The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-28
Jim JEFFRIES READY TO DO BAT.
TIE FOR HONOR OF WHITE
RAcE-JoHNsoN EXPECTS
TO BEAT HIM.
Jeffries and johnson.
Jeffries. Johnson.

Waist ..... 800. 80 "a
Thigh $50. E. ....' 25h 20
Calf ........'..' 17A 10
Ankle ...'. -. ~ SR
Fights ...... 20 ga
Lost ..... -. 80.
Purse s1O1, 900. rs per cent to win
ner; % to loser.
Moving pictures estimated $4,000
10 each.
Reno, New, June 2S.-W,len James
j. Jeffries was born, thirty-fi five years
ago April Is last, n first -class fighting
man was created. He was endowed
with everything that goes to make a
fighter, right from the start. He did
not need to train and school himself
10 any extent. He had both the brain
and the Drawn, and all he lacked was
the ambition to win fame as n fighter.
When that ambition did come to him
II required but two years for him to
vanquish every fighter worthy of con-
sideration, and make the championship
title one of his personal assets. once
he secured II, the only way he could
find of Kidding himself of the burden
It imposed was to give 1t away. That
is what Jeff did with it.
Jeffries Lacked Ambition.
One of the striking things about
Jeffries is the fact that 1t took a great
deal of argument to convince him that
he was a fighting man at all. Despite
Natures generosity to him in the mat
H..
strong suspicion all the time that he
was intended to be farmer. Through
his early life he displayed great fond
ness for getting close to nature via
fishing rod or gun. and he spent quite
a bit of time among the mountains.
He developed a decided fondness for
country life and when he resigned
his high state as champion. having an
neXed enough money through purses,
moving pictures and stage appearance
to do what he pleased, he fastened to
farm in Southern California with the
intention of ending his days as a sort
of country squire. Had John Arthur
Johnson and the color question not
interfered with his plans, he would, I'm
all probability. have carried out that
determination.
Is Thoroughly Prepared.
Johnson feels that he has been well
trained for this fight He regards his
present staff that has whipped him
into shape i'm his wind-swept camp on
the beach as the best he ever had, and
says no fighter was ever given more
loyal and efficient service than he has
received. All of his training partners
those who do the real work with him
arc young men.
Neither fighter Is working particu-
larly hard this week. both doing only
enough work to keep on edge. The
last week of preparation Is rather an
anxious one for both men, as so much
depends upon 1t.
Has Trained Carefully.
In preparing for Johnson. the retir-
ed champion has left no part of his
training go uncared for. He would
not agree to the match until assured
by try-out work and the opinions OF
physicians that he was physically able
to get into good condition. Once as
sured of that. he took up his quarters
In the Santa Cruz mountains, sixty
miles south of San Francisco, an6
drilled as he never drilled before. II
his camp Jim Corbett, voluteer aid
reigned supreme. jeff believed jim
was a wise man on matters connected
with the care of the body, and III
needed the former champions words
Joe ChoynsN was there also. and Bo'
Armstrong. All three of theme wer
victims OF Jeff's handiwork In time
past, but they worked hard to prepar
him for his last great battle. Amon
Choynskis unrecorded battles Is tn
defeat via n knockout of Jack John
son. 1t was during a three-roun
fight at Galveston I'm 1892. Farme
Burns was another of the trainin
squad. He Is a wrestler of consider
able repute, and not a day of trainin
passed but Jeffries engaged him In
struggling. hauling. netting match.
johnson Realizes Hope.
Eight years ago. when Johnson be
gan to loom on the pugilistic horizon
he urged his managers to make ever
effort to arrange for a fight with Jei
fries. "Jeffries can't touch me-" wa
his boast even in those days, and b
fretted continually over the fact th'
until he acquired a reputation, pros
poets for a championship battle wei
but as gauzy as the tail of HALEY
comet. He says he believed then
confidently In his ability to achieve Il
title as he did six years later, when
supreme prize was realized.
Temperamentally, Johnson Is an II