The herald., 1897-04-26
THE RING

There Will be some excellent sport at
Hazards pavilion tomorrow evening in
the boxing line. A six-round go has been
| arranged between Jim Jeffries, the East
Los Angeles heavyweight, who is so
rapidly coming to the front, and Billy
Woods of Denver. Both men trained
Corbet for his recent fight with Fitzsim-
mons at Carson. In their exhibition
they will give an illustration of the
bett-Fitzsimmons fight, Woods
wearing his pneumatic armor so much
read and talked about.
Jeffries, whose home is in this city, is
looked upon as one of the most promis-
ing aspirants for championship honors.
and the showing he has made in recent
encounters leads many of the knowing
ones to believe that he will reach the
top notch inside of the next two years.
Kid O'Brien of San Francisco has
been matched with Jack Burkhardt of
this city, for a ten-round exhibition.
This will no doubt make an interesting
go, as both men are very evenly match
ed as regards height and reach, and
have about the same style of boxing.
O'Brien appeared in several exhibitions
in Los Angeles a year ago and was never
beaten. He Is a hard and conscien-
tious boxer and can always be relied up
on to give a good account of himself.
Burkhardt is we'll known here, having
made quite reputation for himself in
his last match with Young Dempsey,
with whom he boxed an eighteen-round
draw. Several four round preliminar-
les have been arranged to precede the
events of the evening and the program
will no doubt be an interesting one. A
force of carpenters is at work building
a raised ring In the center of the pavil-
ion, thus affording a good view of the
exhibitions
The directors of the Olympic club of
San Francisco have completed the list
of matches for their boxing carnival, and
named Tuesday, May 18th, as the date.
The matches will be between William
Riley and ]. Sullivan, at 125 pounds, ten
rounds; Cans and Leonard, 1873 pounds,
twenty rounds, and Jeffries and Baker,
heavyweights. twenty rounds. The first
match is intended merely as a curtain
raiser. The meeting between Cans and
Leonard the club directors expect will
make the best exhibition.
Most interest in this city is, of course,
felt in the Jeffries-Baker match, and
several friends of the former will prob
ably go up to see the fight. Should Jeff
ries win this contest, and his friends say
there is no doubt of it, he will probably
soon get an opportunity of going against
some one of the bigger men.
Another pugiiist was added to the list
Of ring victims last week. The unfortu-
nate was lightweight known as kid"
Edwards, who died from the effects of
blow delivered by one Semichi, at San
Jose. Edwards was knocked down, his
head striking on the hard floor and caus-
ing concussion of the brain. The ac-
counts say that the man was in no con-
dition for fight, and that he had been
In training but few days. The practice
OF matching men in poor physical condi-
tion Is little short of actual criminality.
and in the great majority Of cases where
death has resulted from ring fights. II
has been proven that the victim was not
ft. A few more examples of this kind
and ring fights of all sorts and conditions
will be knocked out by legislation.
AS was predicted, Fitzsimmons has
changed his mind and will not retire
from the ring. In fact, he has denied that
he ever said that he was out of the game
entirely. and now intimates tht he holds
himself ready to listen to proposals from
any man as soon as he demonstrates
that he Is In his class. He very properly
bars Sharkey, and says that he would
not give him fight If he was the last
man on earth and was seeking battle,
and intimates that whenever Corbett
fights his way to position where he can
be treated seriously he will be consid-
cred. Parson Davies has issued a chal-
lenge to Fitz on behalf of Choynski. but
this has not been noticed, nor has the
mouth-play Of the mighty has BEEN"
j. L. Sullivan, esq, of Boston.
The New York Journal gives space To
the following remarkable story in con-
nection with the Fitxsimmons- Corbett
hight at Carson, which has gained cur
rency in the east:
During the tumult that followed the
fourteenth round at Carson, and after
Corbett had made his infuriated dash at
F1tzsimmons, the victor stood in his own
corner. The ring was full OF excited
men. who pushed. yelled and Struggled.
NO one seemed to know what the COM
motion was about. But everybody push-
ed and yelled just the same The Cor
Mailman was the coolest .an in 4hs