The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-11
. RING. GOSSIP :.

Fortunes of war are no longer decided by
the galley, with its unhappy tiers Of Saves
as motive power, nor by the formidable ap-
pearing tripie-deck frigate, with its frowning
broadsldes; by the javelin spear, arrow and
batt:e-ax: In their stead have come the mod
ern battleship, with it's terrible 13-inch de-
stroyers, the torpedo the Mauser rifle and
kindred weapons-the very refinement or
m maj ag on the wholesale pan That is
man and man. on the other hand, have gene
in the opposite direction. From the cestus,
with its cruel knuckles Of iron or stone, to
the padded boxing glove has been the trans:-
ton in ring fighting. Pubic opinion was the
lever that wrought this radical change, and
tn the same irresistible power is even now
threatening to still further modify the liberties
that are accorded those who fellow the man
ly art of self-defense.'
From bare knuckles to padded gloves was
but step. From the finish fight to the lin
lted-round contest has been but another and
the end is not yet. Champions who won their
spurs with the gloves were notlaccorded gen.
row It seems probable that the next step will
be the deciding of championships upon
points" In plain language. the game that
ment CT the nobility Ct England-the ..sport'
mat a British under secretary, of state char
aceeTcea IN N Parliament as The school that
ample, make the Anglo4Saxon race masters
OF the universe" Is rapidly degenerating into
a commodity-the stock in trade of money
pion-no hero of the arena. 1t is purely a
question Of how much is there in it?'
Of the modern gladiators there are hut
Few who will be before the public five years
hence Corbett and Fitzsimmons are prac-
t TIC. out OF the race. There are others, but
nave gone before. A few months will posi-
ply thin the ranks to a trio Of heavyweights
meCoy. Choynski. Maher and Jeffries will
meet, and one of that quartette will be rec
ognized asAthe ~Dest of the lot. Which, viii
It be? Why, more than likely, the giant from
the tl. coast James Jeffrfes. He will meet the
should ,, ne win, will wear the title "cham.
plon until some youngster not vet deveI-
oped, shall wrest it from him. Always pro
yided that Corbett and Fitzsimmons are es
t actions would seem to indicate. out Of
the race Mccoy may be the man. but his
S Meredt h Is against him The ring has pro-
n mav nr 1I5 one sayres-one Ftzsimmons-it
De Mccoy, but the chances are against him him
5 SeMhis is more like what champion should
preceptor Billy DELANEY capable Of f'b
clever 1t is wel-established maxim Of The
ring ring mat good little man cannot beat a
sooo DIG one. Mccoy is little-Jeffries is big.
IN ere are matches galore announced for the
lex, neAt tharty days Out of the bunch there
may ma De one or two that will prove decisive
Dut even that is doubtful. Those limited
round bombardments are very Camara. at
shat There is far more maneuverinp Than
nIIgh,ttng. and at the termination of a ..bat-
H 5Ie. as rule. no one is much hurt. Nc
COY mas deferred" his meeting with Chovn-
SKI, owing to "a sore knuckle and a strained
5 1endon. y. We novice at the game of lead,
land. parry and get away waste not thy
ss9 9ama eo on The The man with bad finger and
t Is cong. and is simply lputting into execu-
a and the honored adags: HE who fights
ana runs away, etc." al :.
1T It is 5. safe to wager that ID Joe Goddard
Will not sprain a tendon nor break a knuckle
prior to the date for his Invasion Of Mahers
much He Is afraid Of nothing. There ara
others OF whom as much cannot be truth
July SAID. All the world Is laughing at the
ss OUT xh Of ea ads anos sd s
the pugilistic contingency smiles when NC
S Toys excuse =; for lodging ftthe dangerous He
And he T1e teh an GID one
ne ness" Of it is heightened by McCoy's refusal
to name another date. Some one has whis
p Per to Mccoy the fact That ohoynski has
pc DANGEROUS to enter the .Choynski harbor
Just now. Mccoy not ,onlyry withdrew his
squadron; but. Initiating Admiral Sampson.
ing to say when he would be in condition to
give Choynski battle. It looks like the he.
ginning Of the end. 1t is very much Cor
bett-Camara,
Bruiser Sharkey and the Teuton from All
ron will fight. They won't box. It will h
very much like that little affair over at Ma.
mia; and d. on performance sharkey should
Montejo. George Dixon and Benny .iordan an
will also engage in business ACCORDING to
schedule; Dixon usually disposea Of those
IN y they bring over to scalp him,
to be: ought to win from Jordan But the
Briusher won't be easy. He Is 4 cracka-
JACK. solly Smith wants { chance ct 4&o