The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-17
SPORTING NEWS.
Fight Critics Say They Like the
Looks Of JEFF.
Size Up the, Champion. Upon
Reaching Frisco.
CLEAN OF EXTRA FLESH
Declared to Be Fit to Fight For
a Kings Ransom.
Sale Of Seats is Going Along at
a Merry Gait.
CLEAN OF EXTRA FLESH

San Francisco, July f.-Since Jeffries
resumed his training at the Reliance
club in Oakland he has impressed the
few spectators who are inside the por-
tails as being a man who does not need
much preparatio to go on and fight for
anything that might come up, be 1t title
or kings ransom. This Gibraltar OF
muscle is as clean of superhuous flesh
as man of his size could well be. HIS
magnificent physique bears the print OF
the trained athlete, and the weeks OF
prepare ton at Hardin Springs are ap-
parent in every move.
Nothing was done yesterday morning
by jeff but at o'clock he commenced
a two-hours' grind that would have
sent any one but a carefully prepared
man 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 skip
ping rope. Jeff called for Brother Jack
to keep track of 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 hemD.l but went
through all the motions of a real fight
Once through with the rope jeff tried
small dumb-bells for a time and then
turned to the wrist machine. About five
minutes of this sufhced and change
was made to the shoulder apparatus
After this was over he took on Jack
Jeffries and Joe Kennedy for four
rounds each. The gloves used were YER
table pillows. but both of the men
WINGED under steady fire of blows which
the champion rained upon them.
There was no "a 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 Jeff had to
check momentarily for his human
punching bags to step 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
exercise. A bath and rub down and a
hasty donning of street clothes put the
big fellow in mind that the dinner hour
was near and he bolted away from adj
miring visitors for the more substantial
enjoyments of the evening meal
Among the visitors who saw Jeffrfes
go through his PAGES was Tommy War
rem, who held the featherweight cham
who beat Havlin in the last small glove
fight ever waged in San Francisco has
just returned from Manila and is warm
in his praise of Jeff's condition.
Up at Skaggs Springs, where Fftz-
simmons is staying contrary to advice
and even supplication, the. feeling of
victory is just as strong, if Bob's utter
ances are to be considered. To a visitor
who spent Sunday at the camp Fitz
said that he had learned a world -of
knowledge since his last fight with
Jeffries and enumerated the different
things he could turn to his advantage
Bob says he is more clever than Jeff
can think faster, is harder, is faster on
his feet and knows the game better
He also averred he had learned to re-
spect Jeff's weight, but that he could
beat him as much with his feet as with
his hands. Some of these assertions
| might have held good ten or even five
years ago, but today, with the lanky
man from the antipodes on the other
side of 49, the fight followers of this
generation will have to see with their
own eyes to be convinced.
The sale of seats is proceeding brisk
! ly, the receipts showing that nearly
| So, 600 has been taken in at Harry Cor
belts place.
The betting shows Jeffries to be q
steady favorite, the prevailing odds be-
| ing 21a to L