The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
HOJGAN'S R|NG GOSSIP
TOM SHARKEY Announces HIS IN
TENT40N OF DOING ORA
NIATIC STUNT
JOE WALCoTT TO ASSIST HIM
Mayor Weaver, of Louisville, Tells
the Pugs They Will Have to
Seek Some Other City
Hereafter.

IF rumors from the effete East are cor
rect the stage is soon to be elevated to
q height that Will turn the heads of the
Oldest Thespians dizzy. Since the days
when Peter Jackson starred In Uncle
Toms Cabin and the great John L.
toiled and sweated through his lines as
the hero of Honest Hearts and Willing
Hands, the premier pugilists have been
falling over one another in their haste
to gain a place before the footlights.
But ii is safe to say that at last we
have reached the limit. For Tom Shar-
key, the man-of-war's man, and his
former companion Joe Walcott, have de-
clared their intention of treading the
boards in the interest of the modern
drama. Sharkey AYERS that he has found
hacker who will pay him the very mod
est sum of Si00 a week to waddle through
his dramatic stunts. Farce comedy will
be his line, and, as the sailor expresses
1t, TN give Corbett and the rest of that
bunch fits after I once get started
While awaiting the date for his entry
among the wearers of the sock and bus
kin, Sharkey has not altogether deserted
the world of athletics. Next Tuesday
night he will wrestle Tom Jenkins. at
Cleveland. Things in the fstic line being
rather slow, the tar imag.nes that he can
accomplish great feats on the mat, a de-
fusion that Jenkins is apt to destroy in
a hurry.
Rough and strong as the sailor is, if
the match is on the square, jenkins will
handle him as though he were a child.
Sharkeys knowledge of the wrestling
game is confined to what pointers he
may have picked up while indulging in
a few catch-as-catch-can bouts when
training for fights. Jenkins, on the con-
trary. has made a life study Of the game,
and is today the most scientific big man
-
swings and uppercuts, the sailor would
probably put Jenkins down and out, but
he will find himself at a cruel disad-
vantage in a hugging contest.
Jim Jeffri-s Is of. the opinion that
Marty 8GcCue, the Eastern feather
weight is the best little man that could
be selected TO go against McGovern. Dur
ing my conversation with the big fellow
when he stopped off at Chicago for
day on his way to the coast, McGovern's
name came up for discussion, and Jeffries
remarked:
.oTerrv's wonderful little. fellow, and
7 only know Of one boxer anywhere near
his weight that could give him a run
for his money. That's Marty McCue. 1
don't say that he'd beat McGovern but
fl would be a fight worth seeing. Me-
Cue isn't a knockout hitter exactly but
he has a way of jclting a man to pieces
er been put to sleep, and the style he
uses his left hand in is something to
remember. Most Of the other boys in
his class keep away from him, and he
has a hard time getting matches. He
mas been after McGoVeTn for some time
past.-but never could manage to make
q deal with Sam Harris. I hear McCue
end Dave Sullivan are TO meet soon, and
if they do l think Marty will chop his
head off"
Mayor Weaver. Of Louisville, adheres
firmly to the decision he rendered against
allowing prize fights in that city, as
result of a braUl which followed the re-
cent Hart CreedOn contest. The lovers
of boxing have appealed to him in vain,
and it is safe betting that there will be
no more glove contests in Louisville dur
ing the Weaver administration.
This is another sad blow to the IN
happy pugilists. whose field Of opera
lions is growing narrower every day.
Even in Canada, where up to week ago
the boxing game was smil5d on indul-
gently by the authorities, the anti-fght
fever seems to he spreading.
Caspar Leon and Jimmy Smith essayed
to box twenty rounds at Hamilton, Ont,
p recently. and were politely informed
that they would be arrested for engag-
ing in a prize fight and punished accord
ingly if they veptured into the ring. Be
ing discreet lads, they took the tip and
stayed on the outside.
Coy Durbin of Indiana, stopped a
fight between Patsy Hogan and Jack
Ryan at Greenfield the other night and
so the MERRY war of the law versus the
fighters goes on.
A dispatch from the East states that
Ruge Ferns, who now holds the welter-
weight championship, has received and
accepted an offer to box Philadelphia
Jack O'Br:en in England. If this is real
~ the case Ferns head must nave become
swollen TO an unnatural size by reason
of his late victory over Matthews or
else he is acting under very bad advice.
At 145 pounds Ferns is easily the king
pin Of his profession. He has fought his
way step by step to that distinction, and
I am willing to accord him full credit
for the showing he has made. But to
give a matter of ten or thirteen pounds
to a man of O'Brien'S skill would be
the height of folly on Ferns part
For Ferns sake It is to be hoped that he
will think twice before crossing the her
ring pond to try conclusions with the
man who whipped Chrisp for the cham
pionship of England
Billy Madden's Denver giant, Ed Mar
tin, and Joe Walcott have been matched
to fight in the near future for the color
says this fight viii be a true test of his
mans ability. 1t certainly Will, and the
test will in all likelihood result bad
ly for Martin.
The Colorado coon is just the build
of fighter that Walcott has always shown
UP best against. Martin stands six feet
two inches in his stocking feet, and wal
colt measures but five feet one and one
half inches from the soles of his gener-
ously large feet to the top of his thick,
woolly skull. What the Barbados De-
mon" will do to his tail opponents anato-
my in the way of rib-crushing swings
and stomach-sickening jolts is an awful
and solemn thing to anticipate.
Martin is a clever boxer, but it takes
something more than clever boxer to
whip Walcott Madden himself has ad-
Rubin in exhibition bouts and has made
two or three good fghts with lesser lights,
he doesn't know for certain whether the
Denverite can stand a hard gaffing. The
worthy managers doubts should be
speedily resolved when the long and
short aspirants for the black champion
ship come together.
,Fhe man who tries to act as a peace
maker between a gentleman Of pugilistic
proclivities not infrequently finds hins If
in dire straits as a result of iuiudic 'o1s
meddling This proved to Re the case
not long ago at Pittson, Pa.
Jack So1ners a local lightweight. and
Young Ryan, of Patterson, n j., were
engaged IN a glove contest. when Sonlers'
g Law