The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-24

Tom Sharkey down in the second round
of the fight between the two last win
ter knows he can hurt the big fellows.
The big men, and Sharkey in particu-
lar. have large respect for Mccoy
Deaths in the Ring
Seven men have met their deaths in
the prize ring in 1899. John l.. Sulli-
van gives his views on the matter as
follows:
Accidents happen in the prize ring
just as they do in the street, but not
so often. A man walking carefully
across the street may be killed by cleo
tricity from a. stray broken wire. A
fight between two clever men may re-
suit in chance blow or a fall that
kills one OF them. There are men fool
ish enough to enter the ring when not
in condition to fight, and almost al
ways these are the ones that are killed.
If these rules were followed perhaps
there would be fewer deaths in the
ring:
"First-The referee should stop the
fight when it is easy to see that one
of the men is unable to defend himself
any more. The referee should order
the strong man to his corner and see
that he goes there. If this had been
done In st. Louis that fellow would not
have been killed.
Second = Examination of fighters
should be made a week or more before
the fight by a good physician and again
| on the night of the fight
| "Third--Seconds or club doctors
| should mot be allowed to give dope to
| a man when he is almost out Whiskey
or brandy is all right. but stryehnine
, and such drugs make knockout a lot
] worse when it comes. / saw a boy re-
| Gently lie on the mat insensible half
an hour after punch. They had given
! him a dose during the round before
| he was put out.
| "Fourth--The ring should be padded.
| There should be no posts, as there now
are in a few rings. ".M.
Prize fighting is a good, honest, fair
| and square manly game if they don't
monkey with it too much
Ryan and Mccoy.
| At last Tommy Ryan and Kid Nc
| Coy are to swing and dodge in the ring,
| after two years of "rag-chewing, and
| disregard for the sports who would
| fain see the clever men matched. The
match has been arranged and Mccoy
, has promised to meet Ryan six weeks
| after his bout with Peter Maher, which
| takes place January l. They will fight
| % rounds at 15S pounds. the middle
| weight limit, and, SO says the Kid, for
| the championship. He bases this state
| nent on the fact that Fltzsin1mons has
refused to meet him, and thereby is
! supposed to mean that he will not
fight in that class again.
| Big Ring Tournament.
! The Olympic Athletic club directors,
San Francisco, are sending invitations
to the great athletic institutions of the
East asking for their best boxers for
tournament to be held there. The date
has not been fixed definitely, but it
will be about the middle Of February.
Leader John A. Harnmersn1itn has
placed the arrangement of the affair
in the hands of John Elliott. Mr.. FL
lott expects to obtain god results
through the aid of J. E. Sullivan, sec
rotary of the Amateur Athletic union.
The rules of the union will govern
the contests. which will be divided into
the following classes: Bantam, not to
exceed lis pounds; feather, not to ex-
coed 1875 pounds, light, not to exceed
1876 pounds; weller, not to exceed Us
pounds; middle, not to exceed 15s
pounds, and heavy, any weight.
Entries will not be received later
than January Is. At the championship
meeting in the East Jim Ccrbett was
the referee 1t is expected that candi-
dates for ring honors will be plentiful.
as the local clubs are turning out
many promising boxers.
sharkey to Train Corbett.
Tom Sharkey will train Jim Corbett
for his coming fight with Champion
Jeffries. The former sailor and the ex-
champion met at New York and Shar-
key offered to train his former antago-
mist Corbett promptly accepted tie
sailors offer. This will set at rest the
story to the effect that kid" Mccoy
would be the man to prepare Corbett
for his coming battle with Jeffries.
Corbett is delighted at securing Shar-
key. He is the last man who has
fought Jeffries, and judging by the
pounding he received by the sad sea
waves the sailor should have a vivid
recollection of the methods used by
Jeffries.
Value of Training Bouts.
Harry Weldon thinks that If train
ing bouts count for anything Corbett
ought to be a favorite over Champion