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Show stow away Fltz. And In the meantime r the lanky Cornlsbmnn put over niny v. a hard wallop. Johnson met Kits. and. through an accident, stuck out hla light hand, and Fitz went down and out in two rounds. - By-thc accident I meun that Johnson didn't Intend to knock out Fitz. but allow hla to stay tho six rounds. Fltz was Just an Rood then an when ho met Jeff. The eompHrlson la not In favor of Jeff. Ardent Jeff admirers will yell, "Fitz was all in!." Well, how do we know that Jeff won't bo all in when ho meeta the dark thunderstorm? McCoy says, "Jf-f r is a wonder " He nieani that Jeff was a wonder. There: la a wide pap between "Is" and "was."' When Jeff was at his best Tom Sharkey hold him safe In hie two tiffs, even If Jeff did Ret the verdict Everyone ,wlll admit that when Kid McCoy was good he was a pippin. It was not many months ago that he went on with Jim Stewart at a local club. McCoy won the battle, But U Is prize ring history that Stewart was the worst scared Ighter that ever i climbed between ropes. Stewart j didn't know whether he was In a ring or at a wake. The "Kid" felt satisfied satis-fied after that victory that ho couldn't come back, and gracefully retired. Jeff Is no different rom McCoy. When he meets Johnson ho will realize after af-ter the affair that "no man can come back." Can Crouching Men Fight? Now for a little discussion about , Jeff's crouch. The crouch is a grand thing to look at. But can a man fight In that manner? Echo answers no! A man has to stand up to light. And Johnson will make Jeffries fight. Kven If Johnson stalls during the early part, he will keep Jeff flgbting all the time To do much damage Jeff will have to Abandon his crouch and fipht In the open. If Jeff forces Johnson to swap punches, don't forget that the white man will be meeting a colored marvel who has two good hands. This is an advantage in favor of Jack. If Jeff persists In his crouch it will give John-' fon good opportunities to whip in his terrible right-hand nppercuts. Suppose Johnson clips Jeff's chin several times with a stinging tipper-cut, tipper-cut, don't you think It wlli hurt Jeff You know he Is only human. In his lirst fight with Jeff Corbett "cropped"' him with a straight right hand and it nearly put Jeff to the floor. Johnson can hit harder than Jeff ever could. Be-ins a left-handed fighter, Jeff Is handicapped. He has only one good hand, while a real good left-hander should be able to jab with his right and use the left for the finishing work. A few more words to Corbett and others about flat footed fighters. I'etor Jackson was strictly a flat-footed fighter, and he went 64 rounds with Corbett. Looks as If a flnt-footeil flnt-footeil man Isn't so bad. eh? Getting back to the "new school. ' I wish to say that Mike Donovan was the greatest clever man that ever stopped Into a ring. Billy Fdwards was another shifty eteran. So was Jack Dempsey and Jack MeAullffe. But nil were members of the poor defunct de-funct "old school." As I finish I would request Corbett to inform me what school Fitz belonged to when he shot that solar plexus Into Jim's body at Carson City. JOiSONISW-TO-DATEflGHTER (By Billy Madden, famous as a fighter fight-er before the present day pugilists wero born, and handler of many of tho greatest boxers -the world has ever known) If there Is nuch a tiling In fighting ae "the new school," Jack Johnson was the first pupil to graduate. Thli ! my answer to Jim Corbett. who claimed in a story In The American a few days ago, to be the originator of a new school." This new school is the pure filmon brand of "bunk." Fighters aro only human. Go way back Into history and you will discoer that everything: now useil in the fighting fight-ing game Is exactly the same as ycar3 ago. In fact, old-timers have the bulge on the men of today. When they went in to right, they fought. Now many, especially members of Corbel t's new school, enter a ring, not to fight, but to display their dancing danc-ing abilities. It's a remarkable thing that every new crop of fighters swell up and pronounce pro-nounce themselves far superior to the famous stars. I have been hearing thla since I was 17 years old and now I am 57. Men don't Improve in the prize ring. Th game has always been the same, and can never chaugo Fighting Js simply a combination of speed, gara?-nesa gara?-nesa and endurance. Speed is tho principal necessity. But lighters such as Corbett and others wore themselves i.ut with their fancy footwork. That was the reason I put a wager on Fitz when he beat Corbett at Carson City Johnson fights lit the proper man ner. He stalls and flghta on the defensive. de-fensive. Dancing around an opponent oppon-ent may be an inspiring sight, but it never gathers any coin Johnson can get away from Jeff's rushes without t'olng a highland fling. Corbett and McCoy's argument to tho contrary notwithstanding That Left and Crouch, Kid McCoy goes Into raptures over Jeff's marvelous left hand and the bU fellow's crouch, which, ho bays, Is In vulnerable. With these two great advantages. ad-vantages. It took Jeff eight rounds to |