Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-06-12
JIM JF,FFRIES,

for the once champion Mr.. Corbett. He
could stand up in front of and, in fact,
seemed to enjoy the hardest kind OF
punching without distress. Gradually
1t dawned upon Corbett and his other
trainers that Jeffries was possessed of
a strange gift of ambidexterity, and
in very short time he was perform
ing some unheard of evolutions in the
art of delivering blows.
AT the most unexpected moments,
when the accepted rules of the science
of sparring We're being employed by
both Corbett and Jeffries, the latter
would suddenly let fly right, left
and right again, and he frequently
landed with much force.
When, to all intents and purposes,
Jeffries should have been sparring with
his left hand forward and his right
covering his heart, it was not unusual
to find him shifting with great rapidi-
ty and entirely reversing his position
for some advantage that presented it.
self. He was frequently rebuked by
his friends and associates for this
gross violation of accepted rules, but
Jeffries, nevertheless, continued to
plant his terrible left fist and then
to follow up with his right, punching
and 1abbing and hammeI'ing with it be-
fore his opponent knew what was 20
ing on.
Jeffries had frame that tipped the
beam at 213 pounds in fighting trim.
He faced the champion doggedly, and
met the SwifteSt hardest drives that
came from Corbetts mighty arms with
the same smile and good nature that
have won for him the title of 1.-The
Man Who Laughs"
Jeffries had little or nothing to say
to the champion and in fact, learned
h"t it'll" from him. His daily bouts
with Corbett, however, enabled him
10 Try MS ambldeXtrous tricks upon
very clever man. He was, to GER
tain extent, making experiments with
his own peculiar methods, closely
studying the effect and advantage of
using two arms. both of which were
under perfect control.
| Through Jeffries' ambldeXtrous meth
cd of attack he is enabled to assume
the reversed position, and to throw his
terrible left i'll a vicious swing with
as much facility and force as he does
his right. Coming as it does from an
| unexpected quarter, the movement dis
concerts his antagonist and .Jeffries
scores a distinct advantage.
Another peculiarity of Jeffres is his
system of quick hammering with his
right. He very often strikes four and
five blows with the right short arm,
all in quick succession, while other
prize fighters, save that arm for n fin
nj and single smash, depending upon
the long range to do great damage and
deliver a knockout. But with Jeffres
by the time he has put in n few right
handlers his gifted left is far enough
back to come in with frightful veloci-
ty and power
His system of training differs greatly
from that in general use Instead of
running ten or twelve miles n day he
walks about two miles from his train
ing quarters and then runs back as
hard ms he can. The rest of his work
Is done at the bag and in the gymna-
sum- where he directs his own deyel-
Opment
Jeffries has physical attributes that
tend toward making great fighter.
He weighs more than did John l.. Sui
livan when he was in his prime. His
, reach is T6la inches, three inches long.
er than Fitzsimmons. He stands 6
feet inch in his stocking feet. and is
, but 30 inches around the waist. The
, heavy shoulder development necessary
to success in fighter is his in great
, quantity, and with 17M-inch neck his
head is poised on his shoulders to STAY,
JeTries may he a great fighter, and
he may not. He is young, ambitious
and hopeful.
Jefries is perhaps the youngest
heavyweight boxer of championship
, timber in the business. and stands six
? feet one inch in his stockings. He is
a fine looking athlete, weighing about
! 20S pounds in condition. and was born
IN Ohio about twenty-six years ago.
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