The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-03
BOTH AREREADY.
Jeffries and sharksy Have Com
pleted Their Training for To-
nights Battle-Doubt as to JEFF
frias Being in Best Of Condition.

al
pleted Their Training for To-
nights Battle-Doubt as to JEFF
fries Being in Best Of Condition.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Jlm Jeftrles
and Tom sharkey say they are all
ready for tomorrow nights prize fight
for the worlds heavyweight champion
ship.
Everybody who knows anything
about training and who has seen shar-
key, knows that the sailor is ut and
trained to the hour. Jeftries and his
trainer and manager say he Is in condi-
ditlon, but great many sporting men
who have seen JefErles question his
Judgment and the judgment Of his trail
ner and manager on condition. JefrieS
may be in condition, but his condition
Is not SO good as that Of the man he
will meet.
The training Of both men has been
completed. Nothing remains for their
trainers to do but to send them into the
ring and coach and attend them there
until one or the other has been knock
ed out, or the battle has gone the full
limit of twenty-five rounds.
To-day is day of rest-a day in
which the muscles and sInews and
nerves of these GladIators of the mod
ern arena will be Toasted for the rough
work which they must do tomorrow.
All around the town the battle of
dollars, in which the men who will back
their opinions with their none! are
engaged, Is being waged vigorously.
Here the Jeffrles forces are mIghtles:..
The champion continues to rule favorite
at 10 to Z, and many bets have been
made at these odds. In the Delavan
hotel last night. Tom o'Rourke, the
manager and trainer OF sharkey. made
one Of the biggest bets yet recorded on
the fight. He wagered Sl.4OO to $1,000.
Martin Bowling taking the Jetfrles end
OF the bet.
o'Rourke Is confident tina his man
will win. and has more money to wager
at the same odds Many smaller. bets
were made at 10 to Z. although in some
instances the hackers OF Jeffries got 4
to for their money. The indications
nre that the odds against sharkey viii
shorten rather than lengthen. Already
the impression that Sharkey hRs an
even chance or better Of winning this
battle Is gaining ground. A little more
ground gaining, and 1t will be even
money and take your pick.
Although JefrrIes, as the champion
and the bigger man. is the favorlte Of
sporting men. many strange stories
have been told of him since he went to
England and since his return. Billy
Delaney, Of San Francisco. who trained
Corbett for his successful venture
against Sullivan. said to-day:
my man JefirIes viii be heard from
TO good advantage tomorrow night.
told you five months ago before he mot
Fltzslmmons. that 1t was sure thing
for him. Now, take my advice, don't
worry about all those stories which you
hear OF Jlm's sickness. He's all right,
and he'll win sure"
The Allenhurst training quarters
were deserted late this afternoon. JEFF
fries, Delaney. Tommy Ryan. and a
party Of attendants closed up the shop
and came to New York. Early In the
day VIII Curley, the English feather
weight, left the Allenhurst Cottage, nc.
companied by two OF his sparrIng part
ners. "'.
Eight hours later the entire fighting
colony came to this city, Before JeffrIes
left Ancnhurst he had gone over sever.
al miles TT II jog trot, after which he
skipped the rope $50 times without
miss step and his leg movement was all
that could be desired. Other than this
work he did nothing, and simply pre-
pared himself FOR his move on shar-
Key" no he fncetItIously expressed It.
When the camp moved from Allen
hurst all We're In the best spirits and
none OF them was more conflden. :hnn
Jef'rles. They arrived here lnte this
afternoon and Immediately repaired to
the Vanderbilt hotel. where .TeirrIes Viii
rest until tomorrow morning. 74i
The seaside resort at New Dorm sta.
ten Island, where shnrkcy has been
trimming for some weeks. was also tho
scene OF nm exodus this afternoon.
Sharkey. who never seems to tire or
work, WINS on edge late this afternoon
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