Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-27

cison from the same man after going
the limit OF % rounds OF hard fighting.
O'Brlen's supporters. on the other
hand, point with equal pride to his
fights with Jim Popp and Jack Dow
ney last August, In both Of which he
scored knockouts, In and 10 rounds re-
spectiyely. The best that Erne could
do against these two men was two 20
round draws. II must be said In Erne's
favor however. that II is over two
years since he met them, and the nat
ural and true Inference is that he has
improved vastly In that time
The fact that Erne engaged IN but
three fights during 1899, aside from his
draw with oBrien. does not admit OF
much figuring on the basis OF analogy.
o'Bren, on the other hand, took part In
II battles during the past year. Of
which he won ten and drew four As
matter OF fact, this business OF COM
pairing fighters by means OF their rec
ords against other boxers is seldom, If
ever a true or even fairly accurate
test Of their ability, for II can easily be
proved by analogy that Terry Mccoy
ern. the featherweight champion, can
defeat Jim corbett, the ex-ehampion
heavyweight. This on the face OF It is,
Of course, perfectly absurd.
Speaking Of McGoverr that sturdy
young Brooklynite Is certainly making
hay while the sun shines. A good many
people think that this double champion
is attempting too much by taking on all
corners at the rate OF two or three a
month, and point to other fighters who
have ruined their chances by just such
actions.
With Terry however, the case Is off.
ferent from that Of almost every boxer
who has preceded him. lie never drinks
or smokes and has no other bad habits.
Consequently he is always In good
shape and does not require q lot Of
hard work previous to every fight to
put him in condition. AS a matter Of
fact, he always does enough work in
the gymnasium every day to keep In
good trim. Besides, almost all OF his
recent battles have been so easy for
him and Of such short duration that
they have not been as much Of strain |
on his constitution as would be an
ordinary bout with his training partner |
when preparing for fight.
Indoor sports are now attracting the |
attention Of nearly all athletes, and |
basket ball. water polo. running and |
jumping under cover and such games |
are getting their full measure Of atten-
ton. One OF the principal events to |
vary the monotony OF training during
the winter months Is the annual carnl-
val OF sports given by the Knicker-
booker A. c. at Madison Square Garden.
one OF the chief features OF the affair
this year will be the attempt by Ray c.
Ewry OF Purdue university to break the
record FOR three standing jumps. Ewry
Is undoubtedly the finest standing
jumper In the world. The old record
without weights is "a feet inches
made by 3. Dougherty of Boston in
1894. Ewfy viii easily shatter this per-
Torrance. as he has continually done
over 36 feet in private. Another inter-
estlng event will be the mile relay race
between teams from the universities.
Just now. when athletics OF all sorts
never had more rosy prospects in
America, the outlook In the British isles
Is rather gloomy. The willingness OF
English athletes to volunteer for serv-
Ice in South Africa has been shown TO
be just as strong as among ours during /
the Spanish war As consequence OF
this drain there are serious doubts
among Harvard and Yale men whether
they will be able 10 induce the Cam
bridge and oxford teams TO make the
trip next summer for a return
set Of games. Nothing has been def
nitely settled as yet, but the general
feeling at New Haven and Cambridge
5 that the games be postponed
The University OF Pennsylvania finds
herself with such plenty OF rowing
that II has decided to send
rev to Henley next summer to COM
pete in the international eight Dared
ace, besides entering crews for the an
iual events over the poughkeepse
course. No American crew has COM
)eted in England since 1925.
EGBERT LEONARD.