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Show ien, Kid Cotton, M:trtv Culler and Have Mills. Johnson will don ih.- mitts for whirls at ibis trio nf human punching bags, of three rounds each. If camp reports re-ports are to be relied on. these exhibition exhib-ition mills are to be flashing affairs and the black will endeavor to detuon- ' suato his fitness for his coming incct- I ing with .Hi.i Jeffries. Skipping Ihv rope, shadow boxing and a display of his muscular deelop-nn deelop-nn nl will follow. Corbctt Has Made the Bg Fighter More Affable I?en T.omond, Cal., June 3. No longer long-er are they calling Jim Jeffries hear. The big fighter has grown to be quite affable 8nd his present good spirits are the talk of the camp. Always now he ha n smile for everyone aud even tho newspaper photographer, formerly regarded by Jeffries as a peat, comes in for gracious I real- , inent. I James J. Corbel t. hall fellow well-met whose unruffled good nature makes hlni a boom to lien Lomond, ha:-, warmed Jctfries with hl natural cheery disposition and as long as "Gentleman Jim" lingers here he is expected to continue to exert his sun-' sun-' ny influence on the big fellow. Just before beginning hia work yesterday, yes-terday, Jeffries measured himself about the waist and found that h scaled the tape at a fraction more than 3j Inches. "There has been so much talk about my stemach." he explained, "Hut T wanted to see for myself, it will have to romo from Ihe Inside. I don l wanL my muscles too hard and for the rent of my time here I'm golug to work lo keep them soft." Jeffries seenm to feel he has steod the test cf his conditioning work and thnt he will be in excellent shape to meet Johnson. The reason Jeffries Is letting up on his boxing h? Ihat his thumb, which he strained in a bout with Joe Choyn-M Choyn-M several days ago, continues sore . and bothers him. It is much improved improv-ed toda-, however, and n sparring mill i with Jlrn Corbett is anticipated. .Vhntnit' Fhlh5lier ' " San Francisco, June 3. Jack Jcdin-on Jcdin-on Is slated to enter the arena of Dreamland rlDk at 10 o'clock tonight for the much-talked of exhibition t bouts that are expected to start It ' earnest betting on the big fight. Accompanied by George Little, hh manager, and three sparring partners, the negro will make his bow lo the fans and then proceed to go through various training stunts. The main feature of the enl erialnirenl will-hi-three h-el-los with his cainp compjn- |