The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-06

before. At any rate there would be more
interest in return meeting between Fitz-
simmons and Jeffries than in any ring
battle that might be suggested. And If
it should happen to be to finish, then
the interest would be all the greater.
With the fortune there would be in sight
IN such match there seems reason to
believe that it is among the probabilities
of the future of the ring.
PREMIER KNOCKEROUT.
Fttzsimmons IS the premier in the line
of knockouts.: No man in the business
can claim an equal showing John r,
Sullivan was the only boxer of the aga
who could dispute with FitZsimmons the
credit OF cleaning up his work SO that
there could be no question as to superior
ity. He, like Fitz, was a knockerout
The men who have been so summarily
disposed of by Fitzsimmions are: Ar
thur Upham, Jack Dempsey, Abe Congle,
James Farrell, Joe Godfrey, Jerry Slat-
terry, Millard Gender, Jim Hail. Phil Mayo,
Tom Warner, Frank Kellar, Dan Creedon,
Al Allish, Peter Maher (twice) Jeff
Thorne and Ed Dunkhorst. In all his
by JeHrieS-in New York. His defeat of
Corbett is not given as a Knockout al
though it was practically the same thing
Patrons Of boxing everywhere will expect
Jelfries to give FitZsimmons a return
battle before he retires from the ring
Whoever wins will be made rich, for
100000 will not cover the receipts Of such
meeting, should it be TO finish.
DAN n OEf bAI.
Eddie Santry''s defeat by Oscar Gard
ner, at Louisville, was SO decisive that
1t has set followers of the sport to Won
dering what sort of a veteran Gardner is
His ring record is longer than a bad
story, and his defeats are as numerous
as the sands upon small seashore, and
yet the SCARED veteran occasionally
arises to the limit, and makes such clean
work of his opponent that admiration of
MS proWess cannot be withheld. San
try was knocked ont in the fifth round
lie had been doing nicely-in fact, had
the better of the argument, from
standpoint of skill, up to the fatal round
After the fight .Santry said it was a
chance knockout, but that does not change
the aspect of it-they are all chance
knockouts, but they count as knockouts
just the same.
TEST IN NEW YORK.
Boxing managers in New York have
evidently determined to take no chances
in that state. The New York police com
missloners have refused to issue licenses
to several Of the clubs since the repeal
OF the Horton law, and in order to test
the power of the board to interfere when
the big ones are brought together, George
ConSidine advertised a boxing match in
the Broadway club, one of the organiza-
tions refused a license. He said openly
that it was to be made a test The po-
lice seemed willing, for they arrested
Considine and his pair of boxers, and
upon the result of their trial will likely
depend the fate of the meetings announc-
ed TO occur between Jeffries and Corbett
Sharkey and Mccoy and others. 1t NAV
mean the end of boxing in New York In
that event there will be transfer of as
many of the matches arranged to Chi
cago as that city can handle But the
blg championship affairs cannot go there,
and it may be that we will see another
richmond of the Dan Stuart type in the
field, seeking a spot where the gladiators
can go to a finish Willie Green.