The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-23

talk or acts OF the scrappers. To para
phrase the language of the stock mar
ket. pugilists were dull and inactive"
almost the entire week.
Corbetts exposure made In his inter-
view with me OF how the lighters re-
ceipts In the late championship fight
came to be. "split up half and half"
drew forthwith from Jeffries only the
assertion that he could have Knocked
Corbett out in the 18th round only he
liked to see him scampering around the
ring. This was puerile and also untrue.
-fef- everyone who saw the contest
knows that Mr.. Jeffries was very
anxious man until the last blow was
struck. and that he would have struck
that blow in the first round had he
been able. Mr. Jeffries was a very
much worried man in the 18th round,
for just about that time the chances
that corbett would go the full distance
and get the decision on points were
very bright.
In making the statement he did in In
dianapolis, the champion laid himself
liable" to a sharp verbal retort and he
got IL In 'the eyeball bim," when Cor
bett tauntingly responded that II JEFF
fries statement was true the facial
humping he had received must have
been from Corbett's feet. The big
boilermaker wasn't as pretty as a pic
ture when the fight was over. He was
thumped and bumped and Jumped In a
way that he didn't relish bit. while
Corbett on the other hand. left the ring
without solitary mark 10 show that
he had been fighting.
The chances are that the present and
ex-champion will have many linguistic
scraps during the coming show season.
and as Corbett Is almost as expert at
chinwacking. as he Is with his hands
and feet there is little chance of the
ponderous Jeffries getting much the
best of him in gabbing game. what
ever he may be able 10 do with him
within the ropes and stakes.
I hardly think Rubin intends fight
ing Sharkey that way. My private
opinion publicly expressed Is that he
will be very wary OF the ex-sailor and
will endeavor with him to initiate the
tactics Jeffries pursued when he had
Mr.. Sharkey ION his hands," as the
late Mr.. Grover Cleveland once COM
planned that he had Congress.
/ think that Sharkey Is going to have
a little more trouble this time with
Rubin than he had before, and that
those who go TO the island to see them
contend are going to get their moneys
worth of scrapping, full to the brim
surprised. however, IL Sharkey doesn't
win. He has a wonderful physique,
tremendous hitting power and his lack
of height gives him. as II gives Joe
Walcott. quite an advantage over taller
men. Jim Corbett once told me that
"if Sharkey was six foot tall he would
be an easy man to whip. for then you
could reach his Jaws with great ease.
AS II is." said Jim, "when you let go
for his jaw all he has to do Is to duck
his nut a little bit. and instead OF land
ing where YOU intended. your fist
skelps the !. his head and when IL
does you might as well strike an anvil"
Gus Rubin. who used to be as quiet
as a mouse. probably through his asso-
e alton with Corbett, has contracted
1.-The newspaper habit" and through the
medium of the types Is taking the pub
lie into his confidence, and has told 1t
just how he intends beating Tom Shar-
key when he meets him next Tuesday
night at Coney Island, In his state
ment. he tells how Mr. Sharkey, when
they met before, ungallantly did nor
wait FOR him to spit on his hands, met
aphorically speaking. and get good and
ready. but assailed him leflland right
GU Suuucliy anu unexpectedly tndt De-
fore he really knew where ne was at he
found himself In dreamland.
he intimates that this time he will
not permit himself to be caught nap
Ping so to speak, but will do as he
did when he met Peter Maher, get right
into the game from the first sound OF
the bell. and do little slugging him.
self. Well. unless am greatly mistak-
en- that will suit Mr.. Sharkey right up
to the handle. There Is nothing that
Sir Thomas likes better than a lively
mix-up. Like Barkis, hes willing" in
fact. he is the most willing man ever
saw In the ring. excepting one Terence
McGovern who has the pugnacity and
ferocity OF barrel OF wild cats let loose
in a ring.
Z Rubin has an advantage with Shar-
key that Corbett and Mccoy did not
possess. He hasn't the quickness or
brain ability possessed by Corbett and
Mccoy. but he has burliness and
amount of strength coupled with
weight that they lack. If IL should
come to be pull, drag and hauling
match he VIII be fully able to hold his
own with the sturdy sailor but 1 be-
lieve that vicious punching is going 10
decide the contest and so believing
am inclined TO think that Sharkeys
chances are ten to eight better than
Ruhlin's. However. as have had oc-
casion TO remark more than once in
these columns. my Judgment is not in
fallible. We shall see about how good
II 's In this case at all events, next
Tuesday night.
Billy Hanrahan. a promising young
Eter who came into f1stic notice at the
old Lenox Athletic Club. made an essay
for tip-top honors I'm the mddleweight
class Tuesday night. when he tackled
Tommy~West down at Coney Island
Hanrahan. who is not yet 20. has been
coming on very well of late and II was
given out that II he won he would
make bid for a scrap with Jack Root.
OF Chicago, who Is here at present out
OF job. principally because none Of
the scrappers hereabouts seem 10 be n
honing for any OF his game. Tommy
Ryan OF Syracuse heard so much OF
Roots prowess while last I'm Chicago
that he crawled out OF his match with
him on the ground that he would no
longer fight men who weighed above
15S pounds. However. Root asserts that
he can make 15s pounds at the ring
side without any trouble. If this " the
case. MIR. Ryan has not the excuse OF
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