The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-10
SURVIVAL OF FITTEsr
SAAER IS AWEARY.
'ion of JeRries-shark.
lOn Pursues Hin,

iOn Pursues Him
CHICAGO, Dec. e-"E
ct Sc 10 having a Western n1o peop1e are
nrinai.n boxing contests. IT, te
! O,poi reason the fight 90 IS the
| a++ont, against me has reoai,,o AoIll
| Georoo o VAS the statement No. SuIn
! his ra+,', championship referee ,,r ny
went ~. from New York Mr. SIN
the ugb+u,o " act In the glove fight fo-
FRANK Erne and Jack O'Rrta-a pet"een
| A+ tiaIeo a draw in the Cone In, was
81 cIuo building Monday nIoht ie'iio
- 10 not know that I viii
con+tn' another fight in the Eaat >,
eontinued Mr.. Siler. IF 7 am a. Eas[,
Of eono r me to consider the advtsa hi,itT,
mado ,i1 the invitation. I have ~
will 10 w my mind whether or not :
deyeIoneG h am sick Of the opposition
the ohiec+io 'ne ORourke faction and
ST. UIoJecllons raised since the Jafprja.A
t,,noa contest. Now that the nIo
LES are on exhibition in Chic o,a ~
~ 81 "llilhg to leave the wisdom oS 49,, =
uecIsion TO the Judgment of oil III
posteo sporting men who are canehio
o. - arriving at an unprecedented onino
c,o AS As to the Erne-o'Brien contest I de-
clareo 1t draw because I belieysd 80
TO De a just decision. After +h" e snse
me managers of O'Brien urged thai +pa;r
man hao won by forty miles. sirojIo =
oplnlon was expressed by the Erne COW
tlheent. This convinced me- mora thor
ever that my decision was fair IN hoth
men. When 1t was delivered there H1os
-rol sroan or hiss from any part of tha
..o"Q' mat Is a pretty good indication
e. oGeeu wisely. l am perfectly salts
Aeu with the decision and learned after
ward that I was sustained nv the ha+te.
posted sporting men in the East. Soma
OF the newspaper men held that Erno
nao won fairly, and others that O'Rrian
snould have been declared the victor
Others agreed with me in calling the
contest draw.
old not learn that there had been
any olIlculty over the selection of a
teleree untlI after the fight. I did know
mat coins had been tossed Nov II to de-
eide between Charley White and mvsalf
inc Erne men won and I was named.
l supposed that settled It, but after +he
nght L learned that O'Rourke and his
friends had done their best to have the
hight stopped. They saw Chief Deverv
ana induced him to send word to the
ciuo mat the contest could not take
place.
"The management of the club. how
ever, was anxious for it to come off. 80
hugh Mclaughlin and other prominent
men were brought into It, Mr., Nc
L2ugh,in asked Sheriff Kramer what
Kind Of man I was. The sheriff is
said to have informed him that he con-
| sfdered me perfectly honest and that !
would give the fight to the man who
Won regardless Of my personal desires.
| If that is the case declared Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, Mr.. Siler will referee this
fight or else 1t will not take place That
settled the matter and there was no In
reference by the police at the ringside
Had I learned that this attempt was
made to stop the fight 1 would have re-
! fused to act as referee"
! Mr.. Siler's attention was called TO a
| statement sent out in the dispatches to
| the effect that Jeffries' glove was loos-
ened by Tommy Ryan for the purpose
| of inducing Sharkey to hit him, with the
| hope that the referee would award the
| fight to the champion on foul.
There is absolutely nothing to that
statement" said Mr.. Siler. when
| picked up Jeffries' glove and tried to
put it back on his hand the strings were
drawn taut just as they were when
| the gloves were placed in his hand at the
| start of the fight. While I was trying
! to put on the glove Sharkey rushed al
! Jeffries and struck over me with his left
| hand. Jeffries responded with his right
and just then the gong sounded. I de-
! clared Jeffries winner before a cry OF
foul was heard from his seconds"