The San Francisco call., 1910-06-11
JEFF'S CONDITION
SIMPLY MARVELLOUS
Neither COrbeff Nor Choynski
Can Give Big Fellow the
Work He Needs
BY R. L. GOLDBERG

After watching Johnson in the gym
nasium for several days and then tax
ing flying trip to Rowardennan to
see Jeff go three rounds with Jim Cor
bett and three with Joe Choynski we
can contribute the following to- the
bushels of literature that have already
been written on the fight:
For man 35 years old Jeff's present
condition is nothing short of marvel
finely drawn about the face and the
rapid thinning of the hair on top of his
head has a tendency to remind an on
locker of his advanced years. But
after seeing him work for a few mo-
ments one almost forgets that Jeff is
whom have long since passed the period
of pugilistic usefulness. Regarding
appearance and condition, Jeff is ap-
parently perfect. The heavy breathing
that was noticeable during his easy
workouts in New York is entirely alb
sent. He worked for 80 minutes with
out showing any signs of eXertion.
Neither Corbett or Choyinski gave the
d
can gain little from his. boxing spells
with these two old timers. Their in
f1uence is only sentimental.
The closest student of the game can
not predict how Jeffries will handle
himself in an actual fight. No matter
how good he may appear in the gym
nasium, there is still a possibility of
his blowing up after he has been intro
duced to some of the hardships of real
fch oh ad n
today: JEFF may be all that his ap-
pearance and condition indicate. He is
boxing with men whom he knows he
can beat. But when he stacks up
against Johnson it will be different. He
will tear in and swing repeatedly only
to find that Johnson is not where he
thought he was. After he misses half
of his blows and the other half are
blocked by Johnson, Jeff will suddenly
realize that he is not all there. There
is nothing so disastrous to an old timer
as the sudden realization that he is
not there any more. He feels like a
drowning man with the life saving sta
tion 20 miles away
MAY WIN EARLY FIGHT
The most definite thing that can be
said is that Jeff has a good chance of
finishing Johnson if he accomplishes
the feat in the first 10 rounds. If it
goes any longer than that everything
should be in favor of the colored man.
Although there is no organization
whatever in Johnson's camp the big
cinder is in very good shape. He is
active a s a school boy and more care
free. Il am now within a few pounds
of my fighting weight" said Johnson
this afternoon, "and will only put in
the strenuous lick during the last two
weeks of my training. 1 have trained
for enough fights to know what is
good for me. 1 am not worried over
my trouble with Little nor am 1 both
cred by what the critics say about my
carelessness in training"
FIGHTERS LEAST FLUSTERED
The two people who take the coming
fight less seriously than anybody else
in the world are Jeffries and Johnson
themselves. They are practically loaf
ing through their training seasons and
doing just exactly as they please. They
are indulging their every whim. jeff
fishes as much as he pleases, and john
son uses up as much gasoline as he
chooses. The most insignificant pre-
liminary fighters have more system to
their training than either of the two
principals. They seem to have been
spoiled by the vast amount of publicity
that has been given the fight. Perhaps
their experience justifies the free rein
that each has in his own camp
Johnson did something a little orig
inal this afternoon when he raced his
big Thomas car against the well known
PAGER Little Dick, driven by Victor
Verilhac, along the beach for quar-
ter of a mile this afternoon. Johnson
had the race won before they had gone
100 yards, and incidentally won the
same number of dollars