The record-union., 1899-11-01
THE BIG FIGHTERS.
Both in Prime Condition for Fri
days Battle.


NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-This was a
day of quiet at Jeffries' training quar-
ters at Asbury Park and except for d
short run and a little excursion in a
rowboat this morning, no one of the
party put his head out of doors. A
| terrific storm ragged all day, and train
ers and fighters sat around the fire and
discussed the prospects of the weather
| for the days that remain between now
| and Friday.
Hard work and the boxing bouts have
| been given up, and unless Jeffries
should decide to put on the gloves as
favor to some visitors, his exercise here
after will be restricted to bag punch
ing and rope skipping.
AS the fight draws near Jeffries' con-
| fidence in his ability to win grows
greater, and to-day he mailed a check
| for So, 900 to his ma nager, with direc-
| tions to put it on at the best price he
| could get. In regard to the bet he
said 'I believe 1 will win, and every
SO long as others are going to win on
me, I might as well get some of it my
SELF
| This is the first money that Jeffries
| has bet.
| All the little preliminary arrange
ments have been made, and everything
| is in shape for the fight to come off ac-
cording to schedule. JeffrieS gloves,
which were made in San Francisco,
have arrived, and his new shoes will he
ready for him to wear on Thursday.
In the contest Friday night Jeffries
will occupy the northeast corner, the
same he occupied when he defeated
Fitzsimmons for the championship of
the world. Sharkey will sit in the
southwest corner, the one occupied by
Fitzsimmons when Jeffries knocked
him out. This was agreed to at a
meeting between O'Rourke and Brady
to-day. O'Rourke wanted the southwest
corner, because he considered it a
lucky one, all his men fighting in that
corner having proved successful. AS
Jeffries won the championship from
Fitzsimmons in the northeast corner, he
very naturally is pleased.
Jeffries will be seconded in his fight
against Sharkey by Will Delaney, Tom
my Ryan, Dick Dolan, Jack Jeffries
and w. A. Brady. Sharkey's advisers
will be Tom O'Rourke, George Dixon,
Bob Armstrong and Tim McGrath.
Both Sharkey and Jeffries have agreed
to weigh in before the battle begins,
so as to let the public know exactly
what each man weighs. Jeffries will
probably fight at 212 pounds, while
Sharkey will probably weigh seventeen
pounds less.
The big fight will be preceded by a
ten-round bout between kid" Gou-
lette of Rochester and Tommy Moran
of Brooklyn. They will fight at 12S
pounds. Time will be called at S:15
o'clock. Jeffries and Sharkey have
agreed to be in the club house at 9:15.
and to enter the ring at 9:45.
Betting on the fight opened in earn
est at the Aqueduct race track to-day,
where several wagers We're made. The
biggest bet recorded was 81, 600 to $500,
the odds on Jeffries.
Sharkey at his training quarters at
Newdorp to-day devoted most of his
time to bag punching and boxing with
Armstrong. He does not seem to need
another hours preparation, and is in
as fine trim as any pugilist that ever
entered ring, SO far as the eye can
tell. He is perfection in the body con-
dition, and If he is as we'll trained in
science as he is in body he ought to
put up a good battle.