Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28

many decades VIII De a losI dAI IA ~ ~
United States, and that means IN lne t
world, when the Jeffries-J ohnson hs"'
is over" 10
such is the prediction of the whole
fighting world, apparently. 1t is voiced
by fighters, trainers and sporting
writers as they loiter about the hotels
of the city or the quarters of the prln.
cipals, patiently awaiting the coming OF
next Monday and the decision that is
to be handed down in the arena on
that day.
Whenever two old friends, comrades
at many ringsides, meet, often for the
first time in years, that is almost IN
variably the greeting, A touch of re-
gret for exciting days and battles OF
the past, which they believe are gone
forever creeps into every conversation.
A feeling almost of sadness underlies
gathering hosts of fight banter of the
gathering hosts of fiht followers. All
seem certain that this is the end; that
when the shouting and the tumult at
the ringside has died and the time of
parting has come, there will be nothing
to say but "goodby." 1t will not be
''until we meet again"
ut will be a great fight. And 1t will
be the last great fight" said one gray
haired ringside veteran today. The
game has reached the end. have fol-
lowed since / knew enough to follow
anything. I have learned to know all
these fellows around here by meeting
them at the fighting centers, whether
at New Orleans, Jacksonville, San
Francisco, Goldfield or Reno. We have
followed the game together and we
have followed it to the end. I am only
glad that it has not just dwind1ed
away; but will go out in blaze of
glory"
1t was a day of "reminiscences and
tales of other fights and other fighters
today. There was little else to do.
Jeffries' workout in the early morning
came as a complete surprise. Hardly
one of the usual crowd of spectators
reached Moana in time to witness it.
From then until Johnson dawdled
through the listless ten rounds with his
sparring partners late In the afternoon
there was nothing to do but talk. 1t
was too hot to walk much and the
groups of sporting celebrities clung to
the shade and gossiped endlessly.
Once relieved of his worries over
the arena, which marred the beginning
of his day, Promoter and Referee Rick
ard had time to answer many tele-
grams and discuss many details of his
preparations with his subordinates
Most important of these was the ar
rangement for transferring from San
Francisco of 100000 of the purse money
now on deposit in the coast city. Rick
ard was asked by Tim Sullivan of New
York, stakeholder, to attend to this
at once, and the funds probably will
be in a Reno bank tomorrow Sullivan
himself, according to his telegram to-
day, expects to arrive July l.
The disturbance over the arena was
caused by the loss for a time of the
plans. When the blue prints had beer
found, the carpenters went at theil
work with will and the framework
had been partially clothed with tht
bleacher planks before the night fell
Rickard and johnson were in confer
ence for almost an hour shortly befor'
noon and after the negro had done hi
eight miles of road work In the earl.
morning. Both stated that the matte
under discussion was without direc
bearing on the fight. but would not say
what had been talked of. johnson
visited a bank and cashed checl
later, then was whirled back to camp
When the negro, clad in his usua
ring costume of black and blue stepped
into the ring in the late afternoon, tn
roped square was flanked by bil
gathering of visitors. Al Kaufman
was called on after few minutes o
medicine ball work, but the four round
which followed were devoid of stirring
moments. Kaufman puffed like
broken down race horse. He was forcet
to do all the leading, Johnson merel,
blocking his blows and sending bacl
no exchanges. The altitude is bother
ing Kaufman considerably, and John
sons easy breathing and perfect con
dition are sharply noticeable besid
his sparring partners gasplng work.
Monahan came next and johnson
went after him with playful force il
the first of their four rounds. Bloot
dripped from Monahan's nose and lip
in less than a minute. johnson shot II
two straight lefts with flashing speet
and with precision. From then on h
was content with an occasional displa,
of speed, and joked with Morrison ant
the crowd about the ring 8 they tus
sled and pulled each other about ant
clinched. Two rounds with Dave Mill
followed and this concluded the day
work
In all the boxing Johnson did no
exert himself once. His breath was un
hurried when it was over and the per
spiration was gathering on his who'll
body in a natural way. The actua
boxing was apparently more Of a con
cession to the curiosity of the GROVE
than anything else. 1t was just pla,
for Jack, and he showed that he wa
perfectly satisfied with his skill il
this department Of the game by ever!
move he made.
John l.. Sullivan, undefeated Londoi
work out. He stood on a rock far bacl
of the crowd at the ringside and looked
on. The playful side Of the exhibition
evidently did not appeal to the old war
rior, as he rumbled something abou
seeing the real business next Mon
day" when asked what he thought o
the work.
If present intentions are carried ou
at the Jeffries camp, Thursday will SCI
the last Of the champions training fo
the big fight. When he pulls the six
ounce gloves from his hand on tina
day and has had his parting tussle will
the shadows, the hope of the Whit
race" win have completed a full yea,
of training for his encounter will
Johnson.
At least to his own satisfaction Jeff
ries has answered the question o
whether he could come back. On tn,
rubbing table this morning. after elev
en- hard, fast rounds Of boxing and twt
rounds of pulling and hauling witt
Farmer Burns. he said:
when my brother John arrived II
camp a few minutes ago and asked m,
how felt, told him that was neve
in better condition to fight in my life
] told him the truth. I feel bette
now than ever on the eve of fight be
fore my retirement and l will be pre-
pared for any kind Of going. From