The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-25
SPOR is
JEFF TALKS OF
OTHER FIGHTERS

James J. Jefirles Is not much Of a
talker, and In this day and age. when
half OF pugs stock in trade is his
line of conversation about himself and
other fighters, with emphasis on the
former. jeff is generally regarded as
the human sphinx However. he has
unburdened 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 Pap
ke 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 prIzefight, ac-
cordlng to the retired champion.
Kaufman was the first 10 get his
IL happened when jeff was asked If
he was going to get some big young
fellows to train with him who can give
him good workout and be tough
enough TO fight him just as IL they
were in the ring with him Il would
Ike TO have someone name one such
fighter in the country today" said
Jeff There is not a young man In
the game who Is a top~notoh conner. to
say nothing of being a top-notch fight
er. There Is not a heavyweight who
can give me that kind of training.
Al Kaufman Best Younsster.
"Al Kaufman Is the only young fel.
low In the game who amounts to any
tbins at all, and he is a joke. Al
kaufman ,s no fighter at all i would
not trust myself TO get into shape to
fight anybody by sparring with Kauf-
man | do not consider him a good
fouTth-rater. The old fellows will be
good enough for me. Corbett. McCor-
mick and a few Of the others will be
fur better than any young fellows in
the game todey-"
That was ABOUT enough to convince
Jeff's hearers that he does not think
much OF the big Californian who chal-
lenged him some time ago. Jeff evi-
denuy does not think Kaufman would
stand as much show with him as a
good lightweight
What do you think of the chances
Tommy Burns will have with Jack
Johnson in a return go7" 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 Roast.
There Is not chance in the world
for Burns to beat that negro" said
jeff Why. Burns is not even a gooo
middleweight. 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 If there had been.
be would would never have had il
| 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 Ketchel with Burns,
| think probably Burns might win. He
rs about as big as Ketchel and II
might be n good fight | think Billy
Papke is a much better fighter than
Ketchel The trouble with Papke has
been his condition. He has never been
In condition TO fight when he has
met Ketchel. and Stanley has been
lucky in this respect. / believe Papke
10 be the best middleweight In the
game today / think he Will beat
Retchel IL he ever Nights him whom In
condition. or course. Steve did not
have chance to beat Johnson, being
so much smaller. and only fair
middlcweight