight didn't satisfy Mar
tin, He got another battle With Jack
but In two rounds Johnson trimmed
him 10 perfection and sent him to
Dreamland before the bell changed for
the finish Of the second,
When i came East after the first
T. ir,f al f,.iA do hot
Johnson was the greatest fighter |
ever saw and my opinion has not
changed There is hardly any doubt
that in all his late fights that Jack
did not battle under wraps. He has
always wanted 10 let the public know
Just how good he was. His tussles
with Burns and Ketchel raised him
In my estimation. No matter how the
critics may harp. don't let anybody
tell YOU that Burns and Ketchel were
boobs
They were two dangerous fighters
and possessed the punch that could
knock a horse down. When Jack put
Ketcbel away he beat a man that is
as good as any heavy now In the
ring.
Jeffries never struck mo as being
anything out Of the ordinary. He is a
big man and has the bulk that de-
notes almost superbuman strength
OF all his fights the only one that
amounted to anything in my dope was
when ce licked Fitzsimmons at Coney
Island FiU was good man In those
DAYS aud Jeffries deserves credit for
that victory. When Jeffries whipped
Corbett at Coney Island he didn't lick
the renl Corbett. but a man who had