The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-23
That Is, According to Fig
ures Given Out by
Farmer Burns.
HAS LITTLE FLESH
TO BE WORKED OFF
About Eight Pounds Less and He
viii Be Fit 10 Enter
Ring.

JEFFRIES TRAINING CAMP, ROW
ARDENAN. Cal, April 23.-When Jim
JeHries started on his run to Boulder
Creek this morning he tipped the
beam at exactly 22S pounds
This information was given out by
Farmer Burns" who hailed the for
rner champion into the darkest re-
cesses Of the gymnasium last night
end, after putting him on the scales.
got busy with the tape and records,
and made g brand-new set OF meas
ure-nents- Accordings 10 the figures
given out by the veteran trainer,
Weighs 22S pounds
Stands just feet / ID inches.
Measures Is inches around the neck
Forty-five inches around the chest
normal and so Il inches expanded
II frtv-six inches around the waist
T-veRty-six inches thigh.
Seventeen inches calf
Ten inches ankle.
Sixteen inches biceps.
Eighteen inches forearm.
Eight and oue-g EarJer lncnes NIlsl-
This is the Irst time Jeltrles. omclal
weight has been given out, ana the
fight fans received the annclLIe-Lel Z
with considerable satisfaction Mana
. ger Berger. declared seFefal Gays aSo
that Jem would not md II necessary
10 take of more than ten POUNDS De-
fore July l. If this can De taken IS
official. the former champion viii en-
ter the rfne- weighing In the nelg1DOT-
hood OF 200 pounds
Threat for Armstrong
An Indication Of the bitter animosit7
that may be reused BY the negroes OF
rHe. country against Bob Armstrong,
himself a coIored man, for helping
Jefries condition for his fight against
the black champion was conveyed 10
Armstrong this morning In an anCny-
nous postal card which he received
from the South In br-et psI vim
T=0+fvp MESA re. ArmSLTOCE IS warned
rhat re viii be killed IL he ever ven
lures 20 return to the South Ihe
postal reads
EaiubrlGEe. Cfa----YoU are a dead man
If Won ever come south for training a
white man 10 beat Jack Johnson
Armstrong refuses 10 take the threat
Il don't think any OF them nisgers
down there win do much 20 me- said
he ANYHOW don't expect to visit
Bainbridge In the near future
Another Hard Day.
Iefries was up bright and early this
morning prepared 20 put IN an even
more strenuous day than yesterday He
started OF with a uiue-uile run and fol
lowed up with an hours gymnasium
work before luncheon Jeffries showed
great vim IN his boxing bout with arm
strong, and there were times during the
entertainment when the darky prob
ably wished he was in Cambridge
One OF the next things on the program
viii be a boxing session between jim
and BIZ Papke. When It is coming OF
no cue VIII say but Il IS certain the
choice morseI viii be handed out very
shorty.
Choynszi began light work today and
expects TO take a regular part IN the
training by the first Of next week
Armstrong Timid.
With sam LanETOrd and Frank GOtch
IN camp. Jenries ought to gets all the
rough work It IS admitted he greatly
needs Bob ArrnstrouE's timidity and
Farmer BUNS increasing age milf
tate against their doing anything strend-
Gus When JEFF crowds Armstrong a
BIT In the boxing bouts. big Bob hangs
over the ropes. yeIs for help, or turns
tail and fees precipitately.
Every time he puts on the gloves with
Armstrong. Jeffries e-rlns and reminds
the Spectators Of the closing rounds OF
his fight with Armstrong In New York.
when the negro did the same thing after
he discovered he could not do anything
that would hurt The California grizzly,
even with his hardest punches
Yesterday Jeffries put on the gloves
for a fast dve-rOund bout taking on
Armstrong for three rounds. at the end
OF which the negro took Il on the run
Then Berger dCnCed the gloves and
stayed two rounds It was noticed that
Berger was continually trying 70 land
an uppercut- Jack Johuson's favorire
blow Joe C1oyusId was at the nZsfde.
He VII probably box with Jeftrles to-