The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
THE BIG FIGHT.
FitZSimmOnS and JeffrieS Get
ting in Good Form.
Interest in the Mill Increases
Each Day.
THE ODDS FAVOR FITZ.
And Most Betting Men ThinI
He Will Win.
Complete Records of the Two
Men Given.

New York, June 6.-Next Friday at
the Coney Island Athletic club the ques-
ton of the heavyweight championship
of America will be settled. Then will be
determined whether the greatest fight
ing machine the world ever saw" is
still as good as ever, whether, like
John L. Sullivan, Robert Fftzsimmons
has fought once too often. AS the time
for the contest between the champion
and James Jeffries approaches interest
throughout the country is steadily on
the increase.
So. on the verge of the contest, Fitz-
simmons is the same confident, we'll
conditioned man, full of belief that he
alone is champion and that none can
withstand him.
1.-The bigger they are the heavier they
fall" says Fitz, and trains on as though
he were at play. paying little heed to
the reports coming from the camp OF
his opponent.
He will go into the contest with no
thought of defeat, and his long expert
ence will, in this respect, give him an
advantage over Jeffries. Fitzsimmons
is a fighter by instinct, and these are
the most dangerous kind.
JeffrieS first came into prominence
when assisting COrbett in Carson City
to train for his fight with FitzsimmOns-
He was chosen as being big, strong
fellow, who could stand the OnslaughtS
of the pOmpadOur pugilist. At that
time he was no match for the speedy
COrbett, and in a practice bout was
knocked out. Since then, it is claimed,
he is much improved. Twenty-round
draws with Gus Rubin and Joe ChOyn-
ski and a win in twenty rounds over
Tom Sharkey are his principal step
ping stones to fame. This last battle
took place one year ago and is the last
direct line that can be had on the per-
formances of FitZsimmOnS and JefrleS
against the same man. F1tzslmmons
practically knocked Sharxey out twice
in eight rounds, while Jeffries won on
points in twenty.
1t would thus seem F'ltzsimmons
would appear to have the advantage in
the approaching battle, but form, eS-
pecially that of two years ago, cannot
be relied on.
1t seems hardly likely that the battle
will go the limit. Fitzsimmons has
never been the full distance yet, and
the milling is hardly likely to be of such
a character that both will be fighting
at the final ring of the gong
The records of the men are as fol-
lows:
Fitzsimmons has been in the ring for
nearly twenty years, making his first
appearance as an amateur in Timaru,
New Zealand, in 1880. He defeated four
men and won the amateur champion
ship. The following year he engaged in
a number of contests, winning them all.
In Australia he had many fights, de-
Bill SlaVin in seven, Starlight nine, Ar
thur Cooper three, Jack Murphy eight,
Brinsmead two, Greentree three, Dick
Sandal four, Conway two, West one,
Pablo Frank two, Jack Riddle four,
Eager two.
His principal contests since then are
as follows:
1SSs-Dec II, Dick Ellis. 3 rounds, won;
1s9oNFeb. 10, Jim Hail. rounds, lost;
1s9ONMay 20. Billy Mccarthy, rounds.
1S9o-June %. Arthur Upham, rounds,
knockout; New Orleans.
1S91-ApriI IS. Abe Cougle, rounds.
1ss1NMay l. Black Pearl, rounds. won;
Minneapolis.
knockout: New Orleans
1ss2--Jim Farrell. ? rounds. knockout;
1Ss2-MaX !. Joe. Godfrey. round. knock
1ss2%May IA jerry slattery. rounds,
1892 Sept. s. billiard u Gender. 1 round
knockout: Admission, Ala.
1Se3-Mareh s. Jim Hall. rounds, knock
1s9sNMarch Is. viii Mayo. knockout. 2
1SssNMay so, Jack Warner. round. knock
1893 Sept 5, Jack Hickey. rounds. won;
Newark.
1Ss4-June IT, Joe Choynski. rounds,
18s4GJuiy q, Frank Keller. rounds.
1SsESept. 26. Dan Creedon, 2 rounds,
knockout; New Orleans.
1S95-April 16, Al Allish. rounds, knock
1ss6-Feb. q, Peter Maher, l round, knock
1896 Dec. = THOMAS sharkey, rounds.
1S97-March II, James j. Corbett, IA
rounds, knockout; Carson City, New.
His measurements are as follows:
Height, . feet 1lN inches, calf. .1S1s
inches; thigh. 20 inches; waist 80 inches;
chest, Al inches; neck, 10 inches; bicepS
(straighD, II inches; wrist, 6l2 inches.
Jeffries was born in Ohio twenty-three
years ago, but he has lived in Los An
geles, Cal, since he was years of age.
1S96-July 2. Dan Long, knockout. 2
rounds; San FRANCISCO.
| 1S97-ApriI 9, 7. Van Buskirk. knockout,
| 1S97-May IS. Henry Baker, knockout, 8
rounds: San Francisco.
1S91-July 16. Gus Rubin, draw, 20 rounds;
1Ss7~Nov. 90 Joe Choynski, draw, 20
| 1SeS-Feb; %, Joe Goddard, won, rounds;
| 1S9S-March q, Peter jackson, won, 3
rounds; San Francisco.
| 1s9S-April p, Pete Everett, won, rounds;
1S9s--NIay s. Tom sharkey. won. 20 rounds;
San Francisco.
| 1s9S-Aug. g., Bob Armstrong, won, 10
rounds, Lenox Athletic club. New
| His measurements are as follows:
Height, feet ~ inches; calf. IL
| inches; chest (defated), Al inches; chest
| (expanded). 49, inches; neck, 173z inches
| bicepS Is inches: right forearm. 13 inches;
weight in condition, 2lO pounds
A Card of Thanks.
I wish to say that I feel under lasting
| obliga tiOnS for what Cham berlain'S COugn