The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
MOI IIIIIS,
LOOKS IN GREAT SHAPE

appearance at Recreation park some
weeks ago. However. he declares that
he is getting better daily and that it
will need only that course of gym
nasiun work to bring him back to his
old form when he was invincible.
II viii bring the title back TO the
white race" said Jeff yesterday. and
I viii do it quicker than my friends
think I will Gleason has declared
himself in the east that he hopes the
eight is short. as The pictures viii draw
better. viii win as fast as possible,
and i 7 can DO it in punch. I win let
il GO
The arrival Of the big fellow was
not like arrivals of ring gladiators in
The past JEFF and his party came in
without the usual hurrah. He skipped
of the train at Sixteenth street Oak
land. and then went to hotel Later
he came over on this side of the bay
and had a talk with Berger He then
spent the evening at an Oakland the
alter.
At $50 O'Clock this morning JEFF and
hls party VIII take the train at Third
and Townsend street anc STRAIT for his
training camp at ROwardennan. Berger.
Farmer Burns and many friends will
Journey TO the training camp. Bob
q Armstrong. the big colOred heavy
weight who viii assist the boiler maker
IN his boxing work. is already on the
ground ready for trouble.
Will START At ONCE
Jeff viii start to train Immediately.
While the early work viii not be Of q
strenuous nature. it VIII be mapped
out SO that he viii be getting into
shape by slow stages, SO that he viii
he ready for the hard grind which will
probably start when Jim Corbett joins
the camp in the middle of Nay.
Berger will have full charge OF the
training work and while many sug-
Zested TO Jeff than an older head than
Berger should superintend the training
work the big fellow would not heed
this advice. as he has great confidence
I'm sam and he viii let him have COM
plete charge.
The training quarters at Rowarden-
nan. while they are not entirely COM
pleted. are ready for Jeffries to enter.
Mountain climbing and outdoor exer-
cises probably viii make up most OF
the big fellows work for a couple Of
weeks.
BURNS FOR HARD wOR X
Farmer Burns will be on hand to do
all the rough work. He is a noted
wrestler and he viii give JEFF the ex-
ercise he needs at wrestling and tug
ging around. Armstrong viii be ever
ready 10 don the gloves.
Jeffries viii not be seen in this city
again until the day before the fight.
when he viii come up from Santa Cruz
and lay over here. He probably will
keep himself concealed AMI his next
public appearance before d crowd in
this vicinity viii be when he steps into
the ring at Emeryville.
COFFRoTH AFTER CARD
Jim Coffroth. the local promoter. left
for Los Angeles yesterday on business.
The promoter declares that he is going
south to get ideas for his new pavilion
which he is to build at Twelfth and
Market streets. He wants to learn
something of the new motordome
which is 10 be constructed in the
south
IT is also believed that the promoter
is angling for the services of Sam
Isangford and Jim Barry during the
middle Of the month in the south. Cof-
froth has the local permit here next
month and he has not signed a card up
70 date. The colored fighter would
make a great card here, as his prowess
as singman has been so highly
boosted.
JOHNSON BOXES SIX ROUNDS
CHICAGO, April 4.-Champion Jack
Johnson put on the gloves yesterday
in the gymnasium at the rear of his
Wabash avenue hotel for the first real
boxing bout Of his advance prepara-
tion for the fight with Jeffries July 4.
Kid Cotton was Johnsons oppo-
nent and the bout went six rounds.
7 was surprised at my own condi-
ton said Johnson. 7 expected to be
w-inded and tired after six fast rounds.
and the fact that I was not shows
that I am in pretty good shape al