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Show JEFF'S RATING HIGHER THAN NECRO CHAMPION'S Says I U. FlUgerald in the Salt Lake TcJesraru: In boxing as In foot-ba.l foot-ba.l wo may be governed to a certain extent by "comparative scores." Also, Al-so, however, we must remember that the undefeated pugilist, that Is, the man who has never been knocked out. Is the only one whom we may look upon as peerless. Leaving out of consideration Jeff's vacation period his rating should be much higher than that of Johnson Jack Johnson has been knocked out. Jim Jeffries has never been in a bad way. The two boxers were scarcely contemporaneous. con-temporaneous. Jeff met and defeated all of the old guard, but Johnson met only one or two of them. JeffrieR fought a twenty-round draw with Chojnskl .when ChoynskI was at his best and Jeff was scarcely more than an amateur. A few years later, when ChoynskI was Joining the has been class, he knocked out Jack Johnson In three rounds The only other man whom they both met Is Bob Fltslm-mons. Fltslm-mons. Jeff and Bob fought when they were both In their prime. Jeff knocked Fiuslmmons out In both of t'nelr two encounters, once In eleven rounds and the other time In eight. Jack Johnson met Fitzslmmons after the fighting force of tho big Cornlsh-man Cornlsh-man was gone and disposed of him easily in two rounds. Johnson has met and defeated some good middle-weI?i..B middle-weI?i..B hut has not clashed once with a heavyweight who was In a class with those knocked out by Jeffries. Johnson has a chance with Jeff from the fact that the vacation of the big holler-maker may have been disastrous disas-trous but on his record he hasn't the slightest chance. Jeff has all the confidence con-fidence of the man who has neer been feazed by the hardest hitters the ring has ever produced, while Johnson's John-son's chances axe not Increased by tho remembrance of the ChoynskI punch that sent him to dreamland. Too, Johnson has not been leading an angelic career Since he has been champion the wine has flowed freely and the big black man has been the leading figure in many a soiree that led to the police station, Despite the gloomy predictions, the white man looks the best. |