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Show ROOSEVELT 1 IS ASPORT He Speculates on the Outcome of the Big Fight Buffalo, N Y., Jan. 15. Theodore Roosevelt's consideration of old friends anil hla love of a fighter and a good fight have not been changed any bv his African trip, as a letter from him received by "Tony" Gavin, former Rough Rider, testifies. Gavin Gav-in frequently corresponded wiih Colonel Col-onel Roosevelt when the latter was president. Some mouths ago he wrote to him In Africa. He has received re-ceived tho following reply: "Africa, on Safari Here is the flower for Alberta, I wish I could have sent It, with many returns, on her birthday. It was good to hear from you. That must have been a rattling fight between Ketchel and Johnson. Johnson is unquestionably a first-class fighter. I wonder If Jim Jeffries can get back into form. If he can, It will be a tremendous bat-tie bat-tie when they meet." |