The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
JEFFRIES WILL
WHIP JOHNSON
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real worth, the betting should be oven
money.
When Jeffries retired he was with
out doubt the best man in tho world,
and he had to retro because there were
no men for HIM to meet. He took a
1T is said that he became an inveterate
cigarette smoker and he punished a
great deal Of Hbooze. - These two
things will undermine an athlete quick
er than anything else in the world The
question now is--did Jeffries dissipate
enough to place him on the shelf with
the has beens9 He is still young man,
would be In his prime as an athlete,
provided he had continued his line
Of athletic work. A rest of five years
is has handicap which he must give
Johnson, and if he is beaten it will be
on account OF this handicap.
When Jeffres was in Salt Lake City
last spring, John 8. Boa, then represen-
pany, and myself, arranged for shoot
at the traps: / spent all morning with
Jeffries at the Salt Lake Gun club, and
took special pains to study him. The
first shooting Jeffries did was with n
rifle. Boa pointed out boulder, about
the size Of barrel, 1000 yards away.
Without any rest and standing upright,
careful aim, he pulled the trigger and
11smoked0 the rock. This was the the
first shooting Jeffries had done in
four months and it was considered a
remarkable feat under the circum-
stances. 1T proved conclusively that
Jeffries was as steady as ever and his
nc hl nc ,Lo,-e
of tho party shot at the boulder and
missed the rock the first several shots
Jeffries hit the rock three out Of four
shots. He also showed good form shoot
ing bluerocks, using a strange gun and
shooting, in a. high wind, Up to that
time | had thought Jeffries would be
an easy mark for johnson, but since
and it looks like Jeffries all the way.
Fine Training System.
Jeffries has been using splen-
appreciate what condition trout fish
ing will put n man in physically but
those who try it, It sharpens the eve
and trains the muscles to minute,
and, mingled with gymnasium work,
it is without question one of the best
muscle tissue builders known.
Jeffrles's physique is such that he
and if he is in the fine physical eondi.
tion the doctors claim for him, the
longer the fight goes the better chance
he has Of winning. A great many peo.
pie will say that Jeffries must win in
ten rounds if he hopes TO defeat the
black champion, but if the fight ever
reaches twenty rounds Jack Johnson IS
doom will be scaled, for the white
champion will certainly outgame the
&c ha ;stn >f
athletics. In long gruelling contest
the white man has invariably come out
winner over the black man.
Jeffries has height, reach and
weight over Johnson, and all this count
in long fight, and the longer the fight
goes the bigger Jeffries will appear to
the negro.
neither man ever took the fight to his
opponent in the way of leading. John
son patiently waits for his opponent to
come at him, and, when his opponent
leads, Jack crosses with lightning.
Making his man do the leading,
gives him the better of the fight right
at the start, for he does not throw
himself open to his opponent.
Jeffries's Style.
While Jeffries crowds his man. he
also likes the other fellow to lead In
TACT, In his t1ght with James j. Cor
bett at Coney Island, the only time that
Jeffries led in the twenty"ihree rounds
Of fighting was when he landed the
Knockout punch. In his twenty-five.
round fight with Tom Sharkey, Jeffries
only led three times in tho fight This
would indicate that if each man fought
his own peculiar style. the spectators
will be calling for cushions to take a
rest or nap after the first few roun Is.
The men will fiddle away trying TO
force each other into the lead and this
will make drag contest for the cham
pionship
However, Jcffries says that he in.
tends to wade right in and dispose of
the negro as quickly as possible, Should
he do this, it will then only be que5-
ton who can stand the roughest work
Johnson is clever and in stand off
| fight he can outlook Jeffries and event
ually would secure decision; but
where the men mix, science is thrown
to the wind and then it becomes ques,
tion of the best fighter and hardest
hitter Jeffries has no doubt figured
this ont and intends to give johnson
no opportunity TO stand Off ane box
but will force the negro into close
quarters. If Jeffries has been able to
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