Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-05-07 | Page 45 | Jackson Comes to Meet Jack Rogers

JACKSON GOMES TO W1EETJAGKR0GERS Both He and Utah Man Are in Fine Shape, Assuring Good Rout. Looking flno antl fit. Young Peter Jackson Jack-son arrived from Winnipeg Saturday morning to rneel Jack Rogers In a ten-round ten-round go at Murray next Tuesday evening even-ing for tho benefit of tho Murray baseball base-ball club In tho State league. Jackaon says that ho will have to do Uttlo training to get into good condition for the bout, but he began working out immediately, going three rounds with "BIrdlcg" Collins at tho Murray fire station sta-tion Saturday afternoon, three more with Kid Bell of Ogden and punched the bog for four rounds. Jn addition Jackson did some shadow boxing and took a walk of eight miles around the foothills. Jackson will train tomorrow at 57J Commercial street. Jackson declines to discuss his chances against tho hard-hitting Utah middleweight, middle-weight, but ho has held his own against the best of them. Including Jack Johnson, John-son, Sam Tjangford, Joo Wnlcott and Terry Mustang. Jackson put Walcott out In nineteen rounds, Mustang down In seven rounds, won from L.nngford In five rounds nnd got a draw with Johnson In Baltimore in 190o. Rogers already I in good condition and the bout should bo an exceptionally good one One of the preliminaries scheduled will give way to a go between Dingo Mc-Carty Mc-Carty of Snlt Lako and Young Russell of Ogden.