Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
BLATHeR Of THE PUGIllSTS
Next Few Days FUN of Events of In.
terest to the Followers of the
Ring and Its Gods.

The next week will be something Of a
red letter week in the current history OF
the stuffed mitt. Two fights OF considerable
Interest are to be waged. One Is the Cor
bett-Sharkey affair, which takes place on
Tuesday evening in New York The other
is between Kid Lavigne and Tommy Tracey
and occurs on the same evening at San
Francisco. In addition to these two bat
ties. there is to be little affray at Louis
Vile between Jimmy Franey and Jimmy
Ryan that will probably amount to some
thing. Oscar Gardner and Dixon we're
down for fight on Wednesday, but that
has been postponed--to December 3. |. Ia
, reported. Corbett and sharkey will meet
in the biggest pugiistic event OF the year.
In sizing up their respective merits it Is
hard to tell who will have the ultimate ad-
vantage. they so far surpass each other on
certain lines. For example. Corbett
has not the strength OF Sharkey,
and sharkey has none Of the
science OF Corbett. Sharkey Is 27 years
old and Corbett five years older. Sharkey
has led a temperate life. while Corbett has
gone at a rapid pace In weight Corbett
scales 1856 to Sharkey's 179. Corbett has
the advantage in reach by three inches.
If Corbett should retain the stamina that
he possessed when he met Mitchell and to
some degree when he fought Fitzsimmone.
he should smother his opponent without
much difficulty, but the sharps do not believe
that he Is the same man. Sharkey's temper
Is another thing that is hkely to cut con-
siderable figure in the final result. The bet
ting is: Corbett, 1 to q; Sharkey, 10 to Z.
The fight between Tommy Tracey and Kid
Lavigne will have considerable effect upon
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been conceded to be the rightful bearer Of
the laurels Of that class for some time but
he has pursued the pace that kills and it is
said that he is slated for the route to Has
benville. He has not been in the ring for
long time and admirers Of the fstic ex-
ponents will be interested in discovering
whether he has retrograded or not.
Joe Choynski has passed into the sere and
yellow as fighter, as was evidenced by the
showing he made a week ago in Phila-
delphia against Gus Rubin. The clumsy
Akron giant forced Choynski to sprint and
seek the floor to escape knockout all
through the round journey. Things
would have been reversed when Chonskl
was In his prime. despite the disparity in
size and weight for he could easily have
circumvented the Ohio mans superiority
OF inches in height and reach by his clever
ness. Choynski has been in the game for
upward OF ten years, and 1t is but natural
for him to decay. He Is paying natures
debts. With his passing the heavyweight
stage loses one of its greatest stars who
was barred from achieving its highest
| honors only because OF his inferior stature
and weight.
Billy Plimmer and Pedlar Palmer, two Of
the cleverest exponents Of the manly art,
ever produced from across the pond,
and, in fact, anywhere, will engage in u
mixup on December s, before the National
Sporting club OF London. Billy Rotch-
ford, Chicagos stuffed mitt artist, who
disembarked on English shores some weeks
ago with the purpose OF meeting Palmer,
has been knocked out so effectualy by
illness that his match has been indefinitely
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