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to bring the injured member back into

to bring the injured member back into
normal condition. They failed, and the
services Of surgeon were sought. The
professional gentleman, SO 1t is alleged,
at once pronounced the injury SO serious
that Jeffries would be compelled to stop
work for an indefinite period. Manager
Brady was notified, and he in turn &C
quainted the Sharkey camp of what had
happened O'Rourke, ever ready for
tricks Of that sort, at first refused to
listen to a proposition to- postpone the
battle, and it was not until Sharkey
stepped In and asked that the request
of Jeffries be granted, that the astute
manager of the sailor yielded. It was
agreed that surgeon say when 1t would
be possible for Jeffries to do business
and that it should be understood that no
prolonged postponement would be tolerat-
ed. On that proposition Jeffries was COM
PEELED to negotiate, and the date for the
battle was finally fixed for one week
later than the date originally agreed upon
JEFFRIEsg OUT OF FORM.
There have been queer stories af1oat
ever since Jeffries returned from abroad,
and it is now openly asserted that the
injured arm story was trumped up by
the Jeffries camp in order to secure for
the champion another week of training,
In order that he may work back into
some sort of condition. The yacht race
Is given as one reason for Jeffries' tardi-
ness in rounding to, 1t being claimed that
the big boxer was so wrapt up in the boat
race that on the days when the yachts
were endeavoring to discover breeze
Jeffries was at the seaside, watching the
maneuvers, instead Of at work In his
training quarters, or out on the road for
spin. Billy Delaney vigorously denies
all these soft impeachments, but that
is natural Delaney knows his business,
and 1t is not his province to say any
thing but what is favorable to his prin-
cipal. One visitor to Asbury Park assert
ed, in an interview In New York paper,
that Delaney was greatly worried at the
condition of Jeffries, and that the entire
encourage of the champion realized that
there was something wrong with their
favorite That is probably the truth Of
the situation. Jeffries has followed that
forbidden path so regularly sought by the
successful pugilist, and is early paying
the penalty of greatness as fighter
sHARKEY'S MAGNANIMITY.
Tom Sharkey has acted generously with
the champion, and has made scores of
friends and admirers by his action. He
could have claimed the forfeit Of 81, 500
put up to guarantee the presence in the
ring Of each principal on the date agreed
upon He did not do So and because he
refused to take advantage Of his ad-
versary's alleged misfortune it Is again
believed that the sailor has good chance
to win in the battle for the championship.
If Sharkey lacked confidence in himself
he certainly would have taken advantage
of the opportunity to claim the forfeit and
get out of the match. AS he took the
oppcs site course he certainly thinks that
he is in the hunt. And that is the way
the followers. Of the ring are regarding
the situation at present. "A fortnight
since Sharkey, stock was at low ebb. The
sailor had insisted that there be a losers
end to the purse, and that was taken as
an Indication that the sailor thought he
had a good chance to lose. And yet, such
a summing UP of his action was manifest
ly unfair to THE sailor.
DIVISION THE RULE
sharkey dfd just what other pugi lists
have done il. recent ring battles. He de-
cided to takeE no Chance of losing all in
a battle with lJeffrfes. There have been
no big battles n recent years where
there was anything else but divi sion
of some sort. In the majority Of in
stances the nsarse Has been divided When
Mitchell met Eorbett at Jacksonville Fla,
1t was heralded abroad that there was a
bet Of sb,OOOAa side In addition to the
purse. There was nothing of the sort.
The side bet between the men was pulled
down long before the fight took pace
and there was a losers as well as
winners end to the purse. There was
a divide when Corbett and Fitzsimmons
met at Carson City And there was bet
ter than a divide when Fitzsimmons and
Jeffries met at Coney Island, Fitzsim-
mons losing the battle and carrying off
the big end of the money that came in