The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-24

4 Although clearly out Of condition. fat and
bad winded, with a stomach buiging out in
a way which prompted remarks about the
| an extremely good showing. AT not one
| stage. even at the knockout period. was he
extended: He did not put full force behind
Had he cut loose on Keefe, the East Side
man would have recalled the cyclone period
OF lS to whas tns
can be when in good condition.
Al, AT the same time, one thought was
And that is, that the champion is taking
all kinds of chances by fighting in his poor
condition. 1t is easy to see now how Hanlon,
made fictitious regulations off their show
ings with the champion; in his condition
of last Tuesday good bantam, in perfect
Had Harry Forbes been lined up against
Corbett and directed his attacks on the
champions ,aldermanic, paunch. the odds
in spite Of the fact that the champion would
have had twelve to fifteen pounds the bet
ter Of the weight.
Tommy Feltz and Brooklyn Tommy Sui
Ivan are scheduled to come together next
THURSDAY in a twenty-round go at l22
pounds. This is the hardest proposition Sui
hvan has tackled since his arrival here,
save only his bout with McClelland. It sure
ly looks as If the contest should be des-
perate.
Form and dope don't work out very
well in pugilism. But some comparisons
may be interesting here. Clarence Forbes
and Tommy Sullivan fought fast twenty
round CO.. Forbes was in excellent co1di-
ton. Sullivan won by a narrow margin.
The finish was like the Nearest-Orris race
at the Fair Grounds couple of weeks ago,
when Nearest got the verdict through hay
ing slightly longer whiskers than her cppo-
nent.
Forbes around the ring, bangs him in the
solar plexus and puts him away inside Of
round. Forbes was not the fighter he was
the night he met Sullivan. but was none the
less in good enough trim to make him a
pretty dangerous customer at his weight.
Feltz was not even pulling at the close, and
brow.
On this figuring. even admitting that
Forbes was not at his best. Sullivan looks
Yet If the race-track element is on hand. as
was the case in The Feltz-F'orbes fight.
ready to. bet that the Savannah fighter
likely there will be an equally large sum
of money produced by the other side.
Preliminaries of last Tuesday did not de-
velop any material that indicates coming
champions. In fact, most of the scrappers
We're of the selling platter variety. kelly,
and may improve. He is at the ungainly
age just at present and his arms are so
long. in proportion to his height. that they
to have worked to hts best form sorlc time
since, and will probably not be seen again
In the local ring.
man and the victory was nothing in l:artic-
ular to his credit. Billy Huber put up the
best display Of the lot but at that has
pose of him If they met at present. Huber
Is improving, however. and may yet become
a factor at his weight. He is about the
locally for some time Huber has never lost
a bout as yet. but has been hadcapped by
being matched with men who have failed to
make him work to his best. A few " atches
with faster men should make Huber Quite
good little scrapper at his weight.
Martin Canole Of Fall River, Mass,
proved a good deal of a surprise last Tues
day evening by winning from Jack O'Keefe
the Criterion Athletic Club Of Boston
O'Keefe was thought to have an easy VIC
tim in Canole; whose bouts have not been
of the best class heretofore. Instead, the
unexpected happened.
It. will be interesting to see just what
explanation O'Keefe and his manager, Sig
detailed accounts Of the fight. Canoie easily
slipped OKeefe's favorite left jab. solved
the Chicago mans foot work without diff
the end of the fifth round, when right
counter from O'Keefe's mitt nearly put him
.O'Keefe probably thought he was too
close to the championship material in his
class to need care in fight of the sort
tne same Olu story tnat mas resulted IN
the defeat Of many a man.
Sam Harris is quoted as saying that he
had heard rumors. of job being planned
for-McGovern in his battle with Attell next
Saturday evening. Quite so. Harris never
failed to attract attention whenever he
mud upon an opportunity Offering. TAere is
absolutely no indication. to Judge from
thing but an absolutely square deal Nor
has the Fort Erie Club q reputation for
pulling of any but clean fights. But Harris
Is probably providing against the possible
ity of his man being outpointed
Sporting men in general like McGovern's
chances far better than those of Attell.
make his chances fairly wen liked by
many followers Of the ring. II Harris has
a story Of fake all ready before the bout,
he probably figures that he can throw dfs-
credit on Atten in case the latter should
win.
Sporting men in general will pay no at
tention to such work as this. But It Is re-
grettable to see men prominent in the ring
resort to such petty games.