The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-09
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ING FOR BATTLE

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SAN FRANCISCO. june
the Jeffries-a funroe heavyweight charns
pionship battle onI two weeks orfsss
interest in the outcome: 81 the batties
is spreading. Both tighters are Just
now actively engaged in the strenlis
Gus routine of preparati on an ben
the date of the battle rolls around
there is no reason why they honfd &
not be prepared for the nardest kind
OF battle.
Alnnroe has been putting N "a n,lssssi8
time on the coast getting into condi.s
ton. FITS work mas been done In ttlesS
open. He has concealed nothing
the curious public and he has even
gone SO far as to invite alI of he:
heavyweights to come around TO his
camp and put on TIE gloves. Il rom
the many aspiring hearywse5ght
Trainer McGrath chose a few strong
youngsters that could stand the gafrt
and in this noYel wasF Aiunroe secured
q sparrinS staff which has been of ga1s
liable aid to him in his work.
II is rough work that 8iunrae
poets when he meets Jeffries IN the
ring, but he is giving no little atten
ton TO fast work, side-stepptng and
jabbing. In fact, he will be ready for
any emergency when he faces the
champion In the ring. AIunroe never
for moment forgets that insJeffries
he is meeting the peer of all heap.
weights. He knows that he For ~
good fight, but the same time he b
champions, can be defeated, and that
he will be the one to dethrone him
'Jeffries has never put any Of hi
opponents out clean, said Munroe.
"He simply beat them down after
number of rounds. That shows he ~
not the terrific walloper they sa he
is He has been able to takes TERM &
punching but his opponents have been
SO weakened by his blows that heys
have had little steam in their elfxery
when they reached him. have
watched Jeffries style for q long i'm g.
and l think I-know just how he can
be defeated. think Sharkey hi me
as hard as Jeffrfes viii ever hit, and &
even after that wallup came BAG
and there was nothing to IT. taoilf
SApSNI
however, to put the .wa1Iop across.
81 will be there with The goods and &:
my methods Will depend q great deal e
on how Jeffrfes fights. IL he9comes
to me. why. then. 1t viii be a hard
fight. viii be there to mix ffstls
will not,mind me running away, ike
most of the fellows that he has Tough t.
If a fellow is going to get licked frea
will get it sooner or later, ~ hethe hessss
runs away or not
Not since he became champion has
Jeffries been SO quietly stored away
in the woods at Hardin Springs
he is at the present time. In 4 ne
mountains, where visitors are scarce
and the roads are, free from obsta=s
Giles, the champion has been indulsi
in many long sprints Between q -
teen and twenty miles day as e e s.
popular routine work of the big boil ers
maker. So great are the cha mptesl 81
powers that when he goes on bis dali W
joys he is obliged to go alone, because
none of the members OF his cam
can stand the pace. Five miles at a rs
ordinary pace is enough for big Joe
Kennedy, and Jack Jefries calls
halt at about the same distance
Invariably Jeffries takes hIs pet
dogs with him, and a gtins W itch 4 80
throws over his shoulder. OF course
this makes extra weight 80
champion would prefer this at1assg
than miss a chance at some tsaInsls 49,
he might run across on his tTIp
through the mountain passes. There
is nothing that the champion likes
better than hunting, and it is tlis5ssc
OF sport that helps to break he mo-
potory OF training
Senator Depew states that when
he was IS years old he was elected
Secretary. of State. after he had
served in the Assembly and then he
was offered position as Minister to
Japan, with salary of SO 1000 q year
and an equal amount to fl him out
but he realized that 1t was the part
ing of the ways for him, and he ac5
cepted salary from Mr. Vanderbilt
Of $4,000 a year as attorney for the