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JEFFRIES' BAD FORM . ROD WORSE 6ROUCHBEN LOMOND SPECTATORS WERE DISAPPOINTED.The Ex-CbJmplon’s Work With the Gloves Lacked Life.Ben Lomond. May H.—Jeffries- put un a poor shmv in the ring today compared with hia work Inst week. Re was slow both in eye and foot, and the spectators, who Included Fromotet-! Tex Rickard and Jeffries’ father ami j brother, were disappointed. To begin . j with. Jeff slept until late in the wom-! lug. and when he appeared in the ring I stripped for action, he lacked the life I Jje has shown In other days.; To make matters worse, the grouch j which Jeff displayed during: the early ! part of his training: siege returned j with double force and the fighter was Jas affable as a gorilla. Seven rounds marked the ring work. Three with ! Joe Choyitski were featureless except I in showing that the ex-champion was j not up to form.In the second round of his bout with j Bob Armstrong, the spectators were led i to think that he had dropped the negro, for Armstrong wax stretched at full J length on the mat. It developed, however, that It was only a slip. A few minutes later Jeff stepped on his own j foot and went down on the spot where j Armstrong had fallen. 'Rickard will leave tomorrow. He declared that he and Berger had not discussed the referee question, i _JOHNSON'S FIRST DAY.San Francisco, Way S.—Jack Johnson | did his first training for his coming* fight with Jeffries today, and that fact. I although there was no gymnasium I work or boxing scheduled, attracted a ( large crowd to the beach. The cham- i pkn was out on the roads bright and f early with George Cotton. Barney Furey and Marty Cutler of the camp, and the pace set for the twelve-mile trip was so stiff that Cutler dropped out long, before he had gone half the distance.Johnson admitted when he returned that he guessed it was too long a trip j for the first morning, but it showed that his wind Is In good condition, as j he was not even breathing hard upon j the return, in spite of the Journey lie * immediately gave orders that he would j he on the 'road late in the afternoon ( and would keep up the program the; balance of the week. j --rv— -—— !
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Phoenix Arizona Republican
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Tue, May 10, 1910
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