The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-30
Coopsrisht by North American Company and The
Washington Herald.)
BY MIKE MURPHY.

Washington Heraldl
By MIKE MURPHY.
Reno. New. June 29-Deeply hidden IN
the mighty muscles OF the Jeffries abdo-
men there may be layers OF fat which
will bring grief TO the great majority of
the American people now roofing so
strongly for a white mans triumph in
the battle Of next Monday.
It Is this fat and overconfdence that
alone. in my judgment, can bring a re-
verse TO the greatest fighter the ring ever
knew.
Some persons may not at first thought
be able to reconcile my mention of this
Fat with several of my articles in which
have pronounced Jeffries to be IN per-
feet condition.
But there is no contradiction. Ex-
ternally Jeffries is In just as superb
shape as I have said. Not a speck Of
fat is visible as he strips In fact, I
never saw man who looked finer.
But It must be remembered that there
are two kinds of fat One is the loose
kind Of flesh that a man will take on
overnight. This doesn't amount to any
thing This superficial fat can be rubbed
OF; It can even be made hard, OF this
kind of fat there is not an ounce on
Jeffries
Does Manifold Harm.
But there is another kind of fat that
does a hundred times more harm and
that cannot be detected by casual obser-
walton Of a mans external appearance
This fat lays deep in the abdominal mus
oles, and ali the rubbing in the world Will
not touch it. And just as this same fat
is hard 10 detect and defes any external
work. II Is equally deadly in It's actaSn
II makes it hard for the athlete OF years
TO come back; It puts a burden on the
vitality OF even the athlete OF youth
who has temporarily been out of active
participation in sport.
Superficial fat Will come through the
pores. The other kind of fat viii not.
Instead It is absorbed into the blood,
helping in no small degree to choke up
the great revivers. the lungs.
This fat can only be removed by in
eessant work; II must be sweated out by
the most tireless training, training that
knows no cessation, and never stops al
any hardship.
Jeffries does not look day over thirty.
and everything about him appears all
right, but unless he has been doing more
arduous work than 1 have seen here I
cannot understand how he can have es-
capped this fat
In one OF my first conversations I sug- |
gested TO his trainers that away back
out Of sight there might be big layers |
OF this fat, for Jeffries IS a giant, and /
his fat-producing qualities would be in |
proportion to his physique once the fat |
got fair start.
I also told Jeffries what I thought |
about this feature, but in no case did I /
get any sympathy for my idea that there |
should be more unremitting work TO |
guard against the possibility Of a hidden |
handicap in the existence of a kind Of /
fat that only toll. toll, toll, can take /
away.
JefT Refuses to Listen.
I could tell in a minute whether this /
fat is there If I could see JefIries in the |
kind of workout 1 would prescribe, |
but Jeffries is too self-eonfident to accept /
any suggestions.
Those who have perhaps wondered az /
my constant appeals for more boxing /
will now understand Just what I have /
In mind.
Another thing much 10 be feared is
overconfdence. OF course, n man must
believe IN himself TO be any good. but
between that and the kind OF assurance
that comedies no ability 70 the opposition
there "a radical difference and a big
risk.
had little talk with John L. Sullivan
that brought this fact home to me
strongly.
Down IN New Orleans. eighteen years
ego" said the veteran, myself and my
handlers never admitted for an instant
the possibility that I could lose Brush
ing Corbett out Of the way and getting
the purse would be q Joke There was no
such confidence in the Corbett camp. and
they worked all the harder for the lack
OF it"
Right hero the old boy made a strong
point
am collecting material for a story on
Sunday, in which I shall either pick a
winner or tell what advantages each Of |
the men viii possess in the battle OF
Monday
To get this material I spent the day in
the Jeffries camp sizing up the situation
1 talked TO Jefrries and all his men.
After such an experience 1t was possible
70 carry away only the idea that JEFF
alone IS In the fight.
The lion-faced white man himself thinks
50. He will enter the bout with absolute
assurance. Farmer Burns say the trick
will be done in less than fifteen rounds
Just as sure as the sun rises
Joe Choynski advances the startling
proposition tnat Jeffries Is to-day better
man than ever before in his life, state
ment SO absurd that 1t takes credibnlty |,
away from any prediction that the great
veteran may make.
COrbett Strong for Jeff.
Corbett highty as ever. says that JET /
fries cannot lose; first. because he is
big and strong; second. because he has
so much speed. and third, because the
negro VIII quit
The first pair Of claims are warranted.