The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
SPORTING NEWS.
Both Champion Jeffries and
Sharkey TEaining Hard.
The Sailor Is Very Confident
That He Will Whip Jim.
TO BE VICIOUS FIGHT
Owing to Old Scores to Be Set
tied by the Two Men.
Ernest ROeber, the Wrestler,
Helps 9efRries Daily.
TO BEA VICIOUS FIGHT

New York, Oct. 1O.-DoWn at Asbury
Park. where he prepared for the contest
with Fitzsimmons which gave him the
championship Of the world, James J. JEFF
fries is now taking an entirely different
course of treatment for his meeting with
Sharkey. Jeffries is rapidly getting into
condition. When he arrived here from
England, less than a month ago, he
enter the ring weighing POS pounds In
Sharkey the champion knows that he will
meet a very aggressive, rough-and-ready
sort of fighter, and in order to accustOm
he has epoge owe Er3est RoebeT CHAMPION
wrestler, 10 work with him every day
a clever sparrer- HAVING assisted Fit
simmons to get into condition for all the
and Jeffries indulge in very rough box
ing bouts Roeber is always the aggres-
SOr in these bouts and his instructions
from Jeffries are to employ the toughest
possible tactics, not even barring wrest-
IN all these bouts Jeffries has shown
wonderful strength and fought Roeber
away. 1t is evident that the champion
is prepared to meet Sharkey at any kind
of lighting he NAV employ in their com
ing contest ROeher says that JeIr1eS IS
spared or T7restIed. Aithough Jeffries
has been paying considerable attention
to rough work, he is not neglecting the
scientific style of sparring and in that
he follows the scientific tactics taught
him by Tommy Ryan, whose instructions
enabled him to defeat Fitzsimmons-
Sharkey is also training conscieniously
at New DOrp, S. l. The sailor believes
that he can defeat the Californian, but he
means to leave nothing undone 50 far as
his preparatory work IS concerned in or
ger % pe IN lne pest ,plyslcal Trim When
he enters the ring with the champion
Sharkey is paying. considerable atten-
ton to scientific boxing methods. George
Dixon, the featherweight champion. is
giving Sharkey instruction in clever tao
tween them they believe they can bring
about as complete a change in the sailor
pugiliSt'S fighting tactics Tommy Ry-
an accomplished in Jeffries ring methods.
rom ON - RouEke. Sh9Fkey 5 nsinsEser7Lone
in the country today-visits the sz1lor al
most every day and lays out his pro-
gramme of work for him. O'Rourke has
given Sharkey many valuable hints so far
are conceITled- IN has recent bouts with
his sparr1nig partners, Sharkey has shown
great cleverness with his hands and shift
One thing is certain, the men will enter
( the ring in the best of condition and each
SOnnuenL OF success 1nat the Ignl VIII
be a vicious one is more than probable for
a great dislike for each other. This is
owing to the fight in California a year
sB9re9 @ on oints 2arihesy ihs qec5l2R ha efnc oger DER
cIared that he was robbed of the decision
that if Sharkey had fought a fair square
and manly fight he would have knocked
It is the common belief among the
gambling experts that Jeffries will be
quoted somewhere in the neighbOrhOOd
Of to 10 when the real betting starts.
ten him, and that he can step better when
he is the long shot.
In speaking of his coming contest Shar-
key said:
IF nothing happens in the way of an
accident between now and October 27 [
will be in perfect condition and will weigh
about 1S2 pounds when I enter the ring.
1 am now down to ISL. and will take off
some additional weight after which /
hope to build up: | can get as. low as 172
If necessary and be fit, but in meeting
a man who is as large and heavy as Jeff-
ries is weight is liable to cut considera BILE
figure and especially in a. battle where the
work promises to be as rough and bruis-
ing as in this one. I figure that the ad-
ditiOnal 10 pounds will do me a world of
good, and then it must be remembered
that in a hard fight a heavy man loses
anywhere from five pounds up during the
course of the contest