The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-19
BETTER
FITTEDFOR BATTLE
Examination of Physical Make
up of Two Men Shows
Black the Weaker.
BUT ONE BIG QUESTION
CAN BOILERMAKER STAND UP
UNDER EXCITEMENT
RY ". w. NAUGHTON.

san Francisco, Cal. June 1S.-TOm
Sharley, when getting ready for his
first fight with Jim Jeffries, once said;
'sThey think this big fellow Is
stronger than am, but If he starts
any rough work he will find 7 am
there with the muscle
Tom didn't wait for Jcffries TO start
the rough work He started IL him
self, and Jim just held him on and
shook him until il looked as though
the sailors head would be dislOdged
from his neck.
That settled all question as to the
relative strength of Jeffries and Shar-
key.
Jack johnson has said. not once,
but often, that Jeffries' hale physique
has no terrors for him. johnson be-
neves he knows how to handle big
men. in clinches or breast-to-breast
work.
Under the circumstances, fight fol-
lowers of an old observing turn, will
watch for the test of pulling and haul
ing power between Jeffries and john
son as they did when Jeffries and
Sharkey fought
Appearances are deceitful. Of
course. out IL would be easy enough
to figure from recent photographs that
Jeffries, the white man, is much
stronger than johnson, the negro.
johnson has big arms-formidable-
looking arms. in fact. SO has Jeffries-
But Johnson's frame is not by long
odds as sturdy looking as that OF the
ex-boilermaker.
A glance at the photograph viii
make this apparent. Johnson's COM
paratively narrow chest and back.
considered in conjunction with bis
/ fine shoulder knots. biceps and fore
arms. suggest splendid machinery
with a lack OF boiler space, as IT were.
He certainly cannot boast the heart
and lung room that Jeffries possesses.
Doesn't this convey a hint that I'm
a rough contest at close quarters
johnson would not exert the fierce
jabs and would be likely to tire
sooner2
Big Legs Count.
In the tests of strength. the legs,
/ too. play a prominent part.
study a photograph of any promi-
nent wrestler and this statement will
bear Il out. The bammerlOck special
| lists who amount to anything. are
/ noted for their thick, powerful under
pinning. Big legs mean not only sup
/ Elementary weight. but firmer support
/ and greater leverage for the working
/ weight and muscle above the waist
| line. There is no gainsaying that
Jeffries has stronger and bigger legs
, than Johnson.
Outside Of being an advantage IN
the manner described. thick legs are
! OF little service to a ring man. They
/ do not addato his hitting force, some
/ thing which is proved in a negative
way by recalling the case Of one Bob
/ Fitzsimmons.
Bob had exceedingly poor legs. yet
| the world has not known sure1
/ lSnocker-out than the lean-hipped
/ spidery-legged Cornishman. It was a
/ happy idea that once dubbed him q
battering ram on stills.
] II Is claimed by some experts OF
| physical development that big arms IN
fighters do not mean increased hitting
power any more than big legs. Roger
/ Cornell. who used 20 condition base
| ballers. and who Is now in charge Of
James ]. Jeffries' muscle and massage
department. is one who holds this
| view.
a heavy. well-muscled arm has its
/ uses but II is not the arm altogether
that tells I'm punching" argues Cor
nell TT Is the muscle that propels
the arm. You win find these i'm bet
| ter development on Jeffries' back
than on Johnson's I do not know the
/ scientific term for them, but they are
situated near the shoulder blades. and
| In Jeffries' case they bulge from his
sides beneath the armpits.''
A glance at back view pictures of
| Jeffries and Johnson would make II
appear that Cornell knows what he is
/ talking about.
JcG Better Equipped.
! But this is depressing to a certain