Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-02

from your hands, pull on the gloves, and
show us the mettle Of which you are made
But father also advised me to go back to
Tiveting in the boiler shop II | could not
become a master mechanic at the glove war
trade. Daddy will stand for fighter In
the Jeffries family, but IL the blacksmith
should make Of me a lobster I must hang
up the gloves and put on the jeans and re-
turn to the boiler shop, so he says. There
are two ministers of the gospel whose sons
are in the ring, Benny Jordan, the clever
little Englishman who bested George Dixon,
and yours truly James ]. Jeffries jr."
Tho star Of the erstwhile asplrant after
the laurels Of the heavyweight champion
ship, kid" Mccoy, was in the ascendency
again week ago when he crossed arms
with that old veteran of the prize ring, Joe
ChoynskL The man who read the accounts
OF that affray must agree with the critic
at the ringside who declares that It was but
kindness on the part of the young Hoosier
that saved the Californian from the humilia-
tion Of knock out. In the last rounds Of
the battle 1t was case of going, going"
for Choynski, and 1t was but McCoy's will
that the final gone" was not sounded. The
many battles In the ring and the many
years Of training that Choynski has expe-
rienced have been as successful In sendins
him to the passe class as Bob Fitzsimmons
would be capable of doing. There were also
signs in McCoy's condition during the fight
that sounded note of warning to the clever
Hoosier. Heart disease and what not are
named as the possible ailments of the
fighter, and the diagnosis was serious
enough 20 send him to the mountains and
rest from the game for time. This may
hat tan p1, 60,
game to see the slender young fighter, for he
was hguring on appearing in this city this
spring, but If temporary rest will put him
in repair he may still pay Omaha a visit
His condition, however, will necessarily put
an end to his negotiations looking toward
return match with Sharkey and another
bout with Tommy Ryan.
Tommy Ryan is having his busy day Just
now and is sailing all over the country in
pursuit cf easy marks, which pursuits nets
him pretty penny, by the way. In the
early part of this month he will land in
Chicago and go a journey that it will be
worth while the sports of this city to see.
He is matched to take on pretty hard
customer in Billy Stiff, who is heavy enough
to give the willy Thomas a hard run for the
money.
Old Peter Maher, who has steadfastly re-
fused to take on Gus Rubin, although he
has threatened to 'poonch" him out of the
business, has finally come down from his
perch and has signed articles with the
Akron lad The two are to meet at the
Lenox Athletic club in New York on April
IL in twentyround affray. Maher has
been the unconscious comedian in the heavy
weight circles Of the country during the
last two years. There is enough yellow in
his makeup to supply a carload of oranges
with coloring extract, but he has been in
sistent that he would take on no one ex-
cept Fitzsimmons or Sharkey and would
not look at those until $4,000 purse was
offered. Every student of the boxing game
knows that the Irish champion has a jelly
fish for a backbone every occasion he
confronts first class man and the admirers
of the ring would steer clear of any en-
tertainment in which he appears against
anything else except an easy mark.