The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-22
FITZ AND JEFFRIEs.
Ae hampton Is the Favoritc, AMI
h.. betting Is Light.

sn Tue managers of the Coney Island
ssas club are arranging to handle big
WV on the afternoon of June Q. when Fitz-
1 asi an Jeffres are to meet in cham
,p contest, the betting on the big fight
sc,iau Is very light. John Considine. who
titeit ., az financial agent for James j.
Hmnoes. 1 1atsn mat the betting ON the Fit1.
s.,ss 'SIeitrles fight had not vel fairly
IN, inc odds. Consi1ine said. iuIed ut
IND, ..u 10 hut he thought 1t would he a
Svnsoninsl OF the merits OF the men il
IeF,s,ees were placed az III to Z.
|dy,r,s,nnnI mons said Considine. has every
IA Iy se N tnis night. He has won his spurs
ths bs,l,noS' agreemen. he is the favorIte
kloN sns But Jeffres is a big, lusty
,,s ', ana II he stays four rounds he viii
I'm ,ro, Ken break with Fitzsimnsns. The
3trynrs WIN Jeftries is that he il as
3irEim,,oaSS a Kitten and is likely to give
Istljtss an oltning at the beginning of
txk, mino. ~ lrat ease, the Kangaroo would
kld Of MI IVA uf him. Jeftries has boon
fipr u. hnt II is impossible to do any
I'M i9f nervous man in an arTair of ~ 5
h, tbs ca ~ an open game and the only hon.
At1sh .alllofnlan is that he will last long
u does N 1'vh OIL his nervous surplus II
M l.ns at, ft'zsimmons will have to look
{oter mar lor at bottom Jeffres is the
Esksn OF M tne TWO, and once he has
4 sne long one WIZ make IL warm
wager on .t .aels and men who have money
lftfuliv ~, we contest should consider them
10 Z. oeiore plunging either way.
pub lks - Is pretty open affair; very
p Old ssv, tne stooklyn handicap There is
(ippens ana .uat It is the unexpected that
kN 'sse My opinion Of the fIgbt in any
pm be sra t u Jeffries stays four rounds il
|; NAV 'sn betting on the outcome. )
|nnons' Ss sag that the talk about Fitz-
Lnple rbsa same arm is fake pure and
Fehsimnons Is nothing the mater with
" eel and q, ne is as timber and elusive as
nusces or ~. u there is any stiffness in the
staly potb i ..endons of his arm there Is GER
'grrositor IN his work TO warrant such a
lined Ia reasonably Fitzsimmons is In
ery, douh,iaoufage belief In this alleged in
-s ftvenns ~. as one means of increasing
Y better eon vI, tne fact is that he WIS never
',rriss opinion opinion is that he will dispose Of
i Is nrhsaeopt the slightest difficulty.
'sht eistaoie that on the morning M the
. ] choir. BOD will be at the least a z
GER quartz, are training industriousIy at
,ss \ il al. anu when they step into the
ood sham 20 say that they win be in
eeaas, vht ferries will probably weigh 2lO
f.ies al ia tltzsimmons will tip the
stries Vii, sp7nds when the battle besins
IVY Delansvo e handled by Tommy Ryan,
..osshsr Chsr Jim DAILY and his young
,lslsi tlmssfey Billy Brady viii be his
= lnlan ", VII be looked after by Mar
,,essesr Hi henney and probably Ernest
',,tsuh Robes umn,s,keeper viii probably be
ne promo,a siier will be the refe:ee.
! handle nv OF the fight are preparing
! nave ths sIoWd and have laid out plans
euse stestlv seating capacity OF the club
ip'lestions enlarged. Already numerous
~, 81. an oys 'Or tickets have besn received
W.T. 10 r.ca ne coJntry ana indicat OF
Siu' breaking rrnWd