The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

mans sparring partners wore lemon
coiored sparring naittens, and it looked
as if Bob was about to engage in a
battle-royal with his three staIwart adj
versaries He went at them in turn,
however, and spared three three-min-
ute rounds with each, taking the usual
one-minute rests between rounds.
I'm the main Fftzsimmons boxed on
the defensive and proved remarkably
spry on his feet, skipping out of the
. way with great nimbleness when
crowded. He ducked neatly from
swinging blows and also smothered
some well-meant ones by crossing his
arms or catching them in the palm Of
his. hands. He did not overlook any
chances to score and several times rap
ped in hard punches, on the face and
body of the man he happened to be
sparring with. He had one particular
ly rapid round with Soldier Wilson. in
which the military gentleman was sent
to his knees several times"
''The Chronicle" gives some interest
ing details of Jeffries' training: when
the brawny champion of the world re-
sumed his training at the Reliance Club
In Oakland yesterday afternoon he I'M
PRESSED the few spectators who were
inside the portals as being a man who
did not need much preparation to go on
and fight for anything that might come
I'D, be it title or q kings ransom.
of superf1uous flesh as a man of his size
could well be; his magnificent physique
bore the print of the trained athlete.
and, as he progressed with his training
work, the weeks of preparation at Har-
bin Springs were apparent in every
move. James ]. Jeffries does not need
ANYTHING but the tap OF the gong to
send him into the ring, where he Will
either retain his laurels or relinquish
them to the 'old man OF the squared
circle Robert Fitzsimmons. He is as
fit now as months of training can make
him.
Nothing was done in the morning,
but at O'Clock he commenced a two
hours' grind that would have sent any
one but a carefully prepared giant to
the stable. His first wish was to test
his wind, so big Joe Kennedy CROPPED
about in one of the trunks Of training
traps and brought forth the skipping
rope. Jeff called for brother Jack TO
keep track of the movements, and then
Jumped the rope 1000 times without
stopping. During this exercise he did
not content himself with simply pass
ing, over the bit OF hemp, but went
through all the motions of a real fight.
First he made an imaginary rush on a
still more shadowy opponent. Tnen ne
retreated and brought himself out or
harms way by a quick side step. For
ward and back he went until the on
lockers were ready to cry quit of sheer
vea riness, but the big fellow handled
his 225 pounds Of flesh as though it were
but the weight OF an ordinary boy.
Great beads OF healthy perspiration
stood out on his face at the close OF
this stunt, but the respiration was reg
ular and even. Jeffries' wind could not
be improved upon.
"Once through with the rope, he tried
the small dumb bells for a time and
then turned to the wrist machine.
About FIVE minutes OF this sufficed and
a change was made to the shoulder ap-
paratus. After this was over. he took
on Jack Jeffries and Joe Kennedy for
four rounds each. The gloves used
we're veritable pillows, but both or the
men WINGED under the steady fire OF
blows which the champion rained upon
them There was no twenty-four foot
ring to stop the retreating opponents
as they backed away from Jeff's rushes
but the big gymnasium was none too
large for them. Time after time he had
to check mouentarily for his human
punching bags to stop their retreat and
get back in the game before him.
"a few minutes work on the mat
with Jack, followed by a lively tattoo
on the punching bag, wound up the