The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-26

afternoons exercise. A bath and rub
down and a hasty DOMINIC of street
clothes put the big fellow in mind that
the dinner hour was near and he bolted
away from adrniring visitors for the
more substantial enjoyments of the
evening meal.
Among the visitors who saw JEFF
fries go through his PAGES was Tommy
Warren, who held the feather-weight
championship in the early eighties. The
man who beat Havlin in the last small
glove fight ever waged in San Fran
cisco has just returned from Manila
and was warm in his praises OF jeff S
condition.
'Of the coming battle, which is only
ten days away, the champion had little
to say. He expects to win, how soon
or in what manner he did not care to
discuss, but the idea OF defeat does
not enter into his calculations.
"JTo at Skaggs Springs, where Fitz-
simmons is staying contrary to advice
and even supplication, the feeling of
victory Is just as strong, IL Bobs utter
ances are to be considered. To a visitor
who spent Sunday at the camp, t1tz
said that he had gained a world or
knowledge from his last fight with
Jeffries, and enumerated the different
things that he could turn to his advan-
tage. Bob says that he is more clever
than JEFF, can think faster hit harder,
game better. He also averred he had
learned to respect his weight but that
he could beat him as much with his
feet as with his hands.
"Sorne of these assertions might have
neld good ten or even five years ago,
but today, with the ianky man from
the Antipodes on the other side of
forty, the fight followers of this gener-
alton will have TO gee to be convinced"
1.-THE Chronicle" also said:
The consensus Of opinion seems to
be that Fitz has a vague chance OF win
ming by means Of a chance landing OF
that deadly punch with which he won
all his battles before going down before
Jeffries. But the same man will follow
up this statement with another whlcn
AYERS that Fitz is unlikely to get by
the big fellows guard, and while he Is
trying for an opening jeff will surely
be driving some OF his sledge-hammer
blows into vital parts OF the Austria
lian's anatomy.
"Jeffries insists that he relies 70
large extent on his tremendous weight
and strength. He is perfectly satished
that he can whip the clever F1tzsim-
mons again. While not given to talking
about himself, he may occasionally be
drawn into a controversy on the sub
iect During the noon rest yesterday
he gave his ideas of the coming pattle:
The stronger, heavier, HIoTc IubBrN
and more enduring man will wear down
the lighter, frazier one, providing he Is
halfway game and quick said the
charnpion 1t makes no difference how
skfIIfuI or active the other man may
be. This is assuming, Of course, that
the stronger man has . fair knowledge
Of science az well as some show or
speed and that conditions of health and
fettie are about equal.
"'When the lighter pugiiist tires and
cannot get away from his opponent,
and is forced into frequent clinches
with the consequent jostling and In
fighting the battle IL bound 10 go
against him. The wearing process
gradually commences TO tell on him
and the jostling affects the men In the
ratio OF their respective weights. That
is why I know I will best Fitzsimmons
for the second time.
~ have no new punches on hand
and do not pretend TO have learned any
clever tricks. but I know FitZ's style
and am as fit az ever IN my life. am
going to beat him 10 a certainty"