The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
MANY HAVE CLASS ARMS
PUGILIsTTC SITUATION HAS DEYEL-
zOPED NOVEL AND DECIDEDLY
PULLING FEATURES
JEFFRIEs OUT OF THE GAME
Latest Misfortune a Bite by a Bull
observation-disclosures Has a Bad
Wing md Sharkey's Rib
Is TroubIesOme.

4@s Deems have e. pace in the lists %
aspiring pugilists at ii esent There was
time when glass arm" was confined
to baseball pitchers suffering with
Charley Horse" but now the Inaiady
has spread among the boxers, and there
are several of the shining lights Of the
heavyweight division who are suffering
with It. Jef.ries, the champion, is TO all
intents and purposes, out Of the, game
lie refused TO make match with Rubin
because the Akron man would not take
into consideration the possibility Of the
champions arm going back on him just
at tire tine fixed for the match. Now
Jeffries has sustained new misfortune
The other day he was bitten on the LEFT
hand, by bull dog, and that IS the hand
that has been giving the big boxer so
much trouble. The latest mishap may
Iu The boilermaker out OF 1t altogether
at least for such indefinite period
that he must not he taken into considera~
lion i'm the approaching struggle for the
premiership, n which Fitzsimmons. Rub
liza, Sharkey, Corbett and Mccoy are
reekoned az factors.
LOOKS BAD FOR FlTZ.
A<''7A nun Su'N bod ! tlZSlnmOnS was
~ Bellevue hospital, New York to have
his glass arm" treated by the not
water process I'm vogue in that famous
INSTITUTION That FitZ had a bad arm
was The cause of his retirement from the
engagement with Rubin, which was
taken on by Tom Shar1ey, 10 the sailor
mans sorrow. 1T may be that the
Co'nishman Is guarding against eventual
tiles and that his arm is apparently all
right at present. FitZ Is a careful
athlete, and he may have determir ed TO
keeE the arm in shape while 1T Is so. If
the story that Fitzsimmons has an arm
that is liable TO go back on him III tie
ring is circulated, it will certainly affect
the betting. FitZ will need two good
arms, and hands, when he faces the giant
from Akron in the ring.
SHARKEY'S BROKEN RIB.
Tom Sharkey says his broken rib haa
nended, and that ii is as strong as ever
II was. That Is easier told than credited
by the listener Sharkey has done poor
~ since he received the injury to his rib
I'm that fierce battle with Jeffries and
that may have had some effect upon his
speed and endurance in his fight with
Rubin. A broken rib rarely heals to be-
come as strong as prior TO the injury
TO it, The knowledge that the rib has
been broken is in itself sufficient to affect
The work OF an athlete 1t robs him of a
ity 10 withstand additional strain on the
injured portion Of his anatomy. And
confidence IS half the battle in a boxing
match a sit IS in almost any feat that
requires exercise Ct all the powers an
athlete Possesses. So Sharkey is in about
as bad shape as are JeffrIes and F'itz-
simmons. Mccoy Is also unfortunate in
suffering from physical ailments which
interfere with his ability to train. Ruhlin
Is in the right spot If ever he was, for
with Corbett out he Is the only one Of
the lot Of big ones who IS physically per,
e,1
PROBABLE OUTCOME.
When the various bouts that are pro
posed have been fought, the probable
outcome VII IL E-is1 battle o-tw cen
some one OF thz big men mentioned. and
jim Jefrries, or It = possible that Cor
hett may cur q figure in rL- play for the
championship. That depends upon the
action Of Jeffries. Naturally. he having
tie title will be the man who Will bS
sought by the winner Of the big battles
that are to occur in New York prior to
the expiration Of the Horton law. Should
J-fries be in such physical condition as
10 prevent his entering into an engage
r1eu- 10 defend the title, then the winner
o. the battles scheduled may be pitted
eEs.ust CoTbett il would not be at ali
rz-rurtsIug were COFbett and Fitzsimmons
= again meet in the squared circle.
FbnuTd FitZ win over both Rubin and
Sharkey, such a result would be Just
What the followers Of the ring would
most desire There has been doubt as
10 the defeat Of Corbett by Fitzslmmons,
having fully demonstrated his superiority
aNtr the ex-champiOn. Another battle
SEould at least remove the doubt and
Battle between Fitzsimmons ana Cor
bett would certainly be well worth traNel-
Ing many miles TO see
MCCOY A FACTOR.
Kid Mccoy gets into the game by hav-
ing ln2de q match with Corbett, to oc-
cur I'm New York prior to the death OF
eac Horton law. Now should the men
sheet. which is doubtful, there is a
chance that Mccoy might win. In that
event it would be FitZsimmOns and Nc
Coy. instead of FitZ and Corbett, and
that would be a still more desirable
match for then would come together In
the ring the two men who are, perhaps,
The nearest of a class in the business.
Both Fitzsimmons and Mccoy are really
middleweights Neither is big enough
to be classed as first grade heavy
weight. 1t is because of the skill and
cunning of the men that they are ranked
as worthy of consideration in the strug-
gle for the championship. With Fftz and
Mccoy In trim there would be the most
scientific battle seen in the ring since
the days Of Jem Mace. There is SO little
difference in the physique of the men
that neither would have marked advan-
tage over the other II would be difficult
to pick the winner in such an event.
LOOK OUT FOR CANS.
There is a cloud on the horizon of the
lightweight division of the boxers, in the
shape Of Joe Cans the clever Baltimore
colored boxer who has just deposited a
forfeit for match with Frank Erne
for the lightweight championship. with
a proviso that If Irne should decline to
accept, Cans is open to meet Terry Nc
Govern under conditions similar to those
that governed the bout between McGov-
ern and Erne. Cans stipulates, how
ever, that the weight shall be the limit
for the lightweight class-133 pounds, ring
side. He will agree to stop the Brooklyn
terror inside of ten rounds, as did Erne,
but if McGovern is seeking lightweight
honors, he must earn them with Cans
at the weight. There is great doubt
that McGovern will agree to any such
stipulation. He would likely be perfectly
willing to make a match with Cans upon
precisely the same terms that prevailed
when he met Erne-Gans to weigh in al
12S pounds. Hence there Is small chance
of q battle between the pair, for it is
almost a foregone conclusion that Cans
would not attempt to make that weight
especially after what happened TO Erne
ia his meeting with McGovern.
ROOT AND RYAN KISSED.
The six-round bout between Tommy
Ryan and Jack Root at Chicago was fal
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