The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-13
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
P~RoBILAE FTGHr BETWEEN FITzsIM-
MONN IND Shirley DISCUSSED.

Nnnt VIII Become OF {" %Scrappy" Joyce ?
battle between Sharkey and Fitzsimmons
t. decide the heavyweight championship OF the
world is ON the tip of the tongue Just now.
While q majority OF ring Coers are OF the op.n-
iYn that Htzsimmons can beat the Sailor. there
nrc many who believe that the champion will
have his hands full IL they ever meet. There
WAS a warm dispute over the merits OF the
two pugilists at an uptown resort yesterday.
which wound up with an offer by Lee Harri-
SON. the actor. TO wager 500 that Sharkey can
beat "Lanky Bob" Lew Fields Immediately
said no would bet 5000 against IIarrison's CEN
tury that Fitz can do the trick, and the money
was pat up 10 remain until after the expected
fight. Harrison then wagered Fields S25 even
that Titzsimmons would not make IA match.
These are the first wagers made on the pros
pectiye encounter between the two leading
heayyweights. Talk Of a match brings up
.he contest between Sharkey aud Fitzsimmops
In san Francisco. which was lost by Bob Ia
the eighth round ON a foul. O'Rourke. mana
ger Of Sharkey. says that he knows nothing
about the facts in the case. as.he was not be-
hind Tom at the time. while Sharkey insists
that he was foulcd and won the match legiti-
mately. A man who backed the Sailor against
Mccoy and who saw tho former fight Fitz,
enlightened a crowd OF sports yesterday with
this statement:
"Fitzsimmons showed beyond a doubt that he
was Sharkey's master in science and In punch
ing. He made Tom look like n novice and hit
him when he pleased. In the eighth round
Sharkey was knocked out with a solar plexus
blow fairly delivered. But the referee de-
prived Fitz deliberately by calling it a foul.
There was no doubt about this. "a nine out OF
every ten witnesses said so at the time
When Sharkey had this affair with Fitz he
was comparatively green. He knew nothing
about scientific boxing and was in the hands
Of men who did not believe it was necessary
for him to learn anything. He was simply a
rough and ready siuEEer. who. in his anxiety
10 win. used foul tactics. These methods he
picked up in encounters in the navy. where
rules do not generally figure much. Since
O'Rourke took hold of him. however. he has
learned rapidly. In his fight with Corbett the
Sailor surprised everybody with unexpected
Mccoy. although there were many important
points in his attack and defence which were
Sharkey as a great fighter saw that with con-
slant coaching at the hands OF 0,Rourke and
when he puts up mis- hands in a bout with Fitz-
simmons. Attention Is also called to the fact
SRarkey aud that a time will come when the
C~ornishman. like all pugiilsts. viii become q
FIJI are anxious to see hin take Sharkey on
at an early date. II. for any reason. the cham
Pton SHOULD decline eel So to o G meet shsrkey at the Inc
h, will not fight in any club MANAGED by
O'Rourke, it is possible that Maher Will be
asked to take his place.
Charles Mitchell. who is generally regarded
ORourEe yesterday asking II Sharkey would
fight him at the National Sporting Club in
~ticulars. Mitchell. it is thought, would be the
easiest kind OF a mark for Sharkey and II
may 60 to England to pick up some easy
money"
An offer has been made to Mccoy to fight
Tommy Ryan OF Syracuse at the. LenoX Club
his fight with Sharkey the Kid said he wanted
to meet Ryan. win or lose. As Mccoy adheres
when he got into the ring on Tuesday night,
and Ryan can fight at about $50 pounds. a
% tBibs1 9 fSSe Is t as Clever W2ui ID be point pF Re sei sESe
as Mccoy. sporting men say. and has i'm
weight class. in which he was knocked out by
the KID at Maspett9 several years ago; Theirs
showed good form recently in a twenty found
fGht with Jack Bonner. q danger9us heavy
thrashed. even though he had previously
knocked out Dan Creedqn IN a punch. Ryan
is the Kids master in everything except ths
weights Du.. : 30, .,,o-
him BY the hand, But think | can trim him
y Mccoy has been advised by his friends to
stay in the middleweight, class hereafter. but
ne wants TO Tackle tOrDetL. lneTS IL NOT
much chance for a match. however. as Corbett
is not looked upon as being sincere in his talk.
John T; Brush. President OF the Cincinnati
Baseball Club. Is still in town. but he declines
so,say much about the situation in the League.
Abel Of Brooklyn and Vonderhorst OF Balti-
more were holding ID confab nearby. Brush
f XII = up tn the final details Of the deal by which
Han!on will come 10 Brookiyn with the pick
pears to be Keeping under cover. it is not de-
MED that the maGnates are ber teg hlin Their
meets here again next month.
John B. Day has no plans to reveal about the
6SS5iSgsd tina! the ! nd team E3,i vii 4o mot q /. .sIT IN many ny
beginning to wonder what will be his fate.
joyce is IL st; Louis. and reoeatedly states
With Day as manager and Jack Doyle on first
base, the cranks are puzzled 70 know Of what
""Scrappy Bill' would like to manage a Western
League club. where his COWBOY tactics on the
diamond would be appreciated.
In taking nearly 100 cycle riders and train
ers TO San FRANCISCO the promoters appear to
however, that there is a big field there for
them and that az the outlaw mGyeDent IS
and short.distaqse events yin catch the
the professional riders will be able to thrive
twelve months in the year. Persons who have
had experience in cycle racing believe that this
undertaking will entail many risks and that II
the managers come out of il with a balance
on the right side they will be very fortunate.
In carrying so many men across the continent
great expense is incurred. The arrange
ment made with the riders Is that their OK
penses will be paid. the. money to be returned
II they win any cash prizes, Under these cir;
eumstances II would appear that the riders will
have the best end OF the deal. whether the VEN
ture fails or not.
Although a meeting of the Harvard. Cornell
and Yale rowing men was slated to DO held
this week to arrange the big varsity boat
race. II has been called OF for the present and
nobody in authority seems TO know when the
matter will be settled. The announcement
thai Harvard and Yale will stick to New Lon
don il thought 10 have made Cornell deliber-
ate more carefully before entering into a con-
ference, The University of Pennsylvania Is
likely TO be consulted by the Ithecans before
hand, and AS the Quakers show a disposition 20
hp!d out for Poughkeepsie matters, may be
hLnckeh for some time 20 come. COLLEGE men |