Bisbee daily review., 1904-08-23
Heavy Weights
 Full of Hope
JEFFRlES AND MUNROE SAY
 THEY WERE NEVER BETTER.
Each Expects to Be vietor-champion Says His Leg is All Right Now and He Doesn't Mind His Extra Fat --Miner Mnuroe Wants Long Fight.

San Francisco. Aug. 22.-The asso- ciated press has received the inter- views below from the big fighters who will go into the ring Friday night to battle for the heavyweight champion snip Of the world. The first is from Jim Jeffries. and is as follows:
 l can tell all that is to be said about my my present condition lin three words. l am satisfied. At this stage of training I was never better pleased with my condition. Things have gone very smoothly here this time. We have had spell of hot weather that gave me -a little worry. but I have dodged that at night by working at night, and lost nothing by it.
 My bum" knee is as good as it ever was II have given it all sorts of tests lately. and nothing hurts it. There is no chance of it causing another post ponment.
 About weight I can say nothing. do not know positively what I weigh. and l don't care to know. I suppose l am around the 220-mark. All I know is l feel as fine as silk and that lets me out. Worrying over a few pounds of fat never did me any good, and I have passed it up. As long as feel O. K. and am able to do my hard work without getting distressed things are right.
 I am doing a lot of work with my heavy sand bag and it has done won ders for me. I am stronger than ever. fast as l ever will be. and able to walk all day without getting fagged.
 l want to let it be known that feel absolutely sure that I am better than ever, and I expect to find Munroe one of te easiest man to whip that have ever faced.
 Billy Delaney. who has trained me for all my big fights, agrees with me in this. and guess his opinion will go long way to prove that I know what I am talking about.
 It will do no good saying what will happen in the fight. All that I care to say about that is that I will show that miner up when he crawls through the ropes.
 Miner Jack Munroe writes of his condition as follows:
 The training stunt certainly seems tc be my strong suit. I have taken to the work this time like kitten to milk and I am this moment fit to fight.
 was afraid that postponment of the last date with Jeffries would do me no good, but the case has been different When I quit training thought I was a very unfortunate fighter, and that l could not get as thoroughly fit again.
 But you ought to see me know could not be better. From the first day the work commenced, to now. the daily routine has been pleasure to me There has been no dragging. have always felt like working, and have only quit when ordered to do so. am sure the let up the postponmen' caused has worked to my betterment.
 am not in the habit of making any cracks about what am going to dc in a fight Boosting never got maI much. But will say that feel vii put up a great fight, and that, if am licked it will be because the cham pion is better man than I am. ex pect to win and am going to fight fo all there is in me.
 The way figure the fight out is this Jeffries has weight on me, experience and reach. On him I have youtl and speed. I think We break even ol punching ability. Confidence count for a lot I am as confident as man can be.
 If there is any advantage in strength