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Show JEFFRIES TO CHALLENGE i Choynski Advises Him to Go After Johnson Second Time j Chicago, July 19 Plans for a battle bat-tle between Jeffries and Johnson were I outlined in a letter to the Californ- J fan by Joe Choynski, who, for close j to three months, aided Jeffries in bis I preparation for the battle at Reno. "I'm so firmly convinced that Jef- fries can whip Johnson the best day he ever lived, that I'm advising him 1 to bet $30,000 of his own money and challenge Johnson, the winner to get the entire gate receipts and the side bet," declared Choynski last night. "Jeffries' defeat is told in two words 'Mental collapse." True, he was in oxcellent condition physically, but his mind and heart were affected and when he entered the ring. his brain ieiused to act. "For weeks and weeks before the fight Jeffries received hundreds of letters daily from atlmirers imploring implor-ing him to whip Johnson," continued Choynski. "They told him In letters that he was the 'hope of the white race.' .'That preyed upon his mind. ; lie did not confide his troubles to his camp associates and the weight on his mind simply unnerved him." |