Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26
PUGILIsTIc POINTERS.

New York Telegraph: AS to Jeffries. it
looks as though he would hang on to his
title for many a day. His endurance,
strength and hitting powers form a com
bination that make hin almost irwin
chile. The man who Leafs Jeffries must
excel him in science and be able to hit
quite as hard. In addition, he must be
able to take hard knocks. Jeffries' con-
queror does not appear to be in sight.
Fitzsimmons' bad hand compelled him
to ask for a "poStpOnement of his fight
with Gus Ruhlin from June ! to June Is.
One of the knuckles Of his left hand has
been bothering the red-topped scrapper
for nearly a year. He first bunged it up
on Yank Kenny's elbow, and hurt it again
on big He says the story
that his pet lion bit his hand is a pipe
dream.
Before he goes on the stage Jeffries
wants to take part in at least two or
three championship battles. He is anx-
ious Ito arrange another meeting with
!Colbett, to take place within two weeks,
and will wage $40, 000 to S., 900 on the re-
suit. If Corbett fails to come to- terms
in that time. Jeffries says he will ignore
the ex-champion and never agree to
meet him in the ring again. sharkey is
given the preference over the other
heavyweights. and the Californian says
that he will be prepared to take on the
sailor Immediately after the latter's fight
with Kid Mccoy, which takes place at
Coney Island June 25. Another battle
Jeffries has in view is with the winner
of the Fitzsimmons-Ruhlin fight.
Parson Davies, Tom O'Rourke, Tim
Sullivan, Billy Madden, Billy Brady,
George Considine, and Al Smith will or
ganize a sporting league in the east. The
object of the league will be to secure an
other boxing law for New York state.
Concerning his sore hands Corbett
says:
Il ann perfectly confident that I can
defeat Jefflies if we ever meet again,
Only for the weakness of my hands-a
weakness l did not discover while train
, ing-I would certainly have put him out
! last Friday night. This is not said in
any way to belittle the champion, blu
those who saw the fight certain.s know
!. that l landed ten blows to Jeffries' one.
Up to the ninth round my hands felt
just as good as ever, and I was confident
:. of knocking out Jeffries, but in that
:. 1round / delivered a couple of swings or
the Jaw that caused me torture. From
that time on my hands hurt me very
! lmuch. Before l again enter the ring ]
will have them in proper shape. ! never
noticed this weakness while training al
Lakewood. If I had there probably would
have been a different result"
Inc legal decision HAL DOAlHS CLUBS uo
mot need to be licensed by the police OF
New York state, as might be expected
a has caused the formation OF several new
clubs, and there will probably be addi-
: tons to their number in the near future
: Big Jim Kennedy, who used to be the
/. baseball reporter Of the New York Times
p land has since then made a good deal OF
lmoney in bicycle races and six-day con-
n tests, has made an arrangement with thu
management of the Madison Square Gar
: den out Of which has grown the embryo
+ of a great boxing club to be called tbs
+ j"Diana.' 1t purposes having evera big
y fights in the Madison Square Garden be,
a tween now and the 1st of September, ant
a if the scheme goes though New York viii
" have all the pugilistic excitement i
needs during the coming summer.
Tom O'Rourke would like to take il
d the Paris Exposition late his summer
d and incidentally he would like to taxi
It in some good money to pay his expenses
and make his trip profitable. Therefore
l. there is talk of his pittins Walcot
against the French champion savattist
n Ur to date none of the fighters have beel
able to make much of an impression OF
Walcott's hard head with their fists
/ Whether the Frenchman is able to den
t. it with his feet remains to be seen. TIL
offer of the other French manag of
purse of $25, 900 for Jeffries and som
other one of our h~eavyweights to con
a test for in the vicinity of Paris is goin
a begging. 1t Is a big amount of money
but not any bigger thar can he obtaine
10 right here in New York.
d. None of our big fighters care to tackl
to jeff unless the purse offered is divided $
a there may be a goOd-sized losers end
lg for the defeated man. Bob Fitzsimmons
n. proposition, winner take ALL" is merel
a bluff. He is safe In making it, for h