Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-23
CAPTAINS OF THE VARSITY BOAT CREWS.

the champion has so exhausted his Vi
tally that he cannot possibly nght
again for some moons Meanwhile he
too, Is going around the country gath
ering IN the shekels as an arbiter IN
baseball games.
Bob Fitzsimmons has discovered that
his recent bout with a pet tiger was
rather more serious In its consequences
than he at first supposed, 80 he begged
of from the fight arranged between
him and Gus Rubin Although the for
felt OF 81 900 which he had put Up was
thus lost, e will be returned when he Is
able 10 meet the Akron. Giant" and
appears In the ring TO face him. But
Fitzsimmons injury, whether caused
by his pet animal or by Dunkhorsts
huge frame in the recent encounter
will. Il Is estimated, cost the Cornish
man in the neighborhood Of $4,000
This Is, Of course, on the theory that
he would have won against Rubin. 1t
has been figured that his share Of the
purse. his own side bet and the picture
privileges would have amounted to
about the sum mentioned.
Any one who has been gripped by the
vast. red, frecked and hairy hams
which Fitz calls fists will find It diff
cult TO realize that they could possibly
be Injured by anything less than a
steam trip hammer.
kid" Mccoy, the gentlemanly look
ing young pugilist who turks between
the heavy and middle weight classes as
II undecided in which he really belongs,
Is another OF the blow producing crowd
that has discovered that he is too dell
cate to stand up and be punched In
"a foot ring. Mccoy was 20 have met
sharkey I'm a % round bout on the 25th
OF this month. but called the affair on,
as his condition was too preearious TO
enable him to get into condition to
meet Just now such a hurricane fighter
as Tom Sharkey. Therefore the KID
Is sun practiclng before a mirror, dis
penslng thirst assuaging fluids to weary
New Workers from behind the bar OF
his Respondent saloon or spending his
days at the race track with his friends.
Tommy Ryan, the Syracuse fstic ex-
merit has been M since his short inter-
view within the ropes with KID Nc
Coy in the Windy City, probably so as
TO be au fait with the rest Of the gang.
The general consensus OF opinion
among the friends Of kid" Mccoy
seems to be that he viii never do much
more lighting. az any rate in the heavy
weight division Mccoy claims that
his present condition Is due to the
strain he underwent while reducing to
1853 pounds for his bout with Ryan As
his wife and most OF his relatives are
anxious that he should quit the game
for good, II Is more than likely that
their entreatles. added to his present III
health. VIII induce Mccoy TO finally
give up fighting and engage In business.
The only heavyweights left In az con-
dltion 20 follow their chosen calling are
Tom sharkey and Gus Rubin. OF
course, Billy Madden, the ubiquitous
manager OF the Akron Giant" soon ar
ranged the only match left for his pro-
tege by Immediately having an inter-
view with Tom ORourke. the ex-sail-
ors manager
As Rubin has been in training nearly
three months he let up when he found
that his engagement with Fitz was of,
and even when the match was arrang-
ed with sharkey he decided to take a
weeks rest for fear Of going stale. He
Is now said 10 be- In excellent trim and
"ht 10 fight for his life" In Sharkey
Rubin will meet a fighter who may
puzzle him at first, for the sailors bull
rushes are very hard TO stop for any
one not used 10 them Though Sharkey
often strikes wildly. yet by the very