The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-22
BURNS TRAINING
IN MOUNTAINS
FOR SQUIRES
CIV. w. Naughton in San Francisco
EXaminer.)

Whether or not Tommy Burns is
destined to fill Jim Jeffries' shoes as
champion of the world remains to be
seen. In the meantime Tommy is
going over the ground that Jeffries
covered very thoroughly.
He occupies the cottage that jeff
ries occupied in this favored neck of
the woods. He sleeps in the same
bed that Jeffries slept in. He eats
at the table under which Jeffries was
used to dispose his leviathan lower
limbs at mealtime and he sits in the
chair that supported big Jim's bulk
Whether or not he accounts for as
much fodder as the newest member
of the los Angeles Retail Liquor
Dealers association is mooted
point, there being differences of opin-
ion here. Some think Tommy as
capable trencherman as big Jim
and according to Burns own de-
scription of lunch he got away with
the other day he is eager to be con-
sidered the equal of Jeffries in every
respect.
Here is what Tommy says he ate:
Two one-pound trout; large porter
house, four baked potatoes with side
vegetables to match; a plate of
bread, two dishes of custard, two
bowls of Strawberries and cream and
three cups of coffee.
Surely that's a brave showing for
a fellow who was scarcely known
three years ago.
This thing of having Burns follow
in the footsteps of Jeffries as closely
as possible is said to be a notion of
Jim Hays, proprietor of the Springs.
Hays was always proud of Jeff's sue
cess after a training spell and be-
ieves that if Tommy hews to the
Jeffries line in everything having to
do with his preparation good results
are more than likely to follow.
Burns uses the gymnasium and
handball court that were built for
Jeffries and also follows the trails
that Jeffries followed when mountain
climbing. About the only thing he
doesn't use is the 400-pound sandbag
that Jeffries had suspended from the
rafters of his exercising room. 1t
was Misunderstanding unwieldy piece
of equipment and Jeffries might new
er have brought it into requisition if
some one had not told him disturbing
stories of the immense strength en-
ioyed by Jack Munroe, the man he
was getting ready TO fight.
Munroe, as all the world knew
was miner, and it was whispered to
Jeffries that Jack, when in his tan
trums below ground, used to bend
crowbars across his knee and Shout
der supporting timbers out of place.
The effect was to cause JeffrieS to fit
himself as if for a chain-snapping,
weight-lifting tourney with Sandow,
the famous strong man, instead of a
glove contest with poor, meek
miner.
To return to Burns. He likes his
quarters and takes kindly to his
work. He says he was never better
suited in regard to a training camp
in his life, and he can understand
why big Jeffries came all the way to
the Lake county mountains to pre-
pare himself for his various ring bat
ties.
Burns made flying trip to Los
Angeles last week to see his protege,
Jimmy Burns, box the Montana Kid.
Tommy worked at every available op-
portunity while away, but for all that
his weight jumped five pounds. He
weighed 175 pounds before he set
out for Los Angeles and $50 when
he returned.
He got back here in the midst of
clear, warm weather and it took him
just twelve hours Monday to drop to
the rs mark again. A dozen miles
over the mountains in the crystal
morning air brought him back soak
ing wet with perspiration. That ac-
counted for three pounds. few
games of handball in the afternoon
with Jack Hunt and Don Mckenzie
followed by an hour and a half of
mixed exercises, including fast
three rounds with Mckenzie, sent
him to the scales at 175.
'Tll weigh more than that going
into the ring" said Burns. Il am
aiming to be faster and at the same
time stronger than ever before, for
feel somehow that all the fights I've
had will be baby play compared to
my coming affair with this deter
mined Australian. Figuring that it
will be a desperate fight, | want to
have some reserve strength and
weight to fall back upon. | generally
lose five or six pounds during a con-
test which lasts twenty rounds, and
as this one may go longer than that
] must be prepared in every way to
stand a siege. Mind, / don't say it
will go over twenty rounds. The ar
ticles call for forty-fiye rounds, and
there are two parties to the contest.
The length of it will depend upon
the way we fight, and as / can't tell
anything about the other man S
methods I have to keep in view the
possibility of the fight being a long
one.
In other words" put in Professor
Lewis, Burns trainer, Tommy is
training principally for endurance
this time. When he got ready for
big Marvin Hart he confined himself
mainly to building up his strength.
When he prepared for O'Brien he
trained for speed. This time he is
going against conundrum. While
lots of people think they have Squires
sized up no one knows just how he
fights. Burns, therefore, has to be
ready for anything that comes up
and when he says he is training for
endurance that covers the whole
question. Training for endurance
means the most thorough of all prep
arations and that's what we are Civ
ing Tommy this time.
incidentally we'd like to give the
lie to mischevious report that has
been circulated to the effect that
Burns isn't satisfied with the quart
ers here. He couldn't possibly be
better suited. | am interested in
seeing and having him at his very
host and I haUp no hesitation in COW