The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

of the Battle - Mccoy Expects a
Long, Hard Fight.
Iii little more than three weeks
James Jeffries and Thomas Sharkey will
! face each other in the ring to battle for
a big purse and the heavyweight cham
pionship Of the prize ring. The men are
now actively at work preparing for the
meeting which means so much to both.
Little has been said about their train
Ing up to date. perhaps because of the
number of battles of more than passing
! interest that have occurred. Kid Mccoy
has been the busy man of the roped
arena. He has retrieved his lost laurels
to such a degree that he will soon be in
position to make bids for the biggest
! game going. His victory over Jack Nc
| COrmack was a hollow sort of an affair,
and it showed conclusively that McCor-
mack won at Chicago by a sheer fuke
| All of which is good for the Kid. Nc
Cormack, in fact quit He did not relish
the beating Mccoy was administering and
went to the floor half a dozen times or
mere without having received a blow.
MCCOY WANTS FITZ.
Hot and heavy are the challenges Nc
Coy is now hurting at Fitzsimmons. The
Kid has posted money to clinch the ear
| nestness Of his demands, and it begins to
look as though Fitzsimmons will be
forced to pay some attention to the
Hoosier lose prestige with his follow
ing. Fitzsimmons has said that Mccoy
neglected an opportunity to meet him,
and that now it is too late to talk fight.
! That may be Fitz way of looking at 1t,
but the public may think differently,
and If public opinion once decides that
Fitz must meet the Hoosier, he will be
compelled to do SO or retire. Fitz still
lays claim to the midilleweight cham
| pionshp, and it is for. that title Mccoy
| wishes to battle. A meeting between the
men would be money maker. Fftz says
| he is to make just one more fight be-
fore he retires, and thtat one is with
Jeffries, or the winner Of the Jeffries-
| Sharkey bout. But boxer cannot al
ways dictate just who and when lie will
| fight.
sHARKEY ACTS QUEERLY..
Staunch admirers and supporters of the
| sturdy saiIorman are bit nonplussed
by his action in demanding that the
purse in his battle with Jeffries be divid-
eG-that is, rs per cent to go to the loser.
| If Sharkey is so confident of winning,
! it Is argued he should let matters alone.
| The original articles of agreement pro-
vided that the winner should take ALL
Jeffries was satisfied with that arrange
ment, and that Sharkey should not be
| is q disturbing element in the confidence
in his prowess heretofore held by his
| following At that it is a business prop
! ostion. In O. ring one man must lose,
and the loser is better off with few
| dollars with which to defray the ex-
penses of his preparation for the event.
! Should Jeffries lose he will not regret
the business caution of his adversary.
EXPERTS ARE DIVIDED.
The followers of the ring are beginning
to make predictions as to the probable
| outcome of the big battle The majority
are faor Jeffries, yet this is natural The
mob Is ever with the champion. On form
and on height, reach, weight and Elk
| perience there is some d:fference-af in
favor of the big Californian Jeffries will
enter the ring at about zoo pounds, While
Sharkey's weight will probably not ex-
coed 1876 That is a slight difference, it is
true, when it comes to heavyweights, but
1t is something in Jeffrics' favor. Should
| the Eattle be, as is expected it will, fast
| and furious from the start, then JeffrleS
Will have the additional fifteen pounds to
| draw upon. Sharkey has said that JET
fries will be first to break ground. JEFF
| fries asserts that the sailor will want to
! get away from him as far as possible att
er the first miX-up. There you are Inc
men may be joking, but if they are not,
tLen a hurricane fight, such as has not
teen seen in the ring since the days Of
Sullivan, may be expected when Jeifrics
! and Sharkey meet
MCCOY SAYS THE LIMIT.
Kid Mccoy talks entertainingly of the
Jeffries-Sharkey bout. lie says he eX-
poets 10 see the battle 40 the full limit,
and that the decision will be rendered
with both men upon their feet. This is
a rather queer prediction ana rather
throws a dauper upon the hope for q
vigorous clashing Of arms from the cut
set If Mccoy is right in his conclusions,
then neither man will start right in for
! a hurricane battle. Few will agree with
Mccoy, however. 1t is more likely that
1 the fight will terminate inside Of fifteen
rounds than that 1t will last to the end
of the stipulated number How two men
like Jeffries and Sharl1ey could manage 10
box twenty TO twenty-five rounds with
! neither receiving his quietus is a puzzle
| that Mccoy may have worked out to his
own satisfaction, but not to that of the
! general ring followers. And Mccoy adds
that he expects to see a battle of giants
| when the men meet In other words, he
believes they will fight like big men gen
orally do-and yet both will be ready for
more when the limit expires.
CORBE1T SAYS JEFFRIES
Jim Corbett says that Jeffries will win,
inside. of fifteen rounds. He even goes
/ that a few better, and says the end
should come before that number of
| dc
in this instance must he taken with a
certain allowance, as the former cham
! pion IS a sort of sponsor for Jefflies, and
the wish with him is naturally father to
the thought Sullivan has not given a
direct prediction as to the outcome of the
| battle, but all that he has said rather
leans toward favoring Jeffries. So far as
! Sullivan is concerned he is not preiudiced
in either direction He rather admire5
the work of Jeffries, but admits that
Sharkey is 4 big, strong fellow, and has
! a chance to defeat any man in the ring.
FitZsimmons expects the victory to 20
to Jeftries He has even said that JEFF
fries will be the man he will meet after
the battle for the championship has been
decided on Oct 27. And Fitz is also a bit
prejudiced. He would naturally prefer 20
see Jcffries win, for the Californian is
the man he would rather meet in the ;inal
effort 20 retrieve his lost reputation as a
heavyweight fighter of the first division.
M'GOVERN AND DIXON
There seems to be some sort of a
hitch In the proposed battle be-
tween George Dixon and the conqueror
| of Pedlar Palmer, Terence McGovern.
Tom O'Rcurlte. who directs the business
end of Dixon's fighting, is willing his man
shall meet McGovern, but does not take
kindly to the proposition that there shall
be side bet of $1,000, and upon this point
the men may divide McGovern's manager
| SAYS that IL DIXON wants q chance The