Salt Lake Herald | 1909-03-07 | Page 20 | S-P-O-R-T-O-L-O-G-Y

S PO BY W D RISHEL That James J Jeffries will enter the ring and fight Jack Johnson for the worlds championship depends entirely upon whether the boilermaker can get in condition Jim has said as M much in his recent eastern Interviews and the public has found out before now that It Itcan Itcan Itcan can rely rei on Jeffries word The fact that Jeffries makes the stipulation if I can get In condition is evidence e that there Is a doubt in the great cham champions champions mind on this point He seems to have chosen the proper course in giving himself plenty of time timeto timeto to shape hape his huge frame for battle by signing a six months theatrical con contract contract contract tract with his sparring partner Sam Berger Derger B Then he proposes to take a couple of months outing in the rugged mountains always Jeffs favorite BS system tern tem of or training By that time he ho will have a pretty good idea of his condi condition condition tion and one need not be surprised to hear him say by b this time that he Is ready read to defend the title against all comer comerI Jeffries has said time and time again that he ha will never neer fight Johnson unless he is II convinced he is 18 good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough to whip him before he ho enters the ring He will never take a chance against Johnson and when he does an announce an announce annoUnce his intentions of entering the ring again It will practically mean cur curtains curtains for Johnson Johnson May Not Last But while Jeffries Is la undergoing all aU these repairs frs to fit himself for tho the fight Johnson has already alread set out at the pace that kills If reports from over oer the thc water are true It is reported from Honolulu that Manager ana er Fitzpatrick has quit the big colored fellow tellow Declaring that his case of swell head hood Isso is so aggravated that there Is no chance to do anything with him Reports also say that Johnson Is trying to outdo Young Corbett while the latter was in his prime and traveled the pace of the Great at White Way in New York It is far from a remote pos poe possibility possibility that someone else will have hao tak taken taken taken en Johnsons measure before Jeff gets ready to enter the tile ring If this hap pens and the winner over oer Johnson Is II Isa IIa isa a white man it is more than likely that Jeff J tt will retire again and leave leac the title with the white race