The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-17
big BOXERS MATCHED
CORHETT AND sHARKEY AND
MCCOY AND MAHER ARE
TO MEET
REGULARITY OF MATCHES
1t Is Science Against Muscle I'm
Each Match-Sharkey and Maher
Are Both Hard Hitters-COrbett
and Mccoy of the Feint, Land
and Get Away SchOOl-POssibiI-
titles of the Bouts.


and Get Away SchOoI-POssibiI-
titles of the Bouts.
Corbett and Sharkey, and Mccoy and
Maher! Well, we'll, we'll. What next
in the boxing world? 'Twould be bet
ter We're it Corbett and Mccoy, and
Sharkey and Maher, so far as goes the
respective styles Of the principa $. Cor
bett ard the HoOsier boxer are o. SIM
liar schools, and the same can be said
of Sharkey and Maher What a whiri-
wind of swings and ''clouts" ard hard
knocks generally there would happen
would Sharkey and Maher buckle up
in the squared circle! And how the de-
| lighted lovers of the feint, land, and
getaway school would weep fer Joy at
Witnessing a go between those Shifty
| boxers. Corbett and Mccoy! But it is
to be as it is, and there is possible dis
appointment in store for all-those who
like the rough and-tumble and those
who prefer the methods introduced by
Mace in the days when he made the
| best OF the big 'uns look cheap because
! they could not get to him with their
sleGgs-hammer like blows. The pairs
are mismatched. There will likely he
! two bouts of ordinary character where
as there might have been two battles
that would have stirred the blood of
the ring follower.
SHARKEY A TERROR.
Tom Sharkey, the "Sailorman," is a
veritable terror, and yet he may not
be clever enough to do much damage to
/ such a finished boxer as is James J.
! Corbett. True, out in San Francisco,
! Sharkey had COrbe5t in "Quser street"
! in bout that had it gone one more
/ round mist have RVHllfl9 ted in a vic
! tory for the man-Of-war' S-man. 1t
must be admitted, however, that Cor
| bett was not conditioned for such a
! bruiSing contest as his go with Sha: key
! proved, but the Californian had better
! be prepared when he enters the ring
with the doughty saiiOrman for a TWEEN
! ty-rOund bout. That is quite a dis
lance, and at the rate that Sharkey
goes it viii take all the stamina, pos
sessed by Corbett to Withstand the re-
peated rushes that he must exp G. from
Sharkey. There will be no pretty box
ing if the sailor can prevent it. He 8
not boXer-but fighter-pure and
simple.
ALWAYS PROVIDED.
There is something about this match
! between Corbett and Sharkey that
| gives it a suspicious flavor. After his
| go with Sharkey out in California Cor
bett wanted no more Of the sailors
game, and he fatty refused to make a
! finish match with Sharkey. Now he
throws aside Mccoy and takes on Shar,
key with all the eagerness of a school
! boy in a forbidden melon patch. And
Sharkey and his shreWd manager, Tom
! O'ROurke, so it is said down in New
York, were out looking for'' Mccoy
after the Hoosier kicked Corbett, with
the aVowed purpose of doing up" the
| daring youngster. If there is a man in
! the boxing world who is calculated to
know a good thing when he sees it
that man is Tom O'Rourke. 1 do not
mean to say that there is anything
crooked about this match, but it does
look queer to a man up q tree, who is
engaged in watching the pugilistic
game for all there is in it.
IF ON THE LEVEL.
If the match be ION the level" as
the lately redoubtable John L. Sullivan
was wont to remark when discussing
! boxing matches, then it may prove
worth the price of admission. Sharkey
! has been sent to dreamland once dur
! ing his career-that time by Bob FitZ-
! simmons. Now it is a well known fact
! that CGrbett is not a knOcker-Out, aid
that Sharkey will not be denied IS
sumo that while the sailor is going in
! after Corbett someone will get hurt.
| to a certain extent. Who that some
one will be remains to be seen, but Cor
/ bett win have to put more steam into
his blows if he hopes to stop the man
! Of-waT' S-man inside of the twenty
rounds which the men are to go. And
Sharkey can hit hard, and true, and
do immense damage if he happens to
| land on a vital spot.
HERE'S A PUZZLER.
Joe Goddard whipped Peter Maher
! twice in short order, but he did it by
rushing the Irish champion and giving
him no rest from the start to the fin
ish of their 60 Mccoy does not fight
that way. He is a ring general-so-
called-that is, he believes in the old
English theory of hitting the other fell
low as often as possible without plac-
! ing himself in a position to receive in
| return compliments of like character.
Mccoy can possibly outpoint Maher,
| but if he could not-and the record
shows that way-stOp Gus Rubin in
| twenty rounds, [ cannot see how he
will be able to give Maher his quietus
in a similar engagement. Maher is all
right until he gets hit hard and loses
his head. Then he wants to hurt some
| body and seems to forget that that
| is what the other fellow Is also there
| for.
WILL BE GENUINE.
There will be no barney" in the
| meeting between Mccoy and Maher
| With all his faults the Irish champion
has not been accused Of engaging in a
| questionable match, either in America
or Ireland. He is a fighter Of the old
| school, however, and somewhat handi-
capped by the skill Of his opponent
| There will naturally be less interest in
| Corbett-Sharkey match, but it does
not follow that it will be less enter
tanning. The winner Of it will be fully
entitled to offer battle to the winner OF
| the Corbett-S harkey imbrOglio and
fight forty-foUr columns in the news
papers If his def is not accepted-o1
even if it is ignored.
DALY'S DOUBTFUL WIN.
Jack Daily was given decision ove1
Owen Zeigler, in their twenty-five
round bout, in New York, last week
but there are those who say that 1
should have been declared a draw Cal
it be possible that Sam Fitzpatrick hai
erred in thinking that Daily is La
vigne's master? Or does he base TIT
opirion upon Lavigne's och: cago" form
| which, translated, means when thu
"Kid" is ''three-sheets- in the wind
and-the- fourth fiuttering." DAILY Ger
tainly gave good promise at the outse
Of his career, but he may have don
what many good man has before hin
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