The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07

Sullivan and Tom O'Rourke Re-
sponsibIe-Fitz Committed the
Fatal ERROR of Defyine the Pow
ers That Be-Ryan and Smith
Matched.
Robert Jennings 'sisFftzsimmons and
James Boilermaker Jeffftes cannot batter
each other within thes shadow of the
Goddess Of Liberty. Timothy Dry Dollar
Sullivan has said it. and Tom O'Rourke
has nodded his head The Coney Island
Athletic club has been denied q license,
and without that necessary document
there Is no chance for an exhibition Of
pugilistic prowess In Greater New York
FitZ is in the predicanent Of the parrot
that set the dogs to hghting and then en-
deavored to have more fun, and got
worsted for his pains. He talked about
Tom O'Rourke and Toms side partner,
Timothy. Dry Dollar Sullivan. He said
that they were not, New York, and that
he would fight IN New York without their
| sanction. Martin Luther Julian seconded
the motion, and now fittz,, Jeffriessg; Julian
and Brady are out on the street, with no
| place they can call home For their great
picture battle.
POOR JUDGMENT.
Fitz certainly exercised poor Judgment
when he defed Timothy Sullivan He
must have imagined that ne was having
fun with Jim Corbett. no did at Little
Rock. shortly after the Hot Springs fias-
co. The story will illustrate how fond
Fitz Is Of biarney. The incident referred
to occurred in the dining room of tho
Capital hotel. In Little Rock l saw and
heard 1t and can vouch for it. Fitz was
at supper. So was Corbett. AT Fits
table were Fftzsimmons and wife, Martin
Julian. Mrs. Julian. mother Of Mrs. Fitz-
simmons and Martin, and the writer.
Over at another table were Corbett. Billy
Brady. then his manager. Con McVey
and a few others. Corhett finished first
and started out of the dining room. AS
he passed Fits table he leered at Fitz
| and said: ''Boo!" The Cornishman grin
| ned and, placing his right hand to his
| right hand to his. forehead, whirled 1t
| about to indicate wheels at the same
| time pointing his leftat Corbett to indi-
| cate where the wheels were buzzing.
| AT the time there were two deputy sher-
| IFS in the room, with orders to shoot the
| first of the pugilists1 who attempted to
| start trouble. Fits action was rcalcu-
| lated to bring on a row. Friends stepped
| in and hustled Corbett GU. That is what
| Fitz did With Timothy Dry Dollar Sulli-
van. Intimated that theoNew Yorker had
Wheels and now hesis reapins the re-
ward Of his folly. II
MAY GO TO DENVER.
There is possibility that the big fight
| will now be transferred to Denver. Otto
| F1oto. who at one time looked after the
| fnf Of To A,,lJfF ooinc
| the new athletic club at Denver. and he
| has wired an offer of q purse OF s25, 900.
which will likely be accepted by Fitzsim-
| mons and Jeffries. That Is about all that
| is left for the gladiators, unless they go
| to Carson City, which place has also
| put In bid. Denver has the call, owing
| to the distance from the center of the
| country occupied by Carson. New York
| was naturally preferable, for there the
! crowd would have been so great as to
| make the fight fortune winner. Denver
| will do well enough, at that. There Is a
| new state law in Colorado which legalizes
| boxing, and the men can settle. their diff
| ferences without fear of interference
| But there will be less on the side for Billy
| Brady and Martin Julian.
JEFFRIES GROWS CONFIDENT.
| And now Jeffrles says he will certainly
defeat Fitzsimmons. Just how he will do
| it he does not say, but that he will be
| the winner he openly declares. Jeffries
| says that he is the bigger man of the two,
| that he fully appre ciates the prowess OF
| Fitzsimmons but that he is somewhat of
| fighter himself, and has no doubt of the
result of their meeting 'Fitz says moth
| ing. That is what he Should have done
with Sullivan and O'Rodrke. Both men
| are In rigid training now, and reported to
be fit for the fray. DESPITE the weaken
ing of some Of the wiSe Ones down East,
canont figure how man who could not
defeat Bob Armstrong In ten rounds, who
| failed to stop Ruhlino IMP twenty rounds,
and who went full twenty rounds with
| Sharkey, hopes to defeat IL man whose
| longest battle lasted fourteen rounds, and
| who has met all the famous fighters of
| the world without sustaining defeat. The
| unexpected often happens, and that is
! what will happen should Jcffries defeat
| FitZsimmons. 97fi -
| WHAT RYAN bSAYs
| Tommy Ryan Is working with Jeffries,
| and the famous welterweight contends
| that Jeffries is a good one. He says he
| expects Jeffries to defeat Fitzsmmons.
| This is all well enough as 1t goes, but
| that is what Tonsolitis Thomas is being
l paid to say just now.5 He gets so much
| per for it. Ryan says that Jeffries Is not
| alone a giant, but that he Is as unlike
Corbett In action as is the night unlike
| the day. And Tommy means to convey
| the Idea that Jeffries sis the cooler and
better man of the two There are great