The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15


merit as a fighter when he was forced
to retire on account of having cledheu
up the heavy weight field
"a good many people," said Monahan,
have thought jeff had been idltng MS
time away doing nothing since ne quit
the ring. and they will be influenced 10
bet on Johnson under this belief. but
they are sadly mistaken. JEFF spent
most of his time on his ranch, working
hard. He built a fence around the place
and dug a couple of wells. When ne
was on his ranch he was either IN the
mountains huntingF or catching some
stream trout. I'll bet he has taken pet
ter care of himself than the average
man."
NEVER AGAIN, HE SAYS
1t has been an heroic struggle on the
part of Jeffries, and he remarked 10" a
friend that he would not go through
the same siege of training again Tor
81, 900, 900. Getting back into his old
form has undoubtedly been a harder
task than jeff ever expected, but from
all appearances he has accomplished II.
Perseverance is one quality which
Jeffries possesses. In everything he un-
dertakes he sticks to it until he finally
wins out. Even in his fishing excur-
sions he will whip the streams Tor
hours without catching anything, but
this does not dishearten him. He has
frequently returned to the camp after
dark after having been fishing, and his
excuse to his wife is that the trout did
not commence to bite until late.
There was no boxing on the program
today, but at the same time the big
fellow did hard days work He cut
out his pleasure jaunts, too. for gym
work. He was out on the road early
| in the morning and hiked to Boulder
creek in company with his brother
Jack. Farmer Burns and Bob Arm
strong. On his return he put himself
in the. hands of his rubbers.
His masseurs have got his flesh so
hard and tough that now he is accus-
| ing them of loafng when they are
rubbing him, whereas a few weeks ago
his rubbers had to handle him with
care.
FLESH HARD AND TOUGH
Don't talk so much. Farmer, you're
stalling. Get in and rub little
harder" said Jeff today when he was
| ting lazy" he continued, joking with
| his handlers.
This goes to show how tough Jef's
| flesh is now.
The afternoon was for the most part
| devoted to bag punching. an exercise
which JEFF has not indulged in for many
days.
JEFF painting the canvas on the floor Of
the open air arena. He gave 1T coat
ing of reddish brown paint, color
similar to the canvas which will be
used on the ring in which the big bat
tie will be fought.
Jeff punched the bag steadily for Is
minutes His mighty blows caused the
bag to fly from its stand atime or two.
He went at his work with vengeance
and never showed any signs of being
tired.
Jim Corbett then went into the hand
ball court and played three games Of
handball with Jeffries. Gentleman
Jim" was beaten after three exciting
games. JEFF lost the first game by a
21 to 19 and 21 to 10.
From the handball court JEFF went
into the gymnasium and used the pull
1eys for six minutes, and followed this
with seven minutes of shadow boxing.
The wrist machine exercise followed.
SHOWS MUSCLES AT BEST
The chair exercise. which he used to
strengthen his stomach muscles, was
brought into play as he leaned back
massivel muscles could then be seen at
their best. He looked like a giant, and
the spectators who were watching were
amazed at his size.
DR.. G. F. Brackett of San Francisco
looked Jeff over today as the latter was
being rubbed, and declared that a man
looking in his condition could not be in
anything but the best possible form
Jeff announced Immediately that he
would be rubbed down three times a
day from now on. In the past he has
been rnassaged but twice during the
day.
jeff will make tour of the world in
an athletic show in the event that he
conquers johnson. In the aggregation
there will be two champions and a for
mer champion. JEFF, Corbett and Gotch.
Immediately after the fight the show
will start on tour OF the eastern
cities. The company will then cross
the Atlantic and give the first perform
ance on the other side IN Cork, Ireland.
H III. Frazee, the theatrical magnate
who bqnd1ad TafF