The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-02

At san Francisco Tonight Bob Fasxsira-
raers and Torn shArkey viii meet II the
rope1 srsaa 70 battle for a fat purse and
what glory may he derived from q VIC
tory. which 20 Sharkey would mean eg-
erything. but TO F1tzsssnnnons only an al
dltt0n 90 hts excneauEr and another scsir
20 his already long lisz OF victories. The
fight will be pulled on by the National
GLIB aud viii probably re witnessed by
the largest crowd thai las ever gathered
IN San Francisco on = Like occasion
II the betting on the event Il any ert-
terion, shere VIII De but THO hard blows
struck in the contest FftzsirarHons hit
ting the sailor. ard he the floor. There
may be a surprise in store for the know
ing ones. however. a. the husky sailor
lad may change his tactics and night
away from ianky Bob instead OF bull
Ing" as he has done in his other fights
This is not very probzenis though. as
Sharkey is a bulldog for fighting and
knows nothing else when warmed up 70
H. RE may leave his corner With these
Instructions and with the determination
70 follow them, but wgly Fitz. Who has .
habit OF fe.gaing weakness. viii try. MS
best To araw ham on and then give bin a
mighty swat At the opportuns moment
There Is hardly any doubt thai SaAEkey
has gained valuable experience IN ms
Igats with ChoyRski and Goroett. both or
w1on landed on him time and again,
without reaching the vulnerable point, his
jan. but wnen ne mixes Il up with f1tz
ne VITA De apt 10 wake up after the light
Is over and wonder where he Il At. for
the Australian never falls to land his
man w2len once he connects with me Jaw
with that terrible right
Ia physique the men are radically differ
emf. Sharkey being a stocky, muscle
bound pug. ~ least fiye Inches shorter
and with a much shorter reach than fttz.
who is giant in height and has a reach
as long as a gorilla Fl,z stands very
erect his left arm weu extended and his
legs aide apart. while snarksy nghis
with his hands well 10. The sailor should
do well at in-fightings bat ne viii pfo5a-
bly, never get near enough 10 F1tz TO
squeeze him 80 that he looks ike a not
cake. as was the case with Corbett. when
Tom got the champion Ia MS oruin-3lke
embrace.
ShArkey has not had any fights since
meeting Corbett. ard with the exception
OF his sparring tour throughout the East.
during whlcn he spared a tame bout MIN
ex-Champion Sullivan. has not had an OPP
por1anIty 10 improve mis- style OF Hghtns,
which created such a frost when he APP
peared with Danny Neecasn at the tf-
rheum. Then he vas slow and gave any
Seattle people have had an opportunity
of witnessing Fttz at work, but the fact
that he has easily whipped every man ne
has ever met and climbed from middle
weight 10 the leading asplrant for the
words heavyweight championship. IS
enough TO satisfy even the most biased
sport thar on form ne greatly over
matches the sailor lad. whose pugillsiic
career has been decidedly meteoric. Prof.
Jack Green. who viii spar Jack MIC
Au!lffe four rounds on December 10 at the
stag, has seen both men and looks for
Fstx TO win easily.
There Is considerable betting in Seattle
on the outcome most OF it being that Fitz
viii win IN a certain number OF rounds.
No one has had 'the assurance TO bet that
Sharkey will win and but few believe that
he Will stay over eight rounds.
The pool experts at the 8. 4. c. rolled
merrily along last night tn the handicap
tournament and while no extra fine work
was done. the play was interesting Sew
erai u the matches were quite close,
thanks 20 the Handicapped. and In most
every instance the man that had the larg-
est number of points to make won out.
This was probably due TO their being older
players and consequently steAdier.
Last nights scores were as follows: Tay-
Tor fsD beat Porfus Baxter (65l. ~ 70 s..
Inwerarsty es0) beat klfz can, 81 10 80. Esk-
ridge Goa beat Shortrsdge is5l. IS 10 So; Al
len $50 heat Trenaman $50, 50 10 50. Tay-
lar tsD beat Jones CSg8. % TO s.. Ingersoll
600 heat Allen fsol, 100 to 81; Lewis 100
beat Haynes (6a1. e5 20 81.
The tournament viii continue tonight
The announcement that the Iowa foot
ball eleven. which viii compete with the
:. A. c. on Saturday. was a team of giants.
has caused q great SIR among the local
CHAMPIONS. and from nov until the end
Of the week the hardest kind OF practice
VIII re INDUCED IN. Capt. Whlttren real
.xes that % make any KIND OF a showing
against the Herculsan visitors he must
coach Is team on fast. snappy play, and
uiiisze she good kicking qualities OF Full
hack Heck
Yesterday afternoon the team scampered
out 20 the Y NJ. &. \. park. and lined I'D
against the high school team. which will
b., used "a a second or sius-up eleven. IN
IN after the big games. While The light
chaps are 10: able 20 stop many OF tho
feafa.s psays. fhey cause che club men 20
hustle 70 execute their plays DiecsSmsu
vsN prs,hablv no. pay end. as ne couteTn-
plates leaving shortly for san Francisco.
III case he does. Nettiet0u VIII 80 hack %
Nis old position, and Bob Abrams h placed
at the tackle position Win his greSaf
strength and activity. 300 should make
a star tackle
Interest IN the basket hall match to -
rsav4s az Turner hail Friday night be-
tween the :. a. (. and Y NJ. - A. teams
Is steadily growiug. ard an exciting and
alsS close game IS looked for Buth teams
have been chosen and are PARTING In ev-
cry avaRBNse moment at practice. The
game viii ~ played under the new rules
which insure ffst. clean game and one
that Is certain to caass great enthusiasm
That The score viii b close iaere can be
n doubt az both teams are evenly natc1-
81 and capable q playtRS a speedy game
TIE wrestling ma tch between Billy Long
= A c. ant Fred fstsate. which w8s 10
have taken place. - or. a. Long IS SUI