The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
ABOUT JEFF'S DIET
Stories Have Come 10 Tucson That
the Champion Has Been SWiIl-
in0 Champagne and
Eating Pie aA


Jim teffries The finishing touches
have been put upon his training He
slept through the whole morning and
in the afternoon took a short row On
Lake Merritt which comprises the total
exercise for today.
Jeffries will eat q light supper al
5 80 tonight and cross The bay on the
: clock boat He VII go directly to
the pavilion and expects TO euter the
ring at 10
A number of challenges arg. expected
tonight at the ringside IkSsf2Y0ugfis
probable that Harry Corbstt msa chai-
lenge the winner for bis bsogaAyf Jim.
Trainer Delaney says arg eba.tsngA.
IL bona fide. Will be- conSsttes~d 1y
Jeffrles, in case he NiuS,H$tr5
Confidential reports receaia9 ftaua q
Tucson man Of sporting proeltvitiss
aow lii San Francisco relative TO JEFF
fries method % training stirred up
something Of sensation The an
nouncement THAI the champion Vas II
the habit OF dtsposlng Of guar, os
champage al supper was surprising so
many who believed tae followed a strict
regimen Ia diet There IL 40 doubt
that tLt reports u .fe greatly exAgAsr
ated however. and desire 10 influence
the betting may have caused them 10
be spread broadcast
Ia Ia certain that Jeffrses la rot go
ing to take any chances u1 losing the
a ampionship. but II also seems GER
taan tia has "a :: ufed some novel
idea into his his training 80 far as
diet lis concerned Little has be.n said
u his smoking ia the last year. but II
will he remembered that IL aas re-
pc r,ed at one time thai be consumed
ciG srs to excess. aud, this same ex-
cess In certain matters relating 10
his diet is now charged
In the confidential report received
hs re II was asserted that he ate pas
try after his meals aud thai Ice cream
was considered permissible BY the
champion until the day before the bat
tie He uses sherry for his dinner.
il is claimed, while his bottle of cham
payne at eventide Is said 10 benefit
him rather than otherwise.
1t can readily be seen. eow these
reports would be exaggerated, even IL
founded On faetx. 80 they can %
taken with the greatest reservations.
The truth Of the matter is that JEFF
fries prohahly drink a little sherry
fUr his dfuner-~tiaas wine og1Ea being
essential 10 proper training
and may drink champagne OCCASION
ally when he feels the need OF slim
ulant after particularly hard work.
Many trainers favor small giaEses
Of ale or wine after a hard days wers,
a stending TO keep man from beeom-
Ing stale. and Jeffries has probably
taken advantage of this 0peElng
Ice cream. II taken in moderate apaA-
titles. need not be harmful. but iA as
difhcult to explain the question OF
pastry. The report that the champi-
on consumed pie In trainning probably
arose from the report that he drank
wine for his steady beverage while
One strong probability is the fact
that the reports may have been spread
in order to affect the bet
ting on the fight. .Leffries is snch an !
favorite that some OF
his friends may have desired TO back
him al better odds and have cireulateh
accounts of his campaign
accounts of his champagne drinking
On this account. AS nothing would
knock him out in quicker time than
would one pie. even IL it was OF the
sort that mother used To MAKE,
pastry was probably added to his Diet
in the reports--to clinch the argu-
ment of his being on the road down
hill.
One thing seems certain. regardless +.
" these rumors, and that is the fact
hat both Jeffries and F1tzsimmons are
IN excellent condition for their bout 4,
Of tonight. Fitz has been training
and there can be no doubt !
hat he has entered into his work |
heart and soul. While he may have
entered into this fight with the idea
)f getting the losers end of the purse,
thereby repleting his finances, he can
lose nothing by being in the best OF
trim. and may win a championship
thereby.
Experts on the subject agree that II
Fitz can get one OF his punches
to Jeffries jew. the champion
will go down and out; that is, II
FitZ can set himself for the Knocking
punch Fitzslmons himself is of this
opinion. to judge from the remarks he
has let fall, and he is in strong hopes
Of gaining something besides money
IN the coming fight.
Not a single wager has been recorded
On the length OF the bout, but an Inn
preston prevails among many sport