The San Francisco call., 1910-06-24
KETCHEL-LANGFORD
MATCH CALLED OFF
John L. Sullivan Barred From Jeffries
Camp for Knocking" Fight
Continued From Page IL

road like a Yale track runner. Even
the farmer, who always likes to be
well up with Jim at the finish, had to
fall back He could not figure once
Jim took it into his head to tear off
the last 200 yards in about 20 sec
conds. They did not pull the watch
on him, but they think he broke the
worlds record.
After the road work and the rub
down and the brea kfast and a few
other stunts Jeff decided to play some
baseball. The springs adjoin the ball
park, so the former champion had the
pleasure of frisking right in on a dia-
mond that the national commission
would hold sway over if it had
chance.
For two hours Jeff and his trainers
played bail. He batted them out and
he caught and he pitched. In fact he
did everything but pack the buckets
around the lot. There is no question
that he went at his work with
all his might and main. His heart
was in it. jeff would rather play
baseball than go through any other
form of exercise that he knows about,
and he has tried them all, even to
driving automobiles. Then there was
luncheon and a nice little afternoons
rest.
Just as soon as the cars started in
the morning the crowds from Reno
began to flock out The ball game
drew better house than any other
diamond contest that the state of Ne
vada has ever known. jeff liked
everything else. but he could not warm
up to the assemblage. He would
rather have been alone.
They even waited outside of his tent
10 hear him snore when he took the
afternoon siesta. Some of them have it
down so fine that they can tell by the
way jeff snores what hel is dreaming
about. It was necessary to appoint
Burns and Bob Armstrong and Dick
Adams and Eddie Leonard a special
guard TO keep the multitude from
crushing in.
TO PUNCH, OR NOT TO PUNCH
Shortly after o'clock one of the
high officials of the camp made the
startling announcement that Mr. JEFF
fries had decided not to punch any of
his sparring partners. There was a
murmur of disappointment all along
the line. Some of those present had
even quit their work so as to be on the
job to take a peek at the big fellow
the first time he ever donned the mitts
in Nevada.
About 4 Jeff made his way out to
the dancing platform, which has been
ItBSeQ up dS a gymnasium. He got
great hand, but he did not even bat an
eye. He just looked right straight
ahead of him. walked over and started
to put up his punching bag. Not a
glance did he take at the crowd and it
was some crowd, too--a crowd for
any fighter to be proud of
He went right after the old punching
bag and slapped it and all but tore 1t
10 pieces. For IA minutes this big
mountain Of man went through this
act. Nevada never saw anything ex-
actly like it. He used all his famous
right and left hand wallops and he
made them all count. 1t was good
exhibition-good enough for any
After that Jefr shadow boxed and
pulled the weights and limbered up
generally. He worked very fast.
faster. in fact. than he has been work
ing down in the Santa Cruz mountains
At the finish he was not putting a lot,
though there is no question that the
change in the climate has affected his
wind to a certain degree Otherwise
he would not be human
From now on Jeffries will start on
the drying out process. He will not
drink much Of anything. He feels that
it is high time for him to commence
this so that his skin will tighten up a
bit. He firmly believes that he is in
the best possible physical condition. He
has gone as far as he can, otherwise
he would not start the drying out
process.
PRAISE FROM CAESAR
Mike Murphy. the old time Yale
trainer and one of the greatest authori-
ties on condition that the world has
ever known, looked JEFF over this aft
ernoon for the first time in his life.
Murphy pronounced the big fellow 10
he absolutely the finest specimen of
humanity he ever gazed upon and he