The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05

- YExT Friday night wfa ten tn
NI story Of whether re are 20 have
new heavyweight chnmn6on
y y pagnsst or continue ID the ciutcn~u
OF the foxy. hard-htteinx Bob
11t1sirrmona. The esnernl opinion Of ~
sporting world fay0rs Fitssimmons BIZ :
god margin. but ~ sls time Tor the nwht
approaches Jsffrfes stock shows up better.
ana eyess Fitzammons has abandoned the
tea ihs: there Ia nothing 10 II bur :
psncs."
month OF % ago Thought vss abou.
The only ono In Seattle who granted yelrrtss
even chance 80 win am glad q, Gee.
bCvsrer. that there are those who INCLINE
90 my position. / have not fea that Jef-
fries record warranted the statement that
be would whip FItx. but In view At hts
physical development. youth, Improvement
IN c'eyerness. and previous n~hts. Il seem.
"a TO me that ne was being nndeTfase1
II were satisfied that his hands were
Uo0d and strong. and that he had 4 good
heart for punishment. would be inclined
- stand f,as-footed on the ground that he
would win. A. X 10. think l am far from
being on the fence In expressing my opin-
ION OF Jeffries chances
Comparing the two men. II may be said
that Jefries has the advantage ia weight.
youth and strength. On the ether hand.
Fitssimmons has experience and hitting
power. According to las, reports. the a.
sumption that F1tsstmmane was over %
years OF age In wrong. New York SPORT
Ing men have been locking up his are, and
have obtained statistics which show HIN,
10 be only IS. He has never taken the
trouble 10 contradict stAt~meuts about his
a9e. He acknowledged to o. but II wae
generally believed that he was over u.
The New York Journal thinks that JEFF
fries forty pounds over Fi,xxsmmons win
b. Of little advantage to him. This state
0ent IL based on the proposition that Fits
slmmon&' skill and Hsheness viii counter
haianee II. Jefrries viii night AZ 90 pounds
and F1txsimmcns at 1901, The difference
Ia the weight In From the hips down.. Bs6y.
chest ana arms considered. IT cannot b.
said that Jefries has any advantage. Fits
simmons has terrific driving power. and
IN record has shown that every blow he
strikes counts. He II perhaps the best ex-
ponent In the ring today OF the past mas
ter OF the art OF avoiding unnecessary ex-
step more than 81 necessasy. and he never
strikes a useIess blow. Al ths outset he
ought to have q great advantage over hts
yoHnser opponent.
II Is al right TO talk about being cool and
calm. bat young man like Jeffrses VIII be
more or less subject 10 staxe fright. and
until that wears OF he win have TO be
very careful or Fitzs.mmons win do him
great damage. perhaps land = Knockout
blow. In my estimation Fitxsimmons VIII
- compelled to win the fght inside OF
twelve rounds II he wins nj all.
John considine. who y probably the best
posted of local sports or, prixesighters. has
come 10 the conclusion that Jeffries has q
chance He favors F1txsimmons. however.
from his past record and known ability -
. hard puncher and consummate ring gen.
erni "F'isxslmmone has not been tmprov-
ing says Considine, and he b getting
older every day The other fellow II
young strong. and II he shows good
heart there u no telling what the outcome
e the nkht val be"
Tom consisiine cannot SEQ thar there ara
two men In the night. He IL = firm bel
Never In Fttxslmmcnx' ability TO retain the
cAamplonship Joe Watkins says that
yefrics II 4 gutter. and that Fitxsimmons
win make him sick In no time.
sackett Cornell. a newspaper man from
Los Angeles. Cal. the heme OF
James J. Jeffries. who is at present In the
chances In the coming fight, said: have
known Jesrries for ten years. When
frst met him he was cub In heller
shop but even then. when only fourteen
Years OF age he showed unusual muscrs
lar development His first night was Win
= big .rro named Hank Griffin. who
was wei scienced while Jeffries had new.
or had the gloves on before In his iife
JesYriex waa badly beaten up, but his
courage did not fail. and In the fourteenth
round he put the negro ia sleep,
I'm JeYries' coming fsht he has svery>
thing In his favor. When he fought
eharksy he had hut one hand. his iett
hand having been IN bad shape since MS
previous fight with Goddard. He II esr-
sainiy the most powerful rusI.'st In the
business, which VAS clearly shown dur
ting his encounter with Sharkey. when
one hug made the latter retire TO l9iS
corner with a sick stomach.
''jerries Is only twsaiy.sour years OF
aga. and has always taken ex seiiea; care
or himself lie has been well handled by
Billy Delaney. and under the care OF Jim
Curh~tt and Tony RYAN there - no
question bur that hs is faster ard more
clever than svas before TN hsssisfe.
Among his friends III Los Angeles
where he has lived from shiidnnod-~his
ganseuess has never been questioned ae
Was never known To Turn hts back ul an
adversary IS GEw Az iss1c-
In tis coming night with Fissslmmois
there IL no anvhs sE nay mini bur that he
Il clever enough Ia reach him. ana VIVA,
finds he siii parsiyxe. lilo ls serrsf,
ranehef. and | knew he Will wade II
and take all ;ae hsmnasrlng Fftxstsnsnci.S
car give him. and when the opening
comes b.. Will take advantage OF u and
the Eight viii BE- ever"
When Prof A w Crane az the Seattle
Athletic club tsrs, came 10 Seattle \ ffxatec
al considerable note asked him about tire
men In Chicago ~foa stand good shew
with NEST of them" replied CRANE hut
hi VIA tcll yca na. thing. steer clear %
fellow named Hack Rssos, He - n conner.
This answer MAS recalled sn ny mind ~
TIE Following statement BY 8illy Madden.
Tho scsed pestssstle promoter, last week.
II saw John Rect tSsaragcs crack ffsss.~
assws.ghs in two ~ ats engagements az
New York lie defeated Watts and Ian
snE ia aGgca time, ard Was surprised at
the uno foffn saawa by the Western boxer.
We IS uni5ssAtssiix ore 1T the ae.s mel III
AEnetss az has weight and has a great fa-
turw before. him"
Baseball bids FAIR 20 become she national
katsae ira Jsraa tn IN. sxelsssisss cf cricket.
Ire games attract good crowds. and she
ssoFrs are tsAay times cYsxtltshte We
csEtaei spslt feIt s,sEss regret" says = writ
or IL g1~ Japza Mat that baseball Should
De So far on The vay ~ aressatng na-
slasni wause With the Japanese 80 ths