The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-22
CORBETT LEAVES
 FOR JEFFR|ES' CAMP
Gentleman Jim Says Jeff Is a Sure Winner
SOMETHING OF PLANS
Is Going to Help and Not to Give Or dcrs-ThinIxs Tex Rickard Is Capable Mnn and Is Also
 on the Level
BY JEFF THOMPSON

New York, May 21.-(Special) )-zJames J. Corbett, who will leave for the >Jeffrics training camp tomorrow for the purpose of putting the finishing fighting touches on the ex-champion said today that de- spite his A years he thought he would be able to lend valuable assistance, and later, he declared, he hoped to have the pleasure of witnessing Jeffries scatter the features of Champion Jack Johnson to the four winds of Frisco
 Corbett has been training himself for stage life, which has sapped his wind and made his muscles f1abby, but he is now fast and can box six of the liveliest rounds one would care to see.
 "Im not going to California to become boss of the Jeffries training camp,v said Corbett. "I am going there to do what I can to assist Jeffries to get into con dtion for the big battle on July 4. From what I now hear Jeffries is already in tip-top shape. All he needs is lot 0. | boxing, some rough work anG some spar ring with fast men. There will be no dis | agreement with any one when I reach the camp. I expect to box with Jim whenever he wants me to. Our work will be the finishing touch. We may take short sprints together but no long runs, for Jeff has got past that stage of the work
 Now know Jeff is in good condition. I saw letter from Joe Choynsk in which he said that Jeffrie3 is already in fine shape, and is alternating with pe- riods of rest so that he won't get stale. Joe says that there is only one boss at Rowardennan, and that is Jeffries him. self He says that there will be no diff ficulty over orders when I get there, anl he is right. T am going there to assist in the training, not to give orders. l am asked a hundred times a day if Jeffries will win. Now, I have not seen the big fellow for some time, but I never think of defeat. If he is the same Jeffres that nearly broke me in two out in San Francisco 1 hope Johnsons friends shake hands with him before he gets into the ring. I don't see any reason why Jeffres should not win. In fact, I believe he will just literally wade into that darky and trOunce him to the queens taste.
 "I have been much interested in the troubles which have beset the promoters, but that will not worry Jeffries, for he is not the chap to worry over such things. The referee muddle and the shifting of the battle ground have caused much comment, but no one can say just ly that the fight will not be on the level.
 When Rickard enters the ring he will have tied up in that fight the sum of $150,OO0. There will be nobody in this country or any other who will be as deeply interested in having the great event come to a successful conclusion as he. It will be to his interest to have the battle fought on the level, for he and Gleason hope to net a fortune out oi the moving pictures. Rickard has not refereed many fights, but he knows the rules. He has confidence in his ability and that goes long way, not only In referring prize fights. but in anything else. The public will get a square deal with Tex Rickard in the ring.
 "The Jeffries-Johnson fight has, I be- lieve, attracted wider interest than any prize fight ever held. This is probably due to the wide advertising it has had. and, in a great degree, to the fact that there has not been a big prize fight in the United States for a great many years. The fight will cause millions of dollars to be spent, and may cause such a revival of interest that prize fighting can gain its old-time level, in the west al least.
 Both Jeffries and Johnson are splendid examples of the fighting man. Both are clean fighters. I do not believe that eith- CT one will try or even think of trying to foul the other. The battle will be waged on the physical merits of both. It will be a magnificent struggle between two gladiators. The superb physical con- dtion of both will prevent serious injury to either and the science of boxing will be exhibited at its highest mark. As T sportsman I want to see the best man win, and believe that I can positively state at this time that the heavyweight champion of the world on July next will be James J. Jeffries."