The Washington herald., 1910-06-28
NATIONALS SPLIT EVEN WITH YANKEES IN DOUBLE BILL

The bigger man crouches into an attitude
with his left hand held out far from the
body and 10 one side like a club, his
right glove moves loosely before his body
The negro, who Is not ashamed 10 say
that he doesn't relish the Job of boxing
with Jeffries, steps gingerly about on bis
toes. backing away quickly when he sees
that clqh-like left flicker forward in a
feint
He makes a tentative pass at Jeffries'
jaw with a full-arm blow and instantly
there Is smack. and the negro has
the undefeated champions right furrow-
ing the flesh over his abdominal mus
cles Armstrong bounces into a clinch
and with his chin resting on the white
fighters shoulder, he tries to manipulate
The arms he cannot see. so that in the
cropping and strategy Of close quarters
Jeffries' two huge fists cannot find an
opening for a short upward lift TO his
chin.
Boxes with Armstrong.
Three rounds shere are with Armstrong.
During each of them the white fighter
with the fiat. uninterested expression on
his face does his business with unbroken
seriousness. II is the business Of alert
ness Of eye and agility of muscle. with
continued concentration upon the eyentu-
ality of d fraction of a second.
Pop" Van Court and Jim Corbett, the
latter sitting In his fighting trunks ready
10 take up the work of being mauled
for a purpose, confer together in little
whispered sentences. They extoI the
speed which Jeffries shows; they say
that speed is the thing which is 10 be
pursued from now until the day OF the
battle and when the expert writer's lean
eagerly over to catch the whispers each
Of them asserts with flnality that no
such speed has ever been shown by JEFF
before.
JEFF Takes Turn with Berger.
After Armstrong retired, Sam Berger,
who is fat and knows it. steps forward
to continue the work of training. There
is buzz of admiration in the group Of
women when, after a quick battery fire
Of blows. the big. crouching fighter sud
denly lifts Berger's guarding right with
swoop Of his fist and crushes his right
into Berger's stomach. Then. for the
FIRST time, a human emotion seems 10
appear on the face OF the fighter. He
laughs. and all the chorus spectators
hasten to join in the laugh.
"How's that for high2" says Jeffries.
And he continues his work Of practieing
crushing blows on Berger's body, only
he is more careful in the future to put
/ a pull on his arm. After Berger
come Choynski and Corbett, the two
/ live old boxers. and for the space of
| about twenty minutes the ex-champion
/ has ample opportunity TO practice all
/ that he knows of the art OF blocking,
while at the same time he tries TO place
potent blows on the white skin with as
| much energy as If il We're a black pelt
/ In front of him
For forty-five minutes Of boxing the
! spectators have their expectations Of
| thrills and shocks fulfilled. Then. at the
end. the big man spends ten minutes
/ more in neck to neck wrestling with
Farmer Burns, one of the most humble
| of the camp manipulators. After this.
| with the same serious business air, JEFF
! fries stalks off TO his rubbing room 10
be heated and mauied at the hands OF
the masseurs.
Meanwhile the knot OF spectators under
the cottonwood trees breaks into little
groups. each one centered about some
member Of the training camp. and In
awe-whispers they discuss the ceremony
as the prime ministers Of European pow
ers would confer on the benefits 70 ac-
crue from some carefully arranged i'm
perial marriage.
/ Every One Dashes for First Car.
Then all of the writer's dash for the
hrst car for Reno, and as they hang or
the straps with one hand they compare
notes among themselves and indulge 81
prophecy based upon the mysteries which
have just been laid before them Sc
the ceremony at Moana Springs comes
TO its conclusion.
A far different spectacle is that which
Reno, or, at least, that portion OF Rene
which can afford to ride IN automobiles
attends in the afternoon out at Kicks
road house on the Carson City road.
This is a vaudeville performance. with
dash Of excitement thrown in intermit-
tently. There are said TO be 800 automo'
> biles In this little desert city at present
J and all one has TO do TO get TO Champion
Johnson's training quarters is TO stand
on any corner and hold ffve-dollar gold
piece up 10 the sun.
The procession Of gasoline vehicles be-
gan TO stream out over the Eastern road
} at about o'clock. II takes fifteen min
utes 10 make the run. provided that there
are no collisions. The end OF the triI
comes when the autos chug into thS
front yard of the large white hotel, tie
front steps of which are heavily drapeG
with citizens.
Visitors Hear johnson Sing.
Custom has established II as the proper
thing, Immediately upon arrival, to enter
the parlor without the formality OF re
moving ones hat. and there 70 take ones
place in the triple lines which surround
Champion johnson and his bass viol
There may be fifty or sixty others there
ahead of you, but If the room is over
crowded you may sit on the stairs out
side, and. while smoking a brown paper
cigarette, listen to the heavyweight
champion of the world play MY Money
Never Gives Out" 70 the accompaniment
of dark-skinned brother on the piano
Mr.. Johnson, with his eVer-ready srail,
OF welcome. stands with the sleeves O
his silk shirt rolled back and with hi
diamond solitaire beaming from his shirt
front, and. without urging. he passes
easily from one tune into another, seem
ing every ready to oblige those who hav'
come several thousand miles from East
, eTn States not TO hear him play on tn,
bass viol.
During the impromptu concert. Mr.. Jacl
, McAullffe and Mr.. Jack Root, who hav
been artists IN their time. even though
not on the bass viol sit on the from
steps with Mr.. John L Sullivan and hi
I purple shirt and gravely talk over pros
: poets"
: when VIII Jack Boxs
. Somebody may ask when Johnson 4
going TO box Has he done any worl
! to-day? Is he going to do any7 Mr.. ST
Hart is instantly reassuring: johnson
going to go out TO the boxing platform
by the cabbage bed just as soon as h
. finishes taking q little .'wrestIen wit