JOHNSON AND JEFFRIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 6

JOHNSON AND JEFFRIES.

'"8.8.," wriidng, in the. "Standard: of Empire" of. May ; 24; states: I .see'from the ■ papers . that. Bob •' Fitzsimmons ■'•■ has , arrived: in .and, .despite his forty-seven years,' is full of. fight. • By the • way,.; the prospective V contest . between; Johnson , -, and; Jeffries .is' : being i likened , unto a picture.affair, and many articles have appeared' , in. our;'sporting ;paperi '■ .suggesting >tiiat'-th'e- men will ■ drag ■ the .contest out to at least.* , ten rounds,.!sothat they, can get'as.muchimoney.out of the.films as possible., I see' that'•■. John;son;.has: Deen- interviewed on-.the. subject and ; this .is; what hs .i§','rep6r{ed' to have-" I said ; to York'"."Morning'Tele' . graph" representative :— ■ ~; ':■ ■■.-. :':'■ '}■■■''■ ■'. "If';I : seo ■, a chance to win: this'; fight '-■■ in. one roundj I'm going to take it; pic- ' tures or' no pictures,- and I, want to go on record to that effect. I'want:'to say; that all this talk about .a picture fight ■ and laying off ten rounds for; the camera ■; is absolute'rot, idiocy, .and fool-talk' of '. the : foolishest kind; .Listen to me:: So , far as the pictures are concernedi a' l one ' or.'two-round knock-out is; going; to'-be just as: good a;drawing, card as a.fortyfive round struggle, and-fifty .times, aa good a :; card'::as -ten: rounds .of .'■ posing V could .p6ssibly ;be., v■'■• ■-••■ , : ' .v. : '.. - : -/"Suppose I see an , opening', and put this ■•■, Jeffries; man down' flat and cold' in- the first round. . Don't you suppose" .every'.':; fight-fan in this world is going to ' say: : 'HoivJ on. earth-did "that'black man ever cop Jeff.:like that? Was it anuke?.: ; la Jeff.' gone : back -that l far? ■ Is this "coloured guy,:such:a-wdnder? ■Got to , see those pictures;, yea bo.' And 'supposing . this: Jeffries; man slams"me ; right - off- the ; reel , arid'sets me , down , for'-the. ten,:don't '■■ you over think' if? going to , kill .'the': pic-.. ■cures. Everybody.is going :to whistle, ': and'cry,,out: 'What a bear that.Vthere old.-Jeff, surely, is,' and they'reoust a- / going to jam into the theatre to see: those...' pictures, v , ;' ;. ■'••; >[;' : - '..'..!■; ■■".'.,■■.-. ' : - : .

- "No, sir; take it from me,' anyhow 7that, thinks we'd-stall along ten rounds,. ■ for pictures is aClass-A fool, that , s,; what. he...is.' ; .One' round,, two. rounds/: six rounds—it .will,be all;- : the samejiril.the '"' ■value , of those, photographs, ami-.a quick, s. furious fight is going, to draw more "people ■-,' than any : ■ long^drawri-ont.: affair. .'■■•.- We're goin' right- to it—at, least I am, : . and-1 never-.did>hear.that.Mr. ; Jeffries. :

was any loafer-in.- the; ring." ■■'.■ ■••', •■■'■', ■ .■ .We .shall.see ; next July..' Meanwhile I suppose we must expect . a great', deal more.such-talk.::',.., ■.■..-."'...VW.: ..).;': ' ■..''■■