WAS JEFFRIES DRUGGED?

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 168, 18 July 1910, Page 6

WAS JEFFRIES DRUGGED?

A DOCTOR'S OPINION. TALK OF ANOTHER FIGHT. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. A Los Angeles message reports that Jeffries may seek anotiier match with Johnson. The latter to-day replied that if Jeffries were sincere, and proper inducements were offered, he would gladly meet the ex-champion again. That Jeffries' pitiable showing against Johnson was due to some drug administered in' a mysterious manner several hours before the battle is the opinion of Dr. MeClanahan. Spectators of the fight who returned from Reno yesterday have also freely expressed the opinion that Jeffries was drugged before he entered the ring. "THE HOPE OF THE WHITES." VANCOUVER, Monday. Although nothing definite has yet been arranged, it is thought possible in some circles that Warren Barbour, the amateur heavy-weight champion of the United States, may decide to make an effort to wrest the championship from Jack Johnson. Sporting critics hold the opinion that either Barbour or Al Kaufmann is the "hope of the whites." Warren Barbour is the son of a millionaire, and by many experts is regarded as the finest boxer in the world to-day. When approached the other day with a view to his challenging Johnson, Barbour declined to give a reply to the question without consideration. Ho made it clear, however, that he would not fight for a purse. He added that if lie consented to meet the negro it must bo on tho understanding that there was no element of money in the contest, as far as he was concerned.