THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 9

THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

JEPFitIBS ON A KNOCKING-OUI r TOUB A ilow York correspondent,! writing oh November 12, says —"Just as soon as tho inattci ot tho bids is settled, Jeffries will toui the country with a company offering to knock two men out at eoch perform ance bo taid bam Beigei 'We tro simply swamped vuth oflprs for short bouts, anl several startling propositions have coino from Philadelphia and Pitts burg JUf and 1 hav>. talred it over, and ho wants to prove to the public that ho is tho-ougluy capablo of iitting himsolf to take up the wbite man's cause. ~ "Jeff isn't against trying his hand at bomo of tho six round bouts with any ol tlio good hea\>Heights now clamouring for recognition Particularly doel he tavour tho idea ot.goiny on -ho roatl mth ao. athletic *lipatncal '.erformauce In that wav he hopes to regain his confidence;

"No, mind you, that doesn't mean that Jeff, has lost his heart. r Nothing 'c-f the sort. This sort of work ,would' he rather to work off the sh-angeness that is bound to follow an extended absence from the ring. ,A man losses distance, nnd it doesn't follow that he is goiug to pick it up in the gym., or on the road. Only actual contests—bouts in which you' ctlu count on the unexpected from the fellow iri front of you—will bo beneficial,' simply sparring with a imitntr dnt>*a't rr>p\n anything more than to bolster up your ■ wind. v-^p "John V. Sullivan, Bob Fitzsimrrions, and other great fighters kopt "in shape between fights by going about the country bowling over all-comers. If we adopt that measure, we wiU.go through with it, 110 inattor who looms up hi the audience, and signifies a willingness to try tor 'the substantial reward that will, I*; given to the man who is able to walk off the stage after Jeff, gets through with him;

;.'"It: .-would - be . funny, if-Ali: Kaufman. Jaqk' O'Brien,'Jim' Flynii, or.any,'.of that crowd -should bob up in some jerkwater. town,.and-demand a crabk at. Little, Jim. Well, they'll—bo accbminodated. ~':.;; '; "JTeff. never shirked an .issue-j-not 'oven the big.thing now; in'his. mind.' bo' 6.. sort ;bf preliminary' dasli befbi'^'he xboK up.real training camp work; •'•People , sniffed,;: when ', he • hqcepted. twenty : weeks • of-' theatrical work at:.it 'fancy ' price fore announcing his -intentions in regard to■-; Johnson;,. Thoy "didn't -.Totalise; that JeftVj was.,'beug ■: paid aniiimmeiise ' Slim .IcrVirainih'ij..., , ;.--";" , ; ;:,' -'■';v "■'.."■'. ■.-.■■-■ ■ ;■■ '■.■■ : ; ;! ; ".We;ii6ed.to langh mahy a time to onrseTves; baok of the scenes after ft harcl bout:; and , a . work-out. : v Jeff .was ;b6<ng paid,for.getting into condition. U And he enjoyed the jokn , .of the thing many a tinie.' I -suppose'! they will talkatomt Wa going , on the' road.beating .farmers and 'the like,' but he will' be getting into shape mtlvp/wry, set-to."'.- '■ i' .-. "■ ' . ■■'■: •-■.'. -'- ■According to'-James-. Cpffrptlij-' 1 the San. Francisco tight-promoter-wli'o has' visited New York in an effort to land tbb Jef-fries-Johnson fight for his club, at Co'lmrii' California,;.JolFries:.arid Jolihson..will go' into tho ring at oven money .in tho:bottirig.... Coffroth is considered one', of th moat: : reliable fight ■"h.indicappeis in uio cbuhtryi. "ThSre :nar.'be: a : shaje: tho best of it fdr ono or thabthev: before'the fight," said CoffrotKpl'bnt when the gong sounds, you : will find (hat it is; an ■ oven money bet. and ..that"Jolihson will havo p.s mnny backers as .Toffricß. '.'l.do, not recall a fight in which thorn js'likely to .bo, more money chniige hands than oil this one_. It is quite certain :that rha California money will ro oh Johnson' to a large exent, as he inade a ivphderful impression there, and that a.-.great-deal of Jpffriea's backing will come from the .east." > ; ■'.' ■;■■'■• '.'■ ..'".'".' : ■.'■ ■■■■••' " ■'; ■':■ '