JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10031, 4 July 1910, Page 5

JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.

TO-DAY'S FIGHT.

CONDITION OF THE TWO MEN

COMPARED,

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Copyright Received July 3, 5.5 p.m. • RENO, July 2.

J Doctor Porer, Jeffries physician, examined Johnson and remarked that I he was a magnificent example of the i athlete, but physically uncomparable with Jeffries. Johnson's heart and lungs are weaker; ahu he had a long stretch of bone unprotected by muscle between the hip and tha lowest ribs. Jeffries, he savp, ia in perfect physical condition, ir.side and outside. Johnson is grateful for the spiritual encouragement of the nergo pastirs.

i Hundreds of Pull (nan cars are side | tracked at Reno and are bei-ig used 'i a3 hotels, as beds are unavailable. 1 Johnson yesterday toxed before the cinematograph, the two opponents j chiefly clinching and posing, before | a vast crowd of onlookers, consisting 'of ruiners, ranchmen, cowhoys, cowj girls, and gaudily dresssed negresses. i Johnson's wife was present. Johnson backed himself for another £4OO, remarking "I shall worry Jeffries for i fifteen rounds and then knock him j out. But I would sooner be a dead | man than let Jeffries beat me." j Jeffries' preparation is finished, and he spends his time fishing and card playing. He says, "1 am dead sure to win " Johnson scales 209 lbs, and Jeffries about 16!bs heavier. TIME OF THE FIGHT. HOUR OF STARTING TN NEW ZEALAND. RESULT SHOULD I'E KNOWN BEFORE NOON. When it is 12 noon in New Zealand it is 4/20 p.m. in San Francisco. Naturally therefore, when it is 11 a.m; here it will be 32.0 p.m. in 'Frisco; when-10 a.m., 2.20 p.m. in 'Frisco, and when 9 o'clock in New Zealand it will be 1.20 p.m., in 'Frisco, and bo on, going backwards op tbe clock. As the fight is timed to start about 1.30 p.m., Mastertonians,will many of them be just about arriving at their respective offices when the first round starts.

Johnson says he will win in 15 roundel, and assuming that the fight starts at 9.10 a.m., New Zealand time, and finishes uuder twenty rounds, the result should be known in New Zealand by 1! a.m., or at the most 11.30 a.m. Of course, if the fight is prolonged, it may take nearly a coupld nf hours but ev£n then the result should be known in Maaterton betore noon tc-Jay.