Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
IEFFRIES' DEFENSE BETTER
Big Fellow Shows Excellent Form in
Bout with Cerbett,
AssA1s BLACK MANS BEST BLOW
Gets Good Practice Hooking COiored
Rivals MurderOus JaB--JOhn-
son shuns Gymnasium for
Automobile.

Rem LOMOND, Cal, June 1.-THE YER
dict OF the Jeffries camp followers, after
watching the bout. yesterday between
Jeffrles and Corbett, is that Jeffries has
worked up an impregnable defense against
Johnson's famous uppercuts
| Ever since coming to the camp, Corbett
has been studying and practiclng the black
mans murderous jab, which has done so
much in bringing victory to the negro, and
today he showed a battery of hot ones at
JeffrieE, duplicating as nearly as possible
Johnsons blow. The big fighter hooked
them, all before they landed, out-boxing
his lightning-fast opponent at every turn.
HE looks mighty good to me-" said
Eddie Smith OF Oakland, one-tlme candi-
date for the position of referee of the big
fight mo one can better realize that
than Sam Berger and myself, the remark
able Improvement in Jeffriee fighting trim
Sam was Jeffries' sparring partner and
was a mimic referee. when the big fellow
made his first public appearance in a San
Francisco theater after a 1ay-off OF nearly
six years.
'At that tine Jeffries was so high In
flesh and in such poor shape that he
could not stand three minute rounds, and
the rounds were cut to thirty seconds. At
that time he was badly winded, and could
scarcely speak after each show. 1t was
hard to believe him the same man, whom
1 saw working this morning. In my opin-
ion he viii fight the toughest sort of a
contest right now. Personally, however.
1 would like to see a little more flesh on
him.
Several eastern newspaper man, recent
arrivals, watched the workout and said
many kind things about Jeffries.
Instead OF boxing again, Jeffries went
back on the road this afternoon, making
speedy trip to Boulder Creek. On the
way back he covered four miles over the
mountain In twenty-six minutes. There will
be more boxing tomorrow, but not with
either Corbett or Choynski, both Of whom
left for San Francisco shortly before noon
They will appear in a thrse-round exhi-
bition bout for fraternal organization to-
morrow afternoon.
Jack Shuns Gym.
SAN FRANCISCO June 11.-With TIVE
days of hard work ahead of him on Satur-
day and Sunday, Jack johnson Stunned the
gymnasium yesterday and although A
Kaufman was plugging away merrily, the
champion busted himself with his automo-
biles both OF which are In need of slight
repair.
hours in a downtown garage and did no
return to his quarters until well in tn,
afternoon. He was out on the road a.
usual In the morning and took his twelv,
mile course in leisurely fashion, complet
ing the distance In something like al
: hour and thirty-five minutes.
1.-THE best time over the course" saiC
Trainer Tom Flanagan, was one hour an(
twenty-one minutes. johnson tested him
self out on that day, but the fight Is too
: far off for him TO be continually sprinting
} The last week will be cutting down tn,
, distance and speeding up"
The suit that has been commenced b.
i George Little, In which the promoters, Mrs
Muirhead, who conducts the training quar-
Q tiers, and others interested, are warne,
e against paying over to johnson any none.
r before the % per cent claim is adjusted
0 does not seem to bother johnson in tn
least.
II am not worried about that" no said
e George Little knows that he has not
9 chance to beat me in that fight. and un
n less he slows down. will do some talk
: ing and then he will be sorry about 1t.
Q On Saturday and Sunday Afternoon
: johnson announces. he will box four round
= with Al Kaufman in edition to goin
several rounds with his regular sparrin
y partners.
The latest wrinkle at the johnson cam
II 10 a night Waterman. Cal. McVey, one
n time famous as catcher for the old Cincin
h natl Reds, 10 the man on the Job and h
o patrols the beach from dark until the su
Il rises. His beaten path is directly under tn
: rooms occupied by Johnson. There was a
Is effort in camp TO keep this secret, bu
II now that 1t has leaked out, 1t is admitte
n that Jack does not want to take an
5. chances with strangers strolling around VI