Show I I l I I I I JEFFRIES IN GOOD I FIGHTING TRIM TRl r I By Dr W V W Naughton Sam Berger who Is traveling tho the I show with Jim Jeffries and who whoP it is understood will be bo the thc big bl fellows manager when Jeffries J takes up UI the tho gauge of battle again thinks that the thc San Francisco sporting writ writers j jers jers I ers have dealt rather lather severely with the retired one i Tho The writer is one ono of a number who I received letters from Berger Derger touch touchIng i lug ling upon the point In question In his communication Sam says From the thc report H I 1 get from front time timeto to time It is apparent that the thc press of o Sun San Francisco doubts the sincer sincerity Hy ity It of Jeffs Jofs statement that he will ill again enter on tel the thc ring it tt seems strange to me that you ou should doubt the word of or this title fellow lellow who novel never in his long longI career in the ring has broken faith the thc public It I you could sec see tho the change chango in him physically you ou would place credo cred once enco In the Idea that he is not on the thc level It IL IB is II Impossible for you to o Imagine tho the chango change that a n regular I I I I j i I I I I II j I I I I I i I routine of exercise has made In him himlIe He lIe works every cor day dar after acter the afternoon performance for an hour and a n half hulf You would have bac to see him hint In order to 10 fully appreciate tho the progress ho hl hohas hohas has made Ho lIo Is just arriving at tho si stage ago Ingo where ho feels eager cager to don ilon tho the mitts and an I havo hao an awful time lime per persuading Persuading I him not to overwork himself No words of or mine could coull Impress 1 I you with his Intentions to the thc saute same extent that ono one peek at him would There Thero IB is nobody back hero here who has not riot every oer confidence ence In him and I feel that lit Ill Is one ono member of or tho the box boxing bo boIng boing ing fraternity who has haR earned the re ro respect of or tho the public Our Idea Is to work along until the end of this con contract contract tract and then thon Lh ln after that Is IB completed ed wo will bo be prepared to sit Bit down and talk business for fOl a n match with tho the black claimer By Br the tho way have havo I you oon how strangely Iran cly silent ho Ito hohas has become since Jeff has his hi intention to return 7 Jeff Jon Should Bo Be More Definite No Sam I cannot say that I noticed any strange silence on Johnsons path part unless It IL Is I a 0 part lart of the great sil silence once ence that has fallen on the tho public since sinco Jeff announced an Intention of lighting fighting the negro some somo day da Hyland to Fight NelDon On May tny 29 20 If all nil goes well there will bo be a lightweight championship contest at arena between Battling Nelson and Fighting Dick Hy ly Hyland H HI lyland land lanel In a general S enera way wa a a n victory vIctor for Tor Nelson will bo be regarded 1 as aa a foregone conclusion This because ho is 19 tho the champion and has hns worked his way war to the front by hr dingdong lon lighting against pugilists of every ever known knon style It IL Is 1 manifest oven even thus early carl how however over ever that Hyland will not bo ho friend friendless less ies when he ho goes against the thc Danish crackerjack Dick Is II one CD of or your dj 13 plodding sort Bort and If theres tiny any anything an thing In the theory theor that many hatter balter lIngs Ings sap sP a vim he lie will have havo lone one advantage over Ocr Nelson at tho tito starting time I bland Hyland Is a conscientious trainer and he lie has looked forward to this thing thinS as ns tho the fight of or his life lire He lie has hils been heon working quietly for fOl many man weeks and has merged gradually into the tho full till swing of training Nelson on the has led ledan ledan an Inactive Ina II life for many months and champion though ho may lOa be It almost looks as though ho Is holding his op opponent too cheaply Nelson will have hae barely harel two weeks of training to 10 put putt him In shape to 10 de do fend fond his title Ho claims that this Is sufficient and he lie seems to entertain no doubts as to the tho result of the en encounter enI encounter counter There Thero aro are some borne however who rememberIng how badly the thc Dane Dano cracked up Iii II with Jimmy Brith at atI the Auditorium would prefer to 10 havo have seen him devote moro more time lime to his pro pre preparation for Hyland |