THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON MELEE.
a EXTRAORDINARY REPORT., (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, July 18. The following special cable dispatch is printed in one of the Australian. papers received in the Malieho's mails:— I "A Los Angeles message reports that s.eeJv,another match with Johnson. The latter to-day replie'd .that, if Jeffries were ■ sincere, and proper inducements were offered, he would gladly meet the ex-ohampioh 'again. That Jeffries's pitiable shdwing against Johnson was due to some drug; administered in a mysterious manner several hours before the battle is the opinion ijf Dr. M'Claua; han. \ Spectators of 'the fight who returned from Reno yesterday have also freely expressed the opinion that Jeffries was drugged before he entered the ring. "Although nothing definite has yet been arranged, it is thought possible in some circles that Warren Barbour, the' amateur heavy-weight champion oftheUnited States, may decide to make an effort to wrest the championship from Jack Johnson. Sporting critics hold the opinion that either Barbour or A 1 . Ko/ufinann is the 'hope of the whites/," ; •
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 872, 19 July 1910, Page 4
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168THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON MELEE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 872, 19 July 1910, Page 4
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