The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02
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Jeffries and Sharkey Arc Both Conti-
dent OF winning.


New York, Nov. Jim Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey have practically ended
their training, and save for light exer-
eise will do nothing more until they face
one another in the arena of the Coney
Island Sporting club on Friday night.
They have both worked hard for the
contest and will probably prove to be In
excellent condition. Some doubts have
been expressed as to the form Of JEFF
fries, as he has only done about seven
weeks work for the fight, but his man
ager, William Brady, and Trainers
Tommy Ryan and Billy Delaney unite
in declaring that he is in entirely salts
factory shape He himself asserts that
he is satisfied that he is stronger and
better than he was on the night when
ne met Fitxsimmons in the same ring
and defeated him. On the other hand,
there is NO doubt about the condition Of
Sharkey He began work while In Cali
ifornia early last summer and has kept
pegging away at 1T ever since. He is
ambitious to be the champion pugilist
of the world in his class and does not
want the matter Of condition to stand in
his way His trainers, Tim McGrath
and Bob Armstrong, and his manager,
Tom O'Rourke, have been compelled to
watch him to guard against going over
the mark where he would be strong.
AS it is, he is in nearly perfect form.
The evening of the contest sees both
OF the men calm and supremely conf
dent. Thousands of dollars have been
wagered upon the outcome Of the fight.
Jeffries remains the favorite and the
prevailing odds are 10 to s, although
some money is placed at shorter terms
than that. 1t was expected that the
flood of Sharkey money that came
sweeping into town earlier in the week
would make the terms even by the call
of time on Friday night, but the men
who make a business Of financial risks
are tonight predicting that Jeffries
will maintain his lead in the betting
favor
The house promises to be the biggest
that ever gathered for pugilistic en-
counter in New York or anywhere else
in this country. The sale of seats so
far has been tremendous and if it keeps
up the house will be sold out The
boxes near the stage went at $35 piece
while the best seats near the ring COM
mand from SIS to $25. General admis-
sion is to cost SIS and it is expected that
the size of the gate expressed in dol
lars will be colse to 100000. Specta-
tors will be in attendance from every
state in the union.
Many wagers were placed to-day and
tonight on the result of the fight. Jim
Wakeley, staunch admirer of Cham
pion Jeffries, was one of the heaviest
bettors to-day, placing $4,000 on the Cal
ifornian's chances. James j. Corbett
bet $1,000 against $500 on Jeffries with
George Krauss Dick Laine has $3,5O0
to bet on Sharkey against $4,000. J. c.,
Budd of Cleveland bet $1,000 to $1,000
with Chris Boylan. Budd is a we'll
known western sporting man and has
$4,000 to wager on Jeffries on the same
odds. Dick Dougherty, who has COM
mission of $1,000 to place on Jeffries, bet
1000 tonight against $1,000 with ]. w.
Mason. The remaining $4,000 will be
posted at the same odds. The articles
Of agreement under which Jeffries and
5harkey will fight for the heavyweight
of the world call for
twenty-five rounds. They will battle
for Sc 2-3 per cent. of the gross receipts,
If which percentage the winner will re-
;eive rs per cent.