Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-28
ALL JEFF'S TRAINING
WAS EXACTLY WRONG.
Mike Murphy Tells of Useless Meth
DDS Followed by the Big Fellow.

Straight from the shoulder talk by
Mike Murphy, the famous coach of
prediction regarding the diaster to
the white race at Reno bears the
stamp of authority, shows more than
any one thing that there was an at
tltude OF the queer about the fracas
between Jeffries and johnson, says q
philadelphia special to the New York
Eevening Telegram
Murphy practically said that JEFF
tries. with his knowledge of training.
his conditioning for his previous
ngnts, certainly took peculiar atti-
tude in his preparations for the mill
at Reno. In other words, Mike
comes out point blank and says that
II JeffrIeS wanted to get licked to a
FRAGILE he took the proper methods OF
training to encompass that end. Muir
ply is back to take up his duties as
trainer of Pennsylvania
on the other hand Johnson trained
faithfully and fully from the start He
had husky negro boxers as his SPAR
ring partners, and to prove that he
had kick and a walIop used to
son did everything that a. man look
ing to win should do. according to
Murphy, to make that interracial
nTuss his own.
Murphy tells his viewpoint of the
events that led UP to the fight and
the ba tile itself.
IF I ever wanted a man to get
licked I would follow Jeffries' methods
exactly. About all he did was walk In
the morning and fish in the afternoon.
Il don't care what the sport is, if
you have been out of it several years
the only way you can get back is by
engaging in that sport: if it's tennis,
play tennis; if it's croquet, play cro-
quet: if it's swimming, swim, and II
it's fighting, fight! fight!
almost every day he continued.
Il saw Jeffries skipping the rope. I'll
admit that rope skipping is a benefic-
cia1 sport for a year old boy. but
what good can it possibly Go a 225
pound giant training for a fight? 1t
was just as asinine as thinking that
taffy pulling might develop his punch.
Another part Of training at the
modern fighters camp is shadow box
ing. Jeff would take two tiny dumb
bells and skip around the floor at an
imaginary foe. 1t reminded me much
of a fellow trying to fight the moon.
What good shadow boxing can do
fighter is beyond my comprehension.
Every day a handler would spend
half hour or so kneading the mus
cles of Jeffs legs. A muscle is like
a fiddlestick; the tighter it is the
faster, stronger and snapper it Is.
The kneading process of course made
his legs like a loaf of bread
IF there was a single thing left I'M
done to make jeff as unfit as possible
for that battle of the century l cannot
think of it.
Il noticed, too, that Jeff was con-
stantiy chewing gum. If ever I caught
one of my football men chewing gum
I would take him off the squad in a
minute. Chewing gum is one of the
worst things an athlete can do. 1t
keeps the saliva flowing necessarily,
and as a result there isn't enough
there at meal time to properly digest
the food This causes nervous indiges-
ton, which will defeat az athlete in
any kind of sport.
Jeff reminded me much of the man
who knew that he was to, be licked.
There was nothing in his manner that
bespoke confidence. He had the hang
dog look of a person who knew that he
was in for a beating. His very walk
gave him away. He had a rambling
gait and there was no play in his arms
He held them stiffly, half crooked.
of my athletic teams 1 know that he is
not in condition.
"TWo days before the bout I went
to Jeff's camp and saw him spar with
Berger and Choyinslli Berger hit
him at will. Chnyinski a shrivelIed
up, middle aged man who looks like
he had tuberculosis, had no trouble
avoiding Jeff's swings.
''The day before the fight I learned
that just a few hours before the battle
JEFF collapsed and wept like a baby.
He knew what was coming to him,
and the approach of the bout COM
pletely unnerved him. / felt sorry
for Jeff when I saw his pitia BILE at
tempt to shape himself"
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