Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-15
MATCHES
Ahead For Supplies.
Looked Upon as a Coming
Champion.
Crowns Were Easy For
the Kirkwoods.
Defeated In Three Games on
New Alleys.
simms Fights 0leson Tonight
Local Sporting News.
Simms Fights 0leson Tonight
Local Sporting News.

LUCd' opuTtinY NtWS'
The Detroit Tribune, commenting on
the steady progress of Curiey Supplies,
the Buffalo lightweight, says:
Supplies is one of the best light
weights in the country today and his
recent performances stamp him as a
man who will be contender for pre-
mier honors in his class before next
fall. He has been In the business for
three years, but since coming under
the management of George Iuohey,
has demonstrated time and again that
he is a fit opponent for the best. He
seems to possess the knack of hand
ling clever fellows with the same ease
that he topples over the boxers of the
slugging type, as was shown by his
magnificent work against Jim Popp,
lthe Canadian who once sought Erne
20.round draw, and his rugged con-
test at Milwaukee against George
Ryan, a good middleweight, who once
fought Tommy West 10 hard rounds.
Supplies is equally good at in lighting
or at long range He is n very sturdy
fellow, with good stiff punch in eth
er hand, and is clever than many or
the lightweights who are recognized
as being In the first fight. That Tuo-
hey does not pick cinc:les FOR mis- man
is shown by the fact that he has
matched Supplies to meet Jack Abbott,
at Omaha, on May z, Jim Popp here
on May II, and otto Sieloff at Akron,
o., on May y. The average light
weight who was called upon to meet
any of these men month apart would
consider that he Is being overworked.
Supplies is just the contrary and is
never SO happy as when he is slated to
meet severa, tough propositions.
Speaking about the Sieloff match,
Tuohcy says: eve will be handicapped
by not knowing who we are going to
meet, nor the style of fighting the man
is best at But Curley is hard ut work
with Tom McCunc and jack Davis
here training for any old kind of IA
! fight Sieloff cares to put mp. In add.
ton to his work with McCune and
Davis ] wrestle a full hour with him
every day and tell you ! have never
| handled stronger boy than Supplies
is at the weight. lie Is gaining in
cleverness right along without losing
any of his punching powers ana can.
not see where any lightweight in the
business has anything on my boy
JEFFRIES A DICTATOR.
Answering today's challenges of Fitz.
simmons and Rubin JeffrIes gladly
accepted both on the following condi-
tions: If FitEsimmons wins Jeffries
will give him another chance on the
same terms that Fitzsimmons exacted
from Jeffries--G5 per cent OF the purse
TO the champion, win or lose.
"Turn about is fair play said Jer-
fries, land Fit2simmons must accord
the same hard terms that he forced
upon me in the former match"
"Jetfries now occupies position in
the public mind of being invincible,"
said william A. Brady, "a position that
Fitzsimmons never held, as he refused
to defend his title for over two years
and only met Jeffries because he
thought him easy, and then only on
outrageously unfair terms Now he
must grant the same conditions or
he shall never have chance. AS 10
Rubin, " he defeats Fitzslmmons,
Jefffies viii meet him with pleasure
but in reference to both of these men
Jeffrles wants to meet sharkey, anc
dares the sailor to contest"
The chompiop says he is willing ic