Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

But the neutral sportsmen have not yet de-
tected motive, plausible object for any
under the-rose trick on the part Of the
boilermuker unless II be that Jeffries hnds
1t physically impossible to draw down to the
weight in time for the contest.
Il met Billy Brady in New York last
week and he seemed 10 be disappointed
over the state OF affairs in the Jeffries
camp at Asbury Park" says Al Hertord in
a recent interview. Brady had just re-
turned from the park and informed o Rourke
that Jim was favoring his left arm and
might not be UP to ring condition by the
time of the fight. Brady. who is one Of
the partners in the Coney Island club, says
that Jim is down to 2lS pounds and counted
on entering the ring at 212 But he ad-
mitted that Jims training was handicapped
because he was unable to take his indoor
course Of exercise with Roeber Brady re-
allies that the champion must enter the
ring as fine and At as a fiddle. Even five
superhuous pounds Of weight might stand in
the way of his chances with the sailor.
Like all healthy collecting physiques,
Jeffres' frame has an aggravating tendency
for taking on extra folds of fat in the
abdominal region, or that section of the
anatomy on which Sharkey will make war
IL hc hduuBtS W piGlCt lut Jtulltb JUL
wark by slipping under the big fellows
guard, and fighting at short range. The
sailor, with his comparatively brief stature
he is five feet eight-will find 1t easier
to locate Jeffries' stomach than he would
IL he were as tall as Jeffries The tar is
essentially a body -punsher and O'Rourke
says his man will sneak into the hulking
boilermakers midrif like a projectilc from
torpedo boat SHE'D at big craft. JEFF
fries cannot afford to enter the ring under
physical impcst, for If he does he will con-
cede the sailor an advantage that is
| bound to tell in long fight, IL the men
are making a blow-for blow encounter at
| close quarters Jeffres will probably start
off the hostilities by striking the same old
| pose of a panther that low, crouchng, half
doubled attitude. the body drawn in, the
head inclined, and the rangy left sticking
| out horizontal-wise from its socket of mus
| Gle This position gives him safe de-
| fense, especially in the shoulder guard for
| the jaw.
Whether Sharkey can crowd under the
| guard and chase in his load of ammunition
| for the body remains to be seen. Tom
| o Rourke thinks he can. The fight has got
! me guessing. O'Rourke argues that Jeffres
is one-handed fighter; that he is naturally
| left handed and uses the left in writing his
letters, throwing and with the knife in
the left hand while eating. He has failed
to cultivate the right hand in his boxing
and used the right with effect in the Fitz-
simmons fray only when he crossed Fitz-
simmons in the last round.
will agree with O'Rourke that
the left is the brain and the right the
Drawn of the boxer, just as Jem Mace used
to put it. In a sashng assault at short-arm
battling the right is the thing in the assaults
on the body and here's where Sharkey
shines; here's where he lives, as O'Rourke
says. l noticed myself that Jeffries over,
looked several important chances TO lodge
his right glove on Fitzsimmons' framework
BILLY Delaney takes the Sharkey Mccoy
fight for an argument in favor of Jeffries. In
the first three rounds of his battle with Nc
Coy the sailor held off at long range, but
Mccoy made the better showing from a dis
tance. When the sailor carried the fracas
over to Mccoy by closing in he fought the
kid off his feet And so the heavy artillery
under fire at close range carried the day
Had Mccoy, with his cleverness, combined
the strength of Jeffries he would have beer
able to break the tidal wave advances that
swept him from his underpinning. Now, JEFF
fries, with his rangy arms and mountain o1
muscle, will stand as the rock dashing of
the angry billows If he decides to make 8
long range battle of 1t. He can nail Sharkey
with full length sweep OF the arm
or straight jab if the sailor
charges on him. But all this tail
about what either Of them will do is so much
windy theory. No fighter can plan his wal
tactics before the battle. He must size W
the situation in a flash in the heat of the
fight. Jeffries may mingle with the sailor
right off the reel and throw tactics to the
wind. These advance pictures OF what hi
and Sharkey will do, as painted by O'Rourk'
and Brady and Delaney, may afford interest
ing speculation for the critics and there yo,
are.'