Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-29
BOXERS OF TODAY
SC0RNED BY JEFF
Big BoIlcrmalscr Declares Present
Day Pugs Do Not Compare With
Those of Oldcn Times.

James ]. Jeffries is not much OF a
talker, and In this day and age, when
half of pug's stock In trade Is his limo
of conversation about himself and 9TH
er fighters, with emphasis on the form
or. JEFF is generally regarded as the
human sphinx However. he has un-
burdened himself of some opinions on
the present day ring situation, and
some OF the comments he got off his
system are interesting.
During his little talk on fighters, AL
Kaufman, Stanley Ketchel, Billy Papke
and Tommy Burns must have had some
burning ears. They are not all even
good second -raters, and one or two OF
the list never knew what 1t was to
engage in a real prizedght, according
to the retired champion.
Kaufman was the first to get his"
It happened when JEFF was asked II he
WAS going to get somc big young fell
lows to train with him who cnn give
him a good workout and be tough
enough to fight him just as II they
werc in the ring with him II would
like to have someone name one such
fighter in the country today" said Jeff
There is not q young man In the game
who is a top-notch conner. to say moth
ing of being a top-notch fighter. There
Is not a heavyweight who can give me
that kind of training.
AL, KAUFMAN BEST YOUNGSTBR
"Al Kaufman Is the only young fell
low in the gaIne who amounts to any
thing at all, and he is a joke. A
Kaufman Is no fighter at all. 1 would
not trust myself to get into shape to
N. T. <,..E
man. do not consider him good
fourth-rater. The old fellows Will be
good enough for me, Corbett, Nc
Cor1nick and a few Of the others Will
be far better than any young fellows
In the game today"
That WAS about enough to convince
Jeff's hearers that he does not think
much OF the big Californian who chal-
lcnged him some time ago. JEFF evil
IDENTIFY does not think Kaufman would
stand as much show with him as q
good lightweight.
What do you think of the chances
Tommy Burns will have with Jack
johnson In q return go?" a friend
asked. pointing out the fact that Hugh
Mcintosh of Australia had offered
these fighters $4,000 to meet in Aus
tralia In September
HANDS BURNS A ROAST
''Thero Is not chance In tho world
for Burns to beat that negro" said
JEFF "Why. Burns is not even good
middlcweight and never was. He
was mighty lucky to be able to hold
that title as he did. 1t was simply
because there were no heavyweight
fighters of class to meet him II there
had been. he would never have had It
1 do not think Burns will fight the
negro again. II he does, and the negro
fights hard, Burns will lose. AS to
the chances Of Kotohel with Burns.
think probably Burns might win. He
is about as big as Ketchel. and 1t might
DO q good fight. I think Billy Papkt
is much better fighter than Ketchel
The trouble with Papke has been his
condition. He has never been In con-
dltion to fight when he has met Ketch-
ell. and Stanley has been lucky In this
respect I believe Papke to be the
best middleweight In the game today
think he will beat Ketchel II he evoI
fights him when in condition. Ol
course. steve did not have a chance
to beat Johnson. being so much smaller
and only a fair middleweight."