Show VESTERN PUGS I ARE EXCITED California Legislature May Stop Pugilistic Encounters Encounters Encounters in That State JEFFRIES AS ATTRACTION Big Fellow Is Without Much Money and He Needs the Cash Republican Special Service BY BERT E. E COLL COLI COLLYER YEn Los Angeles Feb 20 O. 20 With the passage of at the racing anti-racing measure and antI probable probable- enactment or of a n similar law which will ivill also legislate from out the state limits of oC California all form of or pugilistic the loc local l camps have havo been thrown into a more or less chaotic state About the only buoyant thing that the writers have I to offer for or the selection ot of tho the fans Cans at home and abroad Is the tho supposed monstrous purses made by this or that promoter for or tho- tho services of ot the bIg bis bisa biga a n. da cia Jeff and the time colored ad champion Jack Johnson So much has bias boon said relative to the tho retired heavyweight champion champlon his plans and what not especially by the nondescript reporter also the ever paramount press agent that in a majority o of cases the masses to use the street vernacular have ha been carried awa away Regarding ln all this chatter but one thing has hns been demonstrated to my satisfaction as being on the level and find that was the drawing power of Jeffries before the theatrical foot- foot lights So far tar as the recent offer and subsequent acceptance b by Jeffries 01 ol the tho engagement at San Francisco everything c was quite open and aboveboard above board he board he signed the contract an and received received re re- re the stipulated remuneration Aside from that I have havo been unable to discover the smallest semblance ol ot authenticity surrounding the stupendous ous otters offers as ag published bron broadcast cast an and personally have havo put them down own to the Innate ravings o of the ever cr versatile versatile versatile versa versa- tile press agent who if requested to todo todo todo do so i I could lay my hand on without without without with with- out even the assistance of or a messen messen- Ser get Of Ot course the tho latter vermin which has been tho the curse especially especial of ot late years of ot the neW newspaper profession has always been much more active Inthe in inthe the tle native son state than in the effete East Eat Such a n condition of course Is 19 hard to determine and probably ma may maybe maybo bo be summed up In the a assertion that I being more mom or less hardened to it cut Gut cuti i I here it Is the more readily stood for tor I E Even en at that I believe that man many of I the sporting fraternity are arc being hoodwinked hoodwinked hoodwinked hood hood- winked by by bythe the persistent stories Be Bei i this as It mn may the evil of ot it all aU IB is Is nevertheless the same But to hark b back ck to our story Jeffries Jef Jet fries Is broke Amazing as this allma allmay all allma nevertheless true ma may seem seam It Is ss From those close to the i big fellow I J have learned that will er very comfortably cover every or dollar donar of ot as asset asset as- as set he has at present Where did his vast valt go poT Jor Such Is the smart rt question f I have had asked m mp not once but a hundred times during the lct last t fortnight Such Such 1 a athing thing to bo be answered with a 1 strict to would of oC course take nv mori ro space th than n Is Js generally al allotted allotted al- al to th the staff man or any other writer of oC sport for tor that matter However How flow ever cr In a word I will vouch the tho startling statement that Jeff Rm bl d It It or rather I 1 should say pay had it taken taleen own awn away from tram him hini In games frames of or chance chanco At a A. well vell known cafe on Main street noted for tor Its Us nes I Ian an and wh where r sov several ral thin sure gamblers gam I biers make moke headquarters Jeffries the time I monument nf or human flesh the thc man who stood off ort the time terrible punches of ot nub flubs Robert the th only man who whoever whoever ever lver hurt me said Jeff Jeff n can be found to the flush monkey or the tho hob tail any night It i Is here hore the I bic toll follow fellow OW has been mulcted mulcted-I I moan mean out of oC thousands I I what I say out sa upon thousands of nf dollars collars How about his Ills saloon Well toll oil so far as that Is 19 con- con corned he never did own more than an Interest In tho business which to toan sn an say the least has hns never ne been a n payIng paying pay- pay Ing Ins Investment nt And now we come como to the time real reason reason rea rca son why Jeffries will wilt fIght John Johnson Johnson- on- on because he Is broke Jeffries did not tell me mo In as many words but ho did that recent offer say siy Of or course from Australia which I believe bellevo Wilt was the only ono one not manufactured out of ot whole cloth b by press agents Is a lot lotof lotof I of at money and I 1 am considering That he ho was considering was a n point gained by the tho rabble who wanted to see him back hack In the ring also tho the few tew admirers admit admit- ers era that any champion may boast boust of or But nut It was not from s that I learned of at tho the of oC his hili plans but from C Cy Merrick who has acted the part of oC adviser to the bl big fellow I on many occasions occasions-in in fact I ml might ht say nay on everything e of ot more moro than ordinary ordinary ordinary nary moment It was WIlS who advised Jeff Jett to accept tho time theatrical engagement n ut at Frisco It wn was also Merrick who ho Illustrated to the big fellow fellow tel fel fel- fel low 10 the advisability of oC an as many more moro such contracts contracts ln In other words to hit tho the Iron while It was red Further stIll It will bo tiC Merrick Jeffries his who aho will accompany on p proposed theatrical tour in the tho capacity capac ity It of or m manager |