The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

lOIl SfldIkPN mas reached New \ Ofk.
The sailor" weighs 1872 pounds and
looks fit and strong. He has not yet
settled on his training plans, but ex-
poets TO be hard at it before many more
days have passed. Asked of what he
thought of Jeffries, Sharkey replied
You can't fight that fellow the way
he wants you to and win. You've got
to make him fight your way. pull him
open and then get in at him. That's
the way / figure. / don't underrate
him minute. He's a hard man. I
think Fitz went at him wrong, and I'll
do differently
kid" Mccoy has been matched to
meet Jeffries Thorne, the English mid
dleweight. who knocked out Frank Pur-
cell at the Westchester club. The bout
will take place at Tuckahoe. August 81,
the day before the championship battle
between Terry McGovern and Pedlar
Palmer
Sam Harris, manager of Terry Nc
Govern, is SO confident that his protege
will beat Pedlar Palmer when they
fight on September that he has offered
to bet +. A. Bettison, manager of Palm
er, $1,000 on the result of the fight. Mr..
Bettison, who has as much confidence
in Palmer's chances of winning as Har-
ris has of McGovern's has agreed to
tbNtT I1OIty- anu Inc lnultd-
tons are that the money will be put up
by both men some day this week. Har-
ris, since he became the manager of the
clever little Brooklyn fighter. has won
considerable money by betting on him
whenever he fought. He is a manager
who will bet great deal of money
Jim Jeffries is naturally attracting
a good deal of attention as the cham
pion of the world in England, but his
visit hasn't created anything of the
excitement that was expected when
John Carmel Heenan, the Benicia
Boy crossed the brny to do battle
with stout-hearted Tom Sayer, or,
later on. when John L. Sullivan visited
laney lovingly calls him. may wake the
stolid Britons up bit later on.
Tom Sharkey, who is now in New
York, in speaking of his coming fight
with Jeffries just after his arrival in
the East said:
Il shall be the worlds champion in
1900, for l am confident l can beat JEFF
fries. I have met him once before, and
do not believe he has any the better
of me. He is a big. strong fellow, but
that's about all he can lay claim to.
His victory over Fitzsimmons does
not worry me in the least. l was well
aware Ol WuaI tIle DultDIlt WOulu pe
before he ever met Lanky Bob. l don't
think Fitzsimmons was as good as
when he fought Corbett. From the re-
ports of the encounter he seemed to
have lost all of his cleverness.
"Jeffries, however, will have diff
ferent man before him when he meets
me. He must then fight one of his own
class. Since my last battle with Jef
fries I have met two of the best men
in the ring, Corbett and Mccoy, while
Jeffries has only fought one back num-
Der. 1 think I have improved hun
dred per cent. since that time.
Everybody in the West thought JEFF
fries would defeat Fitz, for both age
and weight were in his favor. Little
money was placed on the result in San
Francisco.
Just where my fight with the cham
pion will be held l cannot say. OF
course, I would rather fight in the East
but will go where the biggest purse is
offered. They are anxious to secure
the mill out West, and have already
hung up $4,000 purse
Billy Brady and Ross O'Neill are
scouting roundabout London on still
hunt for a location for the proposed
Jeffries- Mitchell bout, which the public
of modern Babylon look upon as farce
comedy and positively refuse to take
seriously. According to the articles of
agreement Mitchell is to furnish moth
ing, not a penny's worth of expenses,
only his presence, forsooth. The Incl
dentals in connection with such a
match will eat up sizeable penny, and
Brady will spend at least $500 before
the curtain rises on Jeffries' farce
comedy with foxy Chawley." AS
matchmaker Mitchell is equaled by
few and excelled by none. In arrang-
Ii, G.rl,t l,Ntt
matchmaking qualities of Mitchell
were put to the test. He made Brady
put up the whole of the $4,000 in
bunch, as he declared that Brady could
not get free advertising at his expense.
Palmer and McGovern will meet in
the arena of the Westchester club at
Tuckahoe. The English lad has gone TO
Saratoga to train. while McGovern will
take his breathing in the upper part of
New York. The Pedlar will have no
difficulty in making the weight, which
McGovern declares will not trouble
him. Palmer is confident of winning.
Il wouldn't ave come hover" he de-
clared, unless Hi felt sure l could do
the trick" Terry isn't boasting, but
he and his friends are willing to back
his chances with all the long green
they have. America will be very much
surprised if the Brooklynite gets any
thing worse than an even break at the
finish. McGovern's welcome to Palmer
shows that he has the true spirit of
knighthood in his breast, and when
they face each other he won't punch
any the milder because he gave his an
tagonist meat and drink
Il wish the clubs would stop smok-
ing at all times" said Kid Parker yes
terday in speaking of the effects of
smoke upon a fighter in the ring. To
allow a large crowd to smoke until the
principal event is called on fills the
arena with the tobacco fumes and
makes it very bad for a man trained
down to a nicely. Notwithstanding
that there was no smoking at the
Olympic club after l went into the ring
the night of my bout with Otis, the
room was so full of smoke that it made
me sick at my stomach. The way to
do is to prohibit smoking within the
arena at any time. Men do not smoke
at the theater, and why should they at
a boxing contest? 1t sometimes makes
a man so sick that it interferes with his
work. | hope the clubs here will set
the example of absolutely prohibiting
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