Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-25
JOHNSON AND JEFF
ARE SUMMED UP
BY v. L. STEVENSON.

It Is a tradition of the prize ring
that JefIrles has never dared to hit
a man with his full strength for fear
OF killing him, writes Harry c. Carr
in the Los Angeles Tines.
In time. and by painstahing effort,
Jefrries finally learned 70 box well.
with sort OF heavy bovine skill Of
execution.
II must be confessed, however that
most of his fights were won more by
his overpowering gigantic strength
than by any other quality.
One Of his flercest fights was with
Tom Sharkey, rough, ignorant
sailor. II resembled collision of two
locomotives. Jenres was the stronger
locomotive. Bob Fitzsimmons dashed
him with blows over the eyes until
Jeffries was almost blind; but became
exhausted by the effort of pounding
this mountain OF strength. Al the
end of his last hgni with Jim Cor
bett, the latter said as they were
carrying him to his corner: Its nc
use; he's too big and strong
Strength has always been his big as
/ set.
/ In all these fights, leffrles showed
ability TO endure punishment-bu nc
such sublime Indifference to blows as
is shown by na;ural.born lighters like
Nelson.
The truth is. Jeffries never developed
any remarkable talent for fighting
II Young Corbett or Bat Nelson OF
Terry McGovern had ben Jim JET
fries size any one of them could
have whipped whole regiment o.
Jeirries.
Jeffries was not a sport. He had NJ
talent for heroics. His interests were
cautious and respectable. He wa.
afraid OF being hero. Newspaper
reports at first terrified him; ther
bored him. They tried to make hin
an actor; and the result was some
thing strange and wonderful. Jeffries
realized 1t. Every time he came of
the stage into the wings, he would
complain bitterly that they were max
ing a fool Of him.
For the same reason he never would
be interviewed. Reporters never go
Anything out of him but monosylla.
bles.
N When he had fought every one who
presented himself, Jeffries retired; go
married; became rancner; loaned
his name to saloon, and became
staid, well-behaved man of business.
His return to the ring was brough
about solely by the chance to make
great deal Of easy money. Perhaps
also, little, on account Of the preju
dice, born of his iron.worKer days
against negro. and his secret respec
for the championship.
Any fighter with theatrical instinct
would have burst back into the rim,
with blast OF defiance; but, In hi
slow, earnest way, Jeffries would no
at first give an answer. because h
said tunheroically) he was not sur
he could win!
That's the sort of man upon whom
the fighting heart" of the negro rae
Is to be tried. In word, Jeffrles 1
commonplace, uninteresting mecnan
ic, with enormous strength and full
supply Of Anglo-Saxon determination
OF spirit.
Now for Jack.
Jack Johnson:
Whatever Jeffries lacks in pictul
esqueness. is made up by Johnson, tn
negro.
Johnson is the kind Of sporty coon
you read about in comic papers. Fl
is Minister joke--a scream-a oak
walk.
A loglcian could see Johnson an
deduct Tor rather 'induct') the jun
giles of South Africa. Seeing .Johaso
arrayed In his diamonds the day afta
winning prize fight, the thoughtful
visitor from Mars would know tina
somewhere on this earth there mus
be sayages who hang rings throug