The sun., 1910-06-07
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
~ THE BEG FIGHT ~ A FAKE
LITTLE NAY PEACH.

Jahnsoas DethPuRed Manager Can Give
the snap Away n mere d One-HO
Can DelaRey- nut wise, Men On the
CSast say There's Ne FFAmeup ~ Vet.
lftheFe IL anything wrong In the arrange
msnt ot the lshriss-Johnson iight the truth
Will probably come out under CeTtain cir
Cumstanosa. Johnson is trying 70 le, ous
hia manager, George Little. In order 90
make room for billy Nolan. Who formerly
handled tho Affairs Of Battling Nelson.
Furthermore johnson will probably pay
moro than passing attention to the veteran
trainer Billy Delaney n johnson has
agreed 10 throw the hght. a. some persons
insist. Il l. expected that Little In spirit
Of revenge will give the snap away. while
Delaney. = bitter enemy Of Jeiriea, VIII
be on tho alert for sharp practice. Actual
proof that the fight is not on the square.
however. viii not b. foTthcoming until the
rival puFilisss are In the ring and the result
has been made known. SO far the hest
informed sporting men on the coast insist
thar there is nothing doing and that
Jeffries and johnson vii decids the ques-
ton Of supremacy on it, merits. Bui thOae
Who believe there will he frameup 70
insure q victory for Jefries Oher plausible
arguments. They say that there Is more
money for johnson II he loses than u he
wins They point out that to insure his
defeat he could demand and receive the
Hons share OF the purse and that ~ the
moving pictures. provided JenTies wins.
would be worth a fortune johnson. taking
third Of the profits. would be much better
oa.
10 johnson IL beaten. therefore, much
will depend upon the way Jeifriea accom-
pllahes his dOWnfali II the negro h sub
iected 10 q meTciless beating and is finally
knocked out cold there Will be little room for
doubt that he has done his best but has met
better man. Hut II JehTies wins on q
foul or the negro takes the count In sua-
piciOus manner Il il predicted 'ha, the whole
affair will wind up IN q sensational scandal
that will kill the nghtinR came on the coest
for al time A. matter OF fact Il Is said
on good authority that the California I.egis-
lature at hs next session will pass a bill that
will prohibit ali forms OF boxing. In which
event Nevada win be the only State In the
Union where Il will BE- possible 10 pull oii
championship contests 10 q finish. But
even Nevad a undersuch circumstances may
Dut up the bars
There NAV ~. some tal doings a. the
faiFmOnt 4. e.. tonight when Jack Twin
sullivan runs up AGAINST jim s'sSsr..
cal marvel He V huilt like a Hercules.
is fairly clever and can hit like = triphAm-
mer. but he 10 said TO lack heart aud az
gressiveness
August Belmont evidently made no
misiake when he pury hased the English
stallion Rock sand Tor si7S. .OOO Standing
a. Nursery stud this famous Derby winner
has already sired some very promising
iuO-year-oids Among them are boot |
sand. al alnSsrs, others by Rack Ssndd
vet 10 be tried are FLINT Rock Typsical. [
Haute Roche. Sandhill and SalisfaH
e l. Harrlsoa's Waldo. Who vent Lame
prior 10 the Kentucky Derby. from which .
recovered from an opera ,iSn on one Of his /.
feet and - Eallnping again But Trainer |
Colston says Il will he some time before
this star three year r-old will he NJ 70 race
waldo Would hays ~, Easily defeated Gs ed s@eep
Prince Imperial. The Turk and others IN I
the early three-y year old stah, already run I
Thomas Welsh has saddled more sue 1
Cessful two-year-olds this year than any ]
Belmont. Rabblsr 'I9S GSldss me- sand I.dn"p
and Tray Rock. he Newcastle sta ble's I,
Bashii Danger MARI Herodis ROYAL /
Meteor seth and Lsus , = Murray's
and the Woodhaysn siabls's iadssstre and
yTOyal O. 9 Wilson Jr trainer
Tom Healey har Won aiih AgaWaut Nau-
shon ard Onarer. the last named IN seven 4
events