The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-25
HEAVIES MEET TONIGHT
THE FITZsIMMoNs AND JEFF
RIES FIGHT.
Jeffries is a Favorite at Odds Of q
to /, But Several Montgom-
erians Have Confidence in
Fitzsimmons's Reach.

The first heavy weight fight of 1902 will
take place in San Francisco tonight when
Jeffries and Fitzsimmons get together.
and for many reasons the fight VIII De
peculiarly interesting. 1t Is quite a DIS
appointment to Montgomerians who take
an interest in the art of sparring that
the details of the fight will not be given
by telegraph. but the distance between
San Francisco and Montgomery is so far
and 1t would be so late before the first
news could be received here that the
idea was abandoned.
Tonight will be the first time tnat
Jeffries has been seen in the ring since
he won the decision over Gus Rubin at
Frisco on November 18th of last year 1t
is the first appear lnce of Fttzsimmons
since he knocked out Sharkey at Coney
Island in two rounds on the 24th OF Au-
gust, 1900. Jeffries and Fitzsimmons have
met once before-on the 9th day of June
1899, Fitzsimmons was knocked out by
Jeffries at Coney Island in eleven rounds.
On November 3rd of that year at the same
place Sharkey fought Fitzsimmons the
limit of twenty-five rounds. the celebrated
decision of Referee Siler giving the hght
to Fitzsimmons-and Montgomerians VINO
saw the kinetcscope pictures of the fight
at the Montgomery Theatre will remem-
Der how unjust the decision looked On
the oath of August 1900. Fitzsimmons
knocked Sharkey out in two rounds at
Coney Island-this is 1902, however, and
not 1900 or 1901 either.
In 1897 Corbet fought Fltzsimmons four
teen rounds, the decision being given the
Cornishman-on the 18th of May, 1900, at
Coney Island Jeffries knocked out Cor
bett Though it took him twenty-three
rounds of the fastest. most scienuhc
fighting ever seen in this country.
Jeffries Is to l favorite In the bet
ting tonight and a good bunch Of Mont
gomery money has gone in on the boiler
maker at those prices, several Montgom-
erians taking the short end Of it, how
ever, and in view of the wonderful per-
formarces of Fitzsimmons in the past
are backing the long arm and ring gen
eralship of "Lanky Bob" If Jeffries
wins tonight he will probably take on
Corbett at an early date-Fitzsimmons
refuses positively to have anything to
do with Corbett and in the event OF his
winning over Jeffries tonight 1t Is profile
NAUTICAL as to who he will fight-if any
body.
Lord March seems to be an unworthy
son of a worthy sire. and so far he has
not shown any signs of the Mambrino
King blood or that he is full brother
to tn. famous Lord Derby. He made
a poor showing again yesterday, worse
than in the Merchants and Manufacturers
at Detroit Wentworth who finished be-
hind Lord March in the Detroit stake
won yesterday. 2:11 LIZ. being the fastest
required. During the Detroit meeting
Dick See, the Tennessee wilkes stallion,
won the 2:11 pace in straight heats-2:S
and 2:O9-with Daphney Dallas chasing
him home in the first heat and finishing
fourth in the next. Yesterday the mare
won the first two heats of the 2:ll pace
at Clev Gland in 2:07 LIZ and 2:07 Ia and
the fifth and last heat in 2:07 3-4 and
only lost the third heat-205 3-4-oy
nose, Dick See making poor showing
and being drawn in the fourth heat, the
third heat evidently being too swift for
him. Sanders who took Spears's place
behind Lord Derby Wednesday won the
2:1O trot yesterday. driving Ansella in
straight heats 2:0S IL and 2:CS IL both
times.
Squire Brown.