Show I SOME LIVE SPORTING GOSSIP GOSSIP- JIM JEFFRIES PAYS RESPECTS Retired Champion Says He Never Was Afraid of Anyone CALLS JOHNSON JOHNSONA A QUITTER Replies to Repeated Attacks on His Personal and Professional Professional Professional Honor Honorl cw York March 16 Jan James James s J. J J Jeffries CI in his article toda today replica replies to the tho attacks which have be been n made mado against him by br Jack JohnsonI Johnson I 1 was as never afraid of ot any man in iny fly life liCe the retired champion says ays I while I Johnson always alwa's a quitter BY DY J JAMES A. S J. J JEFFRIES D By Dy permission lon of ot William Morris inc copyright 1909 I i often wonder if It tho the public really believes es all that is said Eald about mo mc b by this fellow tellow Johnson I 1 dont don't think It does doer but if It there thoro moo are any who think that I am am afraid of ot the negro the only thing I can aa say is this I 1 have never been becu afraid of oC any man In my I life lite while Jack John Johnson on always alwa's was wasa a a. quitter Unfortunately I am ant not in a a. position position position tion to talk fight now If It I wore I dont don't believe bellevo we would hear bear so much from one Mr 1 Johnson Tho The newspapers are aro criticising me for tho the stand I have hayo tal taken en but that's not going to make mako me chango change my myde- myde de- de termination As I have havo said eald before and repeat now I will not fight Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son or an any other man milD until I know I Iam Iam Iam am right B By virtue of ot that victory Ictor o er Burns Johnson claims the heavyweight hea championship of or tho the world I am not making an any claims to that title I I think It Is a Question for tor the public nubile to decide But 1 I cant can't how anyone can cm fairly give it to the ne negro ro I am accused of ot cowardice because I i wont won't come out an and say Im I'm rca ready to light Im I'm not ready and I wont won't say pay y Ill I'll fight until I find out for a certainty certain t ty If It I am ever going to be l ready ad But those attacks on my ray courage couras mal make mahe o me inc u l laugh h. h Vh Why I went through tho the whole bunch of ot tho the best lighters fighters the world has known Fitzsimmons Corbett Corbett Cor- Cor bett hett Sharkey and amI Then Just to convince the thc pu public lic and ana myself that thero there was no flO mistake ke about It I whipped them a again Has Johnson ever done anything like e that Xo No No I hardly think so o. o If It ItI I were in Johnsons Johnson's boots I wouldn't play that kind lelnd of ot stuff too strongly Certainly ho lie didn't show any unusual amount of courage beating Burns or orIn In an any of oC his hits lights fights before that and so 60 hasn't had much chance to pick up any an since All this talk tall reminds of the tho time when hen they were proclaiming Munroe as a a. worlds world's champion Why h 1 ho lie played four tour roun rounds s with Jeffries and knocked him down the tho people J saying Hell beat him light sure In fn a n longer At wt JV t n. I.-n.- content to lot them veal oe tili I I n IX with me roe He lIe lene knew and I 1 know knew it It was as all aU a fake that take that tall talk about knocking mo me down aown Tho best ho he could do 10 l was to hit lilt mo me on once co In th the four rounds and that blo blow hurt mo mc Just about as much as a gentle tap What happened to Munro Is fight history now It If I finally decide I can get got right I am going to train as aa hard for Johnson as I did for fOl Fitzsimmons I or Sharkey or an any of the other big lg fellows Theres There's not one ono in that list listor of or old timers who could not have havo made Johnson loot look like an amateur I licked them all and It ma may be that Im I'm not flot through yet |