The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04
HAS LISTENED TO
NO ONES ADVICE
If He Triumphs, No One Can Lay
Claim to Share of Praise, and
if He Loses, the Fault Will
Be All His own-Has
Trained According to His
Own Ideas.
BY MIKE MURPHY,
OfHcial Trainer Of the University of
. PcnnnYlXnnla.

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Reno July a--win or lose to-mor
row, Jeffries will have made his own
fight. II he triumphs. he will have a
right to every iota of the glory. Moth
ing can take 1T from him. There will
he no Delaney to say that he got him
into winning condition, or Tommy
Ryan to tell about teaching the pro-
tecting crouch. or any other ring de-
vice. N
Should he lose, he can put the blame
on nobody but himself His training
associates. Corbett, Choynski, Berger.
Armstrong and the rest, have been
nothing, They have begged him to
box. He has ignored them. And to-
morrow he Will pay no attention TO
what they tell him TO do in the ring.
Except that they Will do the mechani-
cal work of tanning him with towels
or rubbing his legs, Jeffries might as
well have no seconds. for he will make
his own fight absolutely the same as
he has done his own training.
Jack JeTries admitted as much to
me to-day.
/ was regretting TO him that jeff
rtes had not seen fit to substitute hard
honest work for rubbing. / reminded
Jack that on several occasions had
warned him that Jeffries had really
done no training at all at Reno; that
he had hardly taken any more cxer-
else than any ordinary man with lit
tie spare time would take to keep the
loose flesh off.
Cnn't Move Him.
Jack admitted that It was all true.
but said thatit had been useless 10
try to move the former boilcrinaker.
He knew his own business. ne said. on.
the occasions when he Sdeigned an an
swer. and would win or lose according
TO his own PLANS
The fact is that Jeffrics is rather
proud of his wonderful ring career.
which is unmarried by defeat or even
a knockdown. He holds himself in
knowledge above those who have
sought to tell him what TO do. In his
earlier fights he was content to be
guided and was most easy man to
handle, but now he is boss. and in the
ring he will be his own tactician.
made a sort of poll to-day among
some of the writer's who are experts
on condition, and there is no doubt
that all are affected largely by the
confidence of the Jeffries followers
and are certain that he will win.
Jack London. Lewis, Edgren and a
host OF others are confident OF Jeff
ries.
William Muldoon. the former cham
,pton wrestler. leans a shade to Jeffries.
but cannot see where anything better
than even money is justified
OF those who, in spite of their per-
sonal desires, have been gradually in
huenced in favor OF johnson, may
mention John T. sullivan. Battling
Nelson, Billy McCarney, Tim McGrath
and myself. L have some faith in the
Judgment of McGrath. He trained
Sharkey twice TO meet Jeffries. and
must have made a pretty fair job of 1t. !
He has been close in his attention orr
both men, and he says that IL Johns<n
makes the fight he is capable of tyere
will be the biggest upset since crfbett
dropped sullivan.
Black Has the Power
II this black will fight 5I he has
the power to do he Will hetrtr Jefries
sure. But in answer to thi, the Jet
fries followers tell you than he lacks
the nerve, and that while NJ is fine
boxer it Will only take a ffw of JET
rries's bull-like rushes to tiike all the
fight out of him.
Well. i say to this thatIJeffres Will
have to make better ryshes than he
did at his sparring paytners or john
sons left Will do sore merry damage.
Personally, dots.ot think that John
for Jeff. He has the ability, and he
stands to win fortune. / believe thar
this colored man could whip any OF
the men that Jefries ever conquered,
and some of them in quicker time.
Why, then. should he be mark for
Jeffries?
II am accused of favoring Johnson,
can only tell what I see here am
under Instructions to dodge no issus,
n, to 90 OF n TI,.,f
is what am doing.
Jeffries's appearance makes pro-
found impression on me. But know
that he has not worked to put the fin
1shtng touches on himself. Apparently
he is saving all his power for one SUI
preme effort. But II he lacks the VI
tally, will this grand burst of force
1naterialize?
have watched both men carefully
Tor two weeks. and think that the
colored mans work and kind of prep
aration Offset any natural adVtange
Jeffries may have on him in size and
endurance.
Suppose in the first three or four
rounds Jeffries is unable to hit John
son? Or suppose he lands on him a
couple OF times and does not hurt him?
confidence that even II he Is by nature
"a little bit yellow he Will forget all
about 1t and fight like a whirlwind
All to Credit of Jcffries.
What there is helpful In the SYM
pathy of the crowd Will all go to the
credit of Jeffries. He gets all the good
wishes; Johnson gets none. Not many
people of the negro's own race are
here; the pilgrimage is too costly for
them.
1t is remarlabl to see the difference
between the two camps. Everybody
goes to see Jetfries and wishes him
we'll And left cares no thing about 1t.
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