The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-07
TAD NOW SATISFIED
JEFFRIES IS READY
Diversions Now Necessary
TO Keep Mind Off Big
Fight.
By TAD.

JEFFRIES' TRAINING CAMP,
ROWARDENNAN. Cal, June with
Jeffries in such excellent physical condi-
tion and so near his old fighting form
that both he and mis- assistants think II
safe and wise for him 10 interrupt his
training with fishing trips and othsr
created here among Jefries' followers
by reports Of chaotic conditions existing
today in Johnson's camp
According 10 the stories received by
JEFF and his trainers, the johnson camp
is as wild as heE coop, with Bob Arm
strong locked up inside. Johnson IS said
70 be giving more thought 20 hiring and
firing managers, keeping out Of the way
Of court orders, and taking in lots Of
money at the door Of his gym, than he
is to the matter Of training. Pulled first
one way and then another by the var
ious zen with various motives who are
swarrling around him. Il IS said that he
hardly knows his own mind two minutes
together.
Discussing the reports Of the Johnson
camp, Farmer Burns expressed the
views of practically all in the Jeffries'
camp in this statement:
Delaney Helping.
johnson now realizes that Jef is in
remarkable condition, and knows that
he will not have the cinch he expected
at first He has Billy Delaney and other
good men working on him, but what can
I they do? With only a few weeks remain
/ ing for him 10 get in shape his mind is
unsettled. and he doesn't know just
what 10 do While Jeff IN fine shape Is
/ going fishing and taking things easy,
/ Johnson is quarreling with managers
| and trainers, lodging court orders, and
/ worrying over gate receipts. He Is so
/ crazy over money he has almost for
/ gotten training
! In two weeks from now his nerves
Will be gone entirely"
Corbett is on the level with his work,
and is training as hard as an ordinary
fighter, for he knows that within G. few
days the big call for him in he ring
viii come and he needs TO be right.
The big fellow is all right now" said
Corbett. You know he has the wind
and the strength. and is bound to get
the speed. But what he lacks right here
is a man who feints him. ChOynski,
Armstrong, Jack Jefries, and Burns are
/ all right 10 rough with; the boys trade
wallops with him, rough him in the
/ clinches, and all that, you know, but
there's absolutely no feinting- What he
wants is a man to mix with and then
pull away TO make him miss. Get me-
I He needs fast boxing. Johnson is a fast
. fellow. He will pull JEFF into a feint
] occasionally, and Jim has not been fed
the dope as yet When we get into thai
( open ring here I'm going - have him
follow me around so he'll chase me. then
well stand and mix, bling. bang, bling.
Make Him Quicker.
Then I'll start going fast as .hough
I intended TO get in again ard pull
away and then in again You know the
old stuff. 1 want him to miss. want
Jim to get used to the phony, lead-fast
stuff, make him think quicker and ex-
pect a different play. That old bunH
of landing lefts, blocking lefts, putting
light rights 10 the body and trading
is all right for few weeks, but wha'
things He needs a fellow to trade
quickly, then pull away, feint, and il
again.
I'm working just as though I wa.
going into a fight. and. believe me,
expect 70 get mine when we do start
/ In ten days he will be just as speedy
as he ever was, and right on edge. He.
bound 20 get a bit huffy. No man eve
vas ltstNJ ApI AbhL WIZ QUILL Be
1 nervous.
In intend to take Jim of for littl,
walk in the evening, and talk the
nervous stuff off He'll tell me. of course
that he Isn't. but I know he is. I'll tel
him that no man ever was ready for {
| fight that wasn't nervous. Don't tel
| them about those cool guys on the firine
line. ! saw that as a kid
I was timekeeper for George God.
frey. you know, when he fought Pete
Jackson at the old California Club.
was up in GOCfrey's room Just before
the fight, and, on the level, he was fell,
ing US funny stories. never thinking al
all about the fight. I looked at hin
with amazement. / could not understand
that man ready for a big battle like
that could be so cool l was a daffv
kid on boxing, always on the hon
anxious TO get away, like a horse at the
barrier. Godfrey was a cool as a Gu
cumber He wasn't game. do YOU know
it2 Jackson peppered him for fifteen
rounds. and at the end Of the fifteenth
Godfrey took old Peters hand, shook il
and quit, standing up. He was never
even on the floor.