The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-24
VISIT TO JIM JUDGE.
Party of Scrantonians, Accompanied
by Sharkey, Saw Him at His
Training Quarters Yesterday.
In Excellent Condition.

A large party, of which Tom Shar-
key, the sailor pugilist, was one, went
from Scranton yesterday to visit Jim
Judge at his training quarters, near
Carbonate. They found Judge $50
hard you couldn't drive a nail in him."
according to a statement made by
Sahrkey, while talking about the trip.
Judge has ideal training quarters at
Nick Glenns establishment, opposite
Anthracite Park, Simpson. 1t is about
twenty minutes ride from the busi-
ness part of Carbondale Back of the
hotel is a large hand ball court. A
gymnasium we'll equipped with pulley
weights. indian clubs, dumb bells,
punching bag apparatus and other
things essential to the training of a
professional athlete is contained in a
large and airy room over a dancing
hall attached to the house. Inside An
thracite Park enclosure is a good track
and an excellent field. The fine noun
tain roads, which abound in that re-
gion complete the facilities afforded
Scranton's popular welterweight in his
preparation for Monday nights contest
with mysterious Billy" Smith.
Ii yesterdays party of visitors were
Sharkey, +. f. Forbes, of the Repub-
liCan; Will Malta of the Truth: James
OTOole, of the Times; r. j. Beamish,
OF the Sunday Free Press; Charles
Grogan. of the Elmira Telegram; John
McCourt, of the Sunday News; j. J.
Coleman, of the Scranton Newspaper
union; John McDonOuEh, of the Scran-
ton'an; Ed. Whalen, of the bookmok-
ing firm of Murray e Whalen; Charles
WaldrOn, manager of the company now
az the Gaiety theater, where Sharkey
| is boxing, and a Tribune reprcs lta-
| i've
When they raacnc1 the trainin2
| quarters, about II 80 o'clock, Judge and
| his trainer, Bobby Dobbs, were rest.
| ing after going through a brisk morn
! ing's outdoor work. Judge was asleer
| and Willie Dobbs, Judges professional
rubber and attendant, was putting
| things to rights in the gymnasium
After being introduced privately in his
room to Sharkey, Judge came down.
stairs and greeted the remainder o.
the delegation, nearly all of whom were
known to him. A dinner of great vi
riety and excellence was served tn,
| company under the direction of Mrs
Glenn, whose expert cookery Offers an
other good reason for Judges choic,
of training quarters.
AT 1.30 o'clock about an hour atte
he had eaten, Judge began his work il
the gymnasium. He worked fiftral
minutes with the dumb bells indlal
clubs and pulley weights: fought III
punching bag three rounds, and, with
out taking a long breath, wound u
with five three minute rounds wit
DObbs. The concluding bit of exer
else was one of the fastest and hard
est bouts one is privileged to wltnes
in a professional boxers quarters
When it was over Judge was appar
emily as fresh as when he opened tn
afternoon programme.
Sharkey lost no time in showing III
appreciation of Judge and the exhlJi
ton he had given. To those ab0u
him, Sharkey said that if Smith win
good a man as it is possible to deVClor
in the welter weight class. He sal
Smith was the stronger of the two, br
did not excel the Scrantonian in re;
cleverness, agility and hitting DOW er.
Pefore leaving, Sharkey and DnDi
discussed the arrangement made b
The formers manager, O'Rourke, wit
Jack Skelly, Dobb's manager, whereb
Dobb and Sharkey will spar three e,
h.bltion rounds at the Gdiety theatt
tonight. AS a piece of recrea:io,
Judge will probably come to Scr1nto
to see the bout.