The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
SHARKEY OUT 70 WIN
THE SAILOR NOT OWED, oou,xe
ANY FINE POINTS IN TRAINING
TO MEET FITz
LANKY BOB FIT AS A FIDDLE
Something About His cleft sbiftr-
Old John L. Calls Jefrries
the Only One in the
Ring.

NEW YORK, AugJ 22.-Tom sharkev IA
taking lessons in boxing. It is not be-
cause the sailor thinks he cannot hold
his own in contest for points with The
big mer nor because he thinks there is
any doubt about his being able IN wbin
rltzslmmons next Friday night without a
further knowledge Of his science. For
al praelica purposes, such as landing
nara ana getting the money, Sharkey
thinks his present knowledge of the game
is sufficient, but for additional security
ne takes daily instruction from q master
of the science
Prof- Jim Guider, of the New York
athletic club, is the man who is Initial
ing Tom into certain mysteries Of feints
ana guards that heretofore have been
sealed books to him. Each day they
nave hfteen- minute session at which
Time the positively nc adnittsnce" sign
IS hung cut. Just what particular ma
neuVers Sharkey is perfecttng himself in
could not be learned, but it is thought 10
be some scheme to offset the effect of
Fitzsimmons' blows and terrible left
shift
Gnider has an apt pupil ,The funda-
mental principles Of fighting, desire and
strength, were natures gifts to Sharkey
ana all artificial methods of putting away
an opponent are eagerly sought for and
easily acquired by him. With the advent
OF ooxing-naster, ladies' day has be-
come feature of the training az Sleeps
real bay. Women were admitted TO
Sharkeys training quarters for the first
llHe To-Day and two pretty girls looked
on with expressions of wonder and aston
lshment as the bruising sailcr danced
about on The padded hoor and smote the
punching bag.
Sharkey Is training fer this fight in
the same way he trained for previous
battles. In place Of Bob Armstrong, his
old sparring partner,s he has taken Mike
Dunn, tho Limerick giant This large
ielloW standing, six feet four inches in
MS stocking feet and weighing $50
pounds, becomes a punching bag for tho
sailor every day. Tom dashes against
him, pounding with both hands until the
building fairly rocks with the efforts of
the giant to get away. Two hours work
on the road and III the gymnasium each
day Is putting Sharkey in good condition
and he claims tor,be IN much better shape
than he was when he fought Rubin.
Fitzsimmons' left shift" is now as cele-
brated as his solar plexus blow, and that
solar plexus blow was right shift or a
ieft shift reversed. Now, every one
knows what a solar pleXus blow, a kid
ney blow or blow on the jaw is. But
nearly every one wants to know what
Inc left shift Is. All the above blows
are named from the place where they
land. Shift right or left Is simply tho
way In which they are landed Fitzsim-
mons, in knocking Rubin out, used this
blow. He stepped In a little to the left
with his right foot, swinging mis- right
IN "a hO6T
like lightning, using his right foot as a
pivot, he shifts. and when ready to strike
the BLOW braces himself with It, This
move IS made so rapidly his opponent Is
llRnaDle to change his guard to the new
conditions and an opening results.
No fighter is more careful student of
his opponent than is Fitz He learns the
strong and the weak points in the man
he Is about to meet, so when the ruby
one faces them within the ropes he
works accordir ely. Fitz had never met
Ruhltn before he crossed gloves with him
In the garden, but he had seen his fight
With Sharkey and that gave INN line
On what to do He found out that Rubin
was clever and skifty. Consequently he
display ed no scientific lodging, blocking
or fancy steps, bit started rights in to
punch. He kept punching all the time.
Ihat $ what whipped the Akron giant
with Sharkey it Is the reverse OF this
he Will not shy and mix it with the
sailor. He will be as clever as he knows
how, and he knows Sharkey has the
wallop. He Is rough and rugged in
tighter and few can W thstand his punches
when they land. Fitz will avoid them,
That's his plan. He knows that no one
punch, even from him, can drop the
sailor into the chasm of oblivion. He
has to be hit repeatedly; he has to be
weakened so that jolt on the jaw will
finish the work that has gone before
Sharkey, on the other hand, on both
hands, in fact, has his own plan. It
will largely consist of the wallop He
will give Ruby Robert no chance to rest
He will go at him fast and furious, in
tending to wear him down ard put him
out with punch. Which of these two
methods will succeed In taking home the
money will be 'old history the day after
the battle. Just now 1t is a guess.
SULLIVAN LIKES JEFF.
John L. Sullivan, the one-time cham
pion Of champions, when asked for his
opinion of fights and fighters of the pres
ent day, today dictated the following:
"Jim Jeffries is without a doubt the
real champion of them all. He has prov
ed 1t, and 1 think, there are but few men
in the business who have a chance with
him. If any man exists who can give
him q fight that man is Bob F1tzslm-
mons, and he IS the only rightful claim
ant for fight with the champion
would like to see them together.
These two are without q doubt the
peers of any IN their class, but Jeffries
has youth and agility about him that I
think will keep him champion for many
years to come Sharkey Is good,
strong fellow and a good fighter, but he
nowhere can class with Jeffr1es. may
be mistaken, though, for there Is never
any telling just what the sailor is ca
pable of doing. He has the punch and
that counts for whole lot in this
game.
''Gus Rubin, even though Fitz beat
him. is a conner The lanky fellow knew
too much for him. He is big and
strong and showed a vein Of gameness
which Is seldom seen.
Now, as to Mccoy and Corbett, they
can hardly be considered as having a
chance for the championship. In the
first place, Mccoy, although stiff punch
er, has hardly the stamina to Withstand
the onslaught of such big fellow as is
Jeffries."
GRAND CIRCUIT HARNESS HORSES.