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Jeffries wastes no time, but
gets right down to work, skipping rope,
throwing the medicine ball, using the chest
weights and doing a minute or two of
shadow boxing. As a finish he sparred
three short rounds with Berger.
"Will you fight Johnson?"
The
ovation accorded Jeffries on Monday night
lasted a full two minutes. There was a second ovation
at the close of the act, ending with
a huge bunch of flowers and three cheers
for "the Champion" from the upper half
of the house.
Source:
Variety 14:1 (04/13/1909)