The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-04
FIGHTS COMING IN PUNCHES.
MYSTERIOUS BILLY SMITH WILL
MEET JACl< COLLIER NOV. II.

nout of Twenty-Five Hounds HAS
been Arranged Nv the AustrnI
Athletic CIub-It VIII Take Place
at the Thenter-smith and Collier
Arc Away Up High In the weIter-
weight CInss-CieVerest sort OF
Ring work May Bc Expected.
sports Are Eagerly Looking For
ward 60 That Fight aud the Cor
Generalization Bout on Nov. 20.
Mysterious BHly Smith. the famous
wclterweight. and Jack Collier OF Rock
away. not quite 50 famous. but coming
man a Is said. viii meet at the Savannah
Thcater OF the night OF wednesday, Nov.
a. IN "a twenty fve-round fight Il Is oe-
leved the go will be one Of the best ever
seen IN the city. for tho men are crack
a-jaoks. away up in the pugilistc worid.
and the sor, that arc heard from ia the
dig nghts
The men will come 20 Savannah to ight
under the auspices Of the Austrsl Athleu,
club The club has done good work 70
get them bus 1t has had 20 put up a biz
guarantee. The sport-loving public. how
ever. WAL probably show its appreciation
Of such efforts to show IL a good thing in
the fighting line. and It Is thought the
house chat will greet the two cracks will
be the best that the Theatcr as ever yet
heid for q prize hght. II Is mld-carnl-
val date. and It - probable that meny
Of the out-of- town visitors viii take All
vantage OF the opportunity 70 see some
OF the cleverest ring work that people N
the South eveT have exhibited IN their
s--7lon.
Billy Smith has a long string OF fights
10 his record. some OF which were defeats
ana some OF which were draws. but the
victories are IN the great majority. He has
held tho championship In his class. and
b was but a short Time ago that he had
II taken from him Side-stepping and
the fastest sort OF lighting ere Bllly's long
suits. and 81 Is said he viii show tho
sports things In foot work that they have
never even heard Of.
Collier has been hard al work and meet
Ing man after man for long while He
o. IN tip-top shape. as hard as rocks and
ready and eager 10 take on such a man az
smith. 20 beat whom would be a feather
Of brightest hue IN his cap. Collier has
been la training at Rockaway. and when
.
nah TO meet Smith. he jumped at n. glad
OF tho chance TO take on the Mysterious.
II was the intention OF tho Austral Ath-
letic club 10 have Twin Sullivan. another
OF the first classers. 90 meet Billy smith
but b was learned at the last moment
that Twin had his hands damned up Ia a
nEht two or three days ago CT Lynn
Mass. and that meant some other crack
had 10 be secured for the honor. Collier
Was taken on as the best OF bunch OF
four weil-known fighters that were Of
fcrcd tn New York
shorty jenkins Wi! referee the nght
Announcements that shorty Is 10 appear
Ia the capacity OF referee are always
pleasing enough to those who expect 20
see a bout All arrangements will be look
"a after by the club management. and u
~ expected that all win be IN trim by the
night the go IS 20 be pulled on. II D. no;
known when the lighters will arrive. but
10 ls thought 30 will be a few days before
the scrap Both are In the best OF shape.
end extra training for them would he
superfiuous.
Ia his long list Of fights Smith he's been
up against but one OF the many fighters
that have appeared In Savannah tbs
one was Australian Tommy Williams
who fought Corcoran here some weeks
ago IL was IN 1895. at Coney Island
when he knocked the Australian out in
the second round. that smith mt him.
williams was then ia his prime. and fresh
from a lonr last OF Victories. Smith ex-
pocts TO go 10 Engiand on tour after
his Fight in savannah He VIII be &C
companicd By Prof Charles J. Harvey,
his trainer. who Will be IN savannah
with him.
sayaunahians will be getting nghis in
bigger punches than they have ever
known them before. Following that OF t1c
IAN vIl be- one on Nov 20 AZ tipn rht-
aver between Tommie Corcoran Of sa-
vaunah and Jack Hanlon Of Philadelphia.