The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08

| more than a passing possibility that Col.
! Theodore Roosevelt will be present at
the Jeffries johnson fight on July next,
unless the California governor gives ear
to the national Methodist wall and at
tempts to block the bout The colonel
likes a fight He likes to participate and
he likes to look on. He likes boxing
matches, and when he was police COM
missioner of this city he used to attend
the fights ito see that things went
right" He is a boxer of ability himself.
and his old instructor, Mike Donovan,
says he has the hardest punch of any
man not In the ring.
| Roosevelt will be in the west next sum-
mer He has accepted invitations to
fairs in Cheyenne and Galveston. Just
when he is going west is not settled at
this moment. but he will likely go early
and stay late, for he admres western
people and western scenery.
Jack Gleason is coming east to present
a ticket to Colonel Roosevelt, when the
hunter gets back from Europe. Mr.. Glea-
son will tender a ticket for the finest
seat in the arena, and If Colonel Roose-
welt will consent to attend he can have
| a whole section to himself.
| The strenuous one no doubt would like
nothing better but that trivial thing of
public opinion must cut some figure
However, the ticket hasn't been refused
yet
| Jack Johnson's training programme
provides for a daily rising time of a.
m Then he dons the spiked shoes for a
run. At 1880 that imported chef sets the
! ia BILE and lays out the first meal of the
day Jack scans the bill anxiously and
| iEouires
"Whar am de frog legs l ordered last
night"
"Ah. monsieur. I have re frog limbs
| replies the chef.
| Then Jack settles down to consomme
troubles, Sierra quail. red-headed duck
| and winds up on Neapolitan ice cream
| BY that time he Is ready for spin
| around San Francisco in his automobile
Next is a visit to the gymnasium Here
| is bag punching medicine ball and shad-
ow boxing. Next comes rest; then an
| other meal. This is followed by a siesta,
after which the champion cuts into the
rough work slamming his trainers Next
| supper; then orchestral entertainment
| interspersed with autoing, and into the
hay at 10 o'clock.
Jeffries likes to tell stories. In train
L
ing before bedtime, listening and chip
ping in with contribution occasionally.
Here is one he tells on Tom Sharkey:
while Tom was getting ready to open
| his saloon in New York he took trip
to Europe and while in Paris he visited
the Louvre. Tom couldn't get his mind
Oft his saloon plans and he thought that
II he saw anything abroad in the way
OF paintings or statuary with which he
&C uld grace his bar he would buy It.
Wien Tom saw the ancient bust of the
Venus of Milo he though he had found
just the thing. True, the bust was
broken, but Tom decided that he would
swing couple of curtains over the
broken arms and hide the other broken
places with some kind of drapery. Tom
walked up to an attendant and said.
"'Say pard, how much for the dame
7. over there with her flippers busted?'
ut took the attendant some time to
comprehend, and when he realized that
Tom was trying to buy the statue he
was horror stricken. He told Tom that
it was SO rare that no man was rich
enough to purchase It,
Gee. muttered Tom. as he turned
away; could get better statue than
that in the Bowery for dollar and a
half any day F." Ne.
How about too many cooks spelling the
broth? Among the trainers and SPAR
ring partners at the Jeffries training
camp are Sam Langford, Joe Choynski
} Farmer Burns, Sam Berger and Billy
Papke. Armstrong is another. Jeffries
+, in as good condition as he could be ex-
pected to be in.
The men are both undergoing the nerv-
Gus straing of daily advice, usually hard
work. and the grueling of a new system
of life. Some day training will be made
more natural than it is now.
When Jeffries and Johnson stand side
by side the black seems to loom over the
white man. But the figures show a diff
ferent tale. JEFF is supposed to be a
quarter of an inch taller than Johnson
, Jcknson's shoulders are nearly two inch
!. es broader, but Jeffries has the bigger
Z chest both in normal attitude and under
expansion. JEFF has a 3S waist an6
Johnson a 81. Johnson has the bigger
aims and legs, but all in all they seem
to be pretty evenly matched in size.
4 The English fighters have begun te
S~'et over. We have Digger Stanley, the
bantam, and Jem Driscoll. the feather.
m,ls.il. both of whom are likely lads and
spelling for fights. Since Driscoll knock
ed Spike Robson out in London with q
terrific punch his stock has risen stead
T lily. Jem has aspirations on the worlds
featherweight championship. and is anx-
ious to meet Abe Attell. Jem alread,