Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1909 — JEFF’S FORFEIT IS COVERED [ARTICLE]

JEFF’S FORFEIT IS COVERED

Johnson Posts $5,000 For Fight With the Big Boilermaker. New York, Aug. 3. —Sam Berger, manager for James J. Jeffries; said, “Well, I guess there'll be a fight,’’ when Informed that Jack Johnson had posted $5,000 in Chicago to bind a match with the boilermaker. As to a report that Johnson wants Jeff to agree to the time and place be fore going abroad, Berger said, “Hoc. can Jeffries name any time or place for the fight—particularly a place—before a bld has been received from a promoter."