Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
ENTHUSES OVER Jim
JEFFR|ES' CONDITION
Corbett Says Boilermaker Is Best
Trained Man That Ever
Stepped in the Ring. "a
EVERYTHING HARMONIOUS
AT THE TRAINING CAMP
Gentleman jim" Claims Frame
Up Story Is Silly-Believes JEFF
fries as Good Now as Ever. /
By James J. Corbett.

Copyright. 1910, by the Tribune Company
Unauthorized reproductions OF this article Will
be prosecuted.)
Special Correspondence OF The Star
JEFFRIES' TRAINING CAMP.
Rowardenan, Cal, June Z. 1910.
Well, the first week is over and every
thing Is far above my anticipations. This
is beautiful place and Jeffries' wonder
ful Improvement can partially be at
tributed to his environment here.
No doubt you have noticed in the papers
that johnson and myself have been
having quite a war of words. I'm kid
din" the big smoke along, and having a
little fun with him. He got hot and in
vited me out to the training quarters 10
spar with him. but he did not stop 10
think that I've been in the business a
long, long time. and I knew he wouldn't
take any chances sparring with me i'm mis-
training quarters or any other place.
Just kidding
Just to kid him little bit, however,
defied him to bet me 5000 that I
wouldn't get out and box with him. This.
Of course, L knew he would not accept,
SO it was a good chance for me to show
the public out here that he is somewhat
OF buffer himself. Nothing would
please. me more than to put the gloves
on with johnson, because. no matter
what might happen, l would be sure To
get line on his so-called skill. and I
might also discover a few weak points
that may have been overlooked in his
previous fights.
However. he is taking me seriously.
and that's just what / want. / want him
TO pay attention to everything I say and
l promise you it won't do him any good il
hnf Ift,,~ r.Ntr,
from now until the fight is decided
ALL Is Harmony.
Well, everybody anticipated that there
was going to be lot of knocking, SQUAD
bling and jealousy in the training camp
before / arrived, but they were all wrong,
and l am only too glad to state that in
Jefries' training quarters everything lie
In harmony and it is just like one big
happy family. 1t amuses everybody out
here to see Choynski and I off I'm some
corner chewing the rag" about our many
old fights, and to the surprise of every
one asked Joe in the gymnasium yester-
day to pat on the gloves, and there we
stood facing each other for the first time
In twenty-five years.
If any one thinks that fighters souls
are devoid Of sentiment he is certainly
wrong, for l can't remember when l was
more pleased and happier than when We
two veterans stood there ready to box.
and I believe Joe felt the same way
about il.
Starts Boxing.
Tomorrow my troubles begin. 7 start
boxing with Jeffries, and from what I see
of his condition 1 don't look upon the
event as a source of enjoyable entertain
ment. This big bear is as strong as
bull and has endurance to burn, and no
matter what you might read to the con-
trary, l can't see any difference in JEFF
fries than when he fought me at Coney
Island and in San Francisco.
His face has the same youthful look,
and while his head is naturally little
shy of hair. which makes his pictures
look badly. take~my word for ii, he's just
as nifty a performer now as when he
noticed a lot of people who talk of John
son going to win. There seems to he
great many of them, but | haven't seen
one that will bet as much as 10 cents
that the negro wins.
On the Level.
Any one that says that this fight is
framed up land there is some talk Of
that sort going around), all I can say to
these poor unfortunates who may make
assertions of that kind without any
foundation whatever, IS that their place
is In some insane asylum, for they should
not be permitted to run around loose.
AS told my readers that / would give
them the correct dope from the training
quarters-not what I hear, but what I
see-I never saw a man in my life, in
myself, training hard a JEFF
fries is now. I have walked with him
and talked with him. never saw a man
who was SO anxious 10 win a fight be-
fore. At this stage I will not predict
who is going to win the fight but 1 here
bXr nut on II
what I'm talking about-that If Jeffrss
does not win Johnson will have defeated
the best-trained man that ever sfepped
into a prize ring. nv rt