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eligible fcsi referte had been changed considerably. Aside from the California candidates, Berger is now willing to accept Buck Cornelius, of Pittsburg. Charles White, of Ii«\v York, and Otto Kioto, of Denver.JACK’S WIND GOODBLACKMAN IS WORKDOINGONLY.ROADJim Jeffries Has an Excuse for the Poor Showing He Made WhenHe Donned Mitts.San Francisco, .May LL—The Johnson training program has not been lt;I.aimed in the least. Shortlv alter :)] stopping for a short rest to give bis trainers a chance to get their breath. The champion’s wind, which, it wasthought, might need a little nursing, has shown up well, and the trainers are chuckling at the ease with which.Johnson takes his work.“Next week. said Johnson, when lie had come in off the road, I will increase the morning work except on the days I am to box. I don’twant to start this thing too hurriedly.”Tex Rickard, who has returned froma trip to Ben Lomond, where he talked ihe referee question over with Jeffries, had a conference with George Litile. manager for Johnson. Rickard admits, however, the prospects arein the morning he called together Tom Little. Cotton, Cutler and Barney Purer for the run over the boule-vard and hills. 11 ving mapped out a jj,at tj)e promoters will ha\e to doiaiiueo » I» -1 t on eo i\ I ri dh/dll 1 • niilac 1 . . . icourse that gave aim about 12 miles of alternate level toad and hill climbing, Johnson will stick to it for the present week at least.He sprinted tor short distances and then fell hack into a jog, occasionallytheir own selecting.Johnson a Musician.‘’Little told me,” said Rickard,“Johnson would stick out for eitherJack Welch or Eddie Graney. I don’t believe there is a chance Jeffries would accept Welch,and I am not cet-tain whether Graney would he satis-factory. Hut one thing is certain—it the men cannot teach an agreement Monday. Gleason and I will take the matter into our own hands.”Johnson is a great lover cf music.and has already organized an orchestra, in which he is one of the performers.In his private quarters at the beacn where he can have plenty of music, Johnson spends his evenings. He is an expert on the bass viol. Next to his automobile he treasures the “big fiddle,” as he calls it, and carries itwith him wherever he goes..Mrs. Johnson is a violinist anuGeorge Cotton a pianist.Ben Lomond, May T3.—The Jeffriestraining camp is in high spirits because in his workout the former chain pion showed all the vim his trainers could expect He was to have resumed the gymnasium grind in the af term,on, but changed his mind after luncheon and with several of the attaches of the camp went by automobile to Santa Cruz, for a dip in tiie surf.Besides working well with the gloves Jeffries was in a ocular mood and playfully cuffed his secondsaround during the brief periods of rest. In boxing the fighter rushed both \rrnstrong and Choynski around at a merry pace, stepping after themluriously in good imitation of his old time aggressiveness.Excuse for Poor Showing.After the boxing the big fellow tried the violent abdominal exercise which he used to reduce his waist line while traveling with a show. He sat on a stool with his leei on the rungs of another and leaned -back until hishead touched the Moor, then rose lap-idly to a sitting position,Jeffries said that the practice of tl is exercise for the first time since he left the stage accounted for bispoor boxing last Monday. He said that just before putting on the slmes last Monday he worked at the exercise for 10 minutes in his dressing room, and when he was ready to box his abdomen was so sore he could not move without pain.Before Jeffries left for Santa Cruz he -ind Sam Berger hold a conference that caused some speculation. Ber-gei admitted that the list of eastern
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Traverse City Evening Record
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Fri, May 13, 1910
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