The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-15
Matters Are Looking
Up Again.
C'RoRrke Gets q Fight License
at Bridgeport
LOOKS LIKE A STAYER.
Terrible Terry Gets the Wrest-
ling Fever
Little Pugilist Matched For q
Go With Bothner-

New York, July Fittings pugilis-
&c are looking Up once again, and a
new lease OF life is promised the lovers
Of a scrap by the action Of the mayor
nc Bridgeport in licensing the O'Rourke
club The FIRST bout was pulled OH on
last Friday night, and the short-naireo
fraternity got a good run for its money
as Broad and Billy Gardner put up
rafting contest. Broad got the de-
cision. and on what grounds it is hard
10 tell. as from the accounts the worst
that Gardner ought to have gotten was
draw He finished in as good condi-
tion as the Kid. and showed himself TO
Tie FAR the cleYerer man throughout s-Ae
closing rounds. But he is from MaSsa-
nhusetts-
With the O'Rourlxe club in full blast
Nne old Jefrries-huhlln match bobs 20
1he surface again Though it was an
nounced that the Twentieth Century
rluh,sOf Frisco had Ruhlins signature,
and that Manager German was at Los
angeles trying to secure Jef1's auto
graph. nothing further has developed
THE champion has been leading a life
OF ease and pleasure on Catalina Island
and probably wouldn't talk shop
H2uhIin. however. has since started west
and viii endeavor to bring the matter
TD a climax as he is undoubtedly sin
cere in his desire to meet Jetfrles; and
why shouldn't ne be2 The losers end
will be pretty fat
III the match is made we viii once
more hear of the bad noses, bad legs,
from the training quarters. While
Rubin and Jeffries are two big gladi-
atora. and may be able to fight long
hard battles, they are not sound men,
The stories about Ruhlin's nose and it's
effect on his breathing were no fairy
tales. and the same of Jeffries' knee. and
SITS a question if it will ever stand up
for as hard tests as the champions puts
on IL while he Is training.
From Kansas City comes the report
that Tommy Ryan viii once more don
the gloves to meet George Gardner, and
the money must look easy or the foxy
Tommy wouldn't be so anxious. The
unsatisfactory termination of the A1of-
fatt-Gardner go leaves the latter's
status still in doubt which can be
quickly established by his meeting
AOffatt'S career In the ring as it is a
certainty that his arm is gone They
are still arguing over the blow that
Root claimed was foul in his fight with
kid Carter Eyewitness say it was
not. and that Root played "possum-"
They ali agree 1t was one of the hardest
lights ever seen. and. while Root beat
= merry tattoo on the Kids face, the
blows to the body, which in the end
greatly weakened Root. Another meet
ing viii be arranged between the two,
and the Brooklyn Kid viii be the fav-
prite-
The avidity with which the topnotch-
ers Of the bowling game have taken hold
of the graphing game" is laughable
Their efforts ON the padded mat are
still more laughable- But the good,
kind public is ever ready to part with
its coin and the ''pugs'' are ready to
take, 50 what does it matter2
Even the Terrible Terry has
raught the fever and is matched to
Fwrestie Geo. Bothner, the wrestling in
RtFuct0r of the Knickerboclxer club. Nc
Govern is built a little on the lines of a
wrestler but 'Fitz''-wowl