The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-17

last Friday in the Cincinnati papers speak
OF Miller as IA clever boxer and good
man In the Chicago bantam class. If this
Is true. they mus, have a bad lot Of ban
tams in The Windy City. Miller made any
thing buA clever showing in his bou, at
she sa. West End club ON the occasion of the
hrst Forbes -Daugherty light, and to show
any ability as ii fighter. He must have i'm
proved considerably in the meantime. Gin
snnaii ,, Mrs reports were probably influenced 10y
. the McGoverns training in that city.
Several bouts have been offered young
McGovern for the immediate future ana
club IN the East Is anxious to secure
both the McGovern boys as features tor
an ent srtatnment No more matches VIII
he made. however. until after the fis,h uf
The Cincinnati Enqairer makes the fol-
lowing comment ON the Ricc-Galahaa boat
Of last week:
In the battle between those two old
ira! horSes. Austin Rice and Tim Callahan.
az -. i-oH's last Thursday evening, the de
cIHlnn went to Rtcr. AS Callahan has been
| N important factor in the feather-wt isht {
DIVISION, hiS defeat by Rice fully substan-
,,iatts the claims OF the friends OF Rice that
ne is a second Oscar Gardner and has a
cn&nce to win over any man Of his weight
I.d lncAeS; Terry Mctiovern says tnat
Rlce save him one Of the hardast fights
ne eve! Went lnto. and a dozen or more of
ihe feathers will tell the same story
hIisdaE night was the fourth time Rice
drs, r' nt hn,1 af, ,o nave met in the ring Their
,onn;, "nG resulted in draw after twenty
TouhIs- Their next meeting was AT Brook
En. n. Y. and another draw was the 70
sult. They are now even mpNtWo draws
and a victory for EACH
General relief is felt among lovers Of MI
siiism that Fitzsimmons and Jeffries are
nnaliy matched for the championship. and
ale bout VIII probably he attended with
as much Interest any heayy-weight con-
test of the last ten years In spite of t'tZ-
simmons advanced age and his lack of re-
cent cent work IN the ring ne still has his fol-
h. I,sIht ,,-,tt
the shorter price in the betting
James j. corbett. now in Boston was
asked sunday for his opinion on the bout
IN general. He responded as follows:
'Of course, Jeffries should he the favor
lie, being young, strong and the champion
but ! look t1. see Fitzsimmons give him a
nara hSht You can rely upon 1t that when
he steps into the ring he viii he in the very
best possible condition. t'itzsimmcns al
ways trains carefully for night, and he
has Won many a tight because he was in
better condition than his opponent. Fitz-
simmons says he IS A years Old, and we do
not know just how much Older he is. but
his age does not cut any figure. in my optn-
ion. He is the best man to put against
Jetfries because he is certainly a. great
the punch. ! ought to know. and ! believe
his punch is as strong as ever. He Is not
a scientific fighter any more than Jeffrtas
Is fan and he will Sht Ierifs Just aix as he m
up. He MAY sneak one in on Jeffries's
jaw and put him away.
his style of fighting after all these years
although he is n fox. The fight ought TO
go about ten rounds. although II would not
surprise If Jeffries should win sooner
The longer the fight the less | believe Fit2-
simmcrs's chances would be. The fight Will
undoubtedly be brought on in Frisco, be-
money can be made. The date. some time
between May 10 and 20. is just right, for 1t
gives FitZsimmons plenty of time to train.
and the weather In Frisco in May Is spien-
did. He will he able to finish his work on
the Coast. The length OF the fight twenty
rounds. is plenty long enough. titzsimmons
has chanCe-a better chance than any OF
JpffriaSs recent antagonists
F'itzsimmol is not overly we'll liked by
many of the leading Eastern sporting writ
ers. and Macon Mccormack. an old-timer
among puglistic writers, had the following
TO say Saturday about Bobs demand for an
equal share of the gate receipts in an arti-
Gle published Just before the agreement Tor
60 and 40 per cent was signed by the men:
Mr.. Robert F1tZstmmons. who accidental
ly acquired the championship by we'll
planted accidental blow on Jim Corhett $
rnid,iff would never give him chance TO
regain his title. though he has fought other
men one OF whom. the present champion.
beat him so thoroughly and 50 heartily that
no first-class Judge of pugilism has any
idea that barring accident. he ever has the
ghost of title TO regain his lost laureis.
that fact. though not manly enough to ac-
knowledge it. he talks like a dolt or an
idiot about being 'doped and other like
balderiash. Meanwhile. though protesting
to be willing to fight again for the cham
piorship he will not do 1t unless the pres
ent holder Of the title Is willing to accord
awarded the contestants. No championship
match was ever 80 decided and | sincerely
hope none ever will he. 1t is unfair. ana
not only that. it is suspicious The LORD
knows what the ring needs now is freedom
from suspicion and more confidence In us
honesty ard i'll its fairness