Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-02
Carroll Club League
READY FOE THE WORD.
Jeffries and Sharkey Have Finished Their
Training and Are Resting.


| Jeffries and Sharkey Have Finished Their
Training and Are Resting.
NEW YORK, November Jim JEFF
! fries and Tom Sharkey have practically
ended their training and save for light
exercise will do nothing more until they
face one another In the arena Of the
Coney Island Sporting Club on Friday
night They have both worked hard
for the contest and will probably prove
to be in excellent condition. Some
doubts have been expressed as to the
form of Jeffries, as he has only done
about seven weeks work for the fight,
/ but his manager, Billy Brady, and his
trainers, Tommy Ryan and Billy Dc
lany, unite in declaring that ne is in
entirely satisfactory shape. He HIM
self asserts that he is satisfied that ne
is stronger and better than he was On
the night when he met Bob Fitzsim-
mons in the same ring and defeated
him. On the other hand there is no
doubt about the condition of Sharkey.
He began work while in California early
last summer, and has kept pegging
away at it ever since. He is ambitious
to be the champion pugilist Of the world
in his class, and does not want the
matter of condition to stand in his way
His trainers, Tim McGrath and Bob
Armstrong, and his manager Tom
O'Rcurke, have been compelled to
watch him to guard against going ovar
the mark where he would be strong.
AS it is he is in nearly perfect form.
JeffTies may spend the night before
the fight in New York. He is very anx-
ious to see Will Curley, the English
bantam, in his fight with George Dix
On at the Broadway A. c., tomorrow
night, and, unless serious objection is
made by these who have him in hand,
will come up from Allenhurst, where he
has trained, tomorrow night. He has
been warned that there is danger of
exposing himself in the night air, and
if he does net change his plan, it will
be Friday noon before he leaves for the
scene of the battle. His plan now is
to reach Coney Island late Friday after
noon and take dinner at one of the re-
sorts there. Sharkey will not leave
New Dorp until Friday afternoon. He
may spend part of the afternoon at
Martins hotel, in this city, but it is
more probable that he will go directly
to Coney Island
The evening of the contest sees both
of the men supremacy confident, both
are calm and will go to the fray as vet
Grams into action. Thousands of dol
lars have been wagered on the out
come of the fight Jeffries remains the
favorite, and the prevailing odds are
ten to eight, although some money is
placed at shorter terms than that. 1t
was expected that the flood of Sharkey
money that came sweeping into town
earlier in the week would make the
terms even by the call Of time on Fri
day night, but men who follow the
books and make a business of financial
risks of sporting nature are tonight
predicting that Jeffries will maintain
his lead in betting favor
The house promises to be the largest
tbo+ a1yor Gathered for q ,,uoilict;s on
counter in New York or anywhere else
in this country, The sale of seats so
far has been tremendous and if it keeps
up the house will be sold out. The
boxes near the stage went for $35
apiece, while the best seats near the
ring commanded from s15 to s25. Gen
eral admission is to cost SIS, and it is
expected that the size Of the gate ex-
pressed in dollars, will be close to
500, 000 Spectators will be in at
tendance from every State in the
Union. Several large delegations from
the South and. Middle West got in to-
day and others from California and the
extreme West and New England will
arrive tomorrow. Hotel corridors and
cafes ring with fight talk There are
offers to bet, predictions as to the
length the match will go, speculation
and prophecy as to victory, and Wig
orous arguments from the men who