Evening journal., 1910-05-03
HAS BEENS" MAY
QUEER JEFFRIES
Jlm'S Lack Of Form Worries
Sporting Men as Big
Battle Draws Near
ALL HOPE CORBETT
WILL GET ON JOB SOON
BY United Press Leased Special wire

BY United Press Leased Special wire.
SAN FRANCISCO. May s-There is
something rotten-not in Denmark-but
in Jeffres training camp. Despite all
the bull reports that have been sent
out as to the splendid condition OF the
champion and the strenuousness Of the
training methods, il has become an
open secret that sincere admirers OF
JEFF and men anxious to back the
champion in his July 4th fight arc hold
ing their money. Men who know the
| fighting game and are unprejudiccd in
their viewpoint state that some radical
changes are going to be necessary in
Jeffries' camp and training methods II
the big fellow is TO have an chance
with Johnson.
/ The Jeffries camp at Rowardennan
/ has been dubbed The old mans home"
by reason Of the number of has-been
fighters who arc engaged in the task
Of rounding Jemrics into form.
The dissatisfaction among Jeffs
friends eliminated with the arrival Of
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his methods which are branded as plain
bunk" a number of sporting writer's
have been touting Choynsk as a won
der, who 'plans stiff daily hght with
his charge" Men who know and who
have had an opportunity To see things
on the inside declare that Choynski
can give JEFF just about as stiff a
workout as a bantam weight could.
4 ell rrsI.. as~I4t
ing days ended years ago. cannot pos
sibly get into condition to be of any
value to JEFF and that his stomach is
in such condition as to make him joke
as boxer.
number Of eastern papers have
devoted great deal Of space 10 Bob
Armstrong. "Jeffries' great sparrinE
partner. who is suppling the real active
which the champion needs"
Armstrong is also joke as a fighter
and is so much afraid Of Jeffries' wal
lops that he is valuable for little ex-
cept for making pace I'm a race. But
he is a very good rubber. The talk
of Berger's value TO the champion as
sparring partner causes those who
know Sammy 10 smile. Berger is so fat
and out Of condition that refernce Ia
Fighting men about Frisco have Of
fered to wager good odds they can
pick up a dozen young fellows who
are fighting i'm semi-fnals and pre-
liminaries. about this city, who can
whip any one of the training partners
The truth is that there is not a
strong young fellow about Jehries
training camp who can give the bis
fellow gruelling bout in training
The men who are really anxious tC
see Jeffries win and who want to bel
their money on the champion. are al
most praying that Jim Corhett viii sooi
take charge Of things Although
Gentleman Jim" is a "has BEEN him
self. he does know something about
conditioning fighter. and he coulC
give Jeff a better fight than all the
other trainers combined.
If JEFF gets into condition there must
be changes. JEFF never was a bear
for work and he needs some one to spur
him on. He is not his own "boss" no
matter what may be said. and Is shy
the initiative that made Jim Corbeti
and Jack O'Brien great fighting men
Billy Delaney could handle JEFF, and
as long as he was at the helm Jim was
the lighting wonder of the age.
To an outsider, the training camr
looks like a midway in a county fair
run to make money and not to max,
Jeffries a champion. They charge fol
everything. Berger. the "boy man.
ager," has the concessions. He ever
sells Exclusive news" about the train
ing. Jehries stands for this becaus,
he hates being interviewed and photo
i graphed He leaves everything Z,
Berger.
Fans are hoping-even praying-tha
JEFF will 'go into real training"
Art music. and literature" neve
produced a Sleep making hook to tn,
jaw. even though Choynski has in
troduced such novel training method
JEFF must heave-to and 60 about oi
another tack, and quickly, if he want
TO keep his word and ''SiH Jack John
son on the Fourth Of July"