BOXING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 2

BOXING.

‘ ‘ J.EFFRIES.WON’T., FIGHTME,’’ ; SAYS JOHNSON. iBEAR TO TOUR =*=*=£: :; : EUROPE, . :

The latest i responsible -for the- following FIITSBURG,-, - April.. 19. 7 -Rausing, lon<r Enough from,,his.task,.of j6 ( hakxng ha ncls witli 99 per'cent of the.' negro, population , of.. .. Pittsburg to-day, Jack Johnson, ,;th<* acting, champion. fheavy,, weight pugilist, /found time to deliver himself of the following oration * “Jim Jeffries will never.Jght .me. He is afraid,of me. . Ho knoiys. I can whip him.! He doesn't into' cori- , dition',: for iif he ;i did he /wqulg, hfiye .% ; TJitjme.” .-Jourii rt-Jv,"-• Wo V rThen after, ..wisely...shaking .his head, Johnson remarked :; ‘VNw sir gyouycangamble on that,4,Jeff; .will 'bevel/ fight me. He , would no,t roeogmsp .my,- axis-, "tehee when he was '.champion,, arid would like-nothing, better now:. thAri .tp., show him what ,1 could, do /to .him. ,// “i see one of the, fellows who was hollering .for a, chance at the .title is crawiling." • I refer toi Al-Kririf main, who has (just discovered that he -broke his hand in the -Ross fight. I,guess ..Do-., laney found" hi? big lemcjri.|ivyas?iript|df. championship calibre. Yes; J aim will-' ing to do b'attle with any one who looks as though- he vrorild- draw/ Eetchel is well liked ; arid us 'a/. dringerouls boy, for he can Bib- harder than anyone J 5 . «.<• y HEW YORK,-April Teffyi|s, who is fast getting back into the righting form" lie displayed' when lie was beating ! all. heavy-weights"- for the world’s 1- title,- is going to make' a trip to Germany in six weeks, where he intends to continue his present hard training,' arid also take the baths at Carlsbad. He will'be gone about-eight weeks; and he says that by the .time he returns he will be in excellent condition.' /

He decided on this trip last might after he had had a talk with William Morris, the theatrical manager, who has him under contract -for twenty weeks. Morris ixrid Jeff that as nearly all the theatres shut down on June 1 for the summer months,, he had decided' to take him to England, and have him appear at some of the theatres and music halls in that country for a couple of weeks. 'W V / Broadway heard to-night of the plans made by J. J. Jeffries to open a physical culture school in this city, to teach physical training, development and boxing. Offices have been engaged in the Metropolitan Life Building, a corps of instructors mustered,- and the school will open for business next Monday.' Friends of Jeffries say he conceived the idea of establishing such a school as the result of thousands of letters ho has received from all parts of the world from men and women, boys and girls, asking him what athletic exercises are necessary to attain strength and good physical development.

JACK JOHNSON AND JACK O’BRIEN MATCHED.

A SIX-ROUNDS GO.

PITTSBURG, April 23.—Jack Johnson and Philadelphia Jack O’Brien this afternoon signed articles to fight six rounds before the National Athletic Club of /Philadelphia, on the night of May 19. There w'as much fiddling and sidestepping on the part of both, as O’Brien wanted more money, than Johnson was willing-to allow him, ,and, .Johnson said he did not care, much for the match, as he did not want to .take . a chance of hurting his' hands with a possible fight with Jeffries"in sight. 1 r Finally the club managers got the terms: arranged. Each inan put up : 1000 dollars guarantee to he in the# "ring. It is said that they have been guaranteed 5000 dollars, 70 per cent.; of which goes to Johnson, win or lose, but this neither will admit. I : . NOTES. In. referring to the visit of Bob Fitzsimmons, to Australia, the “Argus” states that although Fitzsimmons is a /decidedly waning star in the. heavyweight. firmament, he will probably easily defeat Australia’s best men in; this class. Those most likely to> bo 4 matched against him will be Bill Squires, ;Bill Lang, and probably Mike " Williams. None of these should prove dangeWus' to him,” whereat Bill -Lang and Mike Williams have waxed wrathful. Fancy the grand old- man of tho ring, who ; eelehrhted;fhis 47th..birtriday. recently,/beingvequal to. Jbeatingii, the'; /present Australian champion. If there is. any fear of him doing that, we had better quietly retire Lang, rind so save us from any further humiliation in this' direction. '■' .. ■-r . ■ Mike. Williams says, he has £IOO for a |fight: with .Billy Squires.//' He. has jixever ; forgotten the drubbirig ,he . received atHhe. hands of Squires on . the Richmond Racecourse, but /then Mike' says he was not well. He. feels ~as strong and as vigorous as a' fighting cock just now, and . woebetide Williain ,of Wallsend .if he'conies along.'! 'k. ‘.A ’/.;!./"/k 'The district competitions promoted' by! Mr. Bert Jenkin for prize-money amounting to £l5O will, be the reigning feature at tlie Melboii fno Athletic /Pavilion , .during the / next couple of months! , The whole of ! June will .pro- ; hatriy be 'eccaipiqd iii, ‘getting ’ through | the -first round,; arid Mr.' Jenkin' says* .ho ; will not lirpak! tKo/ first rognd for any professional events/ : He'" will ’ be' prepared to do business,, however,; for any good matches in/July7 “ 1 ' /" 1 ' |