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TAME AFFAIR IFIGHT BETWEEN JOHNSON ASH KAIFMAN Hi EXPECTED TO PROVE.JOHN0OX LOOKEDCPON AS WINNERAITHOIGH KAUFMAN IK EXPECTED TO «Af FULL TKX ROVXM.Specdal to The Pally New*.feat Fnmcteco*. Qfth, September *. *• —Although tight Un* ieaf that to-p $«y*» flfht will be a Use affair they^ will ail be lt;m hand, ae the unexpected may happen, Johounn, iti h)«tpree fichu here, has never shown any *t*re*iKenee*, and wiaa.experts say there 4s mo reaaom for^ Win to break through his rule of t*k(a$ mm uaseeeeary risk*. They *q*ct to see him win easily on point* **4 to make a monkey oat of Kaufman. If he. raa do thia jhey, say. should ho wade in and Indulge in sIuhIm with the California cjfbiackunMfc. who can hit a right bfow that as powerful as the kick of a mule On tfce other hand Kaufman, although he has been eareruliy coached to use left-hand jabs to the negro’s face and stomach, will prohbb forgot all thi* instruction when he enters the nag. and will indulge in his usual swings with right and left. Johnson ia too clever to tie caught by a slower man. and no expert heie expects to see a knockout or even a serious disablement of the negro. If Kaufman were quicker he would be dangerous, but the champion by superior skill and speed should cut up Kaufman's face and win on points without the least danger to himself, it is not expected that Johnson can feaze Kaufman by his hardest blows, an the young Californian is as strong aa a bull and is dead game So the result of the bout will he merely to demonstrate that Kaufman ban much work jefore him Xo get into the championship class.| Neither man did any boxing yesterday, but both put in some time on the road, sprinting to improve tfceli iwind, and they also went through rarnvy g72 work. Johnson declares he will go Into the ring weighing 20£ pounds, which means he will have taken off something like IS pounds before he ia ready for the short bout-Kaufman’s weight is just a shade *bov« 200 pounds. He has reduced something like 14 or 15 pounds since his training was commenced.Both fighters bmve announced their seconds. Kaufman has Mark [Shaaghnesey, Jack Cordell and Lew Tailor, but Johnson will have an army of towei-Bwmgera and bottle-holders. The following being scheduled George Little. Barnev Furey, Hoy Armstrong, Young Peter Jackson and Dave MiltsThe betting Is 10 to 4 that Johnson will w*n the fight, and 2 to 1 that Kaufmann will stay the entire10 rounds.
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Lima Daily News
Lima, Ohio, US
Thu, Sep 09, 1909
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