Show S Live lAve s Sporting News t JEfFRIES SAYS HE Will FIGHT L Big Fellow Refutes Story Published Pub Pub- r. r Yesterday of His Backing Down r BERGER TALKS PLAINLY The Manager Says the FighterS Fighter Fighte Will Post F Forfeit for fora S a Battle I. I i j S S Toronto Ontario July James l-James 12 James J J. J J Jeffries was sorely vexed when whon he was wa S S shown today a report from Crom Montreal printed all over 01 the united States thalie that tha S lie lic IC would not flOt meet Jack Johnson In n a aL rJ cont contest for the time hea weight heavy champion champlon- r- r ship hll of Jr the world title f Jeffries was under the impression 1 S that the nUe alleged ed Interview was as sen sent abroad with lile tIme the Intent to hurt him I In tho the e eyes es of tIme the American lovers of oC pug pug- S and anti injure his value as a m cal attraction I S lIe He was ws emphatic In the contradiction r. r p- p of the time statement that ho would no not i meet Johnson He lie sal said with anger li In inI I every tone t I Tho Th statement that I 1 have ha repudiate late my promise to tight fight Johnson Is absolutely abs I untrue Then ho lie hurried out of or the time park parI par whore he lie had an afternoon and evening o I. I engagement There Thero his manager am and i. i sparring sparring- partner Sam Berger dictated this statement s. s There Is absolutely no truth In th the tue tuek k statement circulated Neither Jet Jeffrie fries nor myself gave Ja out an any Interview from fron 1 which such a stor stor- could have ha I Some weeks ago ugo Jeffries mode mod ls the thO statement to the public that at th tIme the V termination of ot his theatrical contra he would woul be ready to arrange a meetIng meet meet- tJ ti In lug Ing with a Johnson That time lime Is only t two weeks off and as has always been FJ his policy with the thC public he lie will make mak makeS S good his promise b by posting n fl forfeit j S We Ve hope then n to satisfy those who have hav doubted his Intention to defend th the S. S title of the lie champion of or the time world |