The Washington times., 1909-11-19
JEFF'S SLOW WORK
PROVES BUT LITTLE
Interesting Exhibition of Gymnastc Stunts Such as All
Boxers Perform-FIe Looks Good. Has
He the Staminap
By THOMAS S. RICE.

James J. Jefries and his trained
troupe of performers give a show that
is interesting but not especially thrill
ing.
Their work at the Lyric in Baltimore
last night was worth seeing, but hard
~ at the rate % from one TO five dol
lars per throw There was Soodly
crowd on hand. but il would have been
much larger had rate Of nifty cents
TO three dollars been charged. These
may appear soTdid details, but they
are OF moment for the company VIII
go through ITS stunts I'm Washington on
December 8 If we an live and noJhihs
happens ..-
But the main question is DID his
showing last night indicate tnat JeIIfles
is fl to battle for the worlds cham
pionship with Jack Johnson on some
date between now and July A. next
In our opinion that exhibition OF ABOUT
ten minutes OF ordinary training worA
proved nothing at all. The question
about his chances with Johnson re-
mains unanswered, and will until lhey
have fought eight or ten ROUNDS.
Fine Figure of a Man.
ToffrIes looks the part of a man IN
the nrime of life He is a remarkably
large man, and with his square set head
and broad shoulders gives an impress
sion of hugeness when attIred IN street
clothes. When stripped for the Tins
Ieffrles loses all appearance OF eNces-
sive bigness In fact, his proper IouS
sre good and he does not look as DIS
vo,, womb expect. He is not 1.-the
or sylph-like, but built along the lines
- q bigb-grade athlete who must COM
or5rrsuce His muscles DO not Ste'lt
out i'm knOtted punches IKE llOsS -
y,-resfIers and professional su ne nc
A. uresent he Is not trained me ali.
- - =; 1eturaI that his muscles should
he hurled but even were ne IN il5iLllli53
trim he would not be as LlusCIe - ''ii0-
in apnearance as you might expect
. JehI ,le coTId reduce the sUper1uous
Aesb ne acquired In his nVe years o.
retirement from puglllSn. 1nSLS g.
distinct traces OF the grin s ,LL- -
nut should he take it ell on now a NJ
Teen il OF for the benefit of the cflllGyss
between now and next July ne W'I ~
he SO overturned in six months ne
would be a wreck.
lust Enough Flesh.
He has just about enough OF the
.rtra avoirdupois TO keep his health IN
excellent trim. Also, his color Is OF q
natural glow. The deep setting or ms
ewes In his heavy head deceiVes Ions
range observers into thinking that ne
is worn and tired, but the truth is his
axes are bright and indicate that there
fs soothing wrong with him, ana I!lat
his training has not proved wearing
on his system. 49,, f-fy,,-
Ieefries slzips the rope with suTprlslns
s.r-fnqinees ana dizziness HIS ShadoW-
Starring stunt IS brief, but his dctions
0uiclx The pulling with the uVe-pouhu
exercisers was all that could be de
Mccormick a Joke.
The bolt with Jack Mccormick was
a Joke and proved nothing at all. II
ferries had landed on Jack with any
force he would Immediately have been
the main figure in a trial for manslaugh-
ter Mccormick was a hundred pounds
or 50 overweight and as helpless as a
hsbv before the bOileTmaker, who posi-
lively refused to even slap nun smart
IN for fear of fatal consequence
Much was expected OF this bout with
Mccormick as giving line on JeIIlles
real footv-0rk and the speed with Whlch
he could change pace but II was merely
a1ovy-spa ming I'm an exaggerated
form and the four one-mlnute ROUNDS
were wasted time. Jen should get d
husky sparTing partner VINO can take
a waiiop-
lust the Usual Stunts.
The entire Baltimore colony of pugi-
lists turned out 10 take note OF tie
king Of the craft They were unani-
nous in declaring that ne looked
goods and most Of them let their
enthusiasm and prejudice lead them TO
say that ne would have an edge on
Johnson. but on second thought they
were not SO sure about IT,
Jeffries' exhibition was just the kind
furnished by every old-timel who an
uOunces that he viii take one more
chance They invite the sporting writ
ers 10 visit their camps. and even II
they are centenarians, they 60 through
an training stuff with more OF less vim