The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-03

New York, Nov. 2--Jim Jeffries ant
Tom Sharkey will meet tomorrow nigh
in the arena of the Coney Island Sport
ing Club, for a 25-round battle, the re-
suit of which win decide the heavy
weight PHgllistie- championship of the
world
The event is looked forward to with
intense interest by the sporting ele-
ment throughout the United States
This city is full of sporting men who
have come from nearly every town OF
prominence from the Pacific to the At
lantic and from the Gulf of Canada tc
witness the big fight The latter is the
theme of animated discussion tonight
at every sporting resort of the city.
EARNED THE TITLE.
Jeffres, by his defeat of Fitzsimmons
five months ago, earned the title of
champion of the world in the heavy
weight class of Dugilism. Many of
those who have tackled the game of
chance say that the big fellow will be
defeated and the championship will re-
the other hand, the big Californian
boiler maker has host Of friends. They
are sanguine- of Jeffries' success, and
their belief is backed UP with a big
array of American dollars.
Many strange stories have been told
of Jeffries since he went to England
and since his return. Billy Delaney
of San Francisco, who trained Corbett
for his successful venture against John
To- 70
defeat FitzsImmons, who whipped Cor
bett at Carson City, said today:
JEFFRIEs "ALL RIGHT"
MY man Jeffries will be heard from
to good advantage tomorrow l told
you five months ago. before he met
Fitzsimmons, that it was a sure thing
for him. Now, take my advice; Don't
worry about all those stories which you
hear of Jim's sickness. He's all right
and he'll win, sure.
The Alenhurst training quarters were
deserted this afternoon. Jeffries, De-
laney, Tommy Ryan and a bunch of
attendants closed up the shop and came
Gothamwards Will Curley, the Eng
fish featherweight, who met George
Dixon tonight at the Broadway Ath-
letic Club. left the Allenhurst cottage
shortly before 8 o'clock in the morning,
Before Jeffries left Allenhurst he had
gone over several miles at a jog trot,
after which he skipped the rope $50
times without a miss, and his leg move
ment was all that could be desired.
Other than this work, he did nothing,
simply preparing himself for his move
on Sharkey," as he expressed it.
JEFFRIEs CONFIDENT.
When the camp moved from Allen
hurst all hands were in the best of
spirits, and none of them was more
confident than Jeffries They arrived
here late this afternoon and repaired to
the Vanderbilt hotel, where Jeffries will
rest until tomorrow morning.
Boehm's seaside resort at New Dorp,
Staten Island, where Sharkey has been
training for some weeks, was also the
scene of an exodus today. Sharkey,
who never seems to tire of work, was
on edge late this afternoon, when a
message came from his manager Tom
O'Rourke of New York to break
camp and come citywards
DIXON TALKS OF sHARKEY.
George Dixon has been in training
steadily and earnestly with Sharkey fol-
the last five weeks, and both fighters
took their release from their gruelling
neighbors as a boon. Sharkey said:
I'm in tip top condition So is
George here. Aren't we?" said the
Irish-American sailor, addressing his
little dusky partner.
you bet your life," replied George.
Both of us will be on top at the enc
of the outfit. I'm surer of your success
than / am of mine, and that means
either of US can lose"
Sharkey was never in better oondi-
ton He has trained faithfully and il
every sense of the word has lived up tC
the instructions given him by his man.
ager A comparison between his condi.
ton and that of Jeffries could scarcely
be drawn. Each has trained. assidu-
ously.
LITTLE MONEY BET.
A prominent man up town, who is il
the habit OF holding great many bets
said tonight: Interest in tomorrow's
fight seems to be at fever heat, and we,
men win not wAger their money. Queer
reports in the respective training
quarters of the fighters as to their in
ability to put up good argument
seems to have had deterrent effect IL
the betting market. But to my mind
both men are in the best possible con
dition The most conservative and wei
informed patrons Of the ring agree
with me that the contestants will have
a, hard battle for eight rounds. II il
lasts longer it will be question of the
man with the stamina to win out"