Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-15
SANKEY'S SYSTEM
Of TRAINING.
~. Work He Does in Preparing
For His Fight With
MunrOe.
N PRETTY Good CONDITION.
&C.. Ne is as Careful as Though he
We're Going to Fight Jeffries .
For Championship.

charley trains as he says ne
,so, ne will be In pretty good con-
80 when he crawls through the ropes
a. hattie with Jack Munroe' the DULY
PuV rhe news announced a few
n 400 that the pair was matched
oa,' only waiting to see which CLUB WIN
w. them the best offer, But WINE
.',Irr sharkey does not propose to re-
N 'Sle. He does a great amount Oh
ma's ,ob day and thinks he has a perfect
NolA ~ raining II IL quite ,proDable
HsVW,pSa hip sailor mas a good iight ieit ~
!nsl ~ sn,io OF all that has been balu'
Dun nonns / j. Jefries has picked Shaf-
thapiP min MunrOe, and the sailor says
~, gvilI not be disappointed. Speakins
Jsttts training methods, Tom says Aitcr
DIN = couple Of weeks hard work OH We
ssos ;S am already IN pretty soou cYnu
uon ,r x AS hard for this match as II
uaIn."s ding TO tackle Jeffries. When q
was the ring 10 battle II Is not
nlsh suon as TO how good his opponent
. qssvv, how bad he himself is-that II,
= pg nu"b can nc stand wnen 1t comes
10 a hard fight. a.. ,.s, condition hs
stand much Of q punching, MS
.s y 'e0orts even will tire him.
VTrdo not think there viii be any dahger
,fmy firing when ! meet Munroe ! nave
.s,,tIed down to q routine neheuule anu
KY out a special diet, which | am suie
la m ar me for the hardest fight OF my
wiz when a fellow Is In training ne
car, Ia inst as careful about dieting as
Mun,,,a, The amount Of work he does.
TIN stomach. | think, is the principal
n he human machinery, and unless
I!saaa,, is we'll taken care OF, everything else
wv wrong The only way TO be sure the
s,cmach will 20 right is to be carefni IN
ss,ire I never eat trash, whether am
,ribIng or not, but | must ADMIT that
am even more careful when training. IL
I" not necessary 10 do any starving,
sN,,hsr I sImply confne myself TO solid,
vvSoiesome food, such as steaks ana
chops. a,,t,u 7 s,art
"a With A sweet orange for breakfast |
,,ollow This with lamb chops and toast
REASONABLY | drink a cup OF tea, but
,svSr coffee. | may not have a big appe-
a. for a blg fellow, but 1t is not always
he ouanitity that does the most .gooi.
Var lunch | have a little mutton or lamp.
with baked potatoes. For supper, winch
ia by the way, probably the heavlest
meal eat, | Ike roast beef, not 700 wen
Sone. and some vegetables, such as
steyed tomatoes, | never eat pastry, and
avoid all sweets and fancy dishes.
There is nothing like system when "
comes TO training, Between meals | md
,lsnty OF action In the schedule | have
fId out. After an hours rest following
breakfast, take a car TO F1fty.nlnth
,trsei, walk to Fifth avenue, and, accom-
,anied by one or two friends, start run
llrs around Central park. The distance
4 just about enough. IL Is not TOO long
On Too short. ! run about half the dis.
lance and walk the other half. When II
IA very cold 1t Is a case Of run all or the
yay. 30 as TO keep from freezing.
That run out In the cold air does more
eood than one can imagine. II Is fine for
IN lungs and has put my breathing APP
latatus In excellent shape, When l start
81 training the journey seemed pretty
lng but with each day II grew shorter.
can circuit the park now without the
Slightest effort and without a stop. ON
my return from the run | Immediately go
70 the gymnasium and get q stln rub
down and when completely dried out there
Is little danger Of catching cold, That
completes my morning work, and an hour
or so later / am ready for lunch.
The outdoor exercise gives me n good
appetite, and | never ind II hard To eat,
Owing 10 the fact that / get IN early !
Invariably take a short sleep In the after
noon before | prepare for the gymnasium,
When | get up | an as fresh as q bird,
and | don a heavy sweater and heavy
tights. depend upon my gymnasium
work 10 take off weight. II Is almost i'm.
possible 10 train down outdoors on &C.
count Of the cold weather. But II Is easy
70 get up a sweat indoors when you pnar
ff half an hour, | start of with two
fparrlng partners, taking them on alter
tstely, First n round with one and then
q round with the other, without any rest
between rounds. This | keep up until |
have gone about ten rounds. This IL pref
" lively work, and after q few minutes
rest ] take a crack at the pounching bag.
Sometimes | hang the leather for fifteen
or twenty minutes, trying the blows |
Intend 10 use on Munr0e when we come
together. Bag punching IL good exercise,
hs / makes one fast and gives him u
quick eye and a good Idea OF distance.
Then | take TO the dumbbells and wrist
machines, Just TO enllven the muscles
that have been neglected by the other
work, A five or ten-minute inning with
'hese Instruments Is all that IL necessary,
and am then ready for a rub down and
q cold shower bath.
THIS IL my days schedule, and | Intend
t0,keep II up until the club for our bout Is
selected. Then | will go to the country
70 put the finishing touches to my work.