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Show "SAILOR TOM" IS IN HARD TRAINING Sharkey ' Hopes to Regain Old-Time Eorln Before He FightsaWith ' Munroe. NETV YORK, Feb. 24. Thomas J. Sharkey has already begun .training for hia battle with Jack Munroe. Although 4 -the date of the contest has not yet been set. and Is not likely to take place for more than four months, the sailor Is going go-ing through a preparatory course of training, which he hopes will put him in as good condition as when he met Jeffries Jef-fries at Coney island. Many claimed that his go with Jeffries Jef-fries took the system out. of him. While this may or may not be so, the fact remains re-mains that Sharkey has shown poor form in his recent fights. No one knows this fact better than the sailor himself. Sharkey has lali out a system which he c nJtends to follofc.' until he goes into ac-Tfie ac-Tfie training. Vharkey la doing good wlirk a Woods' Vymnasium, which has been the training ground for many of the great fighters in the past decade. His rod work consists of a stroll around Central park, a distance of about Eeveh miles. At the conclusion of the run Bharkey goes into the gymnasium, and after the regular rub-down he l ready for the routine gymnasium work. This Includes several lively rounds with his sparring partner.. Jack McCormick, and bag-punching. bag-punching. Occasionally the sailor indulges in-dulges In a wrestling bout. |