The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11
Men +" Appear al The West End
| Club III Il Twcnty-kound
SparriEg Contest.
TRUEMAM WILL MEET KEE-E.
East Slider and Hrooklvn Man It"
Tie Up i'll Preliminary
General 1;rXin:
NCt":.


night - the Vest End CiIH ia = ''aIn-
contest scheduled 40 :, Iw.:.ty rounds. \
. preliminary. - ii. affair II. J TsGr..na
Viii Il" Gp VITA JArh k."i ~ E.sg -.
l'''.'s in = tw"ir.-IoHu: host, Harry SLarr.
W4ii referee.
truths ,nd M.PaIl-a viii a.r 20 pounds
al = """.k to-day. "G!.- / !; a.! li-
man NIL Weigh in ~ - fIEE:S. r.H"-.o".
Al fighters concerned .rl- sra.,! ;..j j.'s
Viii maxi ;h- wrigaf s. riFn". a'th' IL
rutss l. ~NI-ut',! L. nave q hard TIN do
ms So IT, I.r.II:riua!; VII -" On az Oh
p:"mitly and IN. main "E.Gr =, 80.
A. Tar a. II" main contest l. '"re. rH~'.
= nt'Isi! t~ia.!;,r AMI ha:.. H.;'.. IS .!E"
ur against 81 man Ucnt- noted Tor '|eN'.-
less. :. ether words. II = "Ar""i~i I" D q
"u.'t'> Il between :: boxer and "a ~.u-S"r. La-
! UNEXPECTED seems 20 have Il <-rEm@ chance
~ happ.uiHG. however. - NleE'Ei,.rn "a
aau"tr.:!y has a knockout punch and EU.l'@
i Haii 10 pn-S, = some cirE"Th-N-.
on N" ffc" If things III" contest ! uF~
! ~ i il should reso.vr irs.lf into a. series -!
! "'e"er w':k aai depending on his skill L.
keep him "!f p' danger. Chances 80: "1
I UPSET. huw.V"r. AZ" excellent. a. NeI'hI lrt
hsS sufficient strength To- iut TI'1S .,H'iE
il n" an get 10 his Jaw. while Tutts J. cred
/ tied with enough science. ~ Ills iIlG--vi.
J""S Ncke:.ua. 70 enable him TO 'rpe III
I r~'>StU.y WIKI N,I'aCG-n a q hiN'-
| IutrH Is 20 much Of = rIy@trF. a. vt. 50
far a. his ability IL concerned. mat FF"iir-
tons concerning the Outcome VIII b worth
l'SS. on form. howeV'~. tn Ea@t'-H box =
! looks - have Mix beaten. Michael A"-'n"
has such a string punch up rs s.! ."Ts. OF.
rather. VI, his AKA. r,aJ h. - 'auI;"! ul'I
hl his followers 10 cause = sj!- III the Nc
IaG!rn ANATOMY.
Tn" preliminary fighters are well known.
Jack k"e!- is an East Sd. 10y Who has
figure! in several bouts around the city
and who = i ,-iSunahly c,...r igpN.:. HitE
IruHrnal has IHrtar-d il: I'll last four pre-
lin'inartas at The club and has shown ME
work Oh each occasion. k"rfa is favored
b. N" weight. but tn" men ar" equally
matched. III sTitc of ths'. II looks a. II
ITrRnlI had sirGf class chance ~ VIII
ming over his heavier opponent
Tommy Ryan. the mili:e-w+ight cham
ri"n. and his narmeSlke. Phi ade.Ihia Tom
MY Ryan. al" 10th in West BADEN. Mid
dIs-Weight Ryan passed through Chicago on
his Way 10 the Indiana rrs.!: and Jner-
expressed himself as willing to fight fitild-
d.lphia Jack t'Eri"n. As b'B:I.n would
lke nothing better than such a match. it
would appear on the surface as If the mrn
could be brought together without any dill
:iculty. Boxing promoters would hay" an
other story 10 tell upon the f.r!nt, however.
Syracuse Tommy is qioted as follows N
4 Chicago paper concerning his Willingness
to meet o'Erien. and his views on fight af-
fairs in general:
I'm light Root at ls2 paunAs a; ; o'clock
in the ait, moon. and at shat would have q
lot IL. worst rf il. a. at the outside ! would
not scale more than III OF 1S pounds. l
VIII not 1T him get any heavier Than that.
for il IS a pretty tough thing to !e lighting
those big fellows all the time. Tax" Carter.
for instance. | think if he were taught TO
use his left hand for defense more and not
leave himself so wide open for III. ris:lt
HAND. h would hc one OF the hardest men in
the world TO heal.
YES. sir. ! really think; Carter is the
WINS Ei,t he has aIyivs ma. the MS
take Of going in like a hull after he has
been hurt a little and taking al! sorts Of
the Fort Ell. fight. and then he dropped
his left and started to swing his right. That
settled it. for l could beat him II 1t with
4 have mad up my min! that if l am
ever beaten again II Will b" by one o: those
wild swings. FOR. to tell the truth. ] haze
become careless on more than one occasion
with them ana have always regretted il.
strange. too. the second round is MY hoO!oo.
and II ! can get over il | always feel a lot
safer 1t was in the second round that the
coffee cooler caught me- in the hack q: the
head and put NE down for the count. | beat
him after that. but it took me n long time
to get over the effects Of hat panrh. !
can tel Seu. He kept taking 70 me during
man; He k:dded me al! light, and got
careless.
There have been others that have soaked
clever fellows after that. it's she vii! slug
Ger one has TO b" afraid of. They say JACK
cBrien Is a wonder Of Cleverness. / cannot
say as TO that. ! would like 10 meet him.
hut ne does not seem 10 want 10 81 over six
rounds. W COULD get :. great purse for i
want it. ! can make a much lower We kit
Than h. can. Rot and | would 10 well thrr..
III n hghtinS - started up .Galn ia Louis |
''h W : i'D R-Gs siEE-
t.e frSt chance at a meeting hstwe.n Root
ana me ] have always found him to be 4 |
square fellow.
i have had some offers TO meet Ncrav. I
VII! say for him that ne can e-t 4 Tight |
WIN me- at any time that he agrees 10 DO
i1s pounds al , o'clock. Yes. H. beat me
once. and he beat me good. too. and / can |
not forget II. At the same time /! have To |
n iaggR R5I The n. | link Of it H. kept hitting
never got a punch il the nose nor one in |
the body Il was right IN the mouth an
would not support me. I kept sgGattinS |
every. Tirce he hit ne. and after :, |
Hurst said ne thought that would be about |
al. Naturally / would like - get another
show at him"
of several sporting writers. to !.
prove his words. He was fully dressed. buy
not stir the bar al - pounds.
the fact that prize fighting has been
ss;"ppei IN Baltimore. OF rather. that il has
wnb seem itching - kill the
game ai'ogeite., is generally credited 70 the
TACT that jC- Cans Hearty heat The life our /
u an opponent IN the city. The c"ivr gGss-
ti"I crops. NJ. y course. a. IL" Spectacle II
4 :lsGFn aIin:niSteEtEs such punishment L" =
white nan caused much bite: f-.l.ug aa..
among ;he spectators II 4 Sy.jl.-
1t certainly auEears AZ il promoters. m
titles whcre there * much S5r,Eerr se-;i-
asrt, should not mix III. CrIorS in any one
Two white n-en ~ INC negroes can /
90 on together withpQr S1irrir-g ny any fee
but racial prejudice l. apt To develop
{ tn" negro Furnishes the white mar too So
:erely III = city below The Mason and Dixon
in.
ri Smith. manager OF Hugh Mcpad,i~u
and sporting EDITOR .: the tHIrigp tE-Dl-
viii T-aCn n" city this morning and
b- ii has mans r.T1-r. II al pTylahii-
t.. Ja-k N"'.s:!aud tn.f Jimmy Mason
ar as" ~! -rr-i {" = b:-k on time ans;
ray h. 81 til riucsiE-. Mcclellan! Nil
at she .-gD nest T."gs&ay-
Fer tIe benefit Of the sporting public who
are in:@r@-tsi IN tc-u5E.T'S battle and " no
may wish to nIk- selections upon tn l..t-
COME Of The contest. IL may b. Temerk-!
that k-is-.- Sharpe announces that IL will
render = -i--"'Siyn TH tn S-pJ.1i ~ Tui.IS.
that The nan scoring NOR points than his
~ -il ..i-. an. ;.-.- condition in
h. last round mast IL subsequent to the
work Of both fighters in th= preceding
rounds.
Contests AZ the W-st Fad Club are an
bounced as hcNi1g bouts. and must he
refused Ia Il S"!-Vce. and tna grelt-Yt dis
play O: TINS science i WORTHY OF ;h.. v-r-
iict. IL the bout was Z" 4 finish. points
would ne OF 10 moment. In = l!mited-round
round a. : Unit. 20 a=siGn il TO one man
1r the other ana 10 give :hs decision - th-
man. having The greatest Uur-to- IF ROUNDS
n his favor.
lryth:ry f"ae in the preceding rounds. But
u one man mas GU-c all the HDEk. all ...e
."a'iT2 ana AL the scoring. brit - weak
a-Cl II the last round ana has trouble IL
AT per,"d ctfnot give tin decision 10
1nS Hrr"Iett even II ne + the stronger
!aaf w"f;lG ~ --rorinC ali II" 1:cvi"'Is
.pHriS an u" INT might just as Wei He
ir11i"i I" Que round"