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Show HE WILL MEET JACK JOHNSON Strong Man in Ogdcn Says He Can Defeat Colored Champion and Will Endeavor to Make a Match With Johnson Weighs 200 Pounds and Lifts 750 Pounds With Either Hand. Mas the "unknown," lauded as the white master of Champion Jack John-n-u, been found and Identified -in George H. Hayes, a San Francisco strong mat), now in Ogden? Hayes I now walking across th-3 continent, giving exhibitions in boxing, box-ing, wrestling and feats of muscular Mrength. He is making the trip on u wager of $5,000 and left the coast just llfty -two days ago. During this I'me. In additlou to his walk, ho has defeated a number of wrestlers, done some Iroxing and, as a diversion, had nigs of war against eight men at a time and twisted horseshoes Into odd shapes with his tooth. He weighs ICO pounds, despite his vigorous ex- erci.se. can jump 9 feet G inches without with-out much effort and can tlrlke a pllo I crlvcr blow with his fist that would loll an ox. Hs Is Powerful. Hayes for the. present ia traveling under the namo of "Young Sandow" but nftor'somo reluctancy gave Ma real name to a Standard reporter. It wajj also with considerable modest hesitation that he told of his designs arralnst the anthracite champion. That Hayes Is stronger than Johnson ever dreamed of being, is a certainty. Th pedestrian lifts 70 pounds with either hand a-s easily as a thirsty man lifts a glass of beer. Every muscle in hi body is developed to a point where it Is as tough as steel, and he has ihe wind to run ten miles without a wheeze. His chest expansion is nlm nid three-fourth inches. Tho physical equipment of the man i.i backd by ten years of experience in boxing, wrestling and other physical physi-cal culture pursuits. That Hayes has never W his light shine In the ring If due to the fact that he has always been engaged in gymnasium training in an amateur way and has never had an ambition to star as a pugilist. Can Whip Johnson. "Until the Johnson-Jeffries fight," Laid Hayes, without any attempt to te boastful, "I had never aspired to prize fight honors. Since that bat-tic bat-tic between ths two races I have thought some of getting in the.garn3 in order to win back to the whlti j..ce its physical supremacy. I have po doubt that I could whip Johnson One blow of my fist would break hi -s face. Why. I never have hit a man as hard as It is possible for me to trlke. .With my bare flt 1 con break rocks, and, even though John-ton John-ton were more skillful with hla hand. I think with my superior strength I cauld break down his guards and I eat him Into Insensibility despite all his skill, Dut remember that I am u boxer a teacher of boxing. 1 know all the tricks of the ring and I am r.ot blow In movement as somo strong rien arc. Quick of Action, "In the matter of agility and dexterity dex-terity I am not In the same class with bandow or others of professional strong meu. I have not lost anything lu speed by my muscular development. develop-ment. When I reach New York on hi walk I will try to get a match v lih Johnson and. If I can get In tho ring with him. I think he. will lose tne championship of the world." Hayes Is Just thirty years old and has a wife and on? little child who by train are lollowlng him on his walk. He expects to make the continental con-tinental trip In 247 days, giving exhibitions ex-hibitions In every town along tho loute that has a population of over 000 people. Hayra will leave Ogdea tomorrow morning, going east over the Union Pacific ties. |