The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
PUGILISTS ARE ALL
LOOKING FOR WEALTH.
Every One of the Big Fellows Has Paying
Engagement on Hand Except Jeff
rieS, Who Is Laid Up With
Bad Arm.
RYL.R. MACoNa MCCORMICK

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spscii C'--r,sr1or icnct Il The SUNDAY Republic,
New York. July E..-Ouly a.a1. .r month
OF life remains for the famous HoF 81
Rnri-hoxing law. and ali the ssraprers #
not hercabouts are adjusting ana I-aU--
Ting TO get a slice @! tho -trh pugiistic rie
ere II departs forever. like beautiful
dream. All must except Tin .!-ffr'es, the top
swyer Of them sl-:he champion Of cham
pions. He. owing 10 circumstances over
which he has no control" must remain in
enforced i3leness. aggravated ~ the know
edge that that ti,ensss means 10 him a
direct PecUniary loss II many thousands Of
dollars. ana indirectly probably ihe loss Of
reputation" which would enable him q
acquire many thousands NOR during the
theatrical season now near approaching It
was an unluckg day FOR him when ne nd ed
2 medicine bail" Il his training apparatus.
He never would have done tnis hal he
been properly coached and directed.
The frst time I saw 4 medicine bail used
ves by John l. Sullivan wien IN his va.
South 10 fight lake Ki.ra!n for the cham
p,onstip The big fellow tossed 1t to Billy
Nuldoon. Jim McKeon, Dan Murphy and
Others Of his trainers and friends WHOM
ever the train stopped long enough 70 permit
Ccrous character then, Al! urged SyIIy o
drop its use. you miGht Is wei iuee,e
With n cannon ban" told hirn You are
likely 20 strain yourself any minute" sGrv
took my advice for the time being A. -,
Indians would say, these balls arc had
medicine" indeed. and too dangerous :o-
use BY athletes. 4 heavy swinging punching
bag is far better 10 use, especially ty
pUstlists-
Billy Brady arrived home from E,iro7e
last Wedaes.-y. ard that afternoon he had
chat with Champion Jeffries in his offlr.
William was Il good deal rhaE~iuei by :le
fact that the left duke OF his fstic star Is
not only still lame, bat that Jinl's right
hand vas also injured by the teeth Of 4
dog. he having been bitten on the right
hand by q bull terrier he had attempted 70
pet the other day, while rustlcating a. At
Iantic City After his chat with Jegfri-s
Brady Informed the newspaper men that
Jim would fight any man in the world within
three months for a stake OF $1,000 q side
and the largest purss to be obtained" +
any one was to accept this challenge the
contest would be a prize fight pure aud
simple. and I know Of no place in he.
United States. except possibly the state of
Nevada, in which # could be decided In
making this proposition ! don't think Nh
Brady was talking through HE caape4u.
but he probably hadn't his sea-less on
There's no man 81 the country who appre-
ciates the advantages Of publicity moro
than MIR. Brady. He had an opportunity to
get the bo!le-maksr before public att.u-
ton. and he awaited himself Of II. AIr.
JeffTies. Il IS evident, can be set ssi3e from
serious pugilistic consideration for :. month
or six weeks at least
Bob Fftzslrnmors. fully awar, that # is
UP to him TO win with Gus Ruh,'n when
they meet next month. II he wishes 10 be
considered a genuine factor among the It
of PuSilist:c aspirarts for the champion
ship, is WORKING like mailer To get himself
In trst-clasS phyaLca. condition down at
Bergen Beach. which Is on the Shores Il
Canarsie Bay. not far from Barren I,!a2I
the abode Of stinks and contiguous 10
marshes which breed mosquitoes hg the
millions. There IS ore thing that can lie
said for F!tz. and thai i that ne never
neglects bis training Whenever he -
matched to fight any one, b. that one a
dub or champion. he prepares himself
properly for the encounter His Ief, hard,
which he injured in his encounter with
Dunkhcrst after 1t had been laceratec ry
The teeth Of his pet. row tetunct, lO:a, ue
claims Is nearly in norma; condition that
lie hopes 20 have 10 trouble with j. WIN =
he comes to fight. have already expressed
my opinion on this point. and reitgrate it
now. 1t Is that ] doubt e Fitz VIII have
such absolute confidence IN the hand a. to
use II freely, vigorously end Of /.
fectively as he has in times gone BY. |
Whether am right or wrong remains 10 De |
seen.
In meeting Rubin, Frts IS meeting a
man at least ten Years his junior. probably
fifteen, and believing Ia the old Dusllsl
maxim, youth Will be served" 1t viii be
Besides this, Ruhln Will have the advantage J
Df height and welgEt-upt very great adj d.
vantage IN this respect. II IS true. but SIN
L IS an advantage. II Ruhiin had one
quarter the aggressiveness possessed by
Terry McCovern, ] should pick him out as
the winner. but there's the r9h, He won
sTt, 4 sfs. %
fighting in that contest did Lot satisfy me.
My readers know that ct the time J cX-
pressed myself as having doubts g. 70 Ruh-
Inns poSsessiNg the bulldog cou-Derhaps /
had better say. feToc.ty, necessary TO make
a first-class fighter.
In everything except experience and HIT
ting power Rubin Is Fitz 3 superior. Stop.
There IS one thing more that he has not
and which fitz certainly possesses That
Is bulldog pluck and pugracity. Fftz IS 4
natural lighter Al the skin that he pos
sesses and all the knowledge Of :rhtin:
that he has is hts owl, picked un by him
self IN his many encounters lie fights after
his own style and in obedience 10 the 6!re5-
ton OF his own mind. This - not the cass
with Rubin. caul he came into contact
his pupil and his protege, he was biz
strong yourg fellow. with n srdly any more
knowledge OF scientific boxing than IS pos
Sessed by the average Iongshcreuan.
In this respect Rubin stands on par
WIN Jim JeffrlvE, who IS not a natural }
n =.
strong and pOndeTous. Vi hen ha went 10
Jorbetts camp at Carson City to he u :hs
81 fornidn prepare Tor his fight with FItz !
Jef les had hu; a very ~ .l.uentary sd=I
o. the principles Of boxing, and gorbeyt
v as at no pam TO impa.t an insight into !
the art 10 him. 1t WAS not until Jelir!ss
became the pupil of Tommy Ryan OF Syr- |
acuse that he real > learned how 70 nrop-
eriy apply his great s,rcugth. Tommy |
taught him to save his stomach and heart !
by adopting crOuc hing attitude am. ex- |
tending his Left hand a lot in front OF him !
as q ward or fender. II this style Of
boxing that completely nouplUssel FitZ-
simmons. The Corni.hman w,s good deal
n a Bourbon. He forgot nothing: mat me
had known, bus ne learned moth ag that
was new in boxing for couple OF years
after he defeated CoThett. He waE a cas-.
OF Il know Il an I'm his own estimation.
and when he went up against Jefft5.. lie
vent up against a proposition en.iTei. new
and strange 20 him. l. is probably due 90
Jefres that the latter obiai-l j the cham
oionship. Jeffries his The heart Of a Hon.
There is no doubling mis- pluck or his Ccur-
age, bus / viii - that up 20 d. e ne has
not evinced that rcCklt ssDa-s, that devil
that | consider 50 essential
In a fighter who aspires 10 10 i champion
n his class.
Some tina ago Jim Co-bett told me that
ne would second Rubin ara that be would
give him full bencft Of his advice and
counsel in the ring. This advice ana cour-
;el enabled Ru'.liu to win. with Sharkey
he most aggressive fighter we have and
lrohabiy one of the strongest, but Il must
be remembered that Fi,E tiOUga he Gld
rot finish Sharkey In California As easily
IS Rubin did at Coney Island. clearly
lastec him.