The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-23
The BOXERS
have A SAY.
BurIy ShaTkey Says He Will
Knock Out Gus Rubin.
SOUNDS RATHER FAMILIAR.
Frank Erns 0fTs TO Stop Terry MeGovern
In Ten Rounds.
CHANCES SEEM TO FAVOR MGOVERN.
Jim Jsffries Expresses Opinion That Ten Sharksy
viii Beat Gus Rubin General GOSSIP
About The Fighters.
Frank Erns 0hTs TO Stop Terry McGovsrn
In Ten Rounds.
CHANCES SEEM TO FAVOR MGOvERN.

On next Tuesday evening Tom Sharkey
and Gus Rubin will battle at Coney ISL
and. In speaking of the forthcoming
fight Sharkey said "Now II Rubin don't
hurt his hands or get sick, this fight will
surely come off, and when II does come
OFF IL will be worth seeing. Rubin Is
fighter that no man can afford TO hold
cheaply, and for that reason have
trained as carefully as If lnis battle was
for the championship l have taken
no chances for 1 have seen thut
fellow fight He is strong as horse and
shifty enough TO give trouble TO the best
OF them. He seems to me 10 have as
much heft in his blows as any man In the
ring. but for all that / will knock him
out, and IL won't take me very long to
do II. / know just how / will do II,
too" At this the fighter stood up, ex-
banded his chest and struck with clenched
fist at an imaginary foe. Rubin can't
stand the punching l Will give him, but
l will take every blow he sends In and
come back each time for more 1 don't
expect to put him out as quickly as ala
before. because he Is a far better man
now than he was then, but If he judges
my fight with him by the way l iought
Kenney the other nignt VIII 1901 him
II have worked pretty hard for this
fight, but the work seemed easy compared
10 all other training l ever did, because
/ was here at home. i have everything
fixed here exactly as / want IL and L
would lust as soon train as not under
these conditions" After dinner Tom
performed his daily task of punching the
bag, jumping the rope ana smuggling De
Bob Armstrong.
His training quarters are ideal In
light airy room, 70 feet SQUARE, nt,ng ne ras mas
floor is padded like that or prize ring
while i'm an adjoining room lis a nickei,
plated shower and spray bath OF not aana nna
with sawdust and weighing apout 0
pounds takes up much OF MS worklnt
time. Hanging from the ceiling AT apous
ribs would be were he standing on the
floor, this bag Is mark for vicioussrisAt
and left punches.
much vim and snap as ii II were Rubin
himself, and the perspiration rolls on
him in streams as a ne aoages aho
Sharkey weighs stripped 11s pounds: His
heavy biceps and huge shoulder and back
muscles look even bigger and haruer i,li tnah
ship and altogether he looks as MT to
fight as he ever did in his life.
II Tom Sharkey escapes intact from
fronted by a formidable obstacle. 1t is
in the form of John j. Reisley, a hercu-
lean barber. of West Thirty-sixth street
bat Reisler is n red checked Austrian.
2s years of age, weighing 200 pounds, and
standing nearly six feet tall, who has
had considerable experience in boxing.
II dn not sa, 1 could trim him, sa.l
Reisler. but. on the other hand, don't
believe he would be able to say next I'm
four rounds. At any rate, am going TO
make the proposition TO stay. with him
four rounds, am pretty quick on my
.eet and will be able to keep away from
him for that length of time.
Reisler is heavily musclcd young fel-
low, who recently attempted to mix Il
with "Yank' Kenny. but was prevented.
In his desire TO meet the fighting sailor
Reisler is not deferred by the sad fate OF
Joseph Witzmann. captain of walters at
Rector's. The latter melted Kid Nc
Coy 10 a bont with the gloves and was
put hors du combat I'm the third round.
Manager O'Rourke said he would take
Reisler's challenge into consideration.
Frank Erne Is certainly losing that
quality of extreme caution which has al
ways been predominant trait OF the
pulchritudinous Buffalonian In the mat
ter of making matches, the lightweight
hampton has exhibited n foxiness ex-
cSlled by no other boxer. He carefully
avoided Lavigne till the. Saginaw boy
easy defeat. Having had one nnpleas-
ant experience with McFadden, the
champion has since fought shy of the
New Yorker. and he does not want any
decision through an accident. Jack
O'Brien Is considered an easier PROPOSE
dor by the champion. and he is OIite
Wiling to meet the former. All this shows
great headwork on the part of the in
tellectI3l youth, quite in line with his
past rcdord.
Therefore. when Erne turns about and
makes a match (which on its face por-
tends disaster TO the champion, there Is
room for much surprise; Erne. although
finding i33 pounds at the rings.de mono
too easy to make has deliberately bound
himself to enter the ring at l2S pounds
ON top OF that severe reduction In
weight he undertakes to knock out that
human tornado. Terry McGovern. I'm ten
rounds In view OF the fact that McCov-
ern was los pounds when he disposed OF
the clever Tommy White. this gives the
impression that Erue fras either slipped a
cog In his department OF caution or has
become undulv inflated on the question
Of his prowess. Erne would have three
inches advantage I'm height. considerably
tho best OF the reach and possibly some
leverage In the matter OF fancy spar-inT
McGovern would he on par as to
weight. and In aggreSsivcncss and
punching ability woud have trcmen-
dous advantage. II must not he forgot
ten that McGovern Is every bit as speedy
as Erne ard when II comes 10 sparrinc
for points tho Brooklyn whrlwind will
give the lightweight champion dis
agreeable surprise. The betting should
not be worse than even money that Nc
Govern will score a knockout inside the
limit.
II takes the average woman less time
20 change her mind than to change her
bonnet --Dhftodoif,hfa Record