Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
THE COMING FIGHT.

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speculations on the Outcome of Mondays
Fight-The Condition of Jeffries and
Johnson-Bets on the Result.
Jeffries Training Camp, Reno, New,
July 2.-Contrary to the popular belief,
there is nothing incongruous in the
statement that james j. Jeffries will be
in the best condition of his career when
he enters the ring next Monday. There
is nothing miraculous about this, and
this trite expression has become an
actual fact. The reason for the sup
posed incongruity lies in the fact that re-
tirement is commonly associated with
old age. Jeffries's retirement came
when he was 80 years old, before the
physical maturity to which men of
large frame come late. Jeffries is
larger boned now than he was
then, and he has developed i'll every
manner. Jeffries has not had TO come
back" in the sense that he was a has
BEEN" but as precaution he has de-
voted year and half TO preparatian
for a fight for which training would
usually last only six weeks.
Jeff will be faster Monday than in
any previous fight. His system Of
training has been designed to build u?
his speed and soften his muscles, As
the result OF having soft muscles. he
has been able to stand more punish
ment than he would if natures armor
had been hard and rigid. With this
end in view, Jeffries has actually spent
more time on the massage table than
in the ring, and the result will be an
athletic masterpiece for speed and en-
durance.
A great deal has been said Of Jeffries's
lack OF boxing practice. On the eve Of
the Fl ght, now that secrecy is no longer
OF any value, will say that Jeffries has
had practically double the amount Of
boxing and massage that the public has
heard of. For several weeks past and
on every day when the crowd was dis
appointed in not getting 10 see the big
fellow work, he was boxing.
Jeffries has been rising at 4, a. m,
and has been hauling out his brother
Jack and Bob Armstrong for secret
boxing. These workouts were invari-
ably followed by massage, the whole
proceeding being kept secret in order
to clinch the belief i'll Johnson's camp
that Jeffries was not working as hard as
necessary.
Jeffries will win this fight well
under 80 rounds, but should the battle
go beyond that, it will see Jeffries car
rying the battle so full Of speed and
vitality as to surprise all except his
most intimate followers Roger Cor
nell, chief trainer for Jeffries.
Johnson's Training Camp, Rick
Resort, Reno, New, July 2. Betting on
Mondays fight, which has been light
up to the present time, despite CON
trary reports, began to get brisk today.
Some indication of what the John
son followers will do and where they
stand on the betting was given out
last night when crowd Of Jacks fol-
lowers tried to bluff Bob Armstrong,
Jeffries's dusky sparring partner, by
offering to bet 81, 900 on Johnson at
6 1-2 to 10. Armstrong Immediately
amid the ieers Of his col
ored brethren, but the Johnson camp
lost its jubilancy and changed its tone
when Bob returned half an hour later,
accompanied by Denver Ed Martin
and thousand plunks to bet The
admirers of Johnson declined to wager
and the big crowd that had gathered at
the hotel hooted them.
Most OF the pugilists OF the world
trainers and others say Jeffries will win |
in the fight.
Birmingham, Ala, July I'm !
order that there shall be no chance |
Of race war following next Mondays |
Caucasion- Ethiopian contest at Reno
Mayor Frank H. O'Brien today issued |
an ord r MT negroes and whites shall
not be permitted to congregate i'll the |
same places to hear the news Of the
fight. Bulletins are received in a |
number Of amusement parks, theatres
and halls, the Mayor today warned the
that they must not permit |
he races to mix. Each must be either
I white or black crowd, declared the
mayor.
Chicago, July 2.-Several thousand
dollars was bet here today at 10 to Z on
he Jeffries-Johnson fight, the white
nan ruling favorite. Interest in the
betting increased here late yesterday
and it was estimated that with today's
bets, nearly $75, 900 of Chicago money
mas been put up on the outcome of the
mill. The Canadiab sporting fratern-
ty is pouring money into Chicago to
bet on the fight and is predicted that
iully 100000 from the north will be
posted here DO Monday afternoon.
Carthage, Mo-, July 3 Every
nan with red blood in his veins should
zee the JefrieS-Johnson fight. declared
Rev. f. E. Trail, pastor Of the First
Baptist Church, in a sermon which
las created a furore here. He pre-
licted that Jeffries would win Inside Of
10 rounds.
Rescued from Pools.