The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-10
THERE WE'RE FEW WINNERS.
Little Local Money Changed Hands
on the Result of the Fight.


on the Result of the Fight.
John l.. sulhvan's legitimate successor
to the pugilistic championship has arrived
at last This is the opinion of the sport
ing element and lovers of pugilism since
the returns of the big fight came in last
night.
1t is needless to say that this was not
the general opinion previous to the fight,
otherwise there would have been more
people going around with Jeffries' money
and looking for takers Although there
were a good many who thought Jeffries
a likely man, and that his weight and
hard hitting might give him the fight,
there was nobody Venturesome enough
TO take any bets a less than two to one
on the other man, and most of the Jeffries
takers wanted 2Is and 70 /. There was
not so much FitzsImmous money in CIR
culation, either. There were a good many
men who would have been willing to back
Jeffries at the large odds reported to be
offering against him, but they did not
find the people VINO were ready to give
these odds.
AS a matter Of fact the betting spirit
did not run very high. There were not
many bets. considering the interest in
the fight, and most of these were for
small amounts. The turf exchange post
ed odds a to on Fitzsimmons and 8
10 on Jeffries, but there were few TAX
ers.
Notwithstanding the small amount of
betting, there was the usual interest in
the result which attends battle for the
pugilistic championship. The interest was
not so intense as when Corbett fought Sui
uvan, or when Fitzsimmons fought Cor
bett, but il was deep enough to show that
the average Savannahian can get very
much enthused over the subject of prize
fighting when the kings of the pugiistic
arena get ia the ring
The Morning News telephones began
rining early In the evening and kept up
steady tingng until nearly midnight
by which time the result had become gen
orally known. The boys at fire head
quarters were so much interested that
they detailed man to come 10 the Morn
ing News and report TO them by tele-
phone the result of each round. By 0
o'clock there was large crowd in front
OF the Morning News office to hear the
returns by the megaphone.
At 1925 when the fighting begun there
were several hundred people packed in the
street Ii was very evident that the crowd
sympa thized with Ftzslmmons ana the
announcements of his good work in the
early rounds were received with vocifer-
Gus cheers. The mention of Jeffries work
was cheered only feebly at first, but as
the fight progressed and il became eviden.
that the Californian was pfoying a good
match for the Australian there was
very decided rise in Jeffries' stock The
! Fitzsimmons men were faithful. however
and eheered every piece of good work done
bv their man, even after il had been an
nounced in advance of the report of the
last few rounds that Jeffries was the win
ner.
Everybody knew Of course that Jeffries
was the best man-after The fight was
over. Ii was the old story OF THE king is
dead long hVe the king" but Il was re-
markable how few carried Fitzsimmons'
money home in their jeans.
"It simply proves the cid English saw
ing remarked prominent sporting man,
whip a good big man, no matter how
good the nttle man may be Fitzsimmons
is good man, but so is Jeffries. and Jeff
ries Il SO much bigger. For big man he
seems TO have more fighting ability than
any r.ngster l have ever known of. The
average big man gets tired and winded af-
ter he has fought several rounds, and then
a big man seldom gets around wen on his
feet. Jeffries seems to be an exception. His
weight doesn't keep him from being live
w on his feet he doesn't get winded and
no is an awful hard hitter. He seems 10
have a fair amount Of science and with his
weight and hitting power. il viii be mighty
hard to get a good enough man togo up
against him. II he takes care OF himself