Show t TRAINING FOR A fiGHT I By James J J. J Jeffries I New York March 4 In In the first of ot a series of or articles written today James J. J Jeffries discusses the time present da day heavyweight ht material and for tor th the first time timo gives os his ideas IdeM on tho this all all- important training question lIla Ills article ar ar- is as ns follows I have been frequently asked who in m my opinion is tho the best big white whiteman whiteman man In tho gamo game toda today Without reservation I answer Sam Berger Bergor Ho lIe Hohas has more moro class than an any of those other fellows Ho no has a wallop ho he hoI hei hoIs I Is clever and ho has speed All of ot these other follows fellows are Blow slow compared with him and it is speed that counts Barry Darry is too slow He has no chance chanco A slow fellow with a punch will never do The Tho big men have havo all gone one oneto to pieces They dont don't do enough work They dont don't train enough h. h Training for a Q fight Is 18 much like Jlko training a hor o for Cor a race Tho The first thing to do Is to clean him out Then Thon the he trainer takes him out for tor a short walk Thon Then ho he Is run a n little Dally Daily for or three months ho Is la taken out on tho ho road Tho The distance is increased gradually and antl bo boo degrees ho is R m made mado tc to to KO go faster Then when ne he gets gois Into good od condition ho may bo be en entered en- en toned In a nillo race And Its HM Just lie Clio same samo with fighters They've got Kot to work and work woric hard timo thino If It they thoY iwo aro over Q going to nil tho amount to to to anything t S i u v j Thoro There Is no rio man ln It living who can get el I himself in condition In iii two or three mistake mistake big big mis mis- weeks And its ita a take for take tak for a man to tr try to keep himself himself him him- self in condition all nil tho the time If It ho he docs does that ho lie Is bound to go stale stole When hen a man Is too old to train heis ho he hoIs hois is too old to light fight ht Condition is tho the best beat thing in the world for tor fighters lighters Before I 1 began training I weighed about 26 pounds I I managed to train oft ort about 25 pounds before I 1 left Frisco Since Sinco then I have taken on considerable weight It doesn't do to take tako oft off weight too fast And I It Isn't the thing In tho the world either As John L. L Sullivan used to sa say If Ir Irhe ho he get as ns much pleasure out of or getting rid If It his corporatism corporation as ask k ho had in putting it on hed he'd begin training at once To take tako oft off flesh In a a. rush is 18 weak weak- ening It must be bo worked oft off slowly Many fighters think that they must bo at a certain weight to put Up their best light fight I dont don't believe in that I Intend Intond to begin besin my training today I but Im I'm going to leave leavo hard work alone alono for tor u n little time I like the tho handball and I expect to start oft off with that i I will do a n. little sparring and antl If It ItI I got tho time I will tako take tho the road for fora a n. short time I J know now as S well vell as S any- any ono else elso that a a. follow fellow who has been out or of tho the game Kam Tor tal four tour years cant can't 1 Jump right lJ back boak Ck Into It a tin tin- seconds second's ond a notice I i worked hard to become a n. fighter lighter Anyone else who expects to tomake tomake make malec good nl must sl do the tho same thing I |