Show FANS MAY BE A BET IN MAKING JEFFRIES THE HOT FAVORITE A coast wise one in the fight game has this to say s y about the all important fight Ills His strength also was a point that was perhaps too lightly passed by Look back backover backover backover over the fight those of you who were present and you will recall the ease with which Johnson manipulated Kaufman about the ring It was not skillful box boxIng boxing boxIng Ing although by such means he could have maneuvered his opponent It was mere physical strength opposed to the strength of Kaufman that allowed the colored fighter to hold the white man where he pleased to place him in almost almo t any limy spot pot In the ring that he lie may ma have desired Move him around Jack called one enterprising newspaper photographer to Johnson John on as the latter was clinched with Kaufman I want to get a a good picture And the ease eaM with which Johnson John turned tu the trick was wall proof positive how he could handle Al At Kaufman is not to be compared with Jeffries in most respects re but he represented represented a strong fellow with plenty of ot weight Slow lie his surely was but it is no easy matter as a rule to handle that bulk as a Johnson did The Jeffries supporters argue that James J will smother Johnson with his hie aggressiveness as he smothered other clever fighters in the past They say that Johnsons aggressiveness Will avail him little This point remains to be seen No Xo one can deny that Johnson John on is a powerful man maD with arms anns that will wiil be a great assistance to him It is quite unite with in It reason realOn that he would damage Jeffries wind slow him down and then persist persistently persistently persistently and carefully wear him down Has Johnson a punch commensurate with his size hard to say He lIe give much evidence of it this last fight but there is said in defense that It is a 1 question whether he tried his hard hardest hardest est eat Ring fans who have seen him in motion many times say that it is charac of Johnson that he never plants plan l la a blow with the full force of ot his body behind it So far aa as can be gleaned from his present style his best punch is the right uppercut It is not a hard punch or one calculated ted to knock out an adversary but one can read ily lIy appreciate that continued use ulle of It would wear down an opponent There seems seem to be an inclination to un the force of the left to the stomach and heart that Johnson used re against Kaufman It is another punch that is not particularly spectacular but none the less effective Kaufman was worn down by the body punching more than the public imagined And after all with this discussion lon of the respective merits of the two heavy h avy weights there still remains to be seen men Bet n whether Jeffries will wilt really consent to fight It is well for the match that it is III not net to tu take place for a matter of six weeks Fight fans forget their im Impre pre lons and easily form fonn new ones At the ringside while Johnson was UI pum pummeling meling Al Kaufman at will there was a shaking of heads when it was mentioned that Ketchel shortly was to fight the black Not a chance was the unanimous opinion Johnson would hold hoM him off and beat him as he Is te beating Kaufman But the next day da even it was a some somewhat what different story At least said some som of the sport port Ing followers Ketchel will bring more action into a fight than Kaufman And by b this time next week there will be plenty who will be ready read to argue that Ketchel might win from Johnson This fighting game Is a curious thing There will be no great surprise in the west if it the bout between Ket Ketchel Ketchel Ketchel chel and Sam Langford in New York which takes place pla next Friday night is a fairish sort of a draw dra It perhaps is not right to cry wolf wolf when there Utere is s sno no wolf but the exact state of affairs In San Francisco Unaccustomed to fights and not caring for them San Francisco fans are loath to believe that there will be a final settlement of the case between Ketchel and the Boston middleweight All An are agreed that the pair should make a good fight but they are inclined to be he lieve that this contest will de decide cide chic little or nothing One thing It should hould do It should make certain another fight and a longer one which will tell the story stOl of oC whether Ketchel is to hold the middleweight undisputed |