THE BIG FIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 13

THE BIG FIGHT.

JEFFRIES IN CONCERT PITCH. ADMIRERS' OPINIONSMORE FORMIDABLE THAN EVER. INTERNAL FAT FEARED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. July 1, 11.15° p.m.) San Francisco, 1. There are 550 sporting writers, physical experts, war correspondents, and cartoonists assembled at Reno for Monday's fight. An extraordinary gathering of past and present boxing champions is in the town.

THE FAMOUS CROUCH. Mr. James Jeffries, who retired from tho ring as the world's champion, is declared by James Corbett to be the greatest fighter that ever lived. He has a knoek-out blow in his left as well as his right hand, and he needs to advance it but seven inches to make it effective.

Thirty special trains have been arranged to run from San Francisco, and it is estimated that there will bo' fifty thousand .people at Reno on Monday.

Messrs. Schwab and M'Kenzie, of the Canadian Northern Railway, are bringing large parties of spectators.

Reuter's correspondent at Reno states that Jeffries is trained to concert pitch. i.

The only thing necessary now is to prevent him from going stale.

■ Many of Jeffries's admirers believe that he is moro formidable than when ho. was champion.

Others, admit the possibility of removing his outside fat, but say that there must always be an accumulation of fat upon the heart and lungs, whichmay be fatal to the retired champion's ; success.

JOHNSON GOING STRONG. 1 KNOCKS OUT FOUR MEN, BOTH MEN RESTING \ILL MONDAY. New York, June 30. During his training work, Johnson knocked out four trained boxers in succession. It is difficult to find anyone ablo to stand his sledge-hammer fists, even for two rounds.

Neither Johnson nor Jeffries intends to do much work between now and Monday next.

Jeffries declares he is now in better fighting trim than during the wholo of his career.' .

Reno is an old silver-mining camp, and is now noted for gambling and easy divorce laws.

THE LATEST FROM RENO. IF JOHNSON WON? EXTREME PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. SPECTATORS TO BE SEARCHED FOR GUNS. (Rec. July 2, 0.15.a.m.) San Francisco, July 1. Tho . arena for the fight will : .bo finished to-morrow.

Two immense sunshades have been erected to protect the fighters from the glare of 'the sun between the rounds of the fight. One hundred and thirty-four seats directly beneath the platform have been allocated tho newspaper correspondents. No cushions will be provided on tho seats, nor will any soda water he sold, lost the bottles should be used as misOno hundred special deputy-sheriffs have been sworn in for Monday. There will ho a search of all spectators suspected of carrying revolvers. Johnson and Jeffries separately sparred several' rounds to-day before tho cinematograph cameras.

SULLIVAN'S VIEWS. GREATEST BATTLE.IN; ALL KING HISTORY. . John L, Sullivan, cx-cliampion, who is reporting the Bcno light for the New York-Times," wrote iui interesting letter to that journal recently on the prospects of Monday's fight. -Openitfg his letter, Sullivan declared tho fight between James J Jeilrics, representing the. white race, and Jack Johnson, who now stands spoiler for tho lighting qualities of the blackman, is "to my mind, going to lie one ol the greatest battles, if not the very greatest, in all ring history." "1 myself," . ho added, "ted sorry tho match was ever made. I am not biased, but I do believe, that the negroes should in a class by themselves. i any times during my career I was urged by outsiders to throw reason to the winds and fight a black man. But I always rcU "Now, as to the fight itself. To my mind it all depends on Jefl'ries's condition. Jeffries should win if ho stands in tiio ring with the same degree of strength

and skill that characterised his fighting before ho retired. If he does not touch that form then Johnson has his chance.

"I was about tho samo age when I fought Corbott that Jeffries wall be when he fights Johnson. I urn \vell aware—from experience—that the-wheels of Nature are not made to roll backward. Everything presses onwards; an impetuous current bears all toward tho breaking point; and the man who undertakes to break the contract of human nature has a job 011 his hands which he cannot fill.

"When a man goes out of business for sbrne years, and then suddenly re-enters it ami assumes great responsibilities the odds are against him. There are a lot of ways in which Jeffries lias put himself in the shade, and these give Johnson a chance.

"There is tho matter of properly'timing or judging a blow, and such a great deal may turn on such-a little slip. If a great rifle shot puts his weapon aside and then some years later goes again to the range he m-ay still know all about the game and he may still, know all about the rules, but his eye cannot be as well trained. Such niisjudgment will mean a great deal in the result. The same thing applies to boxing. "When I was training for my fight with Coibett people used to flock to the

ON GUARD. Jack iohnson, whoso possession of the championship of the world has brought Jeffries back into the ring, is described- as almost as clever in boxing as' Corbett himself, and he never loses his temper.

gymnasium and see me pull the heavy weights around and watch the muscles stand out during my various exercises. Then tlicy would rush away and say, 'I've seen enough. My money goes on Sullivan.

I thought .they were right. But when I stepped into tho ring I found that, although the muscle was there, the machinery inside had given out. "You cannot straighten an engine out with a little oil. If it is impaired or bent it has got to be sot right, and how are wc to know the inner .workings of our anatomy? In my case nature simplv asserted.itself., I fell, as one might say, from sheer exhaustion. No one has ever known of me travelling around the world telling how it happened or what I should have done if I had had ancitlier chance. There is a cause'for everything, and I knew and know the cause of my defeat at Corbel.t's hands.

.Teftnos has a very great difficulty to contend with, and that is having been out of tho ring for so long a time "Of course wo shall all liko to see the white man win, but wishes can never fill a sack. Should the negro win there is not a white man in the world who could throw nj) his hat and danco with glee. Yet Jeffries cannot sail as ho would, but must sail as the winds blow. . Jeffries cannot depend upon any man, upon any friend; ho must depend only on himself, and he must face the issue squarely—tho matter of getting into first-class condition."