Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-25
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Withdraw-Other Gossip.

Jim was weakened terribly with dysen-
terry, which l supposed was caused ny
nervousness, and that the night before
the big event he hardly slept wink
There is no denying the fact that when
Jeffries entered the arena at Reno ina
day he was mot right" but whether II
/ was from effect OF some drug or q
general breakdown beforehand IS nov
known. Whether there was plot &c
win big stake by a certain clique Is
hard to say. but the fact that JeHries
was made favorite would naturally
have switched the men behind any
scheme to work the long shot. Had
Jeffries been in the condition he was In
when he met Tom Sharkey there never
would have been colOred champion
At least that has always been my opin-
ion and l still think so. for Johnson
has never proved himself the fighter
Jeffries was. The colored man was al
ways a good defensive fighter. but no,
an aggressive one, for even when he
whipped little Tommy Burns he re-
quired fourteen rounds and then DID
not knock him out. although Burns
weighed only 100 pounds and Johnson
over 2O7. And poor Stanley ketchel
Why it was shame to match him
against the colored man. ketchel
weighed less than 156 and Johnson 2lO.
There is no doubt about Johnson 3
cleverness. but he has never had a
really hard man to test him In hard
iattle-that is. man Of his own size
and strength.
johnny Dundee, the New York 100
FOUNDER who recently advanced from thu
featherweieht ranks. is a lucky lad. He
fell into several good matches on the
coast. among them one for the title With
Johnny Kilbane. and now he gets 6
chance to substitute with Leach Cross
in place of Joe Rivers. who is i'll. They
will clash September and the odds
should be with the New York dentist. for
he will have the best Of the weight by
several pounds and his cleverness is also
greater than Johnny's but he will FIND
the boy with the Scotch name Il rea
fighter and one who viii not give In TIL
he takes the count.
The latest news from Paris regarding
Jack Johnson the cOlored heavyweight
who IS doing the Harry Thaw act, is Il
the effect that the former Chicago saloon
boss will meet the French heavyweight
Constant Lemarian. This Frenchmar
recently won a big wrestling tournament
boxing matches. He claims he is 81
anxious to meet the colored champion
that he Is willing to wager 10000 that hi
Will beat Johnson. This should be Elk.
cellent dope for Mistah Johnson. for i
should be the easiest thing in the world
for him to teach such man as Lemar.ar
Il few tricks about the boxing game. and
at the same time pick up the paltry $40,
COD There is no doubt but that John
son has been laying his plans for a few
such matches and is also arranging one
with another big colorcd heavyweight
who goes by the name OF Jim johnson
These matches are supposed to be ar.
ranged for Paris and il there is any kicl
to either Belgium or ST. Petersburg
Lii Arthur tried very hard to ge,
Georges Carpenter, the French cham
pfon. into match. but the latter's man
ager was just wise enough to ignore the
big fellow and go about his business. /,
is cinch that Jack will get into match
Of some kind while on the other side
but he seems very careful not to match
up with Sam Langford or Joe Jeanette.
Jack Dougherty Of Brooklyn. n. Y,
weight. Al Mccoy, to send me forfeit
of $3.50 to go as side bet and to bind a
match with either Eddie McGoorty, Jack
Dillon or Gus Christie, and, above all,
Mike Gibbons. Jack is evidently In
earnest, for he has sent real money to
make good his claim for his boy. In his
letter Jack says: This money is not in
tended as bluff, but to show that |
mean business. l want to match Mccoy
against any middleweight In the coun-
try at 15S ringside, and prefer McGoorty
to all others. Mccoy beat Christie good
and plenty and the latter did not have a
chance, although he claims he defeated
Mccoy when they met. / also have a
gOOd-SlZed OeI TO make tnat my bantam
weight, Charlie Goldman. can beat John
ny Coulon or any bantamweight In the
states, and Kid Williams can get q bit
of our money if he wants to make a
match. This goes for the Baltimore boy
any old way he wants IT.
The Wisconsin boxing law has not
been in operation as Yet. but the clubs
will begin operating under 1t within
another month. and still one Of the Ke-
nosha clubs Is thinking of staging a
bout between Carl Morris, the Oklahoma
lump of beef, and John Willie, the for
mer boxer-wrestier Of Chicago.
There was a time when Willie was one
tough heavyweight. either as wrestler
or boxer, but 1t is several years since
John has Shone as q star. He may be
toneh vet but the fans are hardly look
ing for that class of matches around
here especially as starter. and the
club promoters had better get wise to
the fact before it is too late. Morris is
no doubt improving with every bout,
hit II he IS TO be seen around here let
the promoters secure an opponent who
will have an equal show with him. This
idea Of making one-sided matches will
not be tolerated by the fans. They may
stand for Il now and then, when they do
not know better. but as regular diet
nsvar Poor matchmaking will often
snoiI a good town from a boxing stand
point.
For the benefit of some Of the boxing
fans who do not know OF - rule. It