The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
THE RING

Sailor Tom Sharkey has begun to
train for his coming match with Jim
Jeffriee, says a dispatch from San Fran
cisco. The sailor is working at Vallejo
Cal, where the young lady he contem-
plates marrying, resides He desires to
stay there until a short time before the
. contest. Sharkey has arranged to box
a good deal with Peter jackson, the old
colored champion, in the hope that he
Will learn some new wrinkles OF the
boxing game. %Peter is undoubtedly
clever and he should teach Sharkey a
good many tricks and improve his
method of hitting.
Sharkey was in this city yesterday on
business and IN speaking of his plans
said he had wired O'Rourke request
to be allowed to stay in Vallejo and do
his hardest work. Il haven't received
a reply from him yet. don't want to
!. go on the road said Tom. What Is a
: couple Of thouepnd of dollars when the
worlds championship is at stake? Let
JEFF be the actor. / don't want to go
back East ito train, for 1t is too hot. I
have a fine place at Sulphur Springs,
a few miles. outside of Vallejo, where I
train, and amsnot disturbed by a lot
of rubber necks. The climate is cool
at Vallejo, and 1t is the best place to do
hard training ~
When asked about the fight, he said
he was pleased that the match had
been made with so little trouble.
The time won't be long slipping
away" said Sharkey, land the public
will soon know who Is entitled to be
called champion-Jeffries or myself.
How do the articles of agreement
suit you?"
II can't find any fault with them,"
said Tom. Il am satisfied to have
George Siler rs referee, and as long as
thh other side n tha nntira 1 n
go to the winner, I am content to have
it that way"
How about the small ring and fight
ing with one hand free?'
'Oh, the size of the ring isn't bother
ing me. I suppose Jeffries thinks that
with his extra weight the smaller the
ring the better for him. Maybe If he
could get me into a six-foot ring he
would be able to fall on me and knock
me out that way.
"As to hitting with one hand free,
that's my favorite style Of fighting, and
the only style l know anything about.
1t was my anxiety always to fight that
way at close quarters that made some
people think / was foul fighter. 1t
simply amounts to this: When you are
allowed to use free hand the other
man thinks twice before trying to lean
against you and hold on when he feels
tired.
"Of course if you're both holding on,
It's the referees place to order you to
break. If one man is hugging and the
ether fighting, the referee ought to turn
his head away for a minute or two.
After that he'll find there will be less
clilching. OF course, 1t would be foul
to hold on with one hand and punch
with the other but it's quite proper to
whang away at the ribs or jaw when
your opponent wants to hug you
IT, .rlz -
break by the referee you can drop your
arms and begin fighting again immedi-
ately. That is the kind of fighting called
for by the agreement drawn up to gov
ern my go with Jeffries, and. as 1 said
before, it is the fair way to fight, and
the only way l know anything about
kid" McCoy's condition is exciting
the liveliest apprehension of his friends,
who say that he has developed symp-
toms that puzzle them. Since going to
Colorado he is said to have required the
a application of ice to the back of his
head to produce sleep and has given
every indication of restlessness that is
supposed to presage nervous debility.
His conduct in connection with the
articles agreed upon with Choynski is |
not satisfa etory to the management of
the Colorado Athletic club, and Mana
ger Floto. when asked to explain why |
Mccoy failed to keep the date for final |
articles. replied that it was due to a !
MISUNDERSTANDING about the time and |
hat.al would be settled tomorrow.
In the meantime Mccoy has gone to /
Baileyss in Platte canyon, where he is !
relieved from the flood of Geographic |
InduffiSs that Nhave poured in since the |
first note of alarm was sounded. He is |
SAID sto be fond Of fishing and went |
after trout, but as the waters of the |
Platte are so high that fishing is al |
most out of the question, 1t is believed |
that he sought rest which could not |
be obtained in the city.
Il am in the business and ready to |
meet any and every one who is really |
in earnest about a fight" said Jim JEFF
fries to a Denver reporter. MY desire |
now is to meet Sharkey and 1 am con-
fldent that | can defeat him. wouldn't |