The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
Big PRIZEPIGHH A LIVE TOPIC
JEFFRIES-JOHNS WILL NOW
WIDELY DISCISSED.
difference % Opinian PreSAleA AmOnW
leading Ring FssssSers-8esals Des
pensis on the BoilePmaker's AFFINITY 10
SHOW nis Old Championship Fern.

the Oh lef topic for discussion. There - a
wide difference OF opinion az To the out
come OF the mill. some OF the leading
ring experts being az odds. With the
puGilists ready TO begin training next
month and tine Emeryville raceIrack
finally selected a. the battle-ground the
Respective chances Of the boilsrmaker
|, and the negro provide plenty Of material
fDr the followers Of puGilism. some Of
the questions that must remain unan-
s~orOd until the men climb through the
ropes on July may be rsoitsd here:
Can Jenries after nearly ain years %
ldleneNs come backp-
VIII ~" iight b. long or short -
Can johnson hit hard enough to score
a knockout IL Jeffries gets tireds-
Is Jeffriea able TO 60 forty five rounds
at top speed IL necessary. which means
three hours in the ring"
will Johnson's great defensive tactics
prove more than a match for JsRries's
attack
lis johnson game enough to take heavy
blows ON the body and come back
Are the men going TO stall ten rounds
for the moving picture machineI-
-Can Jefriss get to the negro in the first
TO score a knockout?'
will Johnson quit the moment he sees
the big bear climb into the corners'
will JETS wind give out and IL johnson
going to wait until that happens
Which is the better ring general.'
will JeH have 100 many advisers
And - on without limit. These queries
can he answered IN various ways by
theorists, hu' no man can actually bank
ON what he thinks. There are facts and
events in ring history that are brought
into play to give fair line on some Of
these interesting points.
In opposition TO the opinion Of some Of
the best sNponents Of physical culture
JeHrie- insists that he will come back an
strong ~ ever BY that he means he - Ill
display the same wonderful form that
enabled MIN 20 beat Fitzsimmons. Corbett
Rubin. Sharkey and other big men into
submission In order to prove this asser-
ton when he gets into the ring Jefries
must show speed stamina. hitting power.
ability to take a punching and headwoIk
He possessed all Of these necessary quail
ties when he twice knocked out Fit zsim-
mons. and actually showed more clever
ne-- than Corbett when he stopped the
latter IN their second mill IN Frisco
" .'sifrie~ comes bach IN this condi-
I ton ~ freely predicted that he viii
Neai johnson down and out in a; laaat a
dozen rounds. because With superior
weight and height. also greater expert
cnce and heavier punches. he will be able
: to Get to the negro in short order
Johnson - no; 80 fast on his feet ~ Cor
/ bett Was m has prime. and n Jefri~s can
( move about with his FORMER swiItnesa
/ the black mar. ~ - argued cannot avoid
tip long johnson IL an adept IA de
! fensive work With the hands and arms
i but ne Is considered too slow IN LIs move
ments - be- able tn keep ont Of harm =
nav when big. aggressive man = in hot
ntIrsuit
~ h,s bes' Jeff-..- Was IN class nv
himself % O, admitted. and johnson
never saV the dgy vhen he could begin
90 '1uTare with hun: hui jess prob
leTsffcnl condition - an obstacle IN the
nav 81 the experts. who know that the
bOi'cr7naher's success d~Depds upon a
great biR 70 p" Tho-e who CanTot make
Themselves believe that Jeffri~r will show
his championship form are guided by nu-
Tpr0us pre~eden's They point 20 the
fact that athletes IN various branches
/ % sport hav" failed 20 recover their
str-r 9Th. speed and skill after = long
. lavoH They saw that this point has hem
well illustrated ~ the cases Of Kid Mccoy
Young Corhett Kid IAvIRne and ether
puglli-tE who tried unsiCCe~sfullv to
! come back after long absence iron,
/ the ring. u was the same with Tod
Sloan. the lo"kev: also With baseball
PLAYERS. wrestlers, runners. football play
ers and oarsmen The life ~ idlenesa
dullsd heir energy and put them into
I ornament retirement.
When JeFriez left the ring after whip-
ping Jack Munroe IN August. IaO4 he
2 t- A.
were no other first class heavyweights
10 conquer he decided 20 live on his farm
as@T !.s= Angeles For tae 7c=t = asE fayz
he beoarue mart owner Of a saloon in that
CITY, visited tho racrtrHck dsilv during
J the winter smoked countless cigarettes
and drank liquor whenever he felt like
IL In years time he weighed nearly
4 2'l' pounds. perhaps more. and Rad for
gotten all about puRilisn. he never
put on the gloves and lnduig~d IN no
violent exercise
n h. wanted ~ stav up bate plavinR
BRIDGE or poker nobody objected IL
no felt hungry before going 20 bed ne
put away huge meal This mode %
/ living agreed with the Zig fellow ~ well
. that when the news came from Australia
That johnson. a negro had won the heavy
weight CHAMPIONSHIP ~ the world JefIries
told his friends that the black man was
welcom" to the title for he never intended
~ fight again
r AUhA NaN Ul'frF tNau "a wear ago. ana
leh really meant what he said But the
white race began ~ Clamor for revenge
ami JefTriss was actually forced out OF
retirement against his will He signed
vaudeville contracts then and went on
the road 4 veritabls human mountain
nv degrees he worked Of the superfiuous
flesh and assumed a semi-nOrmal appear
auce But all This time JefYries realized
that his wind was affected Violent
exercise made him puT like n grampus
He could not box FOR more than two
minutes without let up. for he had bellows
20 mend both IN public and IN private
Vie did not like IN admit that he was
weak in this respect but try as Re might
he could not conceal the fact from eN-
perisnced observers who saw him ia Ac-
ton
When JefrIes came hack from Carlsbad
last fall he WIS comparatively light. He
sEid he weighed less than 20 pounds,
which. II true. meant that he had taken on
! more than thirty pounds. But a. soon o.
. he resumed HE boxing and athletic stunts
on the vaudeville circuits he found that
hs was still -roucns-'iS IN the wind. Vet
Jenries WIS not grer1ly Worries, over this
defect. for he expressed confidence IN his
ability to get hack his former wonderful
lung power soon NJ he indulRed in
outdoor exercise In the mountains %