Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-01-06 | Page 11 | Jeffries May Yet Fight Jack Johnson

JEFFRIES W m FIGHT JACK JOHNSON Champion Is Planning to Reenter Re-enter Ring Before Australia Aus-tralia Club. LOS ANGELES. Jan. o. There is considerable con-siderable basis, it is said, for the rumor that was going around last night that James J. Jeffries, former heavyweight champion o the world, has reconsidered his decision ndt to again enter the ring and that he Ik about to make somo proposition prop-osition to the Australian promoter of the recent championship fight between Burns and Johnson, looking to a championship battle some time during the coming year between Champion Johnson and himself. Jeffries himself denies the truth of the rumor, but those who aro in a position to know say that the erstwhile champion of champions Is not only In the frame of mind to consider the thing, but that he Is already planning tho details of tho provisions pro-visions he will make. It Is stated by n. man who is very close to Jeffries that about a year ago Jeffries tried threo weeks of systematic training at the Los Angeles Athletic club In this city and thar. tho results were not satisfactory satis-factory to him, and that it was his failure fail-ure to get himself Into condition which impelled him to refuse the offer of a $50.-000 $50.-000 purse mado by Mcintosh, the Australian Aus-tralian promoter.