The sun., 1910-05-02
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
RCMOR HERE TH4T JEFFRIES,
ILL, NAY NOT FIGHT.
Truth ~ iS the BlE Fellows CSNdiilSn
sahl 20 Have leFn Suppressed 70
Reach a Ilerislon This Nsnth fake
BoHts IN Frlseo Isusy Nerk LSrally.

Boats IN FrlsrO- Ilusy Nerk iSrally.
l. Jsfriss 40 aud s there an attempt 10
conceal the fact from the puhli"' Rumors
have reached Broadway all the way from
California that lenries Is in poor physiral
eondition that he hnd- Il impossible 10 DO
atrnnuous work and that he v actually
IN need of n,gdical attention
Letters have been received heTe from
epoTling men on lhe coast 70 rhe effect
that Ieifries is Worrying a lo' a. to his ability
tn gst into proper trim for The fight with
johnson and - somewhat drcouraged
baCau.e he siiIl dnds his Wind dehrien'
One NJ those letter writer, m a sUrred 10
THE STA man saws
t-Do no, be surpris"d if there's an ~
plosion ~ Jens ,amp Ne is ahing with
various troubles and b IN no CONDITION 10
train hard iergrr and thoynzkt both
want to keep the truth secret because u may
burt the fight. but ucsrrthclrs- IL - a fact
that JeFries T. ~ and may call the ilgh "a
et any moment think you'll nnd hat he
WI make a definite decision about the
middle Of May and II be hnds he doesn't
set any better than he is nov he will declare
himself out Of the match
-JeH h peevizh and M tempered nearly
al the time Ne looks heavy and habby,
and he has nothing Of the old speed n tho
ARhe took place within week Johnson
would cut Jim 60 ribbons first and then
knock him out There i a conflict of ALL
thority a. Jeh's puar,ers and the big fellow
seems visihly annoyed by Il Ne looks
dhRusied and - II he is sorry he ever
decided 10 return 20 the ring II be doesn't
call the hgh' IN II will be Tor Two reasons
eisher be will think he zen get hack h-
old strength or unwiii.ngness TO l1-e the
tlO.po forfeit
This kind Of infornation will be- received
~ many persons with showing wink- fer
they are the ones who've insisted from the
start that thaTe'd never no fight. also
that neither leGries nor Johnson ever in
tendedto fghi and made the match aoleiv
for the purpose ~ squeezing a food oi
money out ~ the eaSvgoing public There
b no doubt that ienrie. has heen In poor
physical tim. -aid 10 be due 10 overvork
and heated condition 81 the blood but
whether hs vill give up tr,ing TO N him.
self OF not remains TO he seen
a.lohnsOn begins work az his Frisco train
ing quarters this Neek. and there seems 10
be no doubt as to hi excellent health.
He says he isn't Worrying ard Will gradually
increase his labor until he i training his
hhrdes, In sbopt four weeks
The negro j. making very little fuss
about establishing his training camp and
says he IL not looking ior the hmeliRhi
In fact he Il exciting no bitterness ol feeling
BY the way he is conducting his anair,
IN les Angeles ilst week hc Na~ barred
out Of several hotels. presumably because
OF the prejudice existing there. hu' johnson
TOOK u all good .'uIe1ly Ne gsy~ hs
fEht WITH Jenri-- Vlll not he "a battle of
q p. 10 "A NJ
American puRilis's Tor ihs championship Of
the world
,Acc0nding 70 the articles a agreeuenr
signed by ledriez and Johnson. the referee
must be seleIted before o. O'clock neat
"Wednesday night he negro wants Jtrk
Welsh and Jefiries Is said 10 favor Eddie
smith. IN ease 0t 70 iaudlO.k thtrlev
White Of this city - iooScI upon a. q COM
promise selo,tion.
Owen Moran admits thai no slloe ed
Tommy MgCaUhy 10 stay nitecn rounds
before attempting 10 knoC HIM out IN tie
S1Steenth round, which ended IN tho voun 2 !
man death IN Frisco early saturday morn /
ms Moran thereby exposes the methods /
y vogue 10 san Francisco. where zurs I
thing persons are iu pO>It Iou To dictate |
terms 20 pugilists aud their managers /
u fighter does not care In comply Wirh I
the terms lad down ny Ines" diCtators he 1
can take the FRI train trom What i .
Known gf the ways 0i certain big men M /
frisrO, Eastern ring followers SAY b. will I
not suTprse them u numerous lake nght, .
are held within The haI's ui the Earth .
quake city.
sporting men who cen tell real fgater- I
when they see them Insist That they VII .
BET heavily on sam langford II another
match Attn StanteE kefrhrl D. ARRANGED f.
the conditions ralltuS for a. least tuenrr .
Tound~. hat the scrap ln Philadelphia .
LangtOrd there seems TO ~. 40 room Tor
dogbt. hrtChel made UiriN int Uulsh .
which maue nit 18th D. s'rrIDal critics .
Due those " ho Uatrhei IIur.ori closely /
say he W mixed several fi1le- a. hts shrav 4 .
manager. Joseph Nuo!Wal. and W itb GItu. .
culty suppressed Erin.
Local bo,ing cIubs aUl provide plenty .
Of lun ms wees lo-nlgbt Jack fIuur
sullivan Nili try out hilv Maiden, ~.
Gently discovered .v onteg Al Beneit'f
a. the Marathon \ & 90 HrOokl1u Young
CoTbetts benefit " 800 take llare ~ the Pair.
mont \ With strong irray Of talent
and he CIV mpiU 3 Il W .ll pgt pn me usual
weekly batfles. JaCN GoofWau ana lack
DOrman crack hghrVeight-. 81 ill meet M
a ten round bout - IN" fairmonr 4,
TO- morrow night harlem Tommy Murphy
ana Johnny MartO v VI come together fn
the MADISON \. 4. on eiuesdar night
A. the Empire 4. 4 on THURSDAY night
Fireman Jim Flynn W ho recently engaged
IN two fghts Nth sam augfort. sill EoX
ten rOInds ith 'he Italian heayyvaish'
Tony kOss. On fridav night the star bout
az she National Sl-ortnF , iub D. q ten round
match betN cen Duns OL-ar' AMI Non'e
Attcli.
There vii be a benefit Tor Young Corhaff
e. the Fairm0nt 4 4 tonight. at which /
KetChei Atteli and other pGgIll,li, lights
VIII appear
There IL 10 truth IN the story that tho
kheeDShead Hay and traNrseud us-sftul-s !
will " shifted n Belmont Pafk and 1tuaica
respectively The runoT iu circulation is I
haeed wholly on gossip without fOundat ion
Oficials ~ The tunsy Island and Brooklyn
tockey CluDs have deemed b unueg gessaFy
10 drhy The report
Tne death NJ PugiliT Met arthy will ha
shown 10 have BEEN an aCyld dent according
20 Gleason and fi'kard promoters OF The
big hgnt A. me toronpr'- inuuesr to-
morrow he attorneys for he Broadway
A. will aftenpt 20 prove rhat it Nag not
a blow delivered D. Moran that Killed Mo
CgKthy Dut that his skull vas fractured
When he fell over has zvard his head
striking The floor of fhs ring
Baseball men hope that John 7 Brlshs
serious Illness Nill not result fatally NJ
Brush has accomplished much for New
York ~ providing 2 winning teaT. ~ The
Polo Grounds and BIZ death would pro1e
q serious blow 10 the National League as
vel a. 70 the -n1rf
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