Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
PALAVeR OF THE PUGlLlSTS
FitZsimmons Says that Jefries Will
Win the Fight In About
Ten Hounds.

This bracng month of October in the
calendar of sports will be marked by many
a istic encounter.
The muscles Of the Spartan pair Jeffries
and Sharkey, are being hardened TO meet
the issue These Queensberry practitioners
are undergoing the preparatory course under
the direction of skilled trainers, and reports
from the training camps agree that both men
will be in good condition for magnificent
contest.
Jeffries has made his way to the pinnacle
Of his ambitions shot like Il meteor on the
Queensberry horizon and escaped unscathed,
without a scar OF all the foemen who
have fallen under the weight of Jeffries
disastrous charges, not one has brought
enough force to bear to stagger or knock
down the hairy Samson who is called on to
defend the palm and laurel of the cham
pionship. He has once met and worsted the
enemy who flung defiance and clamored for
return battle 81 bleed, sir But not
dead" was the spirit of Sharkey's challenge
in his demand for a second war of the gloves.
And his request for further hostlities was
promptly granted by this stold, cautious
Hercules who tore asunder the unbeaten
war record Of Fitz, the fighting farrier.
Many and varied are the opinions of those
who witnessed the first meeting of Sharkey
and Jeffries in their twenty round clash at
| San Francisco a year ago last May. Jeffries
| was awarded the decision over Sharkey on
| points. He bested but failed to drive home
the clean, final decisive stroke that is
technically known as the knock out
| Fitzsimmons says of the coming fight: Il
| had Sharkey whipped in six rounds at San
| Francisco. Jeffries whipped ME, and he also
got a decision over Sharkey. Then isn't the
| II -,
chance fuke punch, which isn't liable to
| happen. If Sharkey will make a clean,
stand-up fight OF it, Jeffries will whip him
inside Of ten rounds
Little Terry" McGovern was gratiied
immensely when he learned that his man
ager, sam" Harris, had matched him to
| fight George Dixon on February at the
Lenox Athletic club for a $4,000 purse.
Even the recent match between Palmer and
| McGovern does not compare in point of in
terest with the match between the new 49,
pound champion of the world and Dixon, the
greatest featherweight pugilist that ever
donned glove. Dixon is the only pugilst
| who has ever won the worlds featherweight
| championship. He did this by conquerine
every man of his weight in this country
| and then going to Europe and earning frest
| laurels at the expense OF Nunc Wallace
the undisputed featherweight champion O
| Great Britain.
| Dixon signalized his return to this coun.
try by vanqushing ABE" Willis, the pre-
mier featherweight pugilist of Australia
and small army OF American aspirants t.
the title.
1T is safe to say Dixon has won NOR,
championship battles than any pugilist tina
ever lived He is not quite so good as h,
was. He has lost some speed and his judg
mem of distance is not what it once was
1t is also said that his hitting powers ar
on the wane Be this as it may. Dixol
is good enough now to let any man know
that he has been fighting before the yer
dict Is given against him.
Dixon is one of the cleverest and games
men in the ring today, and although de
, cisions have been given against him, he ha
never been decisively beaten, and Is still th
Peer of all featherweights.
Just how good McGoveru is Is not knowr
Despite the fact that he is the bantar
champion he is practically an unknow
/ quantity. His victories have been game
win such consummate ease that no tru
llhe has been afforded as ito how good
a really is.
! / He has wonderful hitting powers and Is
bold, aggressive, two handed fighter. and NJ
though ne lacks the experience and rim
senefalship that Dixon possesses, he wr
, undoubtedly prove the most formidable on
( pohent The colored champion has met in re
cent years.