Daily inter mountain., 1900-05-05
PUGILISIIC POINTERS.


Fighters as a rule do not stand before
the public gaze for more than half a
score of years. There are few cases
where prominent fighters have kept up
their career with success for even 15
years. but there are few and far between.
The following is a list of the prominent
fighters and the length of their career
in the ring:
Years
Jas. J. Jeffries. champion heavy weight
aOout... ...... ...... ...... ......
Tom Sharkey. about. ........ 6
Bob Fitzsimmons has been fighting
Corbett since 1886, which means Ii
Peter Maher, the Irish heavy weight
champion has been in the ring ~
Gus Rubin has been in the ring.
Kid Mccoy has been in the fighting
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Joe Choynski has been fighting over. .16
Syracuse Tommy Ryan has seen over. IL
Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Cooler 3
Dan CreedOn... ...O
Tommy WeSt... ...... ...... -. ......l IL
Jack Bonner...... ...... .............
KID LaVlgne... ....l2
DICK Burge..... ......l2
Spike Sullivan. ...... ..... .......... 8
Joe Cans, colored lightweight. ......... s
Eddie Connolly. -. ...... 6
Charley McKeever.. -. -. -. ....... 6
George Green Young CorbetD ........n
Tom Tracy. ...1O
Mysterious Billy Smith. %. %. 80. 10
Kid Mcfarland 49,. 6
Dai Hawkins $50. ........ ..... .l3
Jack DAILY of Wilmington >. ........ 8
George Dixon, former featherweight
champion of the wOrld... ....... Is
Gen Jordan. 49,. 800. ..... 80. -. 6
JOS. Bernstein... 8
Martin Flaherty. .....12
Tommy White, the Chicago feather
Will Curley of England. 80. ...... 7
Frank Erne. light weight champion of
the world has been in the ring only. 3
Casper Leon, ...... ..... ....... :. :. 8
Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid. -. 10
Pedler Palmer, of England. -. $50. 8
Terry McGovern, the feather-weight
and bantam weight champion of the
world, has been in the ring only. =. 3
SONY smith. -. ...... ...... -. ..... .
Dave Sullivan. ...... -. ........ 6
Jack O'Brien. the light weight. -. 4
George McFadden ...... -. -. 90. :. 6
Matty Matthews..... ...... .... ......
Tim kearns... ....... ....... 4
billy Mnlsttef... ..... go. ....... =
George Byers... 80. =. ...... .... 6
Jack Root, of Chicago. 80. 49,. -. 49,. 4
FRANK Mcconnell. 4
Ehdle Lenny... 5
Murty McCue... ...... %. -. :. 80. G
Now that the Queensberry scientists
have been bereft of the protection of the
Horton law, writes a New York expert
on the fiStic game. in ''joshing' vein
some speculation has been INDUCED in
as to the vocations to be followed after
September Is by the gentlemen with the
hard fists.
Champion Jeffries was a boiler maker
at Los Angeles, Cal, and with the great
strength acquired in the roped arena he
should be able to smash boiler rivets in
a way to assure him a hri1i'"t fulurt
in that line of human endeavor.
Thomas Sharkey has an easy road be
fore him. 1t was before the mast tha
Thomas first tusseled with fate, ant
with his present knowledge of scientific
fighting he should easily reach a prom
nent position in the navy. and should
another war break out the sailor Nigh
Tom would prefer to own race horses o.
become piano player. Those occupa
tions are trivial compared to the nobl
one of able seaman.
1t was as a horseshoer in far-off New
Zealand that Fitzsimmons first wruns
subsistence from a cold world. Tha
hOrseshoeng work also developed Fitz'
hitting muscles to a degree that rendere,
him one of the most effective knockers
out in the ring. With his added expert
ence Fitz could now make the sparks fl,
as he never did before, and his horse
shoes would have value from the fact o
having been turned out by Fitz. Will
horseshoeing would prove to be an idea
occupation for Fitz he is said to year,