El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-10
JEFF'S VAUDEVILLE
SHOW NOT MAX
INC HIT

New York. y. W Jan. 1O.-Judging
from the reports that are finding their
way TO this city from the south, the
Jefcries- Berger Gotch vaudeville COM
pany is now makingsthe hit on the CIR
cult that was expected. The impression
appears TO be spreading that the big
fellow should drop his theatrical tour
and get. down to real training if he IS
to be taken seriously as q contender in
the fight with johnson next summer
Kisses and boots OF derisIon are not
unknown sounds in the ears of the
former champion. and it is said that he
is seriously contemplating cutting short
his tour and heading direct for the Pa
cific coast.
The fall-champion'' troupe was round
~ Kissed recently in New Orleans. and
Jeffries himself came in for a burst OF
displeaSure at his exhibition in Calves
ton The constant bombardnent by
questicners and interviewers all along
the line is also said to have got on the
big mans nerve and he is said to be
determined TO get to work al once and
prove to his detractOrs that he can and
will train and get into condition TO de-
feat Johnson The --latest description Of
Jeffries and his work as reported by a
New Orleans sporting writer appears to
DcSiT OUT TINS 1Oed- II is as IOIOWS-
"Jeffries is probably down 10 weight
but he is far from being in condition
>The big fellow has very little superflu-
Gus flesh. but his flesh is not hard It
is soft and muscular His condition IS
readily shown when he and Frank
Gotch are seen together GOtch's mus
cles are all hard and his flesh is all
muscle, while Jeffries is exactly the op-
posite- Whether six months work will
kfS int ccTo n
question. and a serious one, with JEFF
fries. Then too, his wind is exceeding
" bad He boxed three one minute
rounds with Berger and was putting
hard after each round His nose still.
seems to bother him and he Seems TO
breathe deeply with difficu,Cv. In one
thing Jeffries is as fast as he ever
was and that is in footwork- He is as
light as cat on his feet AMI quick and
clever In fact. he is unusually fast on
his feet for such big man Nearly ev-
cry one who saw him commented upon
his speedy foOtwork. and those who saw
him in his prime said that he was as
good as ever in this -rspee--
TT looks like this theatrical tour viii
do Jeff no good. All through his stunt
when he shadow boxes and spars he
does not seem TO be in earnest He goes
through it like it was an awful grind
He makes it rather entertaining for the
crowd. but a year OF such work would
never get him in condition When a
fighter has been out Of the game for
five years It takes hard. earnest work
to get him back into shape.
His sparring with Berger was really
funny. Both wear about 10 ounce gloves
young pillows-and the hammering
they get would harm no one Berger
! swings wildly and Jeff ducks, and the
/ crowd thinks Jeff is very clever Then
/ Berger Shoves his face out and lets JEFF
poke him thrice in the face with the
/ pillow The bout is interesting enough.
/ but so awfully tame.
! Getting off the superfluous flesh
\ was probably a hard task. and the whole
I Caucasian race ardently hopes that jeff
will make hard muscle out of what Is
! soft flesh now. If he does and his wind
/ gets better. i viii be goodby John
son"