The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
Supremacy of Caucasian Over
Ethiopian Means a Great
Deal.
CHAMPION WILL HEAD
ALL-STAR AGGREGATION
Greatest Boxers in ChristendOm
VIII Join Company for Tour
Of World -"If."
BY JEFF THOMPSON.
BY Lensed WIZ to The Tribnne.

change in the holder Of the heavy
weight pugilistic championship and the |,
supremacy will hinge upon the outcome
Of the Jeffries.J Johnson fight in the west
on July 4th next, if the fight really
takes place. If Jeffries wins he will
head an aiistar aggregation of the
greatest boxers in Chrisendom for a tour
Of the world The tour will last ten
months and the promoters hope to clear
more than n million dollars in profits, |
Of which sum more than $150,000 will
90 TO JetfricS, Jeffrics' theatrical tour |
is practically at an end now. Inc last
stopping place being Duluth, MINI. ,Ief
changed his mind about hustling of to
Hot Springs and leaves for the Pacific |
coast. Speaking of the all-star tour
he. said: off | regain the champion
ship, and I will. there is no reason why !
should not take advantage of the of
fer. The defeat of johnson viii make |
me world S champion and people in 9th |
er countries who did not see the fight
would naturally want to see the man
who practically represents them before |
the world s arena. II. II. Frazee is pro-
noting the tour and other members who
will be invited 10 90 are Battling Mel |
son. Frank Gotch Stanley Ketchel, DR..
b. f. Roller. the wrestler. Sam Berger, |
a Farmer Burns and some other good |
men of ability
The great wide world is going to see
n champion whether or no. Jack George !
Washington Jackson is dividing his !
time between the punching bag and the |
geography mapping out a tour OF the
planet. He viii make that trip-if he |
defeats JeiTries.
Embryo Champion Scans Horizon.
A new champion in the embryo state !
is scanning the pugilistic horizon. He
Is Albert Benbrook, captain Of the Uni !!
verslty of Michigan football team this |
year. Al is a powerful big chap and
aspires TO become heavyweight champion !
of the world, He declares that he will
witness the Jeffries-J ohnson fight from
the ringside. "And if Johnson WINS
says he, 81 shall go into training at
once and challenge him next winter. -
Benbrook has been examined by Floyd |
tltZsimmons, the Benton Harbor boxing |
promoter who declared him all to the |
good. But Albert will find it somewhat |
difficult to pick quarrel with the
worlds champion, After wining a
championship fight the boxer usually
wants to rest for year and on top |
of this he viii fight no one but the per |
son logically next to him. y new. conner, |
no matter how fast and strong, will |
have mighty hard picking landing a |
challenge. The old ring admonition is
always forthcoming: "Aw, go get |
reputation.
Attell Has to Be Shown.
Able Attell doesn't see where Ketch-
el and Fitzsimmons and Unholz are get
ting off with $40. 900 and $50. 600 and
the millionaire Australian fight pro-
moter. Able has TO be shown. Attell
received fight offer from Mcintosh
asking what terms were wanted. Then
began series OF antipodean cables:
Abe-"Take $4,000 and two first.
class round trip tickets to fight three
men. -
Hugh-"Will give fifty per cent gross
receipts and guarantee $500 and two
second-class round trip tickets.n
Abe-''Will accept fifty per cent
gross receipts and S25O0 guarantee for
each fight and tickets,'
. Hugh-''Best ] can do is s2500 guar
lntee for three fights and fifty per cent
gross receipts. -
. Abie-'',Will take thirty per cent
zach fight.p
Hugh-..'Win give you thirty per cent
yross receipts -
Abie-'' Nothing doing"
Hugh" Ditto.''
Ietchel 100000. . said Able with tears
n his voice sol Yoi. Oh. Yoi.''
Must Have Moving Pictures.
Will the Jelfries-J Johnson fight be
AFFAIR." Both men possess a
Wicked wallop which win, if it ever
,ets squarely home, put the other to :
lcep. But we may rest assured that
he end will not come before the .
welfth or fifteenth round or maybe {
he thirtietb round because the moving j
c!a, ieturo promoters have to be E
atisfed and it would indeed v
e cruel 1reioo+ to punctg;re nG5;r the the pic
arly. Jeffries greatest blow is {
horta arm left TO the wind. When JET. {
rles fought Tom Sharkey he sent his c
Eft into the tar's stomach until his V
st was buried in flesh up to the wrist. z
ehres right is not much TO be feared, n
or he is left-handed man and his left .
and and arm are more strongly and b
ecurately developed than the right On 5,
he other hand Jack Johnson's IS most j
licked punch is a right hand uppercut g
ohnson. when he knocked out Ketchel
fted the middleweight clear Off his i
eet and so great was the concussion II
hat every tooth in Ketchel S law was
nocked out. 1t required more or less
lighting for either man to deliver.
IN account of the erent length of
ohpson's arms he will have this ad
antage n
Coffroth Glad to Get Back.
Jeems Coffroth is now back on the
,h in California He was travelling on |
wager, so he did not tarry long in
orbam. But as he ran from the
unard pier to the railroad station he
nd: 'Glad TO get back. Great time
yer there. Some good fighters in Paris.
etter ones over here. Don't know
no III WIN. Both game men No, I'm II
ot sore. Sure, ] IN to get in the row.
cs, III win n thousand skads if l
AXE up lost time. Yoa, bo. So long"
What the Sports Say.
IT Battling Nelson is sincere in his H
romise TO retire from tho prize ring n
ter he has fought 1000 rounds, this II
ear may see his last battle. The Dane II
Is already fought 653 rounds and, ac. ;
riding to his programme, he will be
ghting continuously after Washing