The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-25
SPORTING NEWS.
Jeffries and Sharkey Signed to
Meet August 20.
Leading Heavyweight Boxers
Agree to Box Again.
WHITE WILL
Dan Stuart Makes an Offer For
a Big Fight.
Wants to Secure FitZsimmOns to
Meet the Champion.
WHITE WILL REFEREE

New York, May 25-JimeJeffries and
Tom Sharkey have been matched to
fight on August % before the club offer
ing the best purse. If Sharkey loses to
Mccoy on June rs or to Rubin on July
16. the fight with Jeffries will be off and
Jeffries will offer to meet Sharkey's
c%onquerors For the Jeffries-Sharkey
fight Al Smith was agreed upon as
stakeholder and Charley White will
referee. The rules will be the same as
in the Jeffries-Corbet contest.
A meeting between Jeffries and Shar-
key will prove decidedly interesting.
There are many good Judges of pugil-
ism who believe that Sharkey should
have had a draw with Jeffries the last
time they met, and they still have great
faith in the sailors proweSs. In a bet
ting way the fight Will probably be one
of the greatest ever held in this coun-
try, as each man has an immense fol-
lowing among sporting men.
Dan Stuart, the popular western
sporting man who so successfully pulled
off the great championship battle be-
tween Bob FitzsimmOns n Jim Cor
bett over three years ago at Carson
City, is in town. Stuart is anxious to
pull off another big championship bat
tie in the west, and is DESTROYS of hav-
ing Jeffries meet either Tom Sharkey
or FitZsimmons- Stuart called IN
Brady in regard to letting Jeffries fight
out of his territory, but did not meet
with much success Brady, after being
informed by Stuar of the object of his
visit, told the latter that Jeffries would
not fight after September 1 until next
May, as the champion needed a rest,
and Furthermore that he would take
active part in the new play which he
is to star in. Stuart went away much
rOubled owe his unsuccessful visit.
but claimed that he will nevertheless
sign two of the big fellows to fight for
him before he leaves this city.
Kid Mccoy has been given another
opportunity to pick up some easy money
His next opponent will be Jack Bonner,
of Summit Hill, whom he has been
matched to box a twenty-five round
bout at the Broadway Athletic club on
June 1. Mccoy received owe 81 900 for
beating Dan Creedon, and will. no
doubt, receive a similar amount for
making q punching bag out of Bonner.
Jack Root, the Chicago middle-weight
who is to meet Tommy Ryan at the
Seaside Sporting club on June II, and
Tommy White, who tackles Terry Nc
Govern at the same club on Tune 5,
both arrived in this city tody. Root
will train at Tom Sharkey's cottage at
-SheepShead bay, while White will get
in shape at Williams cottage on the
! Coney Island boulevard.
The persistent Australian, Billy Muir
ply. who is fighting long enough to be
retired or a pension, is still at it. In a
message sent collect to a local fight
promoter from Sioux City the other
night, Murphy -telegraphed:
Put me on with McGovern for six
rounds, and if I don stop him I don't
want q cent
The local fight promoter wired back
promptly:
Have been unable to exact protec-
ton from the coroner You secure h
and you are on"
Terry McGovern has added $1,000
more to his long bank roll, this amount
Of money being his share for the Sc
we're punching which he gave Elwood
McCloskeY in their six-round bout al
the Penn Art Athletic club of Phila-
delphia on Monday night. There was
over 5000 in the house, and Terry got
| half the recaints for fghting