The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15

The Rip Van Winkle-like yacht race be-
tween the Columbia and Shamrock may
have Il n ost important bearing upon the
big prize fight between Sim Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey. The handlers of Jeffries
are alarmed lest his enthusiasm In the
yachting line may seriously retard his
preparation for the mill with Sharkey'
Jehries persists in going TO the races,
and on each succeeding day, when the
yachts are reaching for wind, Jeffries is
there watching their gyrations. He will
not remain at quarters at Asbury Park
so long as there is ghost OF show
of a yacht race being pulled Oft and
down to the beach he goes, with the
other unfortunates, each succeeding day,
and stands and waits. Jeffries is patrl-
otto. He is a Columbia man. And ne
saws he must be In at the death when
the defender administers the first defeat
to Sir Thomas Lipton's craft.
IN FAIR CONDITION.
The big boxer Is said to be in fair con-
dition and to be rapidly rounding into
fighting form. He has been going through
the regulation routine, and will now be-
gin the task Of increasing his speed.
Tommy Ryan, who looks after that part
of the work has arrived at Asbury Park,
and begun boxing with the champion.
Jeffries is reported to be good and strong,
though trif1e slow, owing to his rest
and trip abroad. Ryan expresses belief,
however, that the champion will be in
fine shape on the night of the meeting
with Sharkey. Jeffries has a good man
added to his staff Of workers. Ernest
Roeber, who performed a like Office for
Bob FitZsimmons, is with Jefries at AS
bury Park, and takes on the big one at
frequent intervals for roughlng.
SHARKEY IS SILENT.
Tom Sharkey, the redoubtable sailor
man, Is keeping shady end silent. He
has made no predictions of late, and ut
tie is known OF just what course he is
pursuing 1t is said, however that the
sailor is working hard, and is as con-
fident as ever of his ability TO wrest the
championship from Jeffries. New YORK
seems apathetic to the big fight. There
has been no betting, and nothing upon
which to base a guess as to how the en-
perts are thinking in this greatest of ring
battles since Jeffries wrested the cham
pionship from F'itzsmnons 1t is proba-
BILE that until the yacht race is disposed
of the sports in and about New York
will he too pl eoccupied to pay much at
tention to the fight Once that event Is
cut of the way it will likely be fight talk
from start to finish.
CHANCES OF PRINCIPALS
1t seems that Jeffrias is a bit the bet
ter man of the two when che figures the
dope And yet there is so little upon
which to base a guess that it is a most
difficult task Jeffries made such pecu-
liar battle with Fitzsimmons that he has
all the experts guessing as to what ne
will do when he gets into q ring with
the sturdy sailor. That Sharkey has q
good chance to win is admitted by a ma
jority of these who are not Jeffries
partisans. The battle should be a hurri-
be different story to tell than was re-
corded when Ftz and Jeffries met
Should Jeffries attempt TO repeat the tao
tics adopted In that fight he is liable to
get his quietus at any stage Of the bat
tie His crouching attitude is just to the
liking of sturdy fellow like Sharkey
A few urpercuts, tudciously placed, may
straighten Up the champion bruiser. and
lead him to mix it. Why Fitz did not
discover that fact is a mystery But
Sharkey will. There will be less crouch
ing when the giants meet.
SANTRY AND JORDAN.
The surprise of last week in the prize
ring was the defeat of England's crack
little boxer, Ben Jordan, by Eddie Santry,