The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-20
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
JEFFRIES Will WEIGH 23J
POUNDS, SAYS BERGER.


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mt the Dollermaker sim Refuses 70 Get
On the scales IN Publ1e Ssaisd az
8@o when ne went On the stage
-JshasSa's TrNlalnS plans cntil""'I.
The mystery As To the exact weight Of
Jcnries attn puzzles tho hNlt "Ttit,s The
watchful BERGER announced - the training
oamp on Mondav that l"nrir, .Ouid w~ish
not less than 80 pounds ~h.n h" -'"pS
into the ring at Emervvill' On lulv 3 hsr-
Ger handed out this b. at ..upnT, AM IA
formation after lsfri'- bsd l.'s'n pn the
soales In a private roam Nth shutters iraO ~
and doors lo"ked H.. pirutsiiv %" word
was pa~-.sJ that tao hstgruals'r hai l"-t
ten pounsl- siae,. H. y,nning NorA - Rev sr-
dennan Photograph ~ .i,.gIi.-, received
here bv veteran ring fUi'pwrt- q 30" >aW hn'I
nj hts best When he whipped l't s.i'uinau-
a. Con.N izland nearly eleven yeats agn
would seem To- tndi'at- tbr Erc-sfn - If ~ IitN
pOunC- of -uyrrtiuoas flesh. Ia tact the -
pictures mak" Jrf ipu-st bigger au' hsaN Ter
In every way than When he 'Ial" hero li
Is0s TO box ten rounds With Boh Arni-troE.
and Steve 'Donn-ll the same night
Jenries ON that ovva-ipn weighed sih
pounds stripped lie sot un th" scales
IN tho lemon 4. 4. = weighing roaIn twsnt y
minutes before he was 'all.d ~ the rim :
A year later Jefrres after nearly threo
months OF the har dest kind Of york redu,-v'i
20 EOS. Ne got on the scales IN the railroad
station ar Allen hurst. v. one week before
be met Fitz and wearing q sleeN eles~ Jersey.
trousers and light rubber >Oled shocs
made the beam TIT n 20 rounds when
he climbed through tho ropes ~ Conev
Island to Win tha worlds championship
FROM the CorRishman l"n'- trainer. Billy
Delaney. said he was down q, he a"i MARI
IL II a matter of rccord that the hig cali
fornian never weigh I'D less than ~ pounds
IN any NJ his sub>"uu-nt ughts ami that
when Ne went tWent v-fve rounds - gat
deciNlon over Ion ShayGey at the ,land lu
isaa Ne scaled n 1sn He weighed 2.j
for the first mill with Corbett and 22t for
the aehi With Rubin on the Coast. when
he stopped Fitgsimmon~ VA their sss-Ond bat
tle JEFF weished close 20 20
Because ~ hi zucve--iIl 4 yhfing az these
weights JeffriP. pro baby ha- decided 20
get down To the 80 pound mark. II h.
weighs rs or go a. the present time. ~ htch
seems 20 be the prevalent opinion OF tho-r
% his 'Tai ming lamp. ~ will not he a rrielling
hardship for him to tlke ~ fifteen or tWe ntv
pounds In the ne ~ eight OF nine Weeks
Nut Il 10 10 true according 10 BerEsTs state
meut that JenrIes has iost ten pounds
since he frat v eek 10 this month the natural
question 10 How much lid Isrrie- vega
. year ago last MsrCh whom Ne hr-r ~tsrred
out on the vaudeville "iTcuir-s- l~fr'e-
then a. now bu, here S" are persons. S Vel
postsd too. WHO say that the hoilsrmaker
could have mounted IN. scales nlthon'
TO doubt that Berger viii have to allow
yeTriss- true weeht 10 be made known
before long, a. nsht fans NJ over ha oonn'r,
are lamoring for reply 20 The Of re-
peated query Having tlken IN nifty ~ 2
pounds % FAT IN sixteen months divided
h a 81 % - A. hasn h. ffsiH .laF
Il be WIS
johnson when he arrives a. - quarters
near rissO wiil follow q - -tauatiC plan
Re wall iess a run Of ten n'ile, ~ = NJ
10 Ne vill pun \ me bag play handhalI
use the pulle and Vrr~ys from I" until
mum her on The daily programmes. vIth N.
dinner hour one hpur lst"r From urtil =
~ ne fs. sieT rSrs re T, ss j. d" o
rounds u hard nght'nS e 80 -ye-i WIN
wrestling. hsg prn ninc tna eN"r''-' v m
the medirins DELL before he dsys e. NT, -
Sr, rs "PfT sSSr ifrd i.f , i9sA
ssssy un'i 70 he am" Tor r~-, % s.Tn .
ave. aud viii no, he 10 - iprr, .ha,,r 20
ducing tie weigh ao"r' 80 I'"und- Pr
40 =, ,be aug 4. inhnSo,. Ie,,s. ,f.i',.,,
Tomorrow for IN. tpfsr
-Ther~ will 30 nafr. vranrIa unl a--
JACK Welsh j. selected - r"t~r~~ -sy-
johnson Welsh H. square ant I know.
he will not give ne the worst % ~ ~
ash u an even hr@ak 10 refer s.ai ru...
bouts Nth kaufman ana Ne'rnel and 80 a.
very far Welsh j. hishi, resrr,iei Ey
sporting mon ali over 30" COUNTRY and b.
also IN favor sih lrnris. lbr ist'sr IA.
not eypres-@d an opinion vet. bgf hen
the selection - 'hiTd man IA mo Tiuf
- o. al al b Hl |lsa.
lieyed Welsh viii be- chosen without uu.h
delay.
The FL pire 4 Z 81 HarlsH1 hes ciinoh~d
the ten round bout hetve on Pai Moore
and Jimmy Walsh for Tomorrow night.
the little felloN. having agreed 20 hoE e.
catch Wsighf- This afair ~ creating
widespread tnfern-' he' ari=e of 'Na intense
rivalry that ha, existed Tor man. cocks
Fighting Di,g Nvland. vno ucnr~ hi old
enemy. Leach Cross AZ - kourk- National
sporting tiuD. al-p Ton ,rEpo ui-. r.. D.
training With Stan'"y bet he Vr a. " pld-
Lawn. Hylsnd AnocEad ross o4' IA .pIty-
one rounds on the Coast last v lu'cr