The Washington times., 1910-07-05
NO SYMPATHY DUE
JAMES J. JEFFRIES
Deliberately Raised Race ISSUE and In His Colossal
Conceit Refused to Train PrOperly-Coud Not
Have Won Anyhow
By THOMAS S. RICE.

mot one solitary minute of the forty
live Of actual lighting did ne have
tcEcn minutes chauce-uor did ne
deserve one
Tommy burns. raker, light heavy
weight and Tar from euluenuy de-
SlTablc rs citizen, SAT Dy the ring
iG his ears, and Australian gold iiuE-
ling lu mis- pockets, becaEze on De
iceInoeE 20 1901, AT EtushcutterS Bay
near Sidney. Australia for fourteen
rounds ne made an immcaSura-Di bly, bet
ter showing against the big negro
than. did James J. JemrIes-gne ideal
professional sport. the man who never
IdhCd- always save the public q run
FOR its money. did uUE fight because
lac sought uithy Iucres but 90 up
hold the supremacy Of the " bite
race ETC. etc. ad nausc1m, muchly
III some New York and other great
metropolitan newspapers
3uTDs Al least made the negro work
and IL IS claimed that after John
had to so 10 q hospital for repairs.
While after bearing IeTries lac SI,.
ROT even have TO so 10 drugstore for
a COLLINS drink.
PitifuI by Comparison.
Stanley EeJchcL mIddleweight and
loose trainer was another at the riuE-
side who forced the negro to 20 a faster
Sait 20 beat ham lu twelve rounds than
JeGTieS forced lim in fifteen EescHaI
did knock Johnson flat and startIe the
Big negro into the first fash Of real
fighting me had shown for years The
Eulldlev eight could fTEnteu the black
man into action, while Jefries could not
even make him behave and take the
fight seriously
sam Laugfo-d. middIeweight. chased
johnson all over the country dul ufuMed
Llfa go ~taudSlI on all occasions.
Joe Jeanette negro HeaVy-DelEut and
second ratcr Go the core, had gone
against Johnson six times without seri-
Gus damage
johnson, when bad or financially was
uDa5l- 30 earn a bonus OF several hun
Cred dollars extra by knocking out
Young Peter jackson, negro middle
weight, in Baltimore some years ago.
What q Llil there was MY masters
with no one 20 blame but james j.
JeFries. He deliberately and mcrceuar-
deliberately refused 10 prepare himself
TO meet j.
Gould Not Have Won.
Bus no matter how lar5 JeHI5es had
trained IT. Is almost q dead .nor=s cer-l
tsintv that he could net have Voc tle
gentle reader VIII say True enough
but that does not free him t.gm the
stigma II not trying
Getting right down 70 the root Of the
matter, let us remember the division
OF the purse on q basis OF I'D per cent
to the winner and - per cent TO fhe
loser. which WIS decided upon a. the
the last moment Who insisted upon
that divisio22 IT was originally % end
-. T. must have been JcfTIes and his
crowd that caused The change, for they
were in a position 10 dictate the pre-
I5minarv details 10 the negro What
earthly reason could there be for a
man wanting che losers end increased
unless he had lost confidence in him
seIfg Absolutely none and the only
possible conclusion is that for some
days before the battle James = JEFF
fries had become convinced that ne
WIS going 70 be whipped and protected
his financial prospects
Knew He Was Done
This oozinE out OF faith in himself
that caused JeTr5as 10 demand a I4rcer
losers end may wei explain why when
he got in the ring he showed none OF
his oid-time confidence, was ineffective
in forcing the battle. and displayed
none Of the ability Of even a near
champion
II would have been the part OF a
gamer sI-5rtmSa1 II Jeffries had let
il be known 90 his friends and the gen
eraI public. so that people all over the
world would not bet their money so
IaVishlv and when the end did come
the shock Of surprise would not have
been SO great as TO lead 20 riots and
bloodshed-
the respect OF the public