The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-03
SHARKEY- JEFFRIES.
The Pugilists in Excellent Condition
and Anxious for the Contest-Geo.
Dixon Also Training.

New York, Nov. 2.--Jim Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey will fight tomorrow night
in the arena of the Coney Island Sport
ing club for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world. Although jeff
ries, as the champion and the bigger
man, is the favorite of sporting men,
many strange stories have been told of
him since he went to England and since
his return, Billy Delaney, of San Fran
cisco, who trained Corbett for his sue
cessful venture against Sullivan, said
today:
MY man Jeffries will be heard from
to good advantage tomorrow night ]
told you months ago before he met Fi:z
that it was sure thing for him Tow
take my advice, don't worry about al
those stories which YOU near of Jim's
sickness. He's all right, and he'll win
sure"
The Allenhurst training quarters were
deserted late this afternoon. Jeffrles.
Delaney, Tommy Ryan and party of
| attendants closed up the shop and came
to New York. Early in the day VIII
Curley, the English featherweight. left
the Alenhurst cottage. accompanied by
two of his sparring partners. Eight
came to this city. Before ,!effries left
Allenhurst he had gone over severa,
miles at a jog trot. after Which lie
skipped the rope $50 times without I
msstep, and his leg movement wasSall
that could be desired. Other than this
work he did nothing, and simply prc-
pared himself for his "move on Shar-
key" as he facetiously expressed it.
When the camp moved crom Allen
hurst all hands were in the best oc
spirits, and none of them was more
confident than Jetfries. They arrived
here late this after ernoon and immedi-
ately repaired to the Vanderbilt hotel,
where Jeffrles will rest until tomorrow
morning. The seaside resort at New
Dorp, Staten Island, where Sharkey has
been training for some weeks, was also
the scene of an exodus this afternoon
Sharkey, who never seems to tire of
work, was on edge late this afternoon
when a message came from his man
ager, Tom O'Rourke, Of New York, to
break camp and come to the city.
George Dixon, who has a very interest
ing engagement on hand tonight, has
been in training steadily and earnestly
with Sharkey for the last five weeks
and both fighters took their release
from their gruelns neighbors as
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 yer life," re-
piled George. Both of us will be
on top at the end of the outfit. I'm
surer of your success than 1 am Of
mine, and that means neither OF US
can lose"
Sharkey was never in better con Al
ton. He has trained faithfully and in
every sense of the word has lived up
to the instructions given him by his
manager, A comparison between his
condition and that of Jeffries could
scarcely be drawn. Both are ft. Each
has trained asslduously. Notwith-
standing the rumors to the effect that
Jeffries is in an unfit condition, he
seems to be fit to fight for his and a
dozen other mems lives, and as for
Sharkey, to use the vernacular, there
is nothing doing" IL he needs any I'M
provement to win the championship.
prominent man up town who is
in the habit of holding a great many
bets, said tonight:
There seems to be a lack of sport
ing blood, so far as bets go, on to-
morrow's .ght Interest seems at tev-
er heat and yet men will not wage"
their money. Queer reports in the
respective training quarters of !he
fighters as to their inability TO put up
good argument seems to have had
deterrent effect in the betting mar
ket. To my mind, both men are In
the best possible condition. The most
conservative and we'll informed patrons
of the ring agree with me that the
contestants will have hard battle for
eight rounds and If 1t lasts longer It
viii be a question of the man with
the stamina TO win out"