The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
Fighter Wants to Quit Train- ing Until Governor De-
 nieS the RuInOr
PHYSICIAN SAYS JEFF IS
 IN PERFECT CONDITION
Dr. Cross of San Francisco Declares That Jefries and Johnson Are Two Great Fighting Machines
 Almost n Par

Ben IOmDnd, June 2.-"FOr two pins | q pack up and take my family back to the ranch and call the whole thing off de- rlared James J. Jeffries today when he read d story quoting Governor Gillett as saying the Jeffries and Johnson fight was R frame-up and arranged for the white man to win. He added
 Those who have seen me working must know that my heart and soul are in the coming scrap and it does not stand to reason that l would break my neck work ing if everything were settled for a win. ] quit the fight game once because l did not care for those who were connected with it or the knockers, who are con tinually rapping me
 The camp was in turmoil until the story was declared false by the governor him self
 Jim Jeffries is now in excellent cond- tion and if no accident or sudden illness befalls him he will enter the ring July I for his championship battle with Jack Johnson in perfect physical trim.
 That is the gist of a statement issued by Dr. Charles V. Cross, United States examining physician of San Francisco, who yesterday made the most complete and painstaking examination Jeffries has had since he began training for his coming battle. For nearly two hours the physician watched and worked over Jeff fries in his rubbing room at the local camp and he gave out this statement:
 Tn the course of my practice I have examined 15,000 or 10000 men and I have never seen anything so wonderful as the strength, power and perfect condition of this man. His eye is clear and steady, in- dicating cool and well balanced judg- ment. His heart action surprised me- for after his vigorous exercise and while he was being rubbed and kneaded by four pair of hands his heart pulse was only 6s. In the average man it would have been 30 or over.
 T was especially careful to search his lungs for any trace of the pneumonia with which he was seriously afflicted some years ago. The lungs showed abso- lutely no evidence of pneumonia, and his respiratory organs are entirely free and normal. His breathing machinery is ex- cellent, too. Six parts of the physical man must be right for him to be strong enough to enter a strenuous athletic con- test-his brain, heart, lungs. stomach, kidneys and liver. Every one of these organs in Jeffries is perfectly sound and free from flaw. I found nothing in my searching examination to indicate that the stories of hidden disease in Jeffries pre true.'
 Dr. Cross. who recently attended John son. took occasion to compare the for mer champion with the negro
 ''As to the comparison of the physique of Johnson and Jeffries,' he said there Is not large margin of difference. Both men are in fine bodily trim. Johnson like Jeffries, is sound throughout He has considerable more fat on his body, but when the pair step into the ring l believe they will be almost an even match 90 far as condition goes I am con winoed that Jeffries' great reduction in weight--he must have rid himself of at least 50 pounds-has not impaired his stamina"
 The physician noted that Jeffries mus cles have been massaged and handled with scientific care, and he said that the fighters muscular condition is little short of marvellous.
 Dr. Cross concluded: He is practically 1n fighting condition now and needs only to watch with extreme care that he does not over-reach himself before the day of the battle