The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-28
Fighters Toy With
All Their Trainers
ONLY BY STARRING WORK OF
PRINCIPALs-JEFFR WILL NOT
REST AFTER THURSDAY

Reno, New, June 27.-"Well, this is the
last big fight Pugilism as it has fiuor-
shed many decades will be a lost art
in the United States, and that means in
the world. when the Jeffries-J johnson fight
is over
Such is the prediction of the whole
fighting world apparent.
1T will be a great fight, and it will be
the last big fight said one gray-haired
ring veteran today.
Il have followed the game since
knew enough to follow anything. L am
only glad that it has not just dwndled
away but will go out in a blaze of glory"
1t was a day of "reminiscences and
tales of other fights and other fighters.
There was little else to do. Jeffries
workout early this morning came as a
complete surprise. Hardly one of the
usual crowd of spec .ators reached Moana
in time to witness it, From then until
johnson dawdled through listess 10
rounds with his sparrng partners late in
the afternoon there was nothing to do but
talk. 1t was too hot to walk much and
the groups of sporting celebrities clung
to the shade and gossiped endlessly
arena, which marked the beginning of his
day, Promoter Richard had time to an
swer numerous kilograms and to discuss
many details of his preparations with his
subordinates.
Most important of these was the ar
rangement for transferring to Reno from
San Francisco $4,000 of the purse money,
now on deposit in the coast city Rick
ard was asked by Tim lSullivan of New
York, stakeholder, to attend to this at
once and the funds probably will be in
Reno tomorrow. Sullivan himself, accord
ing to his telegram today, expects to ar
rive July l.
Richard and johnson were in confer
ence for almost an hour at noon, after
the negro had done eight miles of road
work in the early morning. Both stated
the matter under discussion was without
direct bearing on the fight, but would
not say what had been talked Of
When the negro, clad in his usual fight
ing costume of blue and black, stepped
into the ring in the late afternoon, the
roped square was fanked by big gather
ing of visitors AL Kaufman was called
on after a few minutes medicine ball
work. but the four rounds that followed
We're devoid of stirring moments. Kauf-
man Duffed like a broken down race
horse. He was forced to do all the lead
ing, Johnson mere blocking his blows
and sending back no exchanges. The alti-
tude is bothering Kaufman considerably
and Johnsons easy breathing and perfect
condition are sharply noticeable beside
his sparring partners gasping work.
Monahan came next and Johnson went
after him with playful force in the first
of their four -n'lnds battle. Blood
dripped from Monahan's nose and lips in
less than a minute. Johnson shot in two
straight lefts with flashing speed and
with definite precision.
Then he took things easy and joked
with Monahan and the crowd about the
ring they tusseled with each other.
Two rounds with Dave Mills followed and
this concluded the days work
John L. Sullivan undefeated London
prize ring champion, watched Johnson
work. He stood on rock far back of
the crowd at the ringside and looked
on. The playful side of the exhibition
evidently did not appeal strongly to the
old warrior, as he mumbled something
about Seeing the real business next
MondayA
If present intentions are carried out
al Jeffries' camp Thursday will see the
last of the former champions training,
when he pulls the six-ounce gloves from
his hands on that day and has had his
parting tussle with the shadows the hope
of the white race" will have completed
a full year of training for his encounter
with Johnson.
On the rubbing table this morning, after
II hard rounds of boxing and two rounds
of pulling and hauling with Farmer
Burns, he said:
when my Brother John arrived in
camp a few minutes ago and asked me
how felt, told him that I was never
In better condition to fight in my life.
/ told him the truth. l feel better now
than ever on the eve of any fight before
my retirement and I will be prepared for
any kind of going. From now on until
Thursday, when probably l will wind up
the work, I will give my attention to
boxing with just bit of sprinting in
the evenings. After that 1t will be solid
rest and the drying out process"
Jeffries' encounters with Corbett, Ber-
ger Choynski and Bob Armstrong early
today were his first boxing bouts since
coming to Reno. He was out of bed be-
fore Z o'clock and had given his sparring
partners orders to prepare for the work
out Choynski. Berger and Armstrong
faced him for three rounds each and Cor
bett took a turn for two sessions. The
bout with Berger was an interesting one
Jeffries slashed at his manager with an
assortment of smashing blows and In the
second roun0 placed a rlgnt HOOK tnHt
bent the San Franciscan and robbed him
Of his wind Jeffries asked Berger If he
had had enough after the second and
laughed when the business agent came
back for more.
Armstrong was dropped to his knees
during one of the onslaughts when he
was dancing before Jeffries. The big
sparring partner was just breaking from
a clinch when right body punch took
the fight out of him and ended hostili-
ties for several seconds. Armstrong had
a hard time taking care of himself for
the rest of the round.
Jeffres spent the rest of the day lott
ering about the grounds Of his cottage
and early In the afternoon left camp
for a fishing trip.