The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-08
He is SURE Of WINNING
Jeffries Has the Utmost Conf
dence in His Ability.
IN THE BEST CONDITION
No Man Ever Had Better Preparation
Than the Husky Young Cali
fornian-How the Bet
ting Ranges.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
New York, June Jim Jeffries
looks fit enough to fight for his life. He
has ended his training for his battle for
the championship of the world with
Bob Fitzsimmons, and his physical
| condition is as nearly perfect as care,
excellent handling and hard work can
make it, He has tanned to swarthy
Spanish brown, but under the bronze
there is a glow of blood that tells of
| excellent health, and his eyes are as
clear as sunlight. Every ounce of sup
erfluous flesh has been worked from his
/ massive body and splendid arms ani
/ legs, and his great muscles stand out
| in impressive relief. He is activity
/ itself, and If he goes down before the
/ blows of the wonderful man he is to
face on Friday night, it will not be be-
cause he has neglected the remarkable
opportunities with which nature mas
endowed him. He has come to know
his wonderful physical ability and real
| ization has brought him confidence.
| So, he is no longer a huge, numbering,
over-grown, playful boy, but 1.-THE, ac-
| tive, alert athlete, who aims at the first
! place in the arena that he has entered.
He is sure he is going. to win, and it
opponent to take the heart and conf
dence out of him. No man has ever had
| better preparation for test of strength
than this husky young Californian.
Tommy Ryan said to-day that he had
| reached the point where it was difficult
for him to land on Jeffries, and that
was the best test of success of their
/ work together Jim DAILY was in Cor
belts camp for several years and that,
| with his own ring experience, has made
him valuable.
Their greatest difficulty has been to
keep Jeffries from doing too much
work. Yesterday, for instance. when
| the thermometer stood at 81 degrees, he
| insisted upon taking a run. He COW
cred nearly 10 miles, heavily clad, and
i when he returned to his quarters the
effect of the heat was plainly apparent.
For the first time since work began he
was nervous and irritable and when
4 night came he found it difficult to sleep.
Delaney, who was temporarily ah-
sent from Asbury Park, returned this
morning, and at once issued orders
that no more work except of the light
| est kind was to be done. JeffreS
showed no bad effects from his indis-
cretion to-day, but no more chances of
that kind will be taken.
To Standard reporter Jeffres said:
You can say to my friends that 1 am
in the best possible condition and that
I will enter the ring with every hope
of success. l am very confident of win
ming. If lose it will not be because
have not worked had to condition my
self or have left anything BILE to help
me undone. l appreciate that l am 60
ing against very clever man and that
} l will have to fight hard to win. I am
going to do the very best I can to win.
and if I don't it will only be because
} have met my superior"
Dolo
sure of winning. Our man has every
possible physical advantage and is just
as fast. He has improved wonderfully
here and is in the best possible condi-
ton. l have handled champion be-
, fore and think I know one when l see
him. / fully and firmly believe that
Jeffries will win and hold the cham
pionship.'
Newspaper writer's who venture alb
solute predictions about the outcome
of prize fights often make interesting
errors. Contests of this kind are often
, terminated bv one punch, and that
punch is often delivered by the man on
the verge of collapse.
In connection with this contest, how
ever, it is safe to say that there is no
justification for long odds in favor of
one man who now holds the champion
) ship, for Jeffries has far more chances
: of winning than those odds would in
dicate. He has youth strength and
: size on his side and is a fast, aggres-
; sive, game fighter, even money or odds
Z of 9 to 10 would be nearer to represent
ing the chances of the two men, as
they now appear, than terms generally
; quoted.
Jim Corbett made statement to-day
that Fitzsimmons would divide the
purse and Martin Julian says the
statement is a lie. Corbett also said
that he left Carson with $4,000. which
he declared was more than Fitzsim
) mons got. He also asserts that he
: had his share of the purse before he
Z entered the ring with Tom Sharkey in
{ San Francisco.
That the attendance will be phenome-
! nally large is the opinion of many A
( rough estimate figures the receipts, If
s every ticket is sold, at $S5,270. Prepa
) rations are almost completed and the
I management declares that nothing will
( be lacking Friday night.
5 Betting figures did not change much
} to-day. At Corbett's betting was rather
( lively Barney Gilmore found taker
{ for 5000 against $4O0, Charley Blainey
) supplying the large end. Teddy Foley
! at Considine's, bet Pete Daley $3.50 to
{ $500 that Jeffries would be victorious
5 Considne said that the Western visi-
} tors are all on Jeffries and have $25000C