THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 859, 30 June 1910, Page 3

THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.

Vancouver, June 28

Advices from Reno state that Jeffries, Sullivan and Corbett are reconciled after their recent quarrel. The fighters are training steadily and are in splendid condition. Jeffries will stop active training on Thursday, and rest for the last three days before the fight. Until then he will box regularly and do light gymnasium work. He is satisfied with his condition, and says he never felt better for a fight. He is ready for anything and confident.

Johnson did four rounds each with Kaufman and Monahan and two rounds with Dave Mills on Monday, all being light boxing. Sullivan watched Johnson, but is not communicative about the negro. Fie says Jeffries is fit, but Johnson idles too much for close training.

Bill Delaney, Jeffries’ old trainer, is handling Johnson, and is pleased with him. He will be in his corner on the day of the fight. The State police are assembling to protect the fighters against any outbreak on account ot the race hatred. Interest in the encounter is intense. Old followers of glove fights agree that this will be the last big fight in the United States. Betting is brisk. Jeffries is favourite, the odds on him being 10 to 6 until Monday, but on Tuesday they shortened to 10 to 7. The Daily Mail’s correspondent states that in an interview Jeffries said : “ For a year I have devoted every minute to getting myself fit.”

Jeffries’ camp shows an atmosphere of determination, but Johnson’s is like a light opera scene. Banjos are playing at all hours and roulette wheels whirling. His boxing is far fiercer than Jeffries. Johnson laughs and jokes all day long. A day’s training at Reno consists in Johnson boxing Monahan and Kaufman. The latter is utterly exhausted at the end of four rounds. Jeffries boxes eleven fast rounds with Armstrong, Berger, Choynski and Corbett, finishing with a five mile walk.