The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-10
OLD MEN IN THE
JEFFRIES CAMP

San Francisco. May 9,-There was
something rotten, not in Denmark.
but in Jefiries training camp. De
spite all the bull reports that have
been sent as TO the splendid condition
OF the champion and his strenuous
training methods, II has become an
open secret that sincere admirers of
Jeftries and men anxious TO back the
champion in his Fourth OF July fight
are holding their money.
Men who know the fighting game
and are unpremdIced in their point of
view state that some radical changes
are going TO be necessary In Jeffries
camp and training methods If the big
fellow is 10 have any chance with
Johnson.
The Jeffries camp at Rowardennan
has been dubbed the "Old Mans
Home" by reason of the number OF
has been fighters who are engaged
in tho task of rounding Jeffrles into
form
The dissatisfaction among Jeffries'
friends eliminated with the arrival OF
Joe ChoynsN and the introduction
of his methods were branded as plain
bunk A number OF sporting writ
ers have been touting Choynski as a
wonder who plans a stiff daily fight
with his charge Men who know and
who have had an opportunity 10 see
things on the Inside declare that
Choynski can give Jeffries just about
as stiff a workout as a bantam cham
pion could. They say ChoynslCi, whose
nghting days ended years ago, cannot
~ ,eal. Ta(T (T,-ls I41s 4, l-
stomach is in such shape as to make
him a Joke as a boxer
A number of eastern papers have
devoted a great deal OF space to Bob"
Armstrong. Jeffries great sparring
partner. who Is furnishing the real
work for the big man Armstrong Is
also joke and Is so afraid of the
boiIermaker'S wallopS that he Is of
very little value, but he is a good rub
ber
Talk OF Berger as a sparring part
ner causes those who know Sammy
10 smile Berger is so fat and out Of
condition as TO be ludlcrous If any
body wishes 10 wager good odds they
can pick up a dozen young fellows who
are fighting In seml-fnals and prelIm-
inaries about this city. who can whip
any one of Jeffries' training partners
The truth Is that there is not
strong young fellow about Jeffries'
training camp who can give the big
fellow a eruclllng bout in training
The men who are really anxious to
see JefTries win and arc willing 10
bet their money on the champion are
almost praying that Jim Corbett will
soon take charge Of things. Although
Corbett is a has been himself. he does
know something about conditioning q
fighter and he could give Jeffries bet
ter fight than all the other trainers
combined.
II JeGtries gets into condition there
must be changes. Jefries never was
bear for work and he needs
someone to spur him on He IS not
his own boss" no matter what may
be said and is shy the initiative that
made Jim Corbett and Jack O'Brien
great fighting men. Billy Delaney can
handle Jefrles and as long as he was
at the helm Jofries was the lighting
wonder of tho age To an outsider
the training camp looks like a mid
way In a county fair. run to make
money and not 10 make Jef1ries a |
champion. They charge for every
thing. Berger. the boy manager
has the concessions. He even sells !
exclusive news" about the training
Jeffries stands for Ihis because he |
hates being interviewed and being !
photographed He leaves everything
to Berger. who takes advantage of 1t
To the limit Fans are hoping even
proying-that Jeffries will come 70
and so Into real training. Art, 1T
erature and music never helped a
man sling a sledge-like hook TO the
jaw. even though Choynski has intro
duced such novel training methods.