The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-10
Jeffries Go With the Miner Next
Friday Night May Turn
Up a Surprise.
GOSSIP OF TRAINING CAMPS.
JEFF, Despite His Hard Work,
Weighs 23 Pounds; Six As
sistants Fail to Tire Munro
in Afternoon.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco. June "a week from to-
morrow night James ]. Jeffries and
Jack" Monro. the miner. will fight be-
fore the Yosemite Athletic Club Of San
Francisco for the title OF champion heavy
weight fighter OF the world.
Az the time for the battle draws nearer
the feeling. generally prevalent among the
sporting fraternity. that Jefries will adj
minister a good pounding TO the miner is
gradually disappearing. Many followers OF
the squared circle are now willing to risk
a little on Munro.
The men will enter the ring with very
different thoughts in their minds. The bat
tie does not mean the same thing to each
OF them. All Munro has to do is his best,
and he will ONE out of the fray with
wha prestige he has ~unimpaired. He is
strong as a bull. has youth on his side,
knows a little OF the game, and his repu-
tation for courage Is without a blemish.
IL is scarcely possible that Jenries will be
able to put such a mar away in short or
der.
A victory for Munro will mean a for
tune and undying fame TO him. He will
be hailed as the man that defeated the
greatest champion We have ever had.
Jeffrics is the man who will risk a great
deal in this fight. 1t may cost him as
much money as Munro will gain through
a victory. 10 say nothing of the loss of
prestige In the eyes of the sporting world.
Il MAJ mean the beginning OF the end
for the famous b~oilermaker. as it did for
John l.. Sullivan. hat Jeffries, with this
in mind. win fight as cautiously as in all
his previous battles Is a certainty. Mum
70 will have to be a wonder to defeat
such a champion.
JEFFRIES PITCHES HAY.
Jefries is willing to work at anything
hat keeps him out of the sun A few
days ago three loads of hay were brought
to the stable at the Springs. Jeffries was
interested at once. The stablemen were
just rigging up the tackle to Hoist the
big bales into the loft when Jeffrfes ap-
peared. The champion showed them ASIDE
and proceeded to heave the bales through
the door OF the loft by hand.
Lifting a bale of hay Is something like
having a white elephant on your hands.
literally speaking. Three or four good
lifts convinced the champion that there
was more training in the Job h he
wanted in one day. and he rugged up the
tackle himself and went to work. Three
fore Jeffries would stop. His ands were
soft for that kind of work and he had
raised a fine crop of blisters. His clothes
were soaked In perspiration and he was
htGN. 1uI a Noot batlk puN INN tt6u Ill
he ate lunch. rested awhile and finished
OF with a hard afternoon in the gymna-
stun.
After his work yesterday Jeffries jumped
on the scale and then OF before the cor
respondent could see the figures. but he
names 2i as the figure. He certainly
does not weigh less.
Delaney was pleased with the big fell
lows condition.
He is all right now" he said. "I never
saw him looking better. He is bigger thar
he ever was before In his life ht1f he fS
bring him down in flesh. Trying to get
d dSS t9 e low weight was one OF JenT hs
be as big as a mountain when he gets into
the ring with Munro. He sticks to the out
door life and the result will be seen when
MUNRO TRAINS HARD.
Munro put in a very %enuo day at his
training camp yesterday and at the end
OF the work HIS trainers were about tired
out. In the afternoon he took on Joe
Long. Mcdonald. owen n Jack Sulli-
van, Frank Nassano and Andy Gallagher,
one right after the other without rest, and
would have done more. but was called of
by Tim McGrath, who said he did not
want the miner to get too good all at
once.
A go on the pulleys. and then Andy Gal
lagher butted in with the medicine ball.
Andy had on a great big chest protector,
as the bel, comes at him as II driven by
a 500-pound charge Of powder.
After going at the protector for fifteen
minutes. the miner sailed into the big sand
bag. and soon had 1t in distress. When
work was dom a smile came over Tim
McGrath's face, and he said:
THE big bruiser Is working like a steam
engine. and is getting into beautiful condi-
ton. Did you ever see a man improve like
he has? Nothing will stop him on the
night OF the fight. and II Jeffriss don't look
words-Munro is the goods"