The evening times., 1899-06-10
Expressions of Opinion Over
Last Nights Big Fight.
An Exhibition That Revives Inter.
est in the Manly Art
Congratulations for Jefries and a
Full Need of Praise for the De-
feated Champion.

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fries. Old pugilists. sporting men, and ad
mirers Of muscular shows generally, al
| agree that the exhibition of last night haI
done more to revive interest In the mani,
art Of self-defence'' and to put prize fight.
ing on the ground 1t enjoyed third Of {
century ago than any '.mill' that has hap
pened for a long period. While Jeffries Il
| heartily congratulated ON all sides becaus,
| Of his exhibition, wonderful skill, and al
| fair and consummate boxer there is {
strong leaven Of admiration for his defeat.
ed opponent that in the midst of his dis
comfture cannot but be gratifying to him
With but one or two exceptions, and thes.
exist only among men who have felt sore
because Of the Australians long contin-
ued successes, and who have INDUCED iI
a personal enmity to the former champion
there is a prOfuseness of friendly feeling
for him. No excuses have been made
nor are any necessary. Fitzsimmons is
dignified in his defeat and makes no whim-
per. The little boastfulness he INDUCED in
before he met his opponent In the ring 1:
regarded as the natural right Of prize
fighter. 1t is on the advance programme
and necessary incident to mill OF
any dimensions. They all do it, said an
old sport in the Hoffman House this morn
ing, Il wouldn't give a tinker's cuss for
pugilist who wouldn't encourage his
friends by talking through his hat before
lie puts his hands up in the ring. Then
IT'S time for guff to end"
Whatever was said before is therefore re-
garded properly a closed incident. The
battle is over. Fitzsimmons is out of the
field and Jeffries is the brightest star in
the pugilistic armament.
..Kid', McCoy,s Opiniop,
kid" Mccoy. expressing his opinion of
the fight, says he was greatly surprised.
The fight went on longer than he expected
10 see it. He says:
"Jeffries proved himself more scientific.
quicker. and with better Judgment than /
had anticipated.
"Fitzsimmons, who is one of the clever
est fighters and best generals in the ring
should have won the fight. IL was a mag
nificent battle, and at the start it looked
as il Fitzsimmons would win it. l looked
for a shorter fight.
IF were asked what made Fitzsimmons
lose / would say simply-Jeffres. He
proved himself great fighter and will de-
fend his title. The fight showed itself the
evident fact that a very clever man at Isl
pounds is 10 match for a very clever man
at 2l0.
Il had no Idea that so big man as JET
fries could be SO fast. l was not less sur
prised at his gameness. In the seventh
and eighth rounds, when things looked bad
for Jeffries, he ,ame back quickly. The
severe punishment seemed to whet his ap-
petite rather than to discourage him.
: THE first few rounds of the fight. barr
ing the first knockddwn, were Fitzsim-
mons.
Almost every man can come back aft
er a defeat He is still middleweight cham
pion Of the world"
John L. Sullivan Is Glad.
John L. Sullivan says in a telegram from
Canton. Ohio, where the old fighter is at
present, that he is rejoiced over the out
come. John l.. Is not over modest in de-
claring that Jeffries took his advice in con-
Quoting his part of the match last night.
and says he never had the slightest doubt
of the result. 'All through the MILL" says
Sullivan. Il think the boilermaker showed
great generalship. Apparently he did not
lose his head an instant. I'll bet Fitzsim-
mons was kept guessing after Jeffries
started to let out his steam. Left after left
to the head. body. Jaw. and neck must have
shaken up the Australian until he thought
he was back making horseshoes.
THE Californian was fast, too. He must
have rained them in after he began NOV
ing in the tenth. / did not think myself
that Jim was as speedy as he showed him.
self to be. l wonder If he knocked any of
the freckles off of Fitzsimmons body " hen
he began to fire in those wicked smashes
with his south paw.
"Fitzsimmons gave a plucky exhibition.
must admit. But a man at thirty-seven
years of age, over fifty pounds lighter, had
no chance against young Hercules. man
who is fresh and vigorous and shifty as
we'll. 1t must have been a great fight, and
l wish l was there to see it. Even if l
was there it is unlikely that could have
given Jeffries any points. The advice
sent him he followed almost to the letter,
I think.
Its all over, and I'm glad Fitzsimmons
was licked Let us all rejoice that man
born in Yankeeland is the greatest fighter
in the world. And he is a fighter that will
meet all corners without Quibbling. And
he'll give them all the same dose he gave
Fitzsimmons. or l miss my guess
Sharkey Wants a Chance.
Tom Sharkey. who is in San Francisco.
telegraphs as follows concerning the con-
test: "I think the fight proved that Fitz-
simmons was too old to go into the ring,
for one thing, and that the benefit Of good
training and the advice of experts helped
Jeffries for another. For Jeffries must
have improved wonderfully to put up such
great fight as he did.
1.-THE fight went longer than l expected.
In the early rounds both men were play
ing foxy, sizing each other up. and that
knockdown scored by Jeffries in the first
must have been due to carelessness on the
part of Fitzsimmons. In no round did
Fitzsimmons have the better of it. When
the pair did not break even at the bell
think Jeffries deserved the honors.
1T was q left-handed fight all the way
through. The Californian used his left al
together, while his opponent did not en-
ploy his right as often as he should have.
in my opinion. 1t may have been that he
feared to give Jeffriee any opening. and
after that knockdown in the opening round
I hardly blame the old timer for his eau
ton.
ct is evident that Jeffries was up to all
of Fitzsimmons' feints and motions. He
was we'll coached. Whenever Bob tried
any Of the blows that have brought him
victory in the past Jeffries was ready to
get back with a counter that scared of
Fitzsimmons.
After going down for eight seconds In
the tenth round Fitzsimmons made great
rally In the next. But knew then II was
all over except the shouting. Jenries was
fresh, while Bob must have been very.
very wecry Still at that. he forced JEFF
fries to finish him. and showed he still re-
tained the grit which is so necessary ia
the fighting game.
Despite JefIries' great showing. he 10
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