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Show wait until his twenty weeks on the htnge are complete before he declares definitely. In the meantime, what about Jack Johnson? Thla is one of the few in-rtancc-s in tho pugilistic game where the ehamplo.i has been given no consideration. con-sideration. Apparently no one has considered con-sidered Johnson and his demands. 1c has been taken for granted that Johnson John-son is rso anxious for a fight with Jeffries' that he would accept any financial fin-ancial proposition that was offered to him. He has been passed by' unnoticed unnot-iced .while the $50,000 guarantees have been flung at the Southern Call-fornian. Call-fornian. Possibly the promoters have figured that Johnson would be glad of ? 10.000 for hli end. If the writer mistakes not, Sam Fltz-patrlck Fltz-patrlck will have a word to say before his man fights. The manager of the Texas champion knows by actual experience ex-perience the worth of a champion and i how difficult It Is to' lAnd one. Nor will he be Incilned to throw away that title or take a chance with It for a mere song. Suppose that Johnson should win from Jeffries. Save for theatrical engagements, en-gagements, ho would be In no better position than he stands today. In fact, his chances of getting matches where comes the blpc money would be measurably meas-urably less. Defeated, he would lose his present pres-ent drawing value on the vaudeville stage and would not be sought by tight promoters who aro after matches. Fltzpatrlck Is shrewd enough to say little or nothing at the present, but w hen It comes time to talk, he will be on hand with his demands, and If Jeffries Jef-fries should agree to a match, the colored col-ored boy will bo getting his share, or there will bo no fight. . fQ.TPO'PHFi Is Jeffries Afraid of Mr. Jack Johnson (By Harry B. Smith) And still the Jeffries agitation continues. con-tinues. The flow of talk has by no means ; diminished because the big fellow has Leen In San' FrancUco a week. There is Just as much Interest over the prob- lem' of whether he will return to the ring as there was when the theatrical theatri-cal proposition was first broached, All over the country it is the same way. People are figuring out.or try lug to 'lig-uro 'lig-uro out, juct where Jeffries stands and what he will do when tho tlma comes to do something. It Is worthy-of note, perhaps, that Jeffries has refused steadfastly to make any Elements from the stage that would li the least explain his attitude. at-titude. From tho very first perform ance, when the demand was strong for a ppeech from Jeffries, he has avoided the pitfalls. He has. indeed, made a 6hort talk but Ithas always - been on a foreign subject and with J . not the slightest reference to whether or no ho would come back and fight. Can it be, as' one writer has said, that Jeffries may have absolutely no intention of fighting again, but that he Js allowing tho rumors to gain circulation circu-lation for the cake of advertising Mb theatrical tour? If so, Jeffries Is play ing a deeper game than many give Lira credit to:. It will bo recalled that at no time 1 has Jeffries said that he would tight. In fact, until his arrival In San Kran-cIbco Kran-cIbco ho positively bald "no" when the question was put to him. Once . in San Francisco, the Inferences camo i First of all, when asked about his re- turn, he said there was nothing to It, - but winked to a friend as if to say that possibly he didn't mean all he uald. Later, too, ho changed his positive denial to a conditional statement, in which he declared, "I don't think 1 will ever fight again, but if I should," etc. Then Jeffries stepped aside and let the newspaper men and the world at I large draw their own Inferences. With ! one accord it was proclaimed that Jeffries Jef-fries would doubtless be Induced to get after JackvJohnson. So far he has not seen fit to deny these statements, but It would be an easy matter for the retired champion to pay, and say truthfully, thai he had also said he would never rifiht, and that if the 'world insisted on doubting his sincerity, sincer-ity, it was no fault of his own. He has certainly left himself a pret-ty pret-ty loophole out of which he can escape, es-cape, should he go desire, and leave the other fellow holding the bag. That there are many who believe that Jeffries wlll'never come back Is evidenced by the following letter, which Is only one of many: 'T bollove you fellows who are pre dieting that Jeff will fight again are all wrong. Why i-hould he? He ha all the money he needs; he has a good business, and h? takes life easy. He U not overfoud of the limelight. On tho contrary, he is honestly bored by people's attempt to lionize him. He Is tho undiluted world's champion. What the dickens could he gain by fighting again? I have heard him declare de-clare so earnestly and so emphatically against re-entering the ring that I cannot can-not doubt ho meant It, and etlll means it Personally I hope he will not tight again. If he does, he is very likely to net a licking, which would be a great pity." The hope that Jeffries would declaro himself in San ,Franclaco berore leaving leav-ing to complete his theatrical tour, has apparently died away. A major-ity major-ity of his frlonds have come to the conclusion that If Jeffries is disposed to return to the arena, that he is sincere sin-cere when he trays he wants to find out hla exact condition before making any' announcements. That will " tako time, and it may be that he plans to |