Show I CHANCES OF THE THE FIGHTERS I J o t 1 I 4 r r ra a t J 4 S Y LIft r I r Jeffries and in the Ring King From Right to Left I I BY BT W W NAUGHTON KEY KEW July Jul X The fateful rate CuI R day 07 Is Ie near at hand By B next Sunday SalMa we w will wall be discussing what has bu happened instead of 0 speculating lating JaUne on ea what ta Is likely to happen It nas n been HIe a long grind griM for everybody and Ad for the camp p correspondents probably probably ably abl as much as no for tor the tho men R who did ci tho the roadwork and ad punched the tile bag bac Everything that can an a be told toN about abut the training of the tb two fighters has baa been said For or the tho tb few rew hours hon that tbt are left Ift all that wo we can do to Is I to 10 the chances of the white maa am M he heblack U black Jeffrie Jeffries and Johnson have baye come com through h their work of preparation reparation without accident It hi Is felt twit that each mina man will be lie able abl to Lo show the th very best beet that Is III la in kiss him III Jeffries ta is still ae n t orne sap ana the line of or reasoning which bas b Installed him h first chute choice hard bard to 0 follow Sere Hero It te is teTo isTo To begin bela with wUa It ft la M nut not ut believed ell by those thew tit who are placing their money moDe on Jeffries that abat his b period per of or retirement has Ita affected either his h ht stamina taIDa or his has hI speed as a ring rii man It Is I pointed I out that be he b was war comparatively few rew years Y at al the game PIlle when he h quit It II and aad that he It did not give up fighting for rr most Moat reasons that most fighters do namely that they theT are arc either pounded to Io pieces p or else worn out oat by 1 long 10 years of or service Jeffrie o It Is I held beld was WILlI not oven en at his h neIth when he retired he was stall improving and I was spoiling for further tests t of 0 his ble ability bUIt He H only left the ring rI because there was W not ROt a man maR In l sight pt who wile was considered a halfway fit oppe opponent neat nent for him hi Can Cnn Hough Usage URle Tile The Jeffries boosters will wOl toll tn you yea that their man Is Ie heavier than t John Job Johnson Johnson son taO and aDd much more re able to te withstand rough usage than Johnson They ex expect expect peet to see Me Jeffries prodded and poked with Johnsons straight lefts lett and a right p Th They y say he be bas h been 1 slashed and smashed amhed by BUrrer hitters bitten than this man Johnson and that ho hohas hohas hohas has never ner been hn on the tb floor nour nor in any kind of 0 position that called for the tolling off ot of or a single second by b the referee refer or timekeeper They say 7 that thai Jeffries JeUrl strong tTO Jaw aw and Herculean ribs riM are proof UK ag IJ Oat lUIa any punch Johnson John on can Inflict 1101 and ad nothing will prevent Jeffries Jeffrie from crowding to close clo quarters quarters tera and beating bating n the negro down with powerful smashes on both hoth body and ami bead Is I the outlook aa as the men who will string their dollars dollar with see s e It Those who pin their faith to t Johnson while quite willing to believe that Jack might be worsted If the mill mUi consisted lot of nothing but bat slugging at close quarters quart n think that Johnson Johnsen JohnsonIs Is Ie talented enough to avoid cullis on un nand n and win wl out by dint of superior boxing and superior condition The TIt majority of oC the figure that Jack will fight with commendable caution until the tho pace pac pa tells upon u Oa Jeffries and then th wade In sad and cut out down the big I white man without much trouble Johnson himself although be he b remarked re remarked remark marked mark not so long age ago that there should be little to choose between Jef Jer Jeffries fries and himself on the score of age Igo and condition b believes Neves down In his bis bl heart that Jeffries IB le not by any odd oM oMA as a good a man as he was six years ago This Thle was w made mae manifest a few Cew days ago trO when In I commenting upon the favorable reports from the Jeffrie camp CAllI p Johnson J oh s said Mid saide ld Tea e all right I could take takeR an R old rattletrap of or an automobile and with plenty ty of or oil paint pant and varnish make It look as good aa as ever If I started out with It U on the road inroad though It would woal fall rail to pieces before lu tore we wo went very 01 far tar Thinks Think Hell fiell Up If It this an Intimation that John Johnson Johnson son Mn expects expect Jeffries to blow up when tomorrows contest has bas gone gune a certain I II length I whet what Is la It It must be said eald for Johnson however how however ever eer that he has clouded the Issue ao so far Car as his hili intentions are concerned by other remarks at other times For instance he told the writer not so 80 I long ago that he had made a II special study of ot Infighting and that he would be he prepared for any an kind of or a light fight Jefries might make This Thle of ot course created a doubt as asto asto to whether Johnson would box care carefully carefully fully tull and watt walt until Jeffries begun to slow up through fatigue fa U true or stand close lun and an trade mashes with Jeffries every time Ume the bIg white while man cams charging cb ng at him As various hints thrown brown out vat by Johnson as 6 to the style 1 of ot fighting he be will engage eng e In are ot ut i ia j I ja a conflicting nature the only thing to do Is to wait and watch him There seem no two opinions as to what la Is pealing passing In Jeffrie mind Those nearest near Dear nearest est t to tv him ham say y It will be rush rip and smash h with big Jim from the starting bell until the end comes There art are not a few Cew who believe I that Johnson will prove rove roe a surprise sur I when It comes to slugging slugging with Ith Jef tn Those These fellows in question say that thai the reason reaSOR Johnson has bas never been n seen In any an fierce breast work Is I that none of or his bs fights have ha called lied for that bat kind of or milling i lie He has Das as defeated his hi man roan ao so easily it itIs ItI itIs Is I argued that there was no occasion for tor him bm to flurry nurry himself Said one who Is I of 0 this way of o thinking The Th only time Urn Johnson was wu wa called upon to cut loose with all the slugging ability at his bla command was w after atter ba hs knockdown by b Ketches Ketchel Ketchesin In the Ute twelfth round of or the fight tight at Col Colma ma He was wall up like a flash nh flash and I be he floored floured so 80 quickly that one half the crowd did not see how bow It was done elone It suggested suggested that Johnson Is 18 Isa I Ia a fury Ury when be ne a Is la stung tag Those The are fair samples wf uC the th way the chances of or tomorrows event are aro being discussed It remains to ba bit seen which way we the battle battlo will 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