The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
Training of the Champion
Has Been Aimed to De-
velOp Speed.
BY T.. +. DIuIholIand.

HARBIN SPRINGS. June 9.-Cham-
pion jim Jeffries believes in testing his
powers Of skill and endurance while in
training. After his work in the gym
this morning and while he was blow
ing out, some one asked him if he
was not afraid Of OVERRIDING il, so
fast and steady does the big boiler
maker toll.
No" he replied, Il feel strong and
fne. When / feel that my strength
has left me in training, that's the
time I'll quit fighting"
II IL should transpire that the COM
Ing battle with Jack Munroe should
mark the farewell appearance in the
ring Of the greatest Of modern pugil-
fsts-and such may prove the case
spectators viii see an athlete trained
70 the hour when he crawls through
the ropes. No attention should be paid
20 the rumOrs (which have emanated
from different sources TO the effect
that he has neglected his training.
They are false. and may have been cir
culated 10 influence the betting.
Quite the contrary, JEFF has worked
harder for this contest than he did
when training to meet COrbett a year
ago. He apparently realizes that, while
not meeting an opponent skilled in the
art of boxing, Jack MunrOe combines
IN his makeup a generous supply OF
bone and sineW, and that two or three
rounds Of fast infighting and wrestling
might place him hors de combat if not
ready and At. Munroe will enter the
ring weighing almost as much as did
Gus Rubin when the Akron giant met
the champion
This is a fast age and people seek
for and desire quick action for their
money IL inclined 10 gamble. Not un
nl1e,3lorse racing, in the mad scramble
\
from the boxing game. Sullivan
earned everlasting popularity because
he famed his opponents TO sleep in a
round or two. Terry McGovern, a
miniature edition of the mighty John
z, became a public idol by sending
spectators home early. Jeffries is a
big man and the admirers of pugil-
ssm expect big things of him. In the
past he has failed to establish the
reputation Of being a knocker-out
He should have whipped both Fitz-
simmons and Corbett in short order,
say inside Of four rounds, but owing
10 untoward circumstances he did not
DO the trick. He is apt to exhibit
more speed though in the coming go.
Much TO their qualification neither
Jack Jeffries nor Joe Kennedy were
called upon this morning to don the
raits. Jedries confined his exercising
20 the usual routine gymnasium work,
bag punching, rope skipping, the
pulleys and tugging with his favorite,
the big jumbo sand bag. Resting dur
ing the afternoon hours he went for
three-mile run down the Middletown
road after the dinner hour, a new
stunt. He returned dripping with
perspiradon, but retired at once to the
gymnasium, where he again did some
light work with the apparatus and
appeared TO be not the least fatigued.
With his sharp eyes ever alert look
ing for something to kill, jeff stopped
70 dispatch a poisonous specie Of the
lizard family on the jog home On the
way UP the hill to the springs the
champion said: See that belt? When
] came up here the first hole was the
right number. Now when l cinch II
up 20 the eighth hole it's too loose"
il took long. tiresome runs on the road
TO accomplish that. Jeff retired soon
after his rub down
Manager Billy Delaney thinks Eddie
Graney viii ultimately prove satisfac-
tory 10 all concerned and will referee
the contest. When the match was
made in New York" said Delaney to-
day. Il submitted five names TO Harry
Pollock and he selected that of Graney.
II Pollock is disgruntled over the little
blscksmith's decision in the Corbett-
Britt fight he has failed to notify me
Of the fact and ] think Graney will
of7ciate. At any rate, he is perfectly