OCR Text |
Show JEFFRIES FULL OF CONFIDENCE Ben ly.-niond, Cal., April 22. Jim Jeffries has come out with a prediction predic-tion regarding himself in his coming battle with Jack Johnson. "I expect to be faster in this light." he declared jesterday, ' than in any other flght I have had in the riug." He seems so confident of his ability to whip Johnson that bla trainers nro trying to disabuse him of any low estimate he may entertain of the black man's pugilistic prowess. Jeffries says Johnson's confident smile won't bother him. "Not tho least bit." he declared emphatically, "for I know when a fighter smiles in the ring, it's a bluff. If a fellow Is a fighter through and through, he ! hasn t any time to be smiling at the man he Is fighting against." Farmer Burns is more than pleased with the woy the big fellow has been coming along in his training. Burns foretells that Jeffries will be 'dried out" in about two weeks. The program pro-gram then will be, he says, to have . Jeffries spar a good deal and work up speed and cleverness. Then, It is fig ured, that Jeffries will ho In tip-top . condition and all that will be necessary neces-sary will be lo keep him in that trim , until the day of the flght. i Joe Choynskl started training by accompanying Jeffrios on the road . ! this morning. |