The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-08
Both Fitzsimmons and Jeffries Are
In Fine Condition.
THEIR WORK NOW LIGHT
EACH CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS IN
THE CONTEST.
Referee Siler Calls Upon the Cham
pion and Has a Satisfactory In
terview Regarding the Rules-No
Doubt But the Match Will Be
Pulled Off Tomorrow Night.

New York, June with the contest
for The heavyweight championship only
forty-eiglt hours off, both Fitzsimmons
and Jeffries did some light work today.
but both have practically stopped
t.aining. their respective managers be-
ing satisfied with the mems condition.
AT the Bath Beach quarters FitZsim-
mons took things easy during the fore
noon. contenting himself with light
practice, throwing the medicine bali
and a short, aggressive session with the
pGEching bag. In the afternoon Bob
SPARED SIX rounds with Kennedy,
EVerhardt ard Hickey. The glove work
was more playful than earnest and it
was just sufficient to keep the cham
picaS muscles in thorough SuppleneSS.
During the afternoon George Siler of
Chicago, who is to referee the big mill,
called upon Fitzsimmons and Martin
Julian. The three talked over the in
depreciation OF the rules, and Fitzsim-
mons assured Siler that he was quite
satisfied with the manner in which the
conditions were set forth in the articles
OF agreement, ana that he would abide
by any ruling the referee should make
regarding them. In speaking Of a clean
break-aWay, Fitzsimmons said that, in
his opinion, both contestants should
step back one pace when Siler should
see nit to order them to break"
The interview was evidently satiSfac-
tory to all three, and it was under
stood that Referee Siler would pay a
similar visit to Jeffries at the latter's
quarters tomorrow.
At the Loeb Arbor training quarters
near Asbury Park, n. J., Jeffries also
had sort of a holiday from laborious
work. He arose early AMI took long
walk along the sandy beach, accom-
panied by Tommy Ryan, d Syracuse
puS1liSt. Billy Delaney, who has charge
Of Jeffries' training, arrived shortly be-
fore noon from New York, where he
had spent the night. Jeffries and Ryan
came in from their tramp just as De-
ianeS reached the cottage. There was
quite large gathering of sporting men
there at that time, and all of them We're
mucn impressed with the appearance
of the Californian.
After a good rundown Jeffries en-
joyed his usual midday meal, and then
put in a lot of mild work with the
training squad. which is made I'D of
Delaney, Tommy Ryan, Jim DAILY, Jack
Jeffries and Martin McCue. They
worked the medicine ball, wrestled and
turned the garden hose on each other.
Jeffries gave an exhibition of rope
skipping, during which his agility at
foot-Work and Side-stepping was re-
markedly clever. As a wind-up to the
afternoons work the party went to the
beach, where they deported themselves
like schoOlboys in and out of the water
for fully half an hour. and the big as
pirant for championship honors was the
liveIieSt one of the party.
Only very light exercise will be in
dulged in tomorrow, and on Friday
morning Jeffries, with all his training
attendants, viii leave for Coney Island,
where they viii remain in hotel close
by the club house until the time ar
rives for the big event to take place.