The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-23
JEFF READY TO
START WORK
win Begin Training IN Hot Springs Early
in Mareh-~ls Worried Over His
Wind.


receiving hundreds OF LETTERS daily
from the eight experts and fans offer
Ing all kinds % suggestions as to how
be should prepare for the coming mil
and some advice as % bow he should
dght the negro As JEFF has his own
ldeas az 70 how be should train FOR the
coming mill. an the suggestions viii
so FOR naught
Jenries has announced time and
again thar be WIN devote most OF bis
time 70 outdoor work so bis wind may
be as good as II ever was. He figures
that witt bis bellows IN good shape be
win have very little difficulty In dis.
posing Of johnson. While JeT thinks
this Is o. X still there IS another
thing just as important That Is for
the big fellow 20 select q stan Of husky
young pugillsts. not old timers, to
fight, not box. with him, men that
VIII try hard 10 sneak over knock.
out wallop. He should engage IN one
Of these real scraps twice a week
Then IN a short time he would know
whether his judge Of distance Is AZ
good as ever In justice to the peo
pie who are going to bet on him In the
coming fight Jeif should do this These
men wRnezo bet on James j.. but they
don't want 70 bet blindly They want
10 know whether be is there"
A man may train with the strength
Of a bull and the endurance OF Mar
arhoner but training isn't iehting-
not BY a long chalk. One round Of
real lighting sometimes takes more
gimp out Of a man than a half days
hard work IN the gymnasium. It's the
nervous strain that does t.
When old John L. Sullivan turned
up IN New Orleans to train for Jim
Corbett a bunch Of prominent sporting
men filled the gymnasium 70 see him
begin training. Old John was fat;
there was no getting away from that
But, fat as he was. there was one thing
which he could do-he could skip the
rope as nlmbly as any other big man.
and It did not seem 10 affect his wind.
John performed a few stunts, took
hold OF the waistbsnd Of his trousers
and hauled In about a foot Of slack.
and that was enough for the wise
boys. They went out and offered
three and four to one that John L.
would lick the youth Corbett. II
Corbett man turned up with any
money they matched for him.
Jimmy Britt never showed more
power of endurance than III his train
ing FOR the Gonna Eight with Bat Mel /
son. Britt was also rope skipper
punched the bag and slugged with his |
sparring partners FOR about two hours |
every afternoon, and such q Rlutton I
was be for work that be did not take /
the usual rest Of one minute between
rounds. but shadow boxed or mauled I
heavy bag while the trainers were
resting. He seemed 70 be able to last I
from noon tin sundown. and he might /
have been able had he played bis own
game and boxed With Nelson Instead
Of standing up IN the sixth round to
slug Ii out then and there.
At the end Of that terrific three min.
utes both men were very tired. and
Britt reeled to his corner, gasping for
breath.
I'm awful tiFedF' he said.
All bis weeks OK hard work, al hts
training for stamina and endurance
left him weak and shaky after three
minutes Of real lighting.
Jed should have some real fights.
The provisions Of the articles Of agree
ment WIN prevent hfn from eneag.
ing III public battles. but there n 10
reason why ha should not take On
some tough fellows and aght them 70
anieh in private He win get nothing
Of assistance to him in boxing with a
clever man. What he needs Il real
aghting II Stanley Ketchel had train
Cd for his second o'Brien fight by try
Ing to pick up cleverness OfBrien would
have oUtpolnted him. because that IS
oBriens game
JEFF viii probably have the greatest
I'll star training quarter star IN bis
tory, and seven or eight good cocks
viii always scramble the eggs and
scorch the soup.
What Jeff needs Is big, tough men
who VIII stand up and try 70 knockh his
head or bis shoulders 10 win this
light be has got to perfect a system Of
10 with both hands and IAN.
Ing away until he lands one good wal
op. Just as Stanley Ketchel went after
0'Brien.
Il isn't going 70 be brain which win
lex Johnson so much as Drawn and
he wallop