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Show JOE CANS SAYS JOHNSONWILL WIN Recently a flash came to this country informing us that Bob ntr-elmmons, ntr-elmmons, on of the craftiest and best fighters thai CTcr flterped into a ring, went dowi to defeat and the epitaph was. "He could not come back." j "This same elprceslon will bo written about Jami-s J. Jeffries on the night of July 4. tftcr his battle with Jack Johnson fff the champlonsip of the world Is oier," says Joe Cans. "For no matter how highly they sound tho praises' of Jeff now, when he clashes with Jehnson he will meet Ms conqueror. Ij will be a case of science against Irute strength, and In this affair the'sclence of Johnson will come out on) top. "I want to say that I am not favoring fav-oring Johnson benuse we are of the same color. If l thought that Jeffries Jeff-ries could whip Jhnson I would be one of the first toexpre88 my convictions. convic-tions. I have bei in the garoo too long to allow sediment to cut Any figure. It's eimplj- a case of which man I consider tht superior, and my choice Is Johnsoni Again, with me, there is no such thing as the color line. There is no doubt that all fair-mined fair-mined men will ajreo with me that a fighter Is a flgljter pure and simple, sim-ple, no matter wtether he Is white or black, so, thertfore, no one must think that I am irejudiced. "When Johnson kturned after beating beat-ing Burns, every one got excited and shouted. 'Jeff will have to lick Johnson John-son and bring hack the title to the whlto race.' Ther4 was a day when be miijht have dom so. But now it is entirely different. In his prime Jeffries was a burrh of muscle and ! tones that no mar, could hurt. He has had years of test and, at present, pres-ent, the retired chimploa is simply a mass of soft fleaa that is in such a condition that it Kill be impossible for him to get back to the old daya. Jeff will train hard, but nature has bad such an easy time that it will not respond eulflcleitly to the treat-nient treat-nient and when he faces Johnson be will be far from the Jeff of old. "Jeffries may minage to get rid of a lot of overweljht, and may appear ap-pear as fine as a fiddle when he sits in his corner, but take it from me, that old vitality, wtlch is absolutely necessary for any ilnd of a battle, will be missing, ani then what can you expect ! "It is almost a cosltlve fact that all tho folks who refuse to give Johnson John-son a chance with Jeff simply figure through prejudice apalnst the culorej race. He can't hit, he always backs up, ho has not got the punch, and is always stalling, and a few more things, they charge to Johnson. Now, Iti my estimation, and you know that I have seen them all, I think that Johnson is one of the greatest fighters fight-ers of tho last twenty years. Jim Corbett is admitted to have been a marvelous fighter. As good as Jim was. I claim that Johnson is Just & little better than Jim at his best. Many will disagree with this statement, state-ment, but I know a lot of inside dope regarding Johnson "JohnBon will enter the ring with no fear of losing to Jeflries. That, you mint admit Is a great asset in a championship battle, in fact, he figures that this fight will be the easiest in his career. This miy not please Jeff's admirers, but it's tho plain truth. When they start you can go broke that Jack will use all his cleverness to prevent Jeif landing land-ing in the early rounds hia terrible right that has wrecked 6o many gnod men. That means that Johnson will keep on the defensive until he thinks Joff has ' lost a lot of his strength and is having trouble with his wind. "When Jack is satisfied that he holds the upper hand then ho will change his tactics, and try to beat Jeff dowa with those sharp upper cuts and etinging Jabs that will tako the big fellow's energy away land leave him a mark for his colored rial" ' |