The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-02
ROOT is LIKED IN BATTLE
. WITH GARDNER SATURDAY.
Opinion of Sporting Men Generally
Seems to Favor Chicago Man
General Ring Notes.

, Lou Houseman of the Chicago Inter
| Ocean published Il Symposium Of opin.
T, ions concerning the Root Gardner battle
in last Sundays edition OF his paper. quot
| ing the views Of fighters fight fancicrs
sporting writers. turfmen and actors .ho
! are sportively inclined. upon the subject
In dispatches sent each individual the
| previous week. iouseman asked the recipi-
| crt to name the probable winner. give the
| probable odds and state how long the bout
| should last.
Out OF ls' answers received l07 selected
Root 10 win and 81 picked Gardner Twelve
decided that the affair would end in a
uia", al the lighters who responded Sc
iected Root as the winner save one. Harry
Forbes. who stated that he believed the
result would be draw. Jim Corbett ex-
pressed the belief that Root should win.
t III aiess OF the length Of the fight. while
ma carter, who has fought both men.
th!nks that the fight should go abouf 70
rounds with Root as the winner
o'h"r lighters who selected Root to win
Gre Ira frankie Nell of san francisco. Tom
Henry Fagin. Billy Madden. manager OF
Gus Ruhlin and an old-tirne fighter. also
PICKS Rooi None of the fighters selected
'atuner as the winner
OF the sporting writer's thirtv-fve selected
Ia, luhel ana twenty-five picked Root, while
Two Deleved that draw was most likely
hay msnt ianciers: including some OF the
Is hho"n names in the country selected
ROOT as the winner. while twenty-seven
PP.ckea Gardner and eight thought that a
uraw was most likely
Dan Stuart picked Root tn win inside IF
.Stme Iounds and thought that the betting
should favor Jack by a wide margin AZ
mssd mas 20 comau lS many pools on fights and
49, ~ coiiduct pooirOoms in Texas his
opinion on the odds is significant. II difrnrs
t ~ Una, OF most of those quoted. however.
nne majority seeming to believe that Gard
while selecting Root to win.
biiiy Consldlne of Detroit. who called Sam
Yiarris dun about another match between
louns Corbett and McGovern by Offering To-
accept Harrls's bet Of $4,000 on the event
COMES out strongly In favor of Gardner. He
expresses siI the belief that Gardner is "a
niue the tougher of the two and thinks
that 1t VIII be great battle. Dick Welles.
namesake of the race horse now RUNNING, at
Chicago. selects Gardner
Discussion of the announcement in yester.
days Republic. to the effect that the win
ner of the Feltz- Sulliva.l match would be
sent against Young Corbett seems to indf-
cate that the majority of local sports be-
neVe that Sullivan would make the best
showing against the champion
While both men will be at a great disad-
vantage IN weight compared to Corbett, the
dlHerence certainly amounting to ten pounds
AZ least. 1t Is believed that Sullfvan's Cley-
e .r.ii on MS feet and his readiness with a
CLICK punch will make him a more DANGER
Gus opponent for Corbett than Feltz Ii is
thought that the latters tendency to bore
IN regardless of consequences would he
playing into Corbett's hands
Corbett wants an opponent to come to
MIN. This has caused the aforementioned re-
mark.since the second fight with Mccoy
ern-that Terry's style of fighting was made
10 order for the champion. An elusive boxer
with hard punch can bother the champion
more than one who comes straight in. leay-
ing his face or stomach unguarded.
Whichever man wins the battle of July
ing against Corbett. But Sullivan seems
better calculated to give the Champion
trouble than Feltz. The fight would GER
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