Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11
PUGILIsTIc POINTERS.

PUGILISTIC POINTERS.
The mutoscope man got in his work
at the Ruhlin-F itzsimmons fight on Fri ,
day last, and Butte will have a chance
to see the~r reproduction later on.
Tom Sharkey has ventured an opinion
as to the result of the coming fight be-
tween Corbett and Mccoy. The Sailor
man picks the Kid as the winner and
frankly admits hat he is prejudiced
against Mccoy. Still, as he has met both
men, his opinion is interesting. He says:
Il hope that Corbett's head will be
knocked of. Mccoy ought to win that
fight. He will, too, if he is in anything
like the shape he was in when he met
me. He'll have to do it quick, though,
for he will get tired soon. Eight rounds
ought to be enough for him to dispose
of my old enemy. Ny reasons for think
ing so are these: Mccoy is a fighter who
has two styles. He is as hard a hitter
as any man in the business, perhaps bar
ring Fitzsimmons. His punches are like
the kick of a horse, and I know I'm
talking about, for I got a couple that
made me view a skyfull of stars through
the roof. He is as clever as Corbett, and
can feint any man out. Those two styles
of his show that he is that much better
than Corbett. THAI game of his of wav-
ing his hands in front of his face is
enough to drive an opponent to despera-
ZION, ana WNeu ne SeCS MIN THAT IdT lie
nov it. Then it is that he brings that
other game into play. A straight jab at
the head with his long left, ollowed by
a right hook. It's like a thunderbolt,
and If Corbett can stand it, then he's
better h a I ever gave him credit for.
/ know what I am talking about. All
the Kid will v to do is to get in shape,
be good and strong, and he'll win sure.
But he must do 1t quick, or he'll lose the
decision. Now, this last remark doesn't
roa~, o,,1n %111y I,,% I'll avr1oins That
stiff, Corbett, can hit, and the Kid is
too game to quit before anybody. He'll
fight the best he can, but he has not the
stamina, and Corbett may Outlook him.
In Corbett you find nothing of the
fighter. He is a boxer, pure and simple,
with an injection of the Splinter. He can't
init to hurt anybody. With Mccoy he
doesn't class, and that's why he'll lose. 1t
doesn't make much difference about nus
condition. Corbett has but one style.
That is the left-hand jab, a feint and a
run. I've got a patent to beat him and
his great feat, and I kno I could do him
quick. I'll show it to Mccoy II he wants
to know it, for I want to see thatbluffer
get it good and hard. That's my honest
opinion of the way I think matters be-
tween Corbett and Mccoy will terminate.
It's going to be a fight between a mere
boxer and the man who is the combina-
tion of a fighter and boxer"
lMhIdECl Dll4
Jeffries will meet the winner of the F1tz-
simmons-Ruhlin light by September l..
"JeffrieS' arm seems to be doing pretty
we'll" he said. 1T is not in the most sat
isfactory condition, but he Is working
with it every day, n we are wiling to
take a chance on it. We are willing to
make fair arrangements with Rubin, for
if he whips Fitzsimmons he undoubtedly
deserves a fight with jeff. / will post a
forfeit for a fight any day Ruhiin may
cal. He can name the tim and place
when the fight shall take place If he cares
to. With Fitzsimmons it is a different
proposition entirely. He will have to make
the same arrangements with us that we
made with him. Jeffries knocked him out
fairly and squarely, and we propose to
accord him precisely the same treatment
he rave us. If Rubin or FitZsimmons
wishes to make the popular arrangements
of the day, winner to q ALL I think
we can easily accommodate him.
In connection with the question of the
lightweight championship, George Sile1
says:
with the closing down of boxing in
New York and the inroads of Terry Nc
Govern among The better class OF
feather and lightweights, these two
classes are a bit mixed. There really is
no lightweight champion. Some are still
sticking to Frank Erne, and assert that
he did not lose his title to McGovern
when he met defeat at 1913 pounds. Then
there is that faction which. AYERS thai
never again will McGovern be able te
dc the featherweight limit, 122 pounds
McGovern has been knocking everybod,
out with such ease that pugdlists wht
have met defeat at his hands are made
to look cheap. If McGovern cannot do
the featherweight any longer, an inter
esting question Is to be decided among
the boys who can do the weight.
"0Soar Cas.6nar George niYnn Eddie
Santry, Benny Yanger and Eddie Gard,
ner are about the only boys in This
country who rank among the best thai
can mill at 122 pounds, ringside. kid
Broad, Dave Sullivan and Joe Bernstein
are too heavy for this class. Surprising
thai McGovern cannot do 122 pounds
and would sail out for the lightweight
championship, he would venture into {
rough pasture. At 1873 pounds at
o'clock he would have to meet Joe Cans
George McFadden and Jack O'Brien. Nc
Governs weight is an Interesting ques
ton, and the only way to discover it viii
be when some ambitious boxer puts W
his money and challenges Terrible Terry
to do battle at 122 pounds at the ringsid,
for the featherweight title"
George LaB1anche, the marine, one
well known in Butte. was put "in quod'
at Auburn, Me-, recently. He was &C
cused and found guilty of stealing a plan
from the front yard of a residence, tn,
occupants of which were away. He wal
fined IS, and in default of the necessar,
cash, went to Jail.
"Look at me-" said Tommy Ryan las
week. do I Fook like a has-been? Dt
you think I am ready to be led back tt
the barn? Not yet. I never was in bet,
ter condition in my life, an if there is {
man in my class who thinks he can whil
me, all he has to do is hand in his name
Fighting 10 years? Yes, I nave beer