The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-25
JOHNSON AGREED TO LAY
DOWN" AND THEN IRAN 1T OUT"
-ATTElL.
ATTtlL BELIEVES It, TOO
Until Three Days Before the Fight the
Los Angeles Man Was Bear, But
He Went to Pieces When Frame
up" Was Declared of.

James J. Jeffries wasn't "dopcd'
when he met his Reno, nor was his
sudden collapse due to the killing pace
he set in training over the hills OF
California and under Neyada's broi I'M
sun, 1t was the yellow of his skin
that seeped into his inner workings
that brought gloom to the white race
and joy to Blackville 1t was an ecru
streak that gradually turned into a
bright yellow that sent the alfalfa far
mer reeling into defeat. We have
this straight from the feed boX-from
the Hon. Abraham Attell, feather
weight champion and one of Jeffries's g
chief seconds. According to Abe, the
| fight was prearranged affair, fixed
for Jeffries to win, but two days be-
fore the time scheduled for the big
coup Johnson changed his mind and
sent word TO JEFF" that the deal was
off and that he, Lii Athuh," had turn
Gu Spudle anu ludl INC b'Sl man
would win. This startling information
caused the collapse of the man who
few days before had caused his ad-
mirers to shrek with JOY and the
blacks to moan with anguish.
Abe Attell told the writer all of
this last night and Abe still insists
that he Is an enemy of the black race
and still fond of Jeffries. He isn't
dealing it because he is sore on any
one. He actually believes It.
When / was called to Reno to sec.
ond Jeffries l had already made up
my mind to bet on Johnson said
the feather weight champion last
night. "G thought the negro would
win and saved $4,000 from the wreck
to bet on him. When | arrived in
Reno ! changed my mind-that's all
| changed, because ! didn't make a
bet-because / found out that Jeffries
was the caucus nominee. At that
time JEFF looked lively and cheerful
enough to lick a regiment of John
sons. He had all the stuff a cham
pion needed. This run OF cheerful
ness and remarkable strength con
tinued until Saturday morning before |
the fight and then something happen
ed. Saturday afternoon Jeff wouldn't
talk to me or any of his other help |
ers. He hid himself in the house that
night and Sunday in camp was like
funeral. Then | began to get busy
trying TO find out what was the mat
ter. The "hunch' hit me that there
was something on the inside that
was going wrong. Someone held
fifteen hundred trumps. I hiked out
to the Johnson camp and there was
more cheer around that layout Sunday,
the day before the fight, than Lew
Dockstader ever pulled In his entire
career. You could even get a smile
from Sig Hart.
i knew that something had nap
pened after looking at that happy
bunch and then, remembering the dose
of gloom at our own training quar-
ters. I put two and two together and
that actually made four. | asked
few questions from everyone | met,
and then I finally located the inside
work. Here It is Until two days
before the fight Johnson had agreed
to lay down to Jeffries. George Lit
tie, Johnson's deposed manager. told
me this. Then, when Johnson found
out that Little was around betting on
Jeffrles he shifted the cut. He sent
word to Jeifries that the frame-up'