Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-21

an open question whether or not Gard
ner can repeat the dose. Hopkins is a
short. stout, compactly built bunch Of
muscle aI1 sinew. an almost exact
counterpart CT Joe Walcctt, the Barba-
does Terror. He relies On his strength
and hitting ability rather than on
science. He fights like Lavigne and
Wilcott and keeps bouncing asfer -
opponent from song to song. = IS an
easy man to hit, but he can take a world
Of punishment without being distressed,
and on numerous occasions has won cut
after being severely punished in the
earlier rounds. After an opponent has
wasted his strength and exhausted his
wind is the time that Hopkins does his
best work. He will take up the fighting
where his adversary leaves Off. and has
often turned what looked like sure de-
feat into victory by his ability to go the
distance. His record is good one and
he has defeated some of the best feai.h
ers in the business. AS the articles of
agreement permit the men to weigh 126
pounds at o'clock lie will have the
advantage Of probably six pounds over
Gardner This contest should prove
one of the most exciting Of the season
and in it will be centered international
nterest.-Enquirer.
when l was in Mexico training for
my fight with Maher l tried foot ball,
and found that the sport was of great
benefit to me in my work" says Fitz-
simmons. The exercise l got out of
kicking the ball and indulging in tack
ling runners furnished me with more
exercise than ten-mile run. | think
- ~ f.,v 7 ho1 /
to take up the pigskin while ! am train
ing for my fight with Jeffries. l also
find that the medicine ball is handy
thing to have around, and one of them
goes in my outfit.
Il expect Jeffries to land body blows
such as Corbett used in his fight with
F'itzsimmons and which came near put
ting the Cornishman out" says Billy
Brady. There will be this difference,
however. Jeffries' blows will have just
about twice as much effect as did those
of Corbett, because there will be more
force behind them. Unless f1tzslm-
mons finishes Jeffries in three rounds
he cannot win. All that Jenrles re-
uuires is confidence in himself
Stanton Abbott, who is to meet Les
lie Pierce here on the 9th, will leave
Providence, R. l., on Wednesday and
will arrive in Wheeling Thursday
morning. His training quarters viii
be at Arthur's place, on East McCul-
loch street, where Oscar Gardner used
to get in condition for entering the
ring. Abbott has written to several
Pittsburg papers stating he is getting
in good condition fOrthe bout. If he
defeats Pierce he thinks it will be
feather in his cap that will put him up
a notch in the pugilistic world. OF
course, the Wheeling lad don't intend
he shall have the prestige of victory.
Much interest is being manifested in
the preliminary go to come off the night
of the Abbott-Pierce match. Especially
is this noticeable on the South Side,
from which quarter comes George Cor
ley, one of the participants. A number
of Washington sports will come down
with kid" Wanko.
When the case of SAVER against
Gardner was called in Justice Webb's
court Friday morning Moore and Kist-
Ter, for the defense, requested that it be
continued for one week, which request
was granted by the court.-Youngsto
Paper.
Bernard Nolte has accepted the chal-
lenge of Willie Ferris, to box six rounds
as a preliminary to the Pierce-AbbotJ
contest.