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Show BETTER FIGHTER THAN JEFFRIES seen Ms best days. Vhen he waa given the decision over Sharkey In his second fight there was hardly any doubt that a draw would have been fair to both men. Again when Gus Rublln fought Jeffries a 20 round draw he didn't show up very high. Ruhlln had learned what fine points he knew of the game In seven weeks and then went in and chased Jeff around the ring for twelve rounds. If RuhJIn had bad the experience of Jeffries he would have beaten the latter to a certainty. cer-tainty. There. Is one thing about the fight that amuses me greatly. You will hear a lot of folks say that If Jeffries gets back to his wind he will make Johnson' jump out of th ring:. In tho first place It Is Impossible for Jeffries to return to the shape he was in when he gathered In his laurels, laur-els, and, again, If Jeffries enters the ring In perfect condition he will not beat .Tohnson, for as good as be wa6, bo never was a match for this big colored woDder. (By Billr Madden.) New York, Jan. 12. It'a a pretty hard tiling to have to Ray that you think that a colored man Is superior to a white man when It oomeB down to a question of the championship of the world, but la In my honeat opinion opin-ion Jack Johnson will leare the rlnc next July 4tSi, conqueror of Jim Jeffries. Jef-fries. I hare been In the fighting game from a managerial standpoint over thirty years and am only using the dope of those many yeare to form my conclusion of tho finlah of the coming com-ing big battle. In my time I made John L. SulllTan the world's champion; cham-pion; Charley MrtcheJl the champion of England: Jack McAullffe, the holder hold-er of the lightweight title, and In addition ad-dition brought Tommy Ryan, Gus Ruhlln, Ruh-lln, Peter Maher and others before tho public. Getting down to the big fight I can only say that Johnnon la a Ten' clever man; as clever a fighter as I ever , mv slip on a jdoTe. . And behind that , he baa the wallop. The combination vtwally produces a champion. While the big fellow was taking matter eaay down in tbe land of alfalfa, al-falfa, Johnson was busy hustling around fighting to keep the aherlff from the door.. Don't forget that Johnson John-son will appreciate this In the battle for the title. An event which happened ' nearly aeren years ao Itnpreasc me Ten-much Ten-much regarding the outcome of this ' fight At that time I had Denver Ed Martin in my Btable. Martin was a big husky colored fellow who stood 6 fee 3 inches In his stocking feet and weighed 210 pounds in condition. Martin had whipped a. bunch of tough heavy men and I immediately hiked to t3i coast to try and get a match with Jetrrtea. Tom McCarey thought so much of a match between Martin aiwi Jeffries that he offered a purse of $25,000. Not for Jeff. He couldn't sec where Martin came in- That suited me to a dot "Winner take all," we wired Jeff, but he dldnt want any part of Martin and there was no fight. We then signed up with Jack Johnson, John-son, thinking that some money was In Jgnt. Oar dopo waa all bad. What Johnson dJ4 to Martin was a crime No matter how he' tried he could not put a glove on .tohnson. If Marlin hadn't stuck to my advice, Johnson would lure put him away In a few round. That fight didn't satisfy Martin. Mar-tin. Ho got another battle with Jack, but In two rounds Johnson trimmed blm to perfection and sf-nt him to Dreamland before the bell clanged for the finish of tbe second When I came East after the first battle I informed all my friends that. Johnson was the greatest fighter I ever saw and my opinion has not changed. There Is hardly any doubt that In all his lat fighta that Jack did not battle under wraps. He has always wanted to let the public know Just how good h wa.. His tussles with Burn and Ketchel raised him In my cptlmatlon. No matter how the criilcs may harp, don't let anybody i ell you that Burns and Ketchel were boobs They were two dangerous fighters and possessed the punch that could knock a horse down. Wben Jack put Ketchel away he beat a man that is as good as any heavy now In the ring. Jeffries never struck mo ir bejng anything out of tho ordinary. Ho Is a big man and has the bulk that denotes de-notes almost superhuman strength Of all his fls-hta the only one that amounted to anything in my dope was when he licked Flttslmmons at Coney Island Flu was a good man In those days and Jeffries deserves credit for that victory. When Jeffrlca whipped Corbett at Coney Island he didn't lick the real Corbett, but a man who had |