Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

ratified, and make up your mind to settle
down for honest, hard work."
PuG1LIsr1C POINTERS.
Joe walcott will train at West Baden
Springs for his contest with Billy Smith,
which comes off at the Broadway Ath-
letic club on March 80. He broke the
middle finger Of his right hand in the
Choynski go. but it is mending rapidly
and will be strong when he clashes with
the man Of mystery.
Peter jackson, the world famous col
ored heavyweight, is about to return to
his old home in Sydney, Australia, there
to remain. Jackson is at present in Vic.
toria, 3. C. w. w. Naughton. the sport
ing writer. on whose advice Jackson first
came to the United States, says: 1T Is
Jackson's intention to take up his old
work of teaching spssrring. A fund has
been placed at my disposal to uefray all
the expenses of Jackson's homeward
trip. and he will be comfortably provided
for"
New York Telegraph: Looking at the
observation-disclosures match from a
fighting standpoint it is an attractive n
In many ways. Both Sharkey and Fitz-
simmons have shown in all their battles
that they can fight but one way-cut the
pace. When -Fitz was barely breaking
into the business he showed he was al
aggressive fighter. and has kept at it
ever since. In 1880 and 1881, when he
competed in Jem Mace's tournaments. he
beat four men in the first and five In
the second. principally by his ability as
an aggressive boxer. Sharkey belongs to
the same class, and if the man he is
boxing be chump or champion it is one
thing with the sailor-cut the pace from
the time the first bell rings. AS both are
terrific hitters the result could easily be
imagined were they thrown in a ring to-
gether and given the office to cut loose.
When they boxed in San Francisco IN
'96 and Sharkey was given the decision
in eight rounds IN a foul, it was a case
Of slug and rally all through the Bout.
Fitz has claimed ever since that Referee
| Wyatt carp robbed him, and he has been
anxious for a chance to prove it. He
says that next to Jeffries he would sooner
the ring. 1t will be a tropical affair if
they ever come. together in the roped in
closure.
Tom sharkey is beginning to tell his
friends already how he will GO about it
to Tim McGrath, his capable trainer, the
sailor goes into detail. He writes as fol-
lows:
"Fitz may resort to long-range fight
ing and try to jab me with his left. That
is Just where I live. l can get by his
to do it and h at close quarters ]
shall get a wallop over on the jaw. If
land all right it will be all over with
Fitz.
to withstand it. In the rush his long
arms will go over my head or o my
neck, and then I shall rip right and left
to his body. He can stand many of the
solid punches l can send into him in
this way, and when in a rally / find l
have him a bit weak or winded I can
finish him with a jar on the jaw.
'Fitz is quick, I will admit, and has q
good trick of stopping a straight left
lead by throwing 1t up with his left arm
stretched and exposed driving his right
to the solar plexus with all the incoming
swings of his body. This was how he
put out Jim Corbett. But he can dc
that with me.
"If Bob lifts a straight lead of mine
that way l shall bring my left out anG
! down over his block and hook it into
his kidneys before he can land his right
I have practiced this blow.
II won't allow Fitz to fight me at lonl
range. shall be coming in all thu
time. and I know he can't hold me OFF
| can send a blow with just as mucl
force when my fist only travels a few
inches as I can If I swing it twice tn,
length of my arm.
II get the power by lofting the jolt IL
from the toe up and swinging the shout
der with it just as it lands. That kin,
of fighting will bother Fitz, and he will
be unable to block it.
"Fitz has a habit of throwing his Shout
der up alongside his jaw when he see
a blow coming for that spot. He ha
saved himself often by this means.
won't swing sideways for that point.
will rush in through his guard and brin,
the punch with either hand up in from
. of him, so that it will land a little un
der the chin. That will prevent Fit
from using his shoulders as a protection
when sparring off Fitz often uses
, straight left jab for the face. I ca
: sidestep this, n while going by hir
swing my left to his jaw or stomach
This blow I can deliver with fearful fore
force enough to break through Fitz'
guard, if he gets it ready in time.
!. Taking it all in all, I shall keep fight
! ing Fitz all the time. I shall make hir
|. fight all the time. I shall never let hir
: rest and in that way shall beat him."
, IDAHO'S PRETTY