The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

that 1t is to. go, win or lose That will be
contest that Will attract more people
to the metropolis than will the match OF
tomorrow afternoon. Mccoy made such
splendid showing against the sturdy
| man of war 's-man in their previous meet
ing, that there will be much specula ton
as to his real merit, and especially will
this be true should the HOosier lad score
q decisive victory over Maher In making
this match Sharkey wins many friends.
He has declared that he Is n fighter, and
willing to meet any man in an honest
! match The difference between Sharkcy
and Jeffrles in this particlar has made
Sharkey even more popular with ring
followers than is the man who fiaunts the
! title of champion TO the breeze.
LIGHTWEIGHT BATTLE DEFERRED.
The meeting between Frank Erne and
Jack o Brien, in which is involved the
title of lightweight champion of the
world, has been deferred, at the request
of the managers of the affair. There is
| much interest in this match, owing to
the unsatisfactory termination of the
previous battle between the men, when
1t was claimed that O'Brien should have
received the decision. Friends of Erne,
however, insist that his work was clean
er than was that of O'Brien, and they,
too. are willing that judgment should be
suspended until the men again face each
other in the ring.
STEVE TAYLOR DEAD.
Thursday last, in Boston, Steve Taylor,
once Sparring partner OF John l.. Sulll-
van, succumbed to an attack of pneu-
monia Taylor was a remarkable boxer
in his day. He was regarded by Sullivan
as A most desirable mn in his tour
throughout the country when champion,
for the reason that Taylor did not seem
afraid of the big fellow and naturally put
up a better bout than did the ordinary
boxer. Sullivan could do no good eXhi-
bition work with a foil who was afraid
of his sledge- hammer blows. That charge
could not be- laid at the door of Steve
Taylor. He tried to give John L. as good
as he sent. 1t was stated some years
since that Taylor was a victim of lung
trouble, owing to the beatings he had
taken in his daily or nightly duties as
sparring partner to Sullivan. 1t is not at
all unlikely that the seeds of his fatal
complaint were sOwn during Sullivan's
triumphal tour.
REMINISCENT
The death of Taylor brings to mind the
combination that toured with Sullivan
In the early sos. l saw them in st. Louis,
just as they were departing from the
Mound City for a trip through Illinois
and Iowa. Al Smith was the controlling
spirit of the party. Sullivan was as big
as the side of barn, and he had as spar
ring attractions Steve Taylor, Herbert
Slade, 1.-The Maori" Pete Mccoy and
Young Gillespie. Taylor and Slade did
the heavy work with Sullivan, while Nc
Coy and Gillespie put up rafting bouts
that set the audiences wild. What crowds
followed Sullivan in those days I shall
never forget the pam in old union depot,
at St. Louis, the morning that Sullivan
departed from that city for Quincy, Ill.
And 1t was the same wherever Sullivan
went. No pugilist of the present or any
other age received the attention that was
showered on the big fellow.
AND TOM CHANDLER.
Tom Chandler, another veteran Of the
prize ring. SHE'D his caster into the arena
of eternity at Chicago last week Chan
der was well known everywhere. He
was born in Boston and was about fifty
years of age at the time of his death.
Chandler had acted as sparring partner
for Dan Dwyer, ALT Greenfield, Jack
Burke, Paddy Ryan, Paddy Carroll and
other famous ring heroes. Chandler was
not great fighter, but was a decidedly
clever boxer, and for that reason was
sought by fighters as sparring foil He
was known as q good fellow" and, as all
good fellows do, died poor. Chandler was
man of good habits, despite his calling,
and was not at ali quarreIsome or rowdy-
lsh. He had travelled all over the United
States and was known from Maine to
California. Willie Green.