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percuts intended for some more vulner-

percuts intended for some more vulner-
able portion of his anatomy.
1T is much the same with Jeffries.
The Californian is a free-arm fighter.
| His aggressiveness is annoying. He
will also take a blow for the return de-
livery. Jim is a big fellow, husky and
| has a bit of skill stored away for use
at the proper time. For his ponder
GUS form he is not slow. He glides
about quickly and with astonishing
ease. Jeffries has courage by the bar
relful, and, like Sharkey. wants no idle
feinting and fruitless leading in his
| He will walk into the brunt of the bat
tie every time unless the other fellow
| comes his way first.
When Jeffries meets Sharkey I do
not think he will assume that crouch
that helped keep Fitz away 1t
wouldn't puzzle Sharkey in the least
Sharkey is not of the puzzling kind.
Sharkey would smash in recklessly rip
up his right and get to Jeffries' frame
with one of his fearful left body smites.
| Body punches in my opinion, will be
handed about freely when the pair
meet. Jeffries jaw is not an inviting
proposition, and Sharkey has been hit
there so often with no result that some
really believe no man can knock MIN
out in the regular way. When it comes
to body slashing it's even money and
| take your choice.
"Sharkey's left can bore in with the
| power of a e-driver, even when IT.
has apparently little swing. Jeffries
also ut.lizes his left when rib-crushing
or wind amming is in order. Neither
man is a one-handed fighter. Shar-
key will try right along with right
| hand swing for the head. 1t won't land
as a general thing: burt if it does JEFF
ries will have a faint idea that some
thing happened. Jeffries right will
pound the ribs chiefly That has been
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his left Jeffries will whip in for the
body, and every little while change its
course upward.
Really the more I delve into the
two mems methods and their ability.
the more perplexing it becomes. On
the one hand you have Sharkey a man
that can accept terrific beating with
out preceptible effect; a minute in his
corner and he is back like new man;
a vicious puncher and q fighter who
faces the storm unhesitatingly, willing
to back his volley against the other
fellows fusillade. Then Jeffries-a big
man, long-reached, one who regards a
punch with no more terror than an ele-
plant does fly bite. A man who
wants to fight from bell to bell. and
who will bang away with both hands
every time he is near enough to strike
and that is nearly all the time
IF I were to venture an opinion
and / won't-it would be this: The
fight will go to the limit. with both
men strong and eager for more"
James j. Jeffries' arm is believed to
be almost entirely recovered from its
recent injury and the sporting men are
beginning to wager their money on the
result of the coming bout between him
and Thomas Sharkey. Jeffries is
pronounced favorite over the sailor at
odds of 100 to so. Several bets were
placed at these odds before the post
ponement of the big battle was an
nounced. While Jeffries' admirers are
willing to back their favorite at the
prevailing odds, the sailors friends are
holding off for better prices. They be-
lieve Jeffries will be a 100 to 10 or 100
to so choice before the date of the fight.
Thomas O'Rourke. Sharkey's man
ager, has $500 to put on the sailors
chances, but wants 10 to 7 for his
money, James J. Corbett has a COM
mission of several thousand dollars
which he will endeavor to put on the
boilermaker. Corbett also likes his
former sparring partners chances
against O'Eourke's burly protege. John
L. Sullivan has also some Jeffries
money to place. Joseph Ullman has
orded. He wagered $1,000 against
$1,000 with Thomas F'aIes of Lawrence,
Mass, that Sharkey would win.
Sharkey's desire to continue hard
training when he is already in fine ply
steal trim, has CAUSED his manager.
Thomas O'Rourke, to keep a watchful
eye on the sailor and from now, on un-
til the date of the championship battle
O'Rourke will be a daily visitor to
Sharkeys training camp. AS O'Rourke
puts it, Sharkey never knows when
he has enough, and for that reason he
intends to supervise personally the able
seaman's future preparations. O'Rourke
fears that his man will be a bit too
fine if he keeps on at the present rate,
and for this week he will cut all the
real hard work
Kid Mccoy has proclaimed himself,
middleweight champion of the world.
He says he will defend the title against
anyone. Mccoy bases his claim to the
title on Bob Fitzsimmon's refusal to
fight him for it. About four weeks ago
Mccoy issued a challenge to Fitzsim-
mons, accompanying it with $1,000 for
felt as an evidence of sincerity in his
desire for chance to win the title le-
ultimately. At that time Mccoy an
nounced that he would allow the for
felt to remain up for a month, and if
at the end of that time Fitzsimmons
did not see fit to accept the challenge
he would claim the title.
| FitzsimmonS has not noticed Nc
Coys challenge, and the kid has
taken it for granted that the lanlky ex-
champion has no desire to defend the
middleweight title Some time ago
Fitzsimmons, in refusing to accept Nc
Coys def, said that as he had been
promised a. fight with the winner of the
Sharkey-Jeffries fight, he saw no good
reason for making a match with Nc
Coy. From a Fitzsimmons standpoint
this view is all right. but from McCoys
it is all wrong. No one knows better
than Mccoy that championships not
won in actual combat are not desirable.
but he feels that after every other
means failed to get it he has the priv
ilege of claiming it.
After many unsuccessful attempts to
come to an agreement for a fight be-
tween those two popular fighters, Peter
Maher and Kid Mccoy, they are finally
matched. Billy Brady, matchmaker of