The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-03
Among the PugS.


be about over. now that the Hor-
ton law has been repealed, and for
a while anyway, there will be q lull
in pugilistic circles. The public has
been surfeited with boxing treats and
it Will require some very extraordin-
airy match to re-awaken interest The
followers of the lore of the pugs, have
received some great surprises of late
and If Jeffries had accepted Lanky
Bob Fitzsimmons' challenge and met
him in the ring last Friday night, it is
likely that there would have been
something else for the lovers of the
noble art to marvel at. The work of
the Australian has, on the whole, been
the surprise of years. For man. who
was rapidly acquiring almost the rep
utation and name of a has BEEN" the
eX-champion undoubtedly kept the
other fellows on anxious street. For
a man, who, compared TO the husky
boys who frisk around the ring, is in
| decd an cold man" Fitz proved pos
| sessed of sinew ana Drawn, which
made even the formidable James ].
! Jeffries instinctively vince, as he
heard his manager read of the solar
plcXus whaCks which Fitz pounded
into the sailor" and caused look of
something almost like anxiety to per-
wade the classic lineaments of the
champions countenance. Like Patti,
Fitz now solemnly declares that this
was positively his last appearance. He
adds rather dramatically that he goes
| out with the Horton law and that his
fighting days are over And if they
are, Australian Bob leaves the ring
in blaze of glory. No stains on his
| career, the memory of his last two
battles with strong men, glorious VIC
tories; a fat pocket book; a happy
home life, and the plaudits of the
American sporting populace ringing in
his ears. What more can any retir-
| ing prize fighter desire?
The COrbett-McCoy fight of last
Thursday night brings James j. Cor
bett back again among the aspirants
| for the championship, and modest
PompadOur Jim is not slow in assert
| ing his claim or backward in letting
| his own clarion sound the first trun-
| pct blasts of approaching victory. Cor
| bctt, in his great 23-round go with
| Jeffries showed himself the master of
| ring craft that he formerly was, but
| thcre We're few who thought that he
| would be able to get away with clever
kid" Mccoy in such n short time.
The Kids" magnificent footwork,
| general alertness and activity 1t was
thought would partially offset Cor
belts superior generalship, and Nc
| Coy's heavier hitting ability was ex-
pected to count heavil" against his
| opponent, who was never known to
| 40 40 -11 hnn ., b., .
the other big fellows are In the habit
| Of delivering. The fight while it last
| ed was a beautiful one and there were
few Of the spectators who thought that
| q knockout blow would terminate it.
However, it did nevertheless. Mccoy
Is temporarily a dead 'un and Cor
bettt's halter has received an order
fer several pew tiles for the Chester
| field of the ring.
A peculiar thing in connection with
the mill was the fact that John L.
Larson, of Lily Dale, N. Y. the astrol-
ogist who picked the winner in all
the big fights, during the last two
years, declared that Mccoy would
surely win the battle. All the Lily
Dale bloOds put their money on the
Kid and if they manage to lay their
| hands on the aStroloGiSt, Will now
make him see an entirely new brand
of consultations. Larson picks Fitz-
simmons as the winner, in case he ever
meets Champion Jeffries again. Where
fore, let Fitzsimmons beware. Astrol-
ogv is all right, but when the stars
are rung in TO determine the results
of prize fights. it is no wonder that
the astral bodies play the seers false
That Walcott-West fight was a Pc
Guitar one, and the little darkeys ac-
tion in having tie referee stop the
fight when he had his man going and
tho contest well in hand was a strange
one, to say me least. lie lost the fight
by ii and the respect of the crowd
present. The terrible negro again dem.
Onstrated his magnificent fightina
powers, and was sending both hand,
TO his opponents body in a way which
would have given him the victory IL
short time.
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