El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-28

The indications now point yer.
strongly that the big mill between
champion James J. Jeffries and Gu
Rubin, the Akron Giant" will COM
off at Cincinnati on February 18th a:
advertised.
Mayor F1eischmann has promised tt
issue the permit two days before the
contest and it has been said now thai
he has already made the permit out
but has not yet signed it.
The ministers who were fighting sc
bitterly a few weeks ago against the
contests have most all given up in des-
pair and it is not thought that there
will be any more interference what
ever.
The contest has been Endorsed by
$4,000 business men and leading citi-
Zens of the Queen city and will I'm
doubtedly be one of the greatest bat
ties ever fought.
Jeffries is now in training at Price
Hill. a suburb of Cincinnati and Rubin
will begin training this week.
Jeffries is being trained by Billy De-
laney, Bob Armstrong. Jack Jeffries,
his younger brother and Hougkton
Graham and Kid Eagan. The fact that
he has engaged SO many first class
trainers is sufficient evidence that he
realizes that he is going up against a
hard proposition when he meets the
Akron Giant
Rubin will have his manager. Billy
Madden and Denver Ed Martin as his
training partners. Denver Ed Mar
tin is a colored heavyweight and is
matched for ten rounds preliminary
to the big contest. He is to fight
Frank Childs of Chicago who is also
colored.
ChiIds, although he has signed the
contract to fight Martin, says that in
case either of the principals to the big
fight don't go into the ring that he
will take their place. He has very
good opinion of himself. Billy Mad
den when he was informed that Cnilds
was to box Martin was disappointed,
for as manager for both Rubin and
Martin, he said he wanted Martin to
fight Jack JeffrieS for he wanted to
whip the whole family in one evening.
So far there has been very little bet
ting done on the contest but as usual
before big fights the fighters are both
confident of defeating their opponent
and are telling why they will do it.
Rubin has the best of the argument
in height. reach and age, while Jeffries
is the heavier by about thirty pounds.
Both men are hard hitters, with Jeff
ries probably a little in the lead. Rub
lin is more scientific and faster on his
feet, although the champion is won
derfully fast for man of his weight.
He will enter the ring at about 225
pounds while Rubin will weight about
100 pounds. From present indications
the attendance will be the largest that
has ever witnessed a prize fight or
sparring match as this is not to be a
prize fight
Sportsmen are just now looking for
ward with pleasant anticipations to the
seventh annual show of the National
Sportsmen's association at Madison
Square Garden New York. which opens
March g The exhibit of sportsmen S
equipment-gunS, rifles, ammunition,
boats, tents and utensils-amidst en-
vironments so clearly and skillfully
arranged as TO transform the big am
phitheater into one vast SportSInen S
camp has become popular annual fix
ture at the Garden.
Instead of the water tank ard aqua |
tic soprts of the past two seasons. the |
eastern end of the Garden for the COM |
ing show will be occupied by minia- |
ture lake of from eighteen to twenty |
four inches in depth, and an exact re-
production, except in size, of that upon |
the Ojibway Indian reservation
Near the western end of the lake will |
be constructed an island in imitation
of that in the original lake. and at the /
mouth of the stream which flows into
it beavers. offers and other amphibious
fur-bearing animals have constructed
their houses.
Each afternoon and evening the