The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
JEFFRIES
WILLING TO FIGHT.
He Will Do All in His Power to Arrange a
Match With Fitzsimmons-Will Not
Listen to Any Proposition
of Corbett.

more consideration at my hands than any
other mau IN the ring to-day, barring Eftz-
summons, who conquered him. and whom l
ueIeated with ease. and whom | desire to
aef.at again Just 10 show the public that
i am In reality the champion Of the world"
l must say that J~effr:Es appears TO be In
perfect health. His skin is clear. his eyes
are bright and his weight is only about
~ pounds. lie isn't Il bit beefy. and l
think h" could easily get down TO 2i0
pounds with a months training. In fight
ing the bag and in his sparring bout with
JACK M~c'"rmisk Of philadelphia h didn't
I either Of mia arms. He is not as clever a
! bag -punchcr as F~itZsimmons. Corbett or
Tommy Ryan. but some OF the punches he
lifd"i on II, II they We're to reach an
OPPONENT, would put him out of the business
Tor the time being, at beast.
Another Eng iist n,au Brafcn-
tfarley MCkeever nd no difficulty In
outpointing Dido Plumb before the National
Sporting club II London last Monday night.
and tho English critics readily concede that
they haven't a man Of his srafe in Eng
land who has more than a twO-to-three
chance with him. By the way. the sporting
club says u Will leave It's offer 20 Terry
Mctovern FOR 4 meeting with Ben Jordan
for Il S3.JJc purse open until The LIST Of jan
any good.
If ney. want 10 see the Brooklyn whirl-
wind in their ring the had better raise the
ante $3.50 mt least. That might he an in
ducement, but $500 Is not. Terry, rs l
said last week. can do much better here
in America. Besides. there Is a growing
feeling In England OF antagonism 10
America. The American jockeys now riding
on tle other side so far slrp.ss the Eng
fish knights OF the pisskin that national
resentment bids fair TO make their future
rather rocky.
Johnny Buli is the fairest sportsman IN
the world as long as he has got just Il
shade the best OF the game. He will stand
being beaten for a season or so. but after
that he gets very tired OF being divorced
from his laur,ls and his coin. and then he
seeks to bar ont with adverse rules, regu-
latlons ana decisions those who best him.
That Is one reason why | have ever been
so solicitous for the retaining of Americas
cup on this side Of the water. II is the
emblem Of superiority in naval architecture
and IN seamanship. and if Tommy Upton
or any other Briton ever succeeds in lift
ing" r.. II viii I've fenced around with SO
many naval hurdles, so to sp ak. that no
nation on earth Will ever be able to regain
1t. even with boats twice as fast as any
the English can build.
Dave sullivan. who only a week ago was
Roasting Of his ability to do Terry MeGov-
ern In ten rounds. when brought TO book
tiunkod oUt Of "A match with him. and Joe
Bernstein has been taken on by Terry In
stead.
The Hebrew pride Of the Bowery is quite
a husky young fellow and has tackled
Terry before, but II was when McCiovern
had not attained the strength, the skill and
the reputation he now enjoys
Joe has lately developed a tendency to
fight fouliy. when in trouble. and this has
caused him to lose more than one de-
cisioa. He should govern his temper better
and take his medicine kindly. | think the
best he can expect is the short end Of the
receipts at Chicago.
Kid Broad expects TO put up q rafting
meet. and / think he Will do 1t. but when
the honors are passed around think they
Root Went through O.Brien.
Jack Root made short work of Dick
O'Brien in Chicago Tuesday night. beating
Rcots match with Kid Mccoy. which
vas to rave taken place IN CHICAGO; may
be considered of Tor the present., as
and a cablegram informs US that he Is now
In Ireland, the guest Of Tony Sage. the
reported that Mccoy intends to keep on
travelling until he reaches South. Africa,
where he is said to have some mining in
The Kids mysterious disappearance is no
doubt due to his marital troubles. Some
years ago he gave out that he was going
OF friends to hunt and fish and TO recuper-
ate generally. Instead of doing. this he
up In South Africa, where he remained for
six or eight months. fighting once or twice
MY talented journalistic friend. Mickey |
Finn" is quite a recitationist. and one OF
his fav3rt,es IL the touching little poem
doubt that II corbett and hut
knew before their Madison Square affair
what would DO the sequel Of their domestic
infellcities they would have acted very |
There Is an old adage "a sporting life is
never dUll.' Their lives have been active |
enough for a month past, but I doubt IL
they have been one-half TO their liking. |
Verify. the way Of the transSressor IL
hard. There is n moral here and L hope |
tina 1: VIII he utilized.
Peter Maher and Gus Rubin arc matched, |
hut their managers. Pete Lowry and Billy |
Madden. are having trouble In getting a
ciib which can pull off the bout 10 offer |
a satisfactory purse. |
Peter and Gus put NJ one of the greatest
fights ever seen In New York City at the /
defunct Lenox Club. and there IL every \
reason for believing that II they come to-
gether again their meeting will be one of
the most interesting to witness OF any /
known for years. |
There is a prediction dullness prevailing /
at present. but In a few weeks the country |
will be saved" business will be resumed
with all It's oid-time vigor, and then. per-
haps. these mon may get a purse offered /
for their contention worthy of their atten-
tion. |
In the meantime Madden has given Tom
Sharkey a back-hand slap by declaring that
he is unworthy Of Ruhlin's attention. I
hardly blame Madden for this. He has a
match with Maher on hand now. and a
chance for one with Jeffries, and he would
he foolish 10 waste time on Sharkey, who
Is now almost generally looked upon as a
second-rate "has-been."
J. b. C'MACON"D MCCORMICK.