The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-23
Lanky Bob Is at His Best, So He
Says, and Feels That He
Needs to Be SO.
SAILOR TALKS CONFIDENTLY.
Declares That He Is Worth q Bet
and Will Fight the Cornishman
All Over the Ring-Bet-
ting Is Light So Far.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. 22.-Fitzsimmons and
George Dawson are playing to big houses
at Bergen Beach these balmy afternoons.
The have rehearsed a burlesque knock
out round, until they have become particu
larry perfect. To the uninitiated, It looks
at hrst as If murder was being DONE but
ai'ef awhile every one sees through the
bogus 1aw-hreakers and the stage falls,
and the laughter becomes general.
II Is simply little comedy to tighten the
iabors OF training, and 1t is also an intma-
ton that the freckled fist finger is feeling
coltish.
May Weigh 100 Pounds.
Bob says that he will weigh six or seven
pounds more than he did when he fought
Huhiin He owned up to 162 pounds that
siZziiEg night in the Garden, so that taking
hls own figures for it. he will scale 169 for
Sharkey
FosSipiy he Will weigh a little more Pos
sib!y he weighed a little more than he SAYS
he did when he bested Rubin a fighters
weight and young ladys age are hard
things TO get at
Fob attributes his increase or avo;rauno;.
ana his improved condition generally to the
cooler weather. The fact that he does not
nave TO sweat his right elbow in steamirg
loS'eis contributes to his cheerfuness He
says that he is at his best in every way
ana ne Is glad of it.. He feels that he will
need all the strength. speed and deXterty
ne can muster in his Friday night cattcr
with the burly mariner
hoW often have you seen Sharkey ight?"
was asked OF FltZSlmmons to-day.
Judges by the Pictures.
Wei, outside of my own affair with him
IN san francisco the only time l saw him
IN the ring was when he boxed Rubin the
last time. lie made a very poor flght I
VI
Jeffrcs." ~ e' ''
But you did not see him with Jeffries,"
lhe CorniShman was reminded.
saw the pictures" said F'itzsimmons.
IT was great contest. Why, there's one
round there where Sharkey hit him five
times with the left in succession and wasn't
COZ ntered once. Sharkey has no occasion
10 De ashamed of his performance with the
champion. tell you"
All OF which goes to show that moving
pictures of pugilistic events. In addition to
entertaining TIL. public may be made to
serve other purposes.
Fitzsimmons saw Sharkey fight in the
HeSh put once. and says the showing was
a poor one. Prior to that. he watched the
Shauowy seaman left hooking the phantom
boiiermaker on canvas screen and be
came satisfied that Sharkey is no slouch at
The smuggling game.
Doesn't it suggest that the training camp
of the future will not be complete unless it
contains full kinetoscopic records of past
battles and an exhibition screen. Then the
bruiser who is undergoing preparation can
devote certain hours of the day to studying
the methods used by his prospective OPP
ponent in a former fight.
Both Men Are Training Hard.
Fitzsimmons has taken to sprinting now.
Ihis morning he covered couple OF hun
dred yards several times at fast clip.
This kind of exercise is considered a good
test ,for the wind. and it also strengthens
the legs
Sharkey put in a good days work to-day
and seemed TO be thoroughly satisfied with
himself when rubbing time came. The
Sailor has taken off Il good deal of weight
since he began TO condition himself for
the fight.
4 can't say Just how long. it will take
ME &c N.in,' said Sharkey, in discussing
the. probable length of the battle on Friday
night, but my friends can rest assured
that I'll be ready at any time during the
fight to land the final punch.
"FftZsimmonS can't fight me in the way
he fought Rubin. for if he does he'll find
himself on the matt at the end of count
he can depend Now. in regard to the style
l will adopt when L get into the ring l cam
not say. but wherever Fitzsimmons is I
wallop.
Sailor Says He Is WORT, n Bet.
My training has been done conscien-
uously ana If ever Il man was fit to go into
a ring 1t is Tom Sharkey. I'm worth
bet and If | am beaten it will be only be-
cause tltzsimmons is Il better man than l
am. i Will not be able to give any excuse
Tor being oVertrained CT out of condition in
'hi' 'Sh-' ioi IilESlihiilolS Is going up
against 4 better man than Jeffrics went
against some months ago"
Although it is reported that the Cornish
mans admirers are willing to bet 9 to l on
the result of the match, all attempts to dis
cover an instance wherein such liberal odds
were given have failed
1t IS known that one Sharkey man bet $500
against $500 that the Sailor will win in four
rounds and in the opinion of the wiseacres
the party who furnished the short end
shows a deal of shrewdness
IMPRESSION tD ha hot 10
Sharkey wins at all he will win in short