The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-13
DON'T LOSE SLEEP
ABOUT JEFFRIES

THE wrinlxle-necked savants OF tne
oueensbery encourage are cohceFiltls
themselves with the physical conaltloh
- T,ro ferries. II the big Fellow
oornea hack and delivers the goods
,,,,tt,pp I'M a slashing fight after the
manner of his early days, some OIL
these wisenheimers will be mortimer
to death -
"aow can he come back?" they say.
.I5o1y can any man FIVE years out Oh
tbe game come back and expect 10 90
ANYTHING? Jim is a dead blrd'
Certainly Jeffries has been five years
ont NJ the game. Is there a man VINO
r,eIieves that Jim Jeffries, had he con-
+tnued training and lighting once or
twice a wear, would now find hlmseh
ali through at the age of "a? Hardly.
vat these same brilliant solons OF
tbo swat overlook the fact that Jim
Jeffries today is better OH physlcallS
than ~ he had been in constant tram
Ing for the last FIVE years. Inc long
seiges of hard training take the Aesn
edge off an athletes conditlon anu tue
more training a man undergoes tne nc
sooner does he become stale ana perel'
of his lighting vigor. 49,.
What do you do with race morse IS
when he shows that he has raced uhtll
his racing edge is worn on? you you
turn him out to pasture ana let MN
grow fat. After that you bring nun
back again and train him into racing
condition, when he goes out and races
the evebaIl out of all opposition Inc
long rest has done him good.
THAT ia lust Jeffs fix in nutshell
THE long rest has done him good; ano
be aid not wait until he was on the
down grade to take that rest.
well" they say, Jeff was hog fa'
when he started to train"
He was. but he's not hog fat now
Pa left that fat on the road ana II
!, unasiums all over the country. Fa'
ar hurt Jeffries He put on thirty
nds after every fight and took II
again almost as easily as he gain
it.
Wen, but Jefr was drinking all thai
ie"
Tut! He didn't drink any more
he did between his battles whei
was in active service. Prooapl!
as much"
3ut he smoked cigarettes"
He certainly did. He smoked bush
Ella of those little brown Native Sor
.,garettes manufactured in San Fran
500. They hurt his wind and the!
g4i him the only real harm he sustain
d during his layon.
While we are worrying over Jlr
tribes do not overlook the fact tina
.t7ree wears of his layoff was spent o
ID. Burbank alfalfa plantation, wher
fIre
frad men on the premises. During thl
me the only liquor on the JeHrle'
,pcb was an occasional case OF beel
Jeffries at "a should be In his prime
Ills designations have not been OF Tn
nature to wreck the fine physlca
equipment with which he begun Il'
Johnson is Roseben for the prim
rose path; Jeffries has neVe
been much Of a fellow for the orish
lights. He is a simple elementary sol
of a giant who would rathed be on
in the high hills with rife than pop
ping corks in a cafe.
The worst that can be said for Je
IS that he laid eff for five years.
the time he ceased training, he was
the finest trim Of his life. He has ne
reached the point at which an athlet
begins to go down hill.
During the five years Jim grew II
and short winded. He has already lo'
that fat; all that remains is for nil
to regain his endurance-his wind, "
call 1t.
Cnce assured that Jeffries can sta
twenty fast rounds, there need be
more worry about him. With JEFF bl
half as good as he was upon retire
ment. he will be a 10 to shot over
big negro without a heart.
In point of age. Johnson is thr'
years younger than Jeffries. 1t cal
not be said Of Johnson that he HI
Owed q careful life. For the la
eight years he has been under Il
bright lights as often as he could g
there. Since beating Burns he h
been setting q terrific clip, as w
shown by his condition when he we
into training for Kaufman.
Johnson TO be at his best should n
weigh more than 100, at which