The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12

Is the man. lie mas Dlacllcdl1E Speni
a year and a half in trying TO get
back 10 his old form, and from al
appearances he has succeeded in at
tanning his end He really looks the
Jeffries of half dozen years ago
when he conquered a collection Of the
greatest ring gladiaters that the
marquis of Queensberry rules has ever
known.
Jenries has a head of his own and in
most instances he decides for himself
Nobody can order him to do anything
but the members of the camp can sug-
gest and if they are clever enough to
know how to approach him, he will
likely take their suggestions. There
is hardly a man in the camp who
knows Jefries' disposition like Corbett
The latter is a rare judge Of human
nature. and as he has been through
the experience of training for a num-
ber of championship fights, he knows
that a fighter becomes out of sorts al
times and must be handled accord
inEly.
BOWED To PUBLIC DEMAND
COrbett is heartily in accord with
Jefs system of training and declares
the big fellow must be given a whole
lot Of credit for the sacrifice which he
has gone through to satisfy the de-
mand Of the people who called upon
him TO win the heavy weight title
back to the white race
No one unfamiliar to the grind of
training which Jeffries has gone
through can ever understand what he
has done and the number of hard
ships he has undergone to get back
in shape. He has actually deprived
himself of many Of the pleasures OF
life for more than a year and has
gone through a siege which few other
men would have undertaken.
Fighters have tried 10 regain their
form, in the past, declares Corbett
bout they have never gone about II
like JEFF Most of them have spent a
few months in training and thought
they were right and went in the ring,
only TO find out that they were not
there
HIS TRAINERS COMPETENT
Jenries has had the benefit of ex-
pert trainers. He has surrounded him
self since he entered camp with a
corps Of men all of whom are efficient
in their respective lines. While all
Of them viii undoubtedly be hand
somely. remembered for their services,
at the same time they have their
hearts in their work and each Of them
goes about it as if he was individ-
uaIlv responsible for Jef's condition.
There has been considerable criti-
cism Of the dead ones Jeff surround
ed himself with. But at the same time
when you figure it out who could
lie get that would prove any better
helpers than these same men?
tt is true that Bob Armstrong, Joe
Chovnski ana Jim Corbett have
passed their days of usefulness in the
ring. but At the same time they are
stiIl capable of giving Jeh some fast
sparring by which he can get back his
old eye and get the speed which ne
needs when he stacks M against
johnson.
Now. for instance, say jeff has the
same staff Of sparring partners when
Johnson has employed. start on with
Marty Cutler. Marty would be abso-
luteIy useless. TO JEFF. He would not
be able to give the big fellow that
fast work which he needs and if JEFF
turned loose on Cutler he would likely
cripple him. The same goes for Cot
ton. though Cotton has proved more
capable sparring partner than Cutter
as he is bigger and more shifty. How
ever. ne would not be able TO stand
those left hand rips to the stomach
which JEFF would land If he ever tore
loose. and it is doubtful if there is a
man living today who can stand them
for any length Of time.
STOPPED BLOW; DOCTOR NOW
Jenries can not hit his sparring
partners hard. for If he does he is
likely TO cripple them. This has al
ready been demonstrated in the little
sparring bout between the big fellow
and his brother Jack which took place
in san Francisco a few weeks ago. Since
that night Jack has been in the hands
Of a doctor from little left hand rip
which JEFF delivered. Jacks ribs have
been injured and his body is now en-
cased in bandages. 1t Is extremely
doubtful if he viii be Of any more
assistance to his brother for boxing
purposes before the day of the battle
JEFF could not remember hitting HIS
brother very hard. as he says he never
turns loose his heavy batteries when
sparring. However, the fact remains
that Jack has been crippled and Jack
knows how it occurred.
The fight experts who have been al
the training camp here since he started
work declare Jeff is himself again
They do not point to his gymnasium
work as evidence OF being in condi-
tion nor to the speed he displays, but
they maintain that no man could run
over the roads or climb the mountains
as JEFF does without being in the best
possible condition. He is a bear foI
road work and he trips over the road
ss ilEDtly as a 100 yard runner.
I vas only last night that he took
a hike over the roads to Boulder Creek
which is three ana a half miles from
the camp. He walked there and ran
back He covered the return journey
in % minutes. which goes to prove the
condition that JEFF has rounded to.
There is not man in camp that
can keep alongside of him in these
tests Of endurance on the road, though
thev have been training with him right
along He is simply too much for them
and they can not stand the grind.
BOXING COMING NOW
During the coming two weeks, ac-
cording to the statement given out by
Jeff. he viii do a lot of boxing, so all
the members of his sparring staff will
he kept busy. Corbett viii be better
ftted to box with JEFF after one or two
more trials and Choynsl1i is in better
shape now. Armstrong IS IN good con-