Evening journal., 1910-06-29
FIGHT DOPE
OF ALL BRANDS
Opinion of Duration Of Mill
Now Goes as far as
Thirtieth Round
BETTING WILL START
In EARNEST TOMORROW
BY Max Balthazar

JEFFRIEs' TRAINING QUARTERS,
NOANA SPRINGS. RENO. Nevada.
June 29-"I think Jeffries will rush
and clean up in two or three rounds
NO he won't Hell feel out the black
fellow for seven or eight rounds. TAX
ing a good beating in the meantime.
And as soon as he finds that the negro
IL becoming discouraged because his
lunches are doing no damage, then
he'll sail In and finish things up
WHY should he waite Why should
he hold back and let the negro cut MIN
4, piecesa All Jeffries has 20 do Is to
stick out his chin let Johnson drive
his hardest and when the champion
ends that the wickedest blow he has
in stock cannot down his opponent
Johnso will be pie"
..prothine like that. Johnson is too
clever. He can stall around for an al
most unlimited number of rounds ana
n will simply resolve itself into ques-
tior of endn ance. II JEFF shows up IN
the hght as good as when he works
there viii be nothing 10 It. I figure that ina.
under these conditions johnson VIII
last about thirty rounds
And so on ad infnitum.
Gather a bunch Of fans OF the JET
+r,es nersuaslon. be they moulders OF
nersonai opinion OF moulders OF punho
oninion and that's the sort Of talk you
u,,l hear Jeffries will win, one round SIX
rounds fifteen rounds twenty rounds OF
thirty rounds Never has opinion as 10 the
duration Of 2 big fght been SO vary
ing with the ultimate certainty hxed IN
the minds OF the judges Even in Jeffries'
camp the picking Of rounds is as widely
at variance as the selection OF winning
numbers on the roulette tables that one
may discover with little effort and the
aid OF the eappers
To those with merely superficial knowl-
edge OF what boxer should. do. the work
OF these big fellows Is quite a puzzle
Jeffrles Is loafng too much. they think
unmindfui Of the vast amount Of labor
he has already done. On the other hand
thew think johnson is digging IN too
hard apparently forgetting that he has
not applied himself until within the past
few weeks.
FIGHTERS SHOW STRANGE contrasts
The many unusual training phases Of
this contest are enough to put the stern
est conditioning mathematician 70 the bad
JEFF passed the word that he Is going 70
work his head off. Instead he sits around
and chats during the morning and winds
up the day with a little joust with the
trout. johnson. scheduled 20 loaf. tears
into his work like a colored brother try
ing to depopulate the entire chicken world
It's a funny game from any angle and
many dopsters will be surprised when the
battle ends on Monday.
In other ways the fighters show strange
; contrasts from day 70 dsy One day John
son shows speed and confidence. The
next he appears 70 he half-hearted IN
temperament as we'll as in working JET
fries never loses confidence. In fact he
seems to gain in IL. his off DAYS develop
ing a greater spirit Of determination and
grizzly -doggedness than when he is feel
ing good.
But Il lie as 70 the manner Of putting
aside his. work that causes the great
comment For instance. on Monday. ar
ter Jim had pulled of his early morn
ing boxing stunt. it was given out Of
ncialiy BY Manager Berger that his wori
for the balance Of the training spell
would consist of boxing IN the morninl
and short heart sprints" in the even
ing
Not only ala Jeffries entirely revers
heart sprints' Of the morning he Gu
b out the expected boxing in the Afternoon
r. and contented himself with a nap. privat
: talk with Governor Dickerson and ru'
? down. II IS useless 10 expect rograr
I or even 10 guess what the big fellow vii
g do from now on till Friday when he is q
e cut out all work and hurl nimseif into N
q nerve raoking drying out" but he ma
n he faai
They are making a book here on wha
s he intends to do and you can write you
e own ticket
e Betting Opens Tomorrow
d Tomorrow the real betting win heglr
Last night 10 10 l-2 we're the prevailin
prices Some guess it. viii go 10 10 70
and others look for 2 10 l. The odds a
IS made here are expected 70 prevail through
5 out the United states. although Enslan
" may continue to make Johnson the IA,
orite The principal betting on the round
was even money that Jenries would M
win in fifteen rounds.
d There is tip. out that Jenries will p,
= forth his best endeavors az matter ,
pride to end the battle within seventee
!, rounds
Johnson some time ago predicted th'
he would finish the white man with
:. eighteen rounds and Just 10 90 him or
better Jim wants things 10 be wound up
his own favor within seventeen round
Jeffries Is sporting a mural decoration
I the left eye. an ornament of Monday
N boxing session. The guilty person Is M
known. each Of the four sparring par
i ners claiming the honor, with Berge
,s having a good lead IN the list.
10 Disquieting runners regarding a nun
> ber of minor physical ailments suffer'
a, by Jeffries were circulated about tow
last night II Is admitted that, he had a