The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
Wants IF DOL Noise
About to Help Him
Forget.
WILL NOT LISTEN
TO HIS TRAINERS
Mike Murphy Pronounces John.
son Worst Handled Man He
Has Ever Seen-His Camp
in Contrast to Serious As
pect of Jeffries's
|. Quarters.
BY MIKE MURPHY,
,Dmcinl Trainer of the University Of

by MIKE MURPHY,
tDMcinl Trainer of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Copyright by Philadelphia North
American Co and The Times Dispatch)
Reno June 25.-Jenries is training
with system and Judgment. while
Johnson. though in good shape, is
about the worst handled man l ever
saw.
An able trainer would be worth
about $1,000 a day to Johnson right
now Back OF the failure OF Delaney
to accompany him to Reno and put
him through the hardest kind OF PAGES
In the days that intervene, there must
be come story. Delaney knows JEFF
fries's style. and should have been an
invaluable aid 10 the negro.
Like Jeffries, johnson wants to be
the boss of his own preparation. but.
unlike the white man. he does not
know enough. and is unwilling to
undergo the gruelling that JEFF acr
cepts without complaint as part of
what he must undergo in order to be
at his best for the fight.
Astonishing Contrast.
The contrast between the two camps
Is astonishing, jeffries goes to bed
before . o'clock and permits nothing
to disturb him. He makes IT clear that
to have his sleep free from Interrupt
ton. for he knows that an hour before
midnight is worth two afterward
But johnson does the exact opposite.
He tries to hold the crowd. Last night
Flanagan tried to have the hangers
on moved away at 10 o'clock. but
johnson couldn't see il, He said he
liked 10 have everything lively and
pleasant around. and that being used
sn hat rf ho tN.s, inf cd
TO go TO bed before II o'clock.
This point L noticed especially, for.
as every trainer knows. the element
OF sleep Is OF vital Importance.
Johnson has small army OF helpers
boxers and hangers-on. I don't see
how they can accommodate them all,
and the expense must be enormous. but
with johnson 1t seems to be the more
the merrier. He seems TO me like a
man that was much worried and is
brooding over something and wants all
this fool noise around him so that he
will forget.
The negro likes to play the bass vio-
lin and is strong for having a lot OF
singing around him. His eating some
what surprised me. for at lunch he ate
two trout
Queer Training Camp.
1t is the queerest training camp 1
IL j d
licked I'd handle him just the way they
are doing with Johnson. though the
fault is probably the negros for In
sisting on having his own way about
everything.
Nobody knows who is boss. In spite
Of their reported reconciliation, John
son tells me he will have nothing to
do with Little and that Flanagan is
his manager. Flanagan tries hard. but
the camp runs itself, Its atmosphere is
very different from the serious tone of
preparation in the Jeffries quarters
Johnson does not talk about the
light. His hopes seem-to be centred on
the kind of boxing he has been doing
with husky fellows like AL Kaufman.
who rough 1t with him ten to fifteen
rounds a day in the hardest kind of
bouts
Regarding his work in this kind of
boxing, want to reserve Judgment for
a day yet, for day the most impor-
tant work Johnson did was his running.
When the champion came in from this
test ! saw him weighed, and the figure
was announced as 2l0 pounds
This Is loss of TIRES pounds in three
or four days.
Looks In Good Shape.
In general appearance johnson also
looks to be in good shape.
He is very big. being little smaller
than Jeffries. and the three years ad
vantage he has in youth is going Ia
mean much to him. Johnson strips
very fine specimen; in fact, doub,
II two finer put up men tlutn Jeffrics
/. and johnson ever came together in a
ring In the history of pugllism.
The negro is not quite so heavily
built as the boiler-maker, his should
ers are little less massive. but he Is
finely proportional, and, like Jeffries
he gives a splendid appearance al
symmetry. One of the marked differ.
ences in the men is in the chest JEFF.
fries looks to have no less than nine
inches more than the negro but the
Johnson biceps are something to mar.
vol at AS he stood to-day he un.
daubtedly has more muscle there thar
even his huge rival. Those who be.
lieve that Johnson lacks hard enough
punch to put away the hoilcrmuker arc
evidently not reasoning by the i'm.
preston of power carried by that re.
J narkable black arm
His forearm and wrist are also quit,
little bigger than those of the whit,
man.
Jefrries continues massive all tn,
way down, while johnson tapers lik,
greyhound, even though it be II
lltulii q lluSce SNSSiuulurs AOI MS walsh
thigh, calf and ankle are all smalle
than those of Jeffries.
Hurricane Wind-Up, VI
Johnson's skin and eye both indicat
fine condition. Ills skin fairly glls
tens, and it is evident that his rubber
have not overlooked constant massage
Johnsonlis going to make a hurrican
wind-up with his partners. Kaufman
Cutler, Cotton and Dave Mills. II
PROMISES to take. them all in a ROY
daily from now until the time OF TIL
% tight,
This is not a good place for running
or walking, and both lighters will hav