Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14

taken at Albany. and nearly a score more
are in prospect.
The latest men to sign are Gus Rubin
and Tom Sharkey. They were matched
to go twenty-five rounds before the
Seaside club at Coney Island on July
16. Rubin is already matched with Bob
Fitzsimmons, who also signed today to
fight Ed Dunhorst. Sharkey is match
ed to fight Mccoy and has the promise
of a match from Jeffries. Rubin also
has a promise from Jeffries, and SO has
FitzsimmOns, who, in turn, will probably
sign to meet Joe Choynski.
Mccoy, in addition to fighting Shar-
key, is to meet Dan Creedon and Jack
Bonner. Jim Jeffries came from the West
last week and started training for his
bout with Corbett. When seen he said;
Il expect to do a lot of fighting in New
York state before the boxing law be-
comes void. If l defeat Corbett I will
fight Kid Mccoy the mex day. Shafkey
six weeks later and Fitzsimmons a
month after that. I feel better now
h l have in three years, and my arm.
which troubled me in my encounter with
Sharkey, is almost well. I have been
told that the date of my contest with
Corbett has beer changed from MAY.
IL to May IA. This will allow me six
weeks in which to get in trim. Tommy
Ryan and my brother, Jack, will be my
sole trainers"
Have you agreed to fight Bob Fitz-
simmons this summer?'' was asked.
NO. not exactly" was the reply. But
am ready to fight him again for 65 per
cent. of the receipts, win or lose." !
Tattefsalls will lave. a sensation show
on April II. The mighty Terry McGov-
ern, having disposed of all the bantam
and feather weights, has naturally been
forced out of his class. He must get
after bigger fellows. Tommy White of
Chicago is the undisputed worlds cham
pion at 1875 pounds, and at all the fig
ures between the feather and light
! weight classes. Moreover, White has
beaten out some of the best in the. lat
ter division. He drew twice with Dix
on. when Chocolate" was in his prime.
He knocked out Eddie Santry in seven
rounds. 1t took Terry five. Oscar Gard
| ner Is the only mar who ever sent Nc
Govern to grass. White put it all over
Gardner in a recent show at Tattersalls.
! White is regarded as the greatest man
on defense in the light classes. In gen
eralship he is unsurpassed, and his
ability to stand a gruelling is marvellous.
Close students of the game figure White
one Of the worlds hardest men to stop.
Manager Houseman regards this
match as one Of the most important he
has ever made. White, who is training
at Mount Clemens, Mich, has posted
$500 to weigh in at 100 pounds at the
ring side. George Siler will b the ref
cree. Five other high class bouts will
fill out the card.
Jim Jeffries says: IF I defeat Corbett
there is one man | am anxious to meet,
and he is Sharkey. I would sooner box
him than any other man in the ring. If
we ever meet again the bout will not
last twenty-five rounds, either. If Shar-
key and I do not come to terms I am
open to meet any other man. and Mccoy
can ave a match three weeks after my
go with Corbett." When asked about
the statement he made in Chicago to the
effect that he considered Fitzsimmons
the toughest proposition in the business,
Jeffries replied: II think Fitzsimmons
is one of the hardest men to beat the ring
ever knew, and what I said about him in
Chicago goes. 1 believe they are afraid
of Fitzsimmons, otherwise they would
have given him a match before this. I
will even go further and say that If
Fitzsimmons had caught me in the same
shape Sharkey did he would have beaten
me. When I fought the sailor at Coney
Island my left arm was bad-much
worse than many suppose-and if I were
to tell just how bad it was people would
not believe me-"