Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

prize fights, and the man who attempted
to win his battles by read work alone
would be simply not in it because, for
some reason. men of this stamp can't hit
hard enough to mak any impression
upon the other fellow. That's the kind Of
fighters we're raising now, and unless
something is lone to remedy it it will not
be many years before the sport will be
e to stay.
"Fitzsimmons is one Of the cleverest
big men in the ring today and I'm not
saying a word against him. l never saw
such a build in a man in my life. It's a
fact, there is only one of him. In this
he has the advantage that must not be
forgotten and yet l can't help hoping that
Jeffries will win out, because Jeffries is
an American and l am, first of all, an
American
Macon McCormick's New York letter:
All things come to them who wait" says
the old proverb, and the Coney Island
Athletic club, after waiting in fear and
doubt for many moons. has at last got
the boxing license which will enable it to
pun off the observation-disclosures cham
ptonship match, and thereby hangs a tale
of pugilistic politics which would make
mighty interesting reading and a tale
! could without much trouble get, but l
nave no intention to possess myself of
the facts in the case-at ~present-for the
Mazet legislative investigating commit
tee is in session. with ample power to
send FOR persons and papers, n l have
no desire to figure before it as "a
squealer.' Some day all the facts will
come out. and a strange state of affairs
; will be disclosed.
The battle will take place on the 9th OF
June, and what a notable gathering it
will a%ttract! Both men are hard at work
preparing for the fray, and both will
doubtless be in as good condition as it
viii be possible for them to get. Fitz al
ways trains hard and faithfully, no mat
ter how easy or how soft he may think
the job ahead of him. He will never lose
a fight through lack of preparation. His
only. danger is in overwork. Though. Wo-
man-like. he tries to hide his age, he is
on the shady side of 40, and it is over
two years since he has figured in the
ring. No doubt he honestly thinks he is
as good-if not better-than he ever was
in his life. but a good many men have SO
thought and found out their mistake
when, opposed by youth and strength,
when too late. Whether he is in the
zenith or the decline of his powers can
only be told when he has a hard fight.
He has led a very good life. for an ath-
lete, but matrimony is not conducive to
the development Of a pugilist's best pow
ers. He is meeting a young, single man
this time. and not an opponent who, k
himself, has had two wives. 1t may
make a difference.
AS for Jeffries, he is in good hands,
and unless. we have some very hot
! weather between now and the time of the
fight, the big boiler maker may be eX-
pected to toe the scratch as fit and as
we'll as it is possible to get him.. A good
many people think that he hasn't the
ghost of a chance with Fitz, and no doubt
the bulk of the betting public will be Of
that opinion. 1t will not surprise me if
the odds are 2 to l in favor of Fitz by
the day of the battle, but odds only
prove one thing-the confidence of the
men who lay them; you can't make a
man win by betting on him. John l..
Sullivan was a 4 to 1 favOrite over Jim
Corbett, but that didn't prevent his be-
ing beaten. Corbett was the favorite of
the knowing ones when he met Fitzsim-
MONS, but the fellows who took the short
end of the odds carried off the money. In
the majority of the notable contests