Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-29

wallops from sharkey's ham-like as.s. Mrs. !
Mccoy retains the utmost confidence In the
puglllstic ability Of her helpmeet and be-
lieves implicitly that he will eventually land
on the top Of hstiana's heap.
The announcement Of which Kid Mccoy
made mention as issuing from the black
smith champion would indicate that the
farrier is simply itching to drive one of his
piledriving favorites into the enemy, Sharkey
preferred. He has called upon every as
pirant after his shoes to cover a s., 500 de-
post he has up with a New York paper and
promises to take on all, one after another,
and after making mincemeat out OF them sew
orally he proposes to retire. He picks out
Sharkey as the easiest Of the bunch and
wants to take the sailor on first. He will
waive his demand for a finish fight, al
though he insists that it must be twenty-five
ROUNDS or more, practically a finish; valves
a side bet, but insists that the fight shall not
take place before O'Rourke's New York club.
He gives Sharkey two weeks to accept this
offer, and II he fails, will ignore the sailor
thereafter. The tar has up to date failed to
cover the deposit, and will not do so until
Fttz names the club that will offer a bigger
purse for the fight than the Lenox. That's
as far as any negotiations have gone and
these have been made through the public
press, plentifully besprinkled with the ex-
pressive adjectives to which the pugilistic
craft seem to be attached.
But while this does not look very prom
ising for a battle between Red Robert and
the sailor, the blacksmith's def has set the
heavyweight division in motion. Jeffries
has been the first to cover the deposit and
Fitz has said that he win give the big Cali
fornian consideration after Sharkey. Cor
bstt has also picked up $500 plunks some
where and is hankering for a crack at the
champion, so he says. OF the three Vt
seems most likely that a Fitzsimmons-Jef-
fries entertainment may be arranged.
But while the heavies are apparently
consumed with a desire to get a whack at
each other an individual is crossing the big
pond whose particular object in a visit to
this country is to make trouble for them.
This parsonage is another huge Turk and he
is after Sharkey's scalp in particular. His
name is Abdallah and he is reported to be
fashioned much on the lines of the late
lamented Yousouf and his successor, Adlai.
This newest Mohammedan Is said to be
seven feet tall, as ferocious looking as an
ogre and one of his easiest feats is to lift
sixteen fat men up at once and wave them
in the air. His manager Is a New York
Arab, who has issued the following mani
festo:
To the Public: I will match Abdallah,
the Arab, to fight Tom Sharkey a limited
round battle or a finish fight for any amouot
Of Arabian or American money. Allah will
help. Abdallah sure winner.
SHEEH HADJI TAHAR.
When Sharkey's friends read the remark
that Allah would help they were UP In the
air. Bob Armstrong, the Senegambian,
who is doing the brother act with the sailor
on the road, is quoted by telegraph as say
ing:
"Allah will help, will he? Well, that
beats me. The Arabs think they can sick
a couple of themselves onto Sharkey at
once. Not by Marquis Of Queensberry rules
they can't. That man Allah of theirs will
have to keep out Of the ring. Abdallah
will have to do the fighting himself and il
he tries any monkeyshines he will be dis
qualified"
Sharkey and Joe Choynski have been
matched to meet in a siX-round bout in
Chicago, either during the latter part OF
next month or the early part of March. The
affair is being arranged by Parson Davies
and the Parson pretty safely counts upon a
large crowd. AS both men hold a grudge
against each other there is every indication
that the go will be a rafting one.
Tom Lansing, who was badly hurt in a
bout with Root in Chicago last November,
has finally succumbed to his injuries and
died the other day in Louisville. His all
ment was abscess Of the brain, resulting in
paralysis. He was knocked to the floor and
his skull was cracked. Root will not be
prosecuted, the Louisville chief of police
giving a decidedly novel reason, as follows:
Il have no proof that Lansing's death
was caused by a blow, And, besides, what
would be the use? Lansing was a fighter.
That was his business. He was hurt while
working at his trade. Many similar cases
have been tried and they have all resulted
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