Show PHYSICAL cUt lURE TESTS BY EXPERTS NOT TING Medical Examinations of Big Boxers Do Not Prove Superiority PHILADELPHIA Jan 26 A A week or orso orso orso so ago Jim Jeffries was examined by a medical expert who pronounced the big boiler maker malter to be bo a model of physical development one who would would- come within an wn ace of getting an average of so far as Internal arrangements were con con- That was certainly reassuring to to those of us who happen to fancy the Jeffries end In tho the approaching debate which he lie Is is to hold with the family somewhere on independence day next ensuing writes Frank Hough of the Inquirer But these gents who hand out certificates very like S t the of fn Intelligent physical ft e excellence alienists f i who are arc h hare are invariably rung in in celebrated cases eases where the mental balance of the defendant defend defend- ant or the testator are under legal re re- re view If youve you've got the price you can get the experts to testify from almost any angle and if It you leave it to them they will prove anything provided they can convince the twelve men tried and true that their dope is the real Simon pure blown In the tho bottle and In Inthe Inthe the tho cloth article Of course 1 did not propose that Jim should be given such a hunch as that so he too got busy And he showed a lot of class In his selection of his examiner lie He went right after the did Jack and copped out Professor Sargent of Harvard Other Apollos According to the story sent out from Cambridge Johnson put in an hour and anda a half in the gymnasium during which he was f subjected to all sorts of tests at atthe atthe atthe the conclusion of which he scored 1585 points a points a remarkable record considering the fact that the average of the who have made football history at Harvard Harvard Har liar vard yard foots up only points At the conclusion of the examination Dr Sargent Sargent Sargent Sar Sar- gent announced that Johnson was without without without with with- out doubt the strongest fighter that he ever examined and that he was not only v very ry strong In his arms and back but also exceptionally strong in his legs Now there is no denying the persuasiveness persuasive persuasive- ness of or that dope dope if if the learned doctor will permit the tha old sports sport's colloquialism colloquialism- but it is not necessarily convincing Over twenty-five twenty years ago Prof Proto James M. M Laflin was conceded to be the real perfection per of physical development but he lie did not riot last long enough to cause Sully to get up a gentle glow The Maori Herbert Slade who looked hooked big enough t td sidetrack one of ot the Pennsy's big moguls was was was' another Imposing specimen of physical physical physical cal humanity who registered rt 1000 according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the physical experts of that time and possibly more If th tops had hadnot hadnot hadnot not blown out of their needles But when It came e down to the particular t r line e of x l Oft human endeavor of which Sully was the most distinguished exponent why that Maori child only started started started Paddy Ryans Ryan's Case When Paddy Ryan and John L. L Sullivan Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van came together at Mississippi City in 1882 to determine the heavy weight premiership premiership premiership pre pre- of r America and America and that was and andis is as great a title titie as any fighter should care to aspire to there to-there there was a distinguished distinguished distinguished distin distin- medical gent from Buffalo who was also a bug on various parts of ot the tho human anatomy Of course the fact that Ryan hailed from Troy did not Influence in influence influence In- In fluence his Judgment but before tho the big muss he went all over Ryan with a pair of callipers a bunch of stethoscopes 8 s. s yard measures and fine tooth combs and finally finally finally final final- ly concluded that there was nothing to the fight that Ryan must win because of oC his superior physical conformation as c compared with that of Sullivan In those days the term solar plexus had not been thought of although In his homely way Arthur Chambers had often spoken of a belly be punch as the most moat effective offensive measure when you ou really wanted to land the kale The learned Ie-arned M. M D. D from Buffalo went into rhapsodies over the symmetry of Ryans Ryan's general physical conformation and used scientific terms that would have driven Kid Howard or Johnny Loftus into the foolish house if they had been around in those days to show that Sully had no chance But somehow or other the learned doctor slipped a cog in the corn com compilation om- om of his dope Like Ilke the barkeep keep who forgot to toss the milk into the concoction concoction concoction con con- of a milk punch he lie overlooked the wallop and it was the wallop that brought Sully homo home a winner in the ninth round by way of the knockout route There are qualities essential to a successful successful suc sue fighter t which cannot be made manifest even eten by the resources of the ablest and most distinguished medical experts |