The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-10

NeTe 30 COnTUent tnHt no WOulQ WIN tnlS ukhb
formation t0r thsIE friends which 4 true
had the quickest left hand ever seen in heavy:
Weight, and he could whip in blows 80 iast that
but the shouting. They, told stories q Jlm,s
phenomenal strength; and how he had tossed
though he were child. They predicted that
and that with his large rieht ard greet ply.
sl1ue no would bowl the champion oveftn the
n%Jetries has got the longest reach Of any
has been working with him at his t., tr2i Z Ing
starts to rnsh he viii find this oft hand work
that nc Win be unable to get Ito to the Zig fellow
JIegirriss win surprise the crowd With
| eyer saw. He is cool headed knows how
TO- fight. and isn't afraid Of any man titZ-
Thst viii ss Us eres 'G ns s" Sas h
to do that, for he will stand away. hustle him
about With his left and IL that Tay maxi hin
offers itself Jim viii see il quick, enough and
viii land punch that will stop this pueIlS ;,,
as to the condition Of Jefrriess,nerve and cour our,
age. He isa brave fellow, and natural S;
stripped and watch his work they will find that
q new champion has come before them.
! - The arguments offered by the followers oil
were set forth 10y men who had seen Bob in all
M gs s never could See Zee amythne om If
Corhett. There was the cicverest heavyweight
IN the world at that time. UT he could not
which was one Of til" first Of its Kind that ever
s,ra,rd then thai he + ns%ter possessed oI
n%a pmf ssGrahs na he has had
That fitzsmmons would win quickly was
the opinion Of most of his ndheIents. That is
sax he Would knock the 9 tber in
was no fake business in relation to the nc
tures There was no betting as to the probahle
thai i "o" nd %s dce %HGG on X %erts any
big money hal been floating around TINT
have II"on suspicion. sui, q sta,emcn,, was
made " knowing ones that the men would be
so that the camera; could get in their work
| ana thereby produce enough films TO make the
future reproduction Of the fight of interest to
The story that the fight was a fake anyway
which was circulated by enemies ot the c IN;
both men had everything ct stake, defeat
for Fitzsimmons meant the loss Of fortune to
fession!. knock out for Jeffrics meant even
more. Tor with victory in his grasp ms boiler
time. So with these facts in view nobody could
Sew see where fake would come in especially as
The reason for the light speculation was at
tributed to the odds and to the number OF poor
decisions which have been rendered IN Local
public did not have confidence il. Referee siIer
| Tor he was regarded as one OF the best. but
there was feeling that there, would be- some
nuke. nnd that ~ the event OF stoppage u, DE
would not meet with approval In fact the
lolice seemed to cut the whole figure with the
known that il Jefirics Won he would cha erge
him, in behalf OF the Sailor to fight in six
90 Gf linn hot 90 n lIttIl -
| won he would allow him to name his own
terms and state the size OF the purse to be
offered by the LenoX Club to meet Sharkey.
THE POLICE IN STRONG FORCE.
About x o'clock Deputy Chief W. w. Nc
| i.aughlin Of Manhattan borough joined the two
Brooklyn Deputy Chiefs AT the ringsidc II was
Devery until the latter should appear, Me-
hhaqghliH WIS The oticia A. who stcRpSeI t tn"
Brady. He said the law would he enforced
Gait lta n dS m nHreh !" Tm
crooks. There were plenty OF them. but they
waited to see the fight.
In the reserved seats at this time were sport
the Pacific. In the boxes were business men
! and thrifty sports who could afford the rates.
ec 'h Tser"rs w waS w sMddsy turned
| and the glare was 40 binding that evoryhody
shouted There was laugh. however. when
81 ut your hats on or you'll get sunstrokc."
| The lights were quickly turned out the orer-
over where Jefires was resting quietly was
| acrowd o, curious persons who aitcd patiently
bed taking things rooy Nobody was allowed
| to annoy him. He was in the hands of Billy
pT aE% KS he %aI +" asked % 20 '"
the arena. which was only 500 yards away.
.Ftzsimmons was asleep between ! and :
| O'Clock but AT the latter hour he was awakened
| and told that his team was ready to drive MIN
from his quarters at Bath Beach to the Island
i vas y Iistanc" of about two miles and a
over over Kings Highway to the boulevard and
the the building FIta's trainers, Hickey, henney
and ESerhardt, acconiranicd him, and II" Cor;
in the The Est q M sa
for granted that he would be Il winner.
~ Where il one,Ey" Connolly - said steve
side Brodio had on necktic that was won
der 1t was 2 checE in which a Diamond that
| such hriancy that the picture taking lights
looked ike 30 cents. Br?die had on a straw
3 H ons Ia asked again 'hs or Sa sx
eyed sport. hut nobody had seen that gem
bro sn S %n@sHs Tia Ihst raOT%
was outside dickering with the door
tenders ana that in duo time he would make
hous", A fight without Connoy's presence
would not b" considered a success. so that he
| was looked FOR eagerly.
il was amusing to see some sports who
wanted to appear at tho top. notch. but could
| not because of limited funds. They walked
about. mixing in with the big men and talking
TI'ii bet i 900 to 5000 on Fitz." said one
man. who looked pale and haggard. His
clothes were not new aud he seemed to be in
need NJ friends.
| makes book At tho race track, Wait n min
| ute and III get the money retorted the first
fellow, who hustled OIL to the door and disap-
| pearcd He never came back.
prTTJSG nRISK IN THE AISJFs
The bookmakers by the way wore almost as
busy, as they usually are at the track. They
| stood around in tho aislos Offering odds on
| Fitzs!mmons. They had little notebOeks with
them and bank rolls with which they we're
| ready to back their choices. As tho plunRers
came in they stopped and talk Ell to the book les.
| but as most Of them fancied Ftz. not much
business was done, Later, on, when the
! Westerners and those who have fol-
| lowed in Corbctts footsteps came along
the betting took on somewhat Of boom
| These were Je!rrics men, and though they had
made many wag.rs in the last few days they
still had some money left with which to back
their opinions. As II result the bookmakcrs
began to MI up their SLIPS. while others who
were anxious to place monry upon Fit2sim-
mons for the mere amusement Of it covered
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