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THE BIG FIGHT. ,
VVhy, Jeffries Fought.
Jeffries' renions, (or fighting aro set out ,in
. the following 'Statement, which-ha made
towards tho end of Inst yoar :- .'
"With i overy newspaper hollering at
mo," said; the whlto champion, "I could
,.not stondit any further. 1. made up my
mind I'd -have to choose between fighting
this.nigger «nd,being asked ,the roospn
. why, J. refused, for.the balance of my 'days.
. WhenVlitSPt- to,.this .stage. I began tb I"OK
I perlpippt jnütra^ningi.jt.p find out if I really
could get bnck to ray old shape.. .1 was
...dete«uinciJ^}uJijld^y,qu,i if 1.' wasn't satisfied I
with myself never 1o "fight,' nb matter hbw
, great . tho pressure might bo. It didn't
take mo long to doeido that. I .could regain
my old form, and I made up my mind 'to
box. again, although 1 didn't make known
my 'determination right off tho reel, .
. "Vu»'' asked . sometimes whether lt - is
simply a'desire, to win tho championship
back for. .the-.whit» . race that is sending
mo into tho ring. Others ask me If tho
money . f's'" a consideration. The simple
truth is, I'm going to fight Johnson'.'
because "l':ha.vo.-been badgered into it. !.?
. saw . that:, I .would . never, huvo any peace
as, long,ds I hung linet, ' ' . . \
. "I'm going to ho frank and say that I,
?don't', like-a bono In Johnson's body;;'Ho-,
hos disturbed mo mid niado me feel .out of.
sorts: moroftthaii' any fighter - I; over .carno.
across. . I never .wont Into a ring, wlth.tho
.samo: pcrsonnl .hatred,.: of a/.nian that- I;
'fool'jior,j.jQhn,aon.... '1 was bitter against,
? Munroo,.> ,Yos. . But Munroo "and "I woro .
chums cdmparoti . to tho way 1 feel 'about
Johnson." > .r
':?'"?:,>íít*!¡.;;: (By Telegram. )> '.;
ADELAIDE, 'Monday;-Speaking . at. a
social 'reform, mooting, Mr-...Vorrun, tho Pro,
.mior, . expressed ? thc hope.that tho Christian'
.[Church .,,iwbuld :inovo i In . preventing. an
i. exhibition'"of.. piclurea . of :.tho .' fight. '. '
Ï.'MEWIOUIIN.E, Monday.-A .convict in
Pcntridgo^Onol" (Mulbourno), hns bcon sen
toticed'to '-14 ??days! .solitary ? confinomcnti
? for attacking King, a nogvo convict, owing'
to,; a.; dispute r. o vor'.- tho. Johnson-JoCTrios
fight.,'-,,,.-, .
. :, LONDON, Saturday.-Tho : movomcnt in
favour;,of action, for' thu suppression of
prize fight picture exhibitions is cxtonding
in . London and" tho - provinces. Consider-
able action is bolng '".taken in thc House
of . Commons, '.whored both-partios support
tho movement. A soctlon of tho'inorning
press-advpçata .gonoral suppression of. pic-
tures as tending to' prevent- glovo . fights,
which'? thoy. soy aro merely, prompted for
tho sal;o of. tho profits from tho pictures.
; LONDON, Sunday.-Johnson hos banked
£30,000'. In- Chicapo. - "He gave from £50
to £150 to each' of .'eight mon who bud
befriended him , yours - ago nt ? Calveston,:
? There is a growing fooling that England
will not-permit thu exhibition of tho bio-
scopes of the fight.
The Rov. Scott Lldgett.has. given notlco
at the County Council of. a resolution that,
nt all music halls and 'theatres cinemato-
graph .pictures of tho.- recent fight aro
undesirable. .?; ... . . . . ? .:? ?
Adoring.negroes ..at;.Chicago; who ..were
unablo 1 to,,,, shake hands., with Johnson,,
kissed, and. stroked his motor cor. . - -. ._, n
Johnson, ? replying to tho proposal- that
ho and. Jeffries should' moot again, says
that ' if' 'Jeffries is slncoro, and . proper
inducements' are offered, iho will - gladly
moot him'In another fight. . ..
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