Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25

Macon McCormick's New York letter: |
"Och! but you're a cute wan, William
Brady! You're as SLY as the darkey who
set his trap to catch the coon "a-comin.
or a'gywin'.' You are the manager of
Jim Jeffries. 1.-The champion of the
world and you announce that his next
antagonist will be Jim Corbett':i If he
wins you Will still be the manager of the
champion of the world l perceive in my
minds eye, Horatio.
Mr.. Sailorman Sharkey, despite his
posting a deposit of $4,000 for another
match with the eX-boiler maker, will
have to cool his heels and his temper
in the ante room of Hope for an indeti-
at any of your champions. He is as the
Indians say, ''B-A-D medicine to be
avoided, if possible. This is why l take
off my chapeau to you in token OF APP
probation and admiration of your pu-
gilistic managerial ability. Anything
/ have ever said to the contrary / here
by recall and revoke. You're a darling;
you're a daisy. and 1 wish we We're
twins. You had a narrow escape from
being put out of the game. but you did
stud horse type. whichever you prefer.
1.-The echoes of the big fight are
many and various. Now that we have
had a week to think it over, the consen-
sus of opinion is that Jeffries was not in
first-class condition. or if he was, he
is not as good, according to his size,
as a champion of the world ought to be.
Notwithstanding the fact that he sue
cessfully Withstood the tremendous
hammering and battering OF Sharkey, l
am of the opinion that he was in first
class form.
l went down to Coney Island early in
the afternoon Of the battle and spent
nearly three hours in Martin DoWlings,
and most of the time Jeffries was in the
room with me, and I had ample oppor-
tunity to talk With him and with his
trainers. Billy Delaney n Tommy
Ryan. When l went to DoWling's, l found
that Jeffries was in bed. He intended to
AXE a little run IN the afternoon but the
rain would not permit outdoor exercise.
When he came in the room ! had a chat
with him and / found him very sallow in
complexion, and not a trace of color in
his cheeks and with lack lustre eyes. He
was sluggish, not to say loggy, in his
and acted like a mai affect
ed by malaria.
One of the papers had an interview
with Delaney in which the latter eX-
pressed himself as dissatisfied with the
manner Jeffries had trained. l spoke to
Delaney about it in the presence of jeff
ries and Ryan. Billy was surprised at the
statement and said, "Why that was ten
days ago. 1 didn't like the way Jeffries
was being run and sweated and l protest.
ed against it. At that, l thought he
NoulA NH " Az Ii"o ~ ~
with ease in California and | don't see
why he can't do it again. That conVersa-
ton cculred ten days ago. Since then
Jeffries quilted his severe running and
sweating. He has rounded to ~splendidly
and / think he will VIM
Ny readers will remember that when
Billy Brady got Tom O'Rourke to agree TO
postpone the fight a Week, l then express
ed myself in no uncertain tones. In sub
stance, | said if the injury to Jeffries' arm
to which the postponement was predicted,
was as severe as represented, l did not
see how he could perfectly cured in SO
short a time. Later on when 1t was an
nOunced that the arm was "all right, |
again said that medical science or rather
surgical science must have made vast
strides to enable a man to perfectly re-
cover from SO severe ar injury in so short
a time.
l saw the fight from a coigne of van
tage equal to any in the house. / did not
like Jeffries' look when stripped, and l
must say that ! did not admire the way
he fought. He had height, reach, weight
and youth in his favor. and yet he was on
the defensive nine-tenths of the time.
From start to finish he never made d half
dozen leads. More than once he turned
tail an d sprinted away from his antagon-
list. Cut this out: take it with you when
the pictures of the fight are exhibited,
and see for yourself if this is not true. He
made a waiting and a defensive fight. in
my opinion. simply because he was afraid
to trust his injured arm.
In his statements published since the
fight he admits that the arm panied him
considerably and gave him no little
trouble and annoyance. Had he been in
as good form as he was When he fought
Fitzsimmons, l think he would have
easily settled the sailor within a dozen
rounds.
l have no doubt that he acquired most
of his scientific skill from Tommy Ryan,
but / think it poor policy FOR any fighter
to have two trainers. Admitting all that
is alleged against Billy Delaney on the
score of jealousy, it cannot be denied that
he is one of the best trainers in the world
and had Jeffries been prepared by him
and strictly in accordance witt his ideas,
he would, in my opinion. barring the ac-
cident to his arm. a besn a % per cent
better ma on the night of the battle han
he was.
Ryan's task should have been to teach
him how to fight, leaving to Delaney the
work of physically fitting him for the
contest. Delaney. it will be remembered,
had trouble with Jim Corbett while pre-
pairing him for his go With Fitzsimmons
at Carson City.
Delaney tells me that he had little or
nothing to do with Corbett's work for a
fortnight preceding the battle. Said he
to me. Had that fight taken place TWO
weeks before it did, Corbett would have
MOI hands down. He was then in the
very pink of condition. ! wanted him to
let up in his work for a week at least,
but he wouldn't take my advice and the
result wal he went in the ring over
strained and stale. AS long as he had his