The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-26
JEFFR|ES TURNS
JOHN |. DOWN
LATTER CALLED TO SEE BOIL
ERMAKER. BUT is TOLD .EF.
FRIES WOULD'T SHAKE HANDS.

day that his presence was not de
sired at the camp of eX-Champior
James J. Jeftries.
Why" asked Sullivan, as he
stood at the gate that had been
closed to bar him from Jeffries
cottage at Moana Springs.
Because" replied Corbett you
have knocked the big fight and call
ed it fake. Jeffries wants me to
say that he will not shake hands
with you"
That's a mistake I've been mis-.
quoted" the veteran John l.. pro
tested
Il don't believe you We're misquot'
ed" calmly answered Corbett, and
after a brief colloquy Sullivan moved
away and returned to Reno with
his manager, Frank Hall
Speaking for Sullivan, Manager
Hall declared that John l.. refuses
to regard Corbett as Jeffries spokes-
man and that he will return to Mo
ana Springs and make another eff
fort to see Jeffries personally.
Speaking for Jeffries, who at the
time of Sullivans call. was loung-
ing in his cottage, Manager Sam
Berger asserts that Corbett was
fully empowered to speak for JEFF
fries, and that if Sullivan makes an
other effort to seek him out he
will be accorded the same reception
as that of yesterday.
"Of course" said Berger "as the
public is given access to our camp,
Sullivan has as much right as any
body else to come and see Jeffries
work, but Corbett quoted Jeffries
correctly in telling Sullivan that
he will have nothing to do with
him.
Sullivan, in a statement to the AS
sociated Press, said he was totally
for the treatment given
him and has no intention of fore
ing himself on Jeffries if Jeffries
does not care to see him. He declared
there was no foundation for the be-
lief of Jeffries' trainers that he had
roasted Jeffries and had termed the
coming fight "frameup."
1t is understood Richard will trv
to effect a reconciliation between
Sullivan and Jeffries.
Jeffries did his first public work
at Moana Springs yesterday after.
noon in the presence of more thai
400 spectators. The eX-champion,
after a morning session of ball
playing, began his real exercise with
a vigorous fifteen minute siege %
bag punching. This was follower
by a brief invasion of the pulley.
weight department, and immediate
ly thereafter a long rope skipping
session was INDUCED in. After that
he shadow-boXed for fifteen min
utes, put in three rounds of rough
and tumble work with Farmer Burns
and finished his efforts with abiom-
inal exercises of his creation.
In all, Jeffries' exercises occupied
one hour and ten minutes. When
asked if the altitude had any effec:
on his respiration. the eX-champioT
replied that he could not see any. He
said, however, that when he stlrtel
his work his breathing was some
what labored, but this finally wore
off.
Betting on the big event is ex-
tremely slow. A few wagers of
small amounts are noted, but it is
not believed that the heavy betters
will loosen their purse strings until
the arrival of the coast delegation.
The announcement from San Fran
CISCO, that the uangfordKetchel
contest, planned for the morning
Of the big fight. had been called off.
was not entirely unexpected in
Reno The local committee. working
with Promoter Richard to stage the
Ieffries-Johnson battle. was strongly
opposed to the rival event and
brought strong pressure to bear on
Promoter Hester.
Tom Flanagan received a tele.
gram from Jack johnson in the af-
.ernoon stating the negro would ar
rive in Reno Friday morning. The
was addressed to Flanagan
Is Manager Of Jack Johnson"
Just what Johnson meant by that
wording after his reported reappoint-
nent of George Little as his man
iger, is a question of particular in
crest to Tom Flanagan.
Promoter Sid Hester this afternoon