Arizona republican., 1910-07-08

| perfect a man physically as they had
 ever found in their professional eX- 1 perience. But they were surprised ! that they could get into no conver- | satiOn with him. Yes" and No"
 was the best they. could get for re- plies They left Jeffries and proceed
 ed at once to the Johnson camp, and
 their description to Johnson of the | results of their examination of Jef- 1 fries really made the colored cham | pion look serious for few moments, for they said Jeffries was perfect | Dr. Porter arrived upon the scene and was with Jeffries from that time until the finish of the fight l have questioned the doctor carefully, and
 he says that while his man was
 physically perfect in every way, he
 seemed to be suffering from a severe
 attack of nervous prostration. He consulted with the trainers and hand lers and they seemed to come to the
 conclusion that it was best not to
 administer any stimulant or medicine,
 hoping that when Jeffries entered
 the ring and the fight began the
 nervousness would wear off
 Corbett, Choynski and Burns could
 not understand the case. They say they never saw a mon so completely
 prostrated before entering the ring
 As they were dressing him at the are
 ma, his hands and feet were cold and he seemed in a stupor His arms were
 perfectly limp and he shuffled his feet along and there was great alarm in the camp. Everybody was up a tree.
 Porter did not dare resort to the usual treatment for such nervous ex- haustion because this patient was go- ing into the ring-a condition which had never before confronted the phy- sician.
 The trainers did not know what to do, for with all their years of experi- ence they had never seen anything of the kind. They couldn't get Jef- fries to talk. Corbett said: For Gods sake, Jim, open up and tell what you are thinking about and what is the matter with you" He only answered I'll be all right when I get started" They were glad to get him through the ropes and into the ring, although not soul in the corner had any con fidence at that very moment
 As everybody knows now, he showed none of his dash or spirit, none of his wonderful strength was brought into play. He was as limp as a rag. And when he came to his corner after the first round Choynski offered some advice and the only response was: 'I can't see. I have no judgment of distance and my arms won't work. But I'll be all right in another moment or two. This fellow can't lick me. This fellow can't lick me" The seconds tell me that that is all he said during the entire bout.
 At the end of the third round Cor belt and Choynski both advised him to get in and mix it up and fight a fast round" Take chances" was their advice. He said nothing at the time, but as he left his corner he l threw his head to one side and said, | All right, I'll mix it up," but as he ! neared his opponent he commenced l sparring or attempting to spar and 1 seemingly had entirely forgotten his | instructions, as he made no attempt | to rush or mix matters. From that | time on they could not get a single | expression out of him, and as they | explain it to me he appeared to be ! doped and without any mind to direct | his physical actions. They are all | surprised that Johnson did not finish | him inside of ten rounds.
 He has not made a single com plaint so far as I can find out since | the fight was over. I said to him this morning, Why didn't you mix in. Jim, and whale away and take chances? You are big and strong and if you happened to land a good | swing or hook or punch it might !, have turned things in your favor"
 He looked at me for an instant, and | said, T don't know I didn't feel able"
 said: You were able in the first round or two. Any man that hasn't trained at all can fight one or two Surely you, who have trained a year and a half, could have fought two fast rounds" |
 He said: "I was weak and simply