The evening world. Newspaper, March 4, 1909, Page 14

THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAKUG 4, 190, UP TO DATE| AND NEWSY | ROBERT EDGREN FINDS JEFF TO-D AY one FIGURES DO NOT LIE HE IS AS INVINC AS GOOD AS EVER The Jeffries of To-Day Compared | With the Jetiries of Other Days = JEFFRIES'S MEASUREMENTS, Big Fellow, Stripped and in Fighting is sit ca + chest (expanded) 49 In, Costume, Shows Few Changes in Measurements—Won't Talk About Re-Entering Ring. IM JEFFRIES stri ing costume in his room yes- terday afternoon to let The uvening World camera illustrate his exact physical condition, 1 slipped a tape measure on Jeff's muscles to be able to compare his measurements to-day with those of a few years ago, When he was active | champlon act measurements, while they don't tell anything about a man's stamina and the condition! of his nerves and stomach, have a) certait value, for they show at once | what parts of his body are becom! ing gross or wasting away through lack of hard work. ! ped to fight “You don't need to measure my 5 height,” said Jeff. “I haven't grown any shorter. What did I measure that day at Carson when they made us all stand up by the wall?” ‘Just 6 feet 1% in ‘ 1. ou and I were the same. Do you remember how sure Corbett was when the first measurement showed him a quarter of an inch shorter, and) when he was a mere noyice, At Cars¢ how he thumped us on the head tojin © jon Jim Corbett’s training | make us go down harder on our heels, | ¢ when James was preparing for and then got measured over again him-|the fight with Pitasimmons, I watched! self?” | Jerr daily, Jeft chuckled. awkard, Then I put the tape on the big fel- | size, low's chest. He was z: Corbett's ed. “You're |jater in T saw him then, huge and but wonderfully quick for iver blows that ea T saw him a little 250 LBS. 44 Inches, Jim,” I rem AND NOD getting small.” | ey, “Huh,” grunted the champion, and!those days, He always rough ; MUCH FAT. taking a deep breath he puffed out un-|fghts, Mo tried to hustle Joft tt, til the tape showed an even 49 Inches. |and big Je calmly grasped Tom by the iT OC. CG CREA Cie shoulders, pushed him back to the ropes hazarded the opinion that he cou an inch or so after a little road work | and shook oft's his teeth tamed strength and deep breathing, ngth was his strong point, I always The walst measurement showed %lyo4 an tn Petite a 5 Inches. Jeff lifted his evedrows when! yowertit muscles. They aro huge and Te cE CHAIIZILONS PUN CILZING JZOSCLESP !t was announced and patted his thick lke the muscles of the Faranese HERE IS THE JEFF OF TO- DAY, MEASURED BY EDGREN 5 TAPE, EDITED BY THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK [rose een IBLE AS EVER. ) PLEVEN INCHES “FORE CHESL THAW WALSL L0-DAY. Champions Will gtomach regretfully. “I have put on about eighteen pounds since leaving California,” he said. “I used to meas- Hercules, and they are long. His biceps extend right to the bend of the el His thigh muscles almost overlap the LARRY | DOYLE’ S RABBIT RUN bre about 4. 1 have this off son.” |e eT ee cas ti os Jim's left biceps taped an even 17| PPC : seCeD. M G {nches, His right was an sree Ne ihe idea | eet in am Jeft is left-handed In the ring. MEE] re too thick, and when t W V why he hits such a terrife punch with | 2® ran (gcores af iD ern din ee coe i O ar elerans ad 2 to make himself thin as possible, He that rigid left battering ram of his, [0 ina anne cere eee feet tn ting around, Just as Coeash, Aga, be , es Right Arm Is 0. K, i 4 when " Kot to first, Instead of making the ui a + carnival of the United While measuring the right arm I no- E Giants’ Second Baseman Tries Wide sweep to the left he deliberately : erans at the Tw tleed that {t didn’t straighten out. T is 1 his feet . t Armory on y} @ibow had a bend like that in Battli New Stunt, but ‘Falls t Larry had forgotten the differ- EB ne of the best of the Nelson's famous “crippled” lett arm, | ” LL, in the welght of his body and been pulled off in ked Jeffries if that bothered him, | Down” Hard. t of the jack rabbit, As a result’ Matty has t etna ted “Not at all," exclaimed the giant, pre- | n beginni ng | his ping wrapped themselves around Dontia wll © list of more than four tending to drive his right fist Into my | s than he di |each other and he went rolling toward race on the programme ribs. “It makes {t all the better for re hed finisiy 3 BY BOZEMAN BULGER. the bag like a rubber ball, It took to be a feature event, and a hitting, va had that bent elbow /ME8Rt and Jeff had res ped hie craina | Marlin, Tex, March 4 |Larry some time to unangle his legs, start from scratch {n e sat down for a ta Hs through my best fights, ing a stone years ago, Ned ad- were finally w candid jelothing v | T hurt it th . Eon Wouldn't Talk Fight, I could have the UST as Larry Doyle thought he had | but when th solved the secret of running like | The greatest race of the le run, Iim- 1@ bench, letcher will bh tendons stretched out in two weeks so mM not going to ask you ans a rabbit his dope went wr a initting that the Jack rabbit had somes|mour will. play MAC EET | ) 1 my thing on him. nave t the elbow would straighten, But what's, in't be much rae etosay, is morning he ts figuring on another | Hot Practice Game. I have to the use when It's better for punching tha wered Jeff, * Scheme. Larry drifted into Marlin early nate i eu It Just now yesterday morning and donned his tox ay. Tin not « just in time to take part Jim's neck measured 185 Inches, That surprised him a little. He expl 2 that when he won the ona neck, biceps and calf all measured 11 inche: “But I guess my neck ts big wer now. It must be right. I wear a| W-inch collar.” é It will take some pounding to Jar the in the ea: Herzog and Murr r, did not get a cha; e thelr first appearance 18 Tdon't Know yet fee. Ames, came in late with the etick was the wonderf IMaronet ait White © going to the park “Laughing | as Doyle ts called by the players, interested spectator of a chase 6 of the P ue ‘andteap, | Jack Quinn Stars in _ Highlanders’ Practice all his 198 pounds salto My e MACON, Ga, March tthe most ns to be in the | notable feature a , f the pitchers: yesterday was the performur who was purchased from | Quinn, |Richmond club. Manager Stallings « Duke Farrell looked him over throwing them up to tle batters in the hitting practice, and when f TF there was nothing but praise for Ho {s a strong looking j young hurler. AMUSEMENTS, || HIPPODROMB: SPORTING BERD RALLY Th InsTeRDUW raven G.PLHUNTLED "ete GAIBTY ore viis § THE TRAVELING SALESMAN, LIBERTY "135.515 Mrs, Lesiie Carer KAS eat Mu Sel ww Wa “Herald Saaare vee Nit EAL SE? KATHRYN KIDDER@ Ninrtve HACKETT Tneatie dla st Tel. 4—Hryant, FE I BROADMAT | Ht head on that neck. It's as short as it {s ot two dogs after a tack rabbit over [Pratatings Grace George’ ae at LBNORS: thick. Jim's chin almost rests on his r| marshy ground, |} Maxine Elliott’ St. Bet wa CASDEMET A arti fong| rabbit could _make MM AL. Kec a Bei BS stated q nEW YORK The big te n taped 27% In SFO UD ay p ee Sa || CARLOTTA NILLSO Tits WOMAN : and his calf 17, He Is proud of thos LEAS 95 ew } LD, N legs. When I rer d that i di yout he tens if TARASTENS Siaue DALY’S & ah io miss sift igen notice any c! nid: “O! t "ite b 3 , a JULIA wae: “OWE. mH “Goppess PT WALLAGA'S F tH Bway & 30 avs een a DEINE the 2 big is tn eat oy ai th Marathon Race To: MoroW I “has st 10 ; patie i ew |i] FA WNNIE was RUM CAG cl taka Us ta lita co emea acta | Night Promises to Be CIRCLE AU ane aaay rays i, that's great work for the legs. My pins)‘ Doyle Made a Try, | ais % THE QUEEN are in good shape n al ret elways been a ith | a Great Event. | saoasaooea PEN LT AVS LO 11D His forearm, 14 inches, was as hard as all play n| } l ' ’ ca : | — 1G PORT SMAN y Willing to Be Measured, ly unt of di «, Matt Maloney, thephenomenon among | || MAJESTIC 2.835 W T noticed that Jeffries had no objection y thinking Jamateurs at the Marathon game, 1s ey GIT CO Rate H O Ps : to being measured. Ho wasn’t afraid of he a oi aa caret through running for medals and glory. RR sis, Win, Hodge | | Comet 3 Twi Ns ADM. GARDEN, what the tape might show i | Iihatithetravcit ie rabbit To-morrow night he makes his bow es |? ‘The Man from Home BODIE ‘ent ppl Wee | |oNe OF NEW. YORK'S ODD~ aIGHtTa, UTve known Jeffries since the days| alla ta eee eae tn outeand-out professional, end after aire JOE WEBER'S te | Dn ii) Brondiray, |MINER’S AMATEUR NIGHTS = penile iY, ar aes i ts, ai BN | satisfied emile Larry wen tothe | sete thee ee pace pyen i THE GIRL FROM RECTOR’. le sae ERY FRIDAY," |Park. He confided to Myer Atte i i Sway, doth Bt BIJOU ans WU ADA GEATLEMIN fi Aish Pontiibertae to ee ba “ fers KEITH & |at €150 PROCTOR isher & Rose Bott! should be at least two weeks bety ie 12 thsT. MAT that he Tun bases like a notice. Right them sit up a now Maloney Ing to beat any of {48 going to really jrabbit In the future. Rane other ball players got wind of HO experiment, and there was intense Interest as Larry cracked out a long single and started for first He was Invgooderaitnemeiriasdrieatrees heer | thinking of how the rabbit crossed his Into the fighting game the proposition | 4s surely good enough to demand his Kautman and Delaney Are on Jeffries’s Trail : _e full Mayathon distance wil to-morrow night at the Sixty-ninth Re ment armory. Paddy White. a runner | of repute, direct from Dublin, will be N. Y. A. C.’s Big Indoor Meet Will ae Out Stars” sea to be one of the best features of “HIRDLAN Blue,” Feltx races of this sort, according to Maloney 1 White Js t d to the minute for t jrace, Coming here with a string | Tecords, including one of 2 hours and ;minutes for the Marathon course, ered by Hayes and Dorando in Lor 1 wants to ma in th ial Dave & Ci & Coming Here to Try and Force: Big Fellow to Accept Challenge. ILLY DELANEY and Al K and will be here next €. | When asked last night whether or | not he would accept the challenge Je! #8 “y i 7 haven't been think Ins To-night | AMERICANS i cod ons Jack Lorimer Comedian, Mat tera&Tysol Howerd # § BLANEY Ss COLN 8Q. t b Hiske OF express purpose of iB Jefirtes ¢ Athletic Club in Madtson Se — (LHL il ® aart, match, A few weeks ago Delan cae om |Garden on Maroh 18, end, Judgin | MANHATTAN uni vNTT through Mr. J. J. Hughes, posted 11,000 jl the number of stars already entered te tnvite- | Labia); Bat i a i ant AMARA In cash with Al Smith, the famous JEFFRIES TO WITNESS liome of the existing records are eu ett { Fes ae an rants | ens Rk i @porting man, to go asa forfeit for the posting of $10,000 as a side bet If Jeffries The Sepa for all the events close on Sat all the New Yor! pard, Glasing, Hayward and Barker, GANNON-THOMPSON GO, | to go by the toura, | METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE! ‘clubs will MURRAY 4 agente erat hese dae Ce be well represented, wh: "QUAKERS WIN ROUGH | TO-) etl YA LEY a MANON Sal it | SCRIBNER'S Sle SOW | senting tthe re rine GAME FROM COLUMBIA. AMUSEMENTS OLYMPIC 108 Stuy, a i i t bin’s basketball tonm vent PMETROPOL §| CHAPIN as LINCOLN. | Mer. De REILLY wo WON BIG SHO ; : sat ate SRE Mat I in HONEST ABE Loe Toran , ; is year at Pllladelphin. Per Ca i GARDEN ‘ mri meth atas tas bee ie ncare of 28 tp J YORKVILLE: yi An NEVER & Son ! taken good care cf himself 6 his fe 1o by present e: Lie | weight thrower, will also come on with e 4 “x NEXT” teams to decide the championship WOU ed att] team. by tate I the erly the sea Sint Parsee ae. "ea @ surely be seen ern champlona, eri Gye mile tovitation avent, which.prom- cago, MATINER HUIS ANON ‘ Grand 7 i] 2H ROSE HILL ENGLISH FOLLY C0, | pec tooan He has n good heart,” ide and to give a short talk to the lived Crd Bin} ® . y. fons from the ring before the battle eR ble 4 aeema to be made ~ Boys in) MADISON BQU. THE MAN HOUR despise a Bway, 4th St, i EMPIRE lageaNeie H ay Me i Byeviive ine Sat Grand Cae || MAUDE ADAMS § 1 cer ‘ Me ving 3 Pictures, | BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS. ‘BIJO Prices 1 10, 20 & B0c, & 0c, Matinees Dally, BIG SHOW AT LITTLE COST. ‘HARRY THORNE & CO., | Harrigan, cil Fi ie | Hurat | Sastva’¢ ELSIE HARVEY |] CRITERIO! 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