The San Francisco call., 1904-06-02
IEFFRIES HAS
AN OFF DAY
Both His Boxing Partners
Are Suffering From Effects
of Mixing 1t With Him
WORKS IN GYMNASIUM
Champion Plans to Arrive in
Oakland on the Tuesday
Before the Big Fight

HARDIN SPRINGS. June This
could be styled an off day in
the Jeffries camp, for everything ap-
/ peared to go at skies and sevens. Joe
Kennedy is nursing his injured wrist
and went about with it so lavishly
frescoed with iodine that it looked like
the yellow peril. The wrist was hurt
while Joe was in the East many weeks
ago, and was never given an oppor-
tunity to mend. His recent work
made It worse Jack Jeffries, who has
marked respect for his brother
punches, did not care about going 1t
alone, so boxing was crossed off the
menu to-day.
Then again the big fellow himself
did not seem to be bubbling over with
ambition, and worked but mildly in
the gymnasium after the breakfast
hour He tugged with the pulley
weights. skipped the rope and then
hammered the punching bag until the
leather spheroid collapsed under the
continuous bombardment. After this
came an abbreviated spell of shadow
boxing with light dumb bells, followed
by a game of handball.
1t was the last day in camp of
Officer Pat Foley, one of San Fran
cisco's finest, and he had blood in his
eyes. On Sunday last the champion
defeated Pat and Jack Jeffries at
handball two straight. the latter duo
playing as partners. This morning Pat
and Jack played with the skill of an
Eagan or a Fitzgerald, rubbing it into
the boilermaker two straight games
21-13-21-9. JEFF, however, made
ample apologies for his inaccurate
serving and general lack of clever
play by claiming he could not get his
left arm limbered up. The drubbing
was so decisive, however, that Dick
Adams, the court jester, was speech
less and stupefied for nearly minute,
when Secretary and Scorer Joe Eagan
announced the results. A run down
the Middletown road terminated Jeff s
work.
After luncheon Jeff took rife and
wandered off in the jungles in search
or woodpeckers, wild canaries, hum
ming birds, hippopotami and gators.
The frainers and champions admir-
ers passed the afternoon hours in hot
air sessions. It seems to be a conced-
ed fact UP here that the contest will be
a short one, so the betting was fixed
az 500 to $35. This; of course, brought
the discussion down to the number of
rounds it would last. AS is generally
known. Proprietor Jim Hayes of Har-
bin Springs is an ardent admirer of the
champion and when compared with the
latter Jim considers Spartacus of old
only a preliminary fighter. Hayes,
who drove a stage and six over st.
Helena Mountain when it was an ac-
tive volcano, says he has not missed
calling a championship fight in ten
years and will soak the family plate to
wager that Jeffries cleans up inside of
four rounds. Perhaps that isn't show
ing a quarter at two minute clip.
Fresh pipes were then served and a
recess was taken to compare notes.
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffries
and a big bus load of guests attended
a tent show at Middletown. The date
Of the big contest is not far off and it
is the intention of the champion to
break camp on the 14th inst. to take up
quarters at Oakland.
F E MIJLHOLLAND