Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

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Uses some very fast and savage g~rueling on
March Fl.
Before coming west to meet Danny Haley
last fall Collier had engaged in many
matches with men Of his own weight and
had made six victories and a draw as the
record of his last seven fights. His go with
Haley was an unfortunate matter from the
start and the match should never have been
made in the first place. Haley outweighed
Collier more than twenty pounds and the
latter would not have had a show even had
he considerably outclassed his opponent.
Haley overwhelmed Frank from the start
with his weight and a fierce attack and the
smaller maj never really got started. Even
under such appalling disadvantages he
showed that he was game to the heart, and
no one questioned the decisiveness Of the
knockout blow which finally stopped mat
tiers in the second round.
In training for the present fight Collier
has had many advantages. Oscar Gardner
and Eddie Gardner have been with him to
give him all the lightning work he could
stand, while Danny Haley has supplied the
heavy parts of the daily milling. with
these three men as boxing partners, Collier
has had all he could carry, and a chance
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Rhodes is entirely a dark horse locally
as far as ring fighting is concerned, for
he has never been mixed in a bout in this
vicinity. However. he has been in Omaha
since the first Of the year. and his work in
training Whitaker for his fight with Smith
and in working out with other fighters
since that time has won him considerable
regard from the sporting men. He is now
training religlously, and while Oollier's
style Of fighting is more Of the cautious
nature, Rhodes In his work shows a con-
slant wish to rush and bruise II. He is
not only always on the move, but swings
a vicious punch whenever he gets a
chance. During HIS sojourn on the Pacific
coast and later in states on this side Of
the Rockies, however, Rhodes has been
engaged in many hstic affairs. OF the
twenty-eight fights he has made in the
last two years, he has lost but three, and
eleven Of the rest were victories won by
a knockout in the early rounds. This
would indicate that he is a whaler. Jack
McDonough. Frank Heating. Andy Fallon
and Mark Nelson are among those he has
met.
These two men show exact opposites OF
build. Collier is Of the stocky, compact
description, while Rhodes is wider across
the shoulders. shallower OF body, taller,
rangy, lean and sinewy. The conditions
OF the fight are that the men must weigh
in at las pounds at 3 O'Clock on the after
noon Of the fight, and since they were both
within a few pounds Of scale last Thurs
day. it is a certainty that there will be no
difficulty about this matter. Both are in
good condition now and they should ind
no trouble in giving each other a whole
lot in ten rounds.
II Is predicted that another event on the
card for the night of March p, the &c
between Charles English and Oscar Gard
ner. will be more interesting than the
Collier-Rhodes affair. 1t will not be long
for Gardner has offered to stop Englist
inside Of six rounds, and that very fea-
ture is what lends a glamour to the mill.
English Is a handy lad. as he demon-
strated ir \ preliminary at the first tight
the Omaha Athletic club gave. but he il
new to it yet and cannot be expected 70
have the ring generalship or the general
craft Of Gardner. He is considerably
heavier. however. and very strong and
fresh and young. His methods are con
slant charging and leading, but be will
doubtless change these tactics In his com
: ing bout because OF the conditions. Hi
game will, Of course. be to keep away from
Oscar ak rounds and get the money IL h
can There are several ring followers II
Omaha who think he will be able to do this
Gardner is perfectly confident. six rounds
is not such a short time he said, land 1
will be plenty long enough. English ma,
try 10 keep way from me. but he can't &c
, outside the ring. and intend to md hin
for the punch that viii finish it II he stay
|, inside"
II must be remembered that Gardner /
essaying 10 put English out in that brie
time Just On top Of hS operation for tn