Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-07-09 | Page 1 | Jeffries to Challenge

JEFFRIES TO . CHALLENGE He May Seek Another Battle With His Conqueror New York. July 9. That' Jim J-.f-l fries may ask for a return match with I Jack Jobnsou. Is the statement cun-' cun-' talned In a Ixs Angeles dispatch received re-ceived here today. The Information, which is said to come from reliable sources, says .that Jeffries Is credited credit-ed with declaring that he would in- sist on a return mulch with Jolmxon within six months following his return from his hunting "trTp in fTTe rnoun-'" tains. - -. Jeffries, it Is said, claims that If be can go Into the ring in as good condition con-dition as he.wa. a few days before the fight at Reno, he could defeat Johnson. Sam Ilerger. manager for Jeffries, will mako a statement later. lat-er. Los Angeles, July 9. Sporting men are skeptical regarding the report that former champion James J. Jeffries Jef-fries might challenge Jack Johnson for a return match. Since his return to Ixs Angeles, Jeffries has had little lit-tle to say of his plans, except th.it he would retire to his allalla farm and shut himself In agulnt the world lor a time. , He expresses the belief, that, with the nervous strain of the "battle i.f the century." eliminated,' he wmilj make a much better showing agaln-t i the champion in a return match, and this probably - gave rise to a report i that he would seek surh u m.itch. In reality. Jeffries- has little Intention oi returning to the ring. . Some of his frkndj, however, aro , already atatring a clamor for another fight with Johnson and Manager Uui-I Uui-I ger Intimated today that he mknt i have an Important statement to m;ile on the subject soon.