Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-03
THE BIC BATTLE
THIS EVENING
Betting in New York Still Ten to
Seven.
JEFFRIEs IS THE FAvORITE
10th Wen Promised 20 be Ia Perfect
condition Great Interest Taken
Locally In the Result

The sporting element Of Salt Lake
iI looking forward 10 the battle tonight
with Intense interest and speculation
ON the result is general. While In New
York. icnrIca ls strong favoritc. The
majority Of the knowing ones here pick
sharkcy un the winner OF the worlds
championship. There are probable roa-
sons Tor that. aside from the merit Of
the men aa pugIlluts. ono f. that
sharkoy IN very wou known In Salt
Lake through his visits here. and local
rports have a pretty good idea Of his
style. while al they know of Icnrioa
has been obtained from printed reports
regarding the Californian Then thcrc
h Jim Williams. who mot his Waterloo
at tho sailor mans hands. when the lat
Ter was only tyro. Williams IN conf
dent that shnrkcy win win, While the
sentiment favorh the sailor 20 strongly.
o. course the New York odds OF 90 10
prevail here. but Jcnrlcs money la
scarce. while there IL an abundance u
cash on tho short end. Several bets
" 100 90 20 have been made and the
betting viii be lively this evening.
CONDITION OF THE GIANTS.
4 dispatch from New York thls sftor-
noon says James J. JenrIcs. the cham
pion pugiliat arose az O'Clock. took "a
cold plunge. and at $3.50 o'clock. accom-
panied By Tommy Ryan. started FOR a
walk 10 Central Park They entered
the park at Flfiy-nlnth street and
walked brInkly Tor about thruc miles.
after which Jenrlca returned 10 HE
hotel Tor hearty breakfast of eggs.
chops ana coffee. while waiting Tor
hs trainers, Jonrica wrote tciogrumn
Informing his immediate friends that
bio condition was better than when he
met FiissImmona, ana he weighed ave
pounds more than he did at that time.
Billy Delaney said today that Jenrlea
war trained In som. particulars ln op-
! poaitioua 10 hia (Delansy'sl wishes Do
/ lnncy objected To Jcfiricf continual
| running and uwcatinE.
He would not have worked a. hard
az he 49," said Delaney. NJ had
/ something 10 ray. Ia the laft ten dnya
he stopped tho foolish practice Of runs
nina and sweating. eystcm which
/ Cnrbctt adopted. Sine, stopping. Jsff-
d o
/ but the question h whether he has
stopped In time 10 avoid any evil con-
rcqucnccs that may follow after the
/ light j do not mean that he IL not
/ physically ne and viii not whip Shar-
/ key. but there 10 limit 20 everything.
and have objected 90 the severe meth.
/ cd adopted this time By Jonrlrs Ho
h. not moderate ln HE work lie goes
! ahead and works like "a steam engine
/ and this running and sweating uu the
| road iH killing process. An example
] or this 'Nil eject was fceu three weeks
/ ago, when IenricH WIS weighed in the
! presence ~ George SllUr. the rufofpe. re
] touched the scale az 4it pounds. and /
was alarmed, Tor 2ii pounds weight and
! only three weeks Co train o. no Joke.
Today De weighs 80 pounds, and u
| nt"
All Of Jcnrles friends consider him to
be In the pink % perfection, aud are
| confident that De- VIII whip sharkoy.
! Hilly Delaney Ia spite of his objections
| TO the eevprv methods of TRAINING;
| adopted by Jenfics says h. acoe no pos
| Hlhlllty Of defeat, ana Tommy Ryan
H. ~ confident that today he put up $500
agninst $3.50 on the champion
Icffrloa and his trainorH lot at 10
| o'clock for Conoy Island. Ionrlcs VIII
/ remain quiet IN hiH hotel there for the
| remainder 81 the day
shariSoy got up az o'clock thls
/ morning, and after taking a ride with
/ Trainer McGrath. returned Co hln hotel
az Ncwdorp. staten leland. and ate a
] big breakfast consisting OF cram,
/ three kinds OF fruit chopped meat six
/ boiled eggs, lumhchopa and rye bread
| toasted. sharkey said he felt IN prime
I condition and was conndcnt aa ever that
l he would win.
During the forenoon sharkoy. accom-
/ panied By hln trllncrf, Bob Armstrong
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