Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-09
The H%eavyWeightS to Con.
test for Supremacy
CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED
By Each of the Fighters, Who Are in
Superb COnditiOn--It Promises to
Be a Fast Fight From the Tap
of the Bell.

New York. Tune S.-Everything is In
readiness for the big fight tomorrow
between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim JEFF
fries and, with the exception of police
interference or an ~unlooked-for acct
dent to either one of the principals, the
bout will take place as scheduled in the
arena of the Coney Island Sporting club.
Everything was practically at a stand
still today at the training quarters of
both puglists. both men doing very light
work. Jeffries punched the bag for a few
! minutes. and, after a brief bit of prac-
| tice with the medicine ball skipped the
; rope a couple of hundred times. Quite
a large number of visitors called on the
| Californian and wished him success.
During the day Jeffries was the recipient
of a numbe of kilograms from different
! parts of the United States extending con-
! gratulations as we'll as encouraging the
big boiler maker with hopes of victory
in his bid for championship honors.
George Siler of Chicago. who is to
referee the big contest. was one of the
visitors at the cottage by the seashore
today. When asked, Mr.. Siler said his
visit was a mere social one, but in con-
versation with Jeffries ana Delaney he
said that Fitz a agreed to a clean
breakaway. Delaney claimed that a
clean ~breakaway means a great deal to
Fitz, and shows that Bob is afraid of
J~effries' driving machinery. Some of the
experts of the Loeb Arbor cottage claim
that Bob will endeavor to make it a long
drawn-out battle.
J~effries. with his trainer, Billy Della
ney. and his sparring partners, Jim
Daily, Tommy Ryan, Jack Jeffries and
Martin McCue, will leave Allenhurst,
N. j., tomorrow and will go direct to
Coney Island. 1t is understood a con-
ference will take place between Brady,
Julian, the two principals and Referee
Siler some time tomorrow afternoon, at
which the rules governing the contest
will be discussed. Jeffries was in the
best of humor tonight before retiring.
He seemed to be in great spirits, show
ing no nervousness, and conversed freely
with those around him in reference to
the possible outcome of the bout. Every
one of the Jeffries party, including the
big fellow himself, seems confident of the
C~alifornian's victory, and none of them
look for the battle to last over 10 rounds.
Fitz tool a short walk during the after
noon, but took no further exercise. Late
in the afternoon he drove to the Coney
Island club house, accompanied by Yank
Kenney, Jack Everhardt, Dan Hickey,
Martin Julian and Kid Mccoy. BY the
time the party reached the club house
they We're surrounded by a crowd of sew
eral hundred persons, none of whom was
permitted to follow the champion and his
companions into the big building. AS
soon as Fitz reached his dressing room
he and Kenney stripped to the buff and
donned their fighting togs. They entered
the ring and spared three fast rounds,
only exchanging light taps The work of
hnth man u-oc c1OSa1v uafnho6 hv q ~
Der of experts, the most prominent of
whom was Kid Mccoy, who has posted
a 81 900 forfeit in the hands of George
Siler to bind a match with Fitzsimmons.
The carpenters n other workmen
in the building stopped work while the
big fellows pummeled each other, and
when Martin Julian, who held the
watch, called time at the end of the
third round, the champion was gener-
ously %applauded. He is in perfect con-
dition, and showed a wonderful lot of
speed. His foot work was remarkably
clever and on the whole his perform
ance clearly demonstrated that he was
never in better shape for a bout in his
entire ring career than he is at present.
After the men had retired to their
dressing room Mccoy declared that Fitz
was a wonder, but the kid would not
say positively he thought as to
the outcome of the mill tomorrow night.
AS soon as the party left the building
they entered the wagon, with Fitzsim-
mons handling the ribbons. AS the
champion drove along Surf avenue on
his way to Bath beach he was cheered
by the hundreds of promenaders, many
of whom shouted to him that he was
bound to win.
New York, June 9.-The Journal and
Advertiser says: In the betting upon
the fight for the championship Fitz-
simmons is still the ~favorite. He is
quoted at 2 to l, but in some places only
10 to Z can be obtained on the champion,
Some of the interesting bets are: Billy
West Of Boston bet Pony Moore.
Charley Mitchell's father-in-law and for
mer hacker, 81 800 against 5000 on the
champion; Ed Callahan, from Charleston,
W. Va, bet 81 900 to 500 with Frank Eel
ton on Fitzsimmons. Mr.. Callahan has
$500 more to be placed at the same odds.
Dick Daugherty of San Francisco, made
an offer of 5 1000 on Fitzsimmons against
$3.50. which was accepted by Frank Bur-
CESS, who has 50, 500 more to place on JEFF
fries at Z to 10. G. c.. Budd of Cleveland
bet $3.50 to 81, 200. Charley Carbonell TAX
ing the long end. DIR. Simpson bet $3.50
to $500 with Kid Below. Ike Thompson,
the bookmaker, will have $25, 900 at the