The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-17
MUNR0E 0YER.RAIIED
Charles Elsey of Spokane Says Miner
Was Not in It With
Jeffries. #
Munroe Kept Away From the Cham
pion and Went to Floor at
Every Chance.


Every Chance.
Charles Elsey, captain and first base
man of the Spokane. Wash, baseball
team, who was a witness Of the bout be-
tween Jack Munroe and Champion Jim
Jeffries at Butte recently, considers the
| Montana MINER pugilist a much over
rated man.
Elsey is a boxer of some reputation as
| we'll as ball player. He was one OF the
| fighters connected with the Jeffries- Fitz-
simmons combination at the time it struck
Butte. Elsey said in regard to the con-
| test: ~ . -
I "All stories to the effect that Munroe
| had Jeffries going, or that he inflicted any
| punishment upon the champion, are err
roneous. The affair has been given much
more prominence by the newspapers than
| it deserves. F'itz and eff have helped by
| rushing into print with attacks on Mum
roe, whereas had they kept still the affair
would have passed with little notice.
"As a matter Of fact, Munroe did not
try to mix up with Jeffries at any time.
He kept away whenever he could, and
went to the floor at every opportunity, re-
naming for the count. In this way he
husbanded his strength, and was able to
come through the four rounds. He did
get In one blow on Jeffries early in the
bout, which caught the champion unpre-
pared and took him off his feet. I do not
think the blow hurt Jeffries much. how
ever, and had he not been careless and al
| lowed the miner to catch him on an in
secure footing, Munroe would not have
had even that glory. ~ -,,..'' H.. T..
1 "Jeffries as every one knows, IS not
clever at reaching an adversary, unless
the other man will come to him. He can
not follow up an opponent who tries to
keep away from him, and on the night
he fought Munroe he was in very poor
physical condition, fat and slow. That
made it douhly hard for him to follow
Munroe up and land on the miner.
THE Jeffries -Fitzsimmons combination
was making loads Of money before it
broke UP. Why in all those northwestern
towns they couldn't find halls big enough
to hold the crowds that turned out. Their
receipts were big and their expenses
light. They carried only a few men be-
side the two big fellows, and they filled
out the programs by preliminaries be
the show, or by contests among the local
men themselves.
t Il do not know what Munroe might dc
against a first-class heavyweight after he
! had learned something more about BOXING
and ring craft, but I saw nothing thai
night at Butte to make me believe that
he possessed championship possibilities
Jack Munroe of Butte, who is now in
New York, had taste Of the penalty OF
popularity
The Anaconda miner in company with
his press agent and manager, Clark Ball
: visited Park Row In the afternoon. II
was his first trip through the crowded
streets of New York and he realizes now
what 1t means to be a noted pugilist Al
though Munroe in his street attire does
not look different from any other mortal
he was soon recognized. -,~..
Little newsboys, people in every walk o.
. life and a lot of curious folks, followed
J the western scrapper about They
jostled and buffeted him until he
I found relief by disappearing into one 81
the down town Offices, where he posed be
z fore the camera and had his picture taken
i Munroe says that he likes New York but
2 adds that one must live here g while tc
: get used to the hustle and confusion Of 8
]. big, town. - II. - -. -
, { Row is the limit. You've got to do a lo1
of side stepping in order to get out Of
j peoples way. at least that was my expert.
? ence to-day" '
: Munroe realizes that good condition j.
essential to a man of his stature and pro
= | fession and has made preparations tx
begin light raining next Monday at Both
ner and Elmer's gymnasium on West For
), | ty-second street.
= Billy Elmer will take him in tow an(
', box with him daily. The miner will ais,
!. go through couple Of wrestling hours
: ~ years old and that he was born IL
T. Chester, Pa. He does not look his age
however. i"
;, Robert Fitzsirnmons, who with Cham
2 pion Jeffries arrived in Denver yesterda,
:. morning to fill the dates scheduled 70
. their show, was severely bitten by BIZ
! gray monkey which he was carrying unde
his coat, and the new injury may kee
him out Of the ring longer than his ba
hand
a The monkey was badly enraged when h
n grabbed the end of the Cornishman'
l, thumb, and for this reason it Is feare
o that blood poisoning may set in. The pc
q was given to Fitzsimmons- by an admire
"a in Ogden, Utah.
% + Fitzsimmons carried the monkey unde
- his oVercoat. The brute was acting bad
- ly when taken off the train, ana was con
,e tinually trying to get away. Fitzsimmon
IN kept pushing him back in.
70 At the Brown hotel, when the fighte
~ tried to smother the monkey under hi
y overcoat, he grabbed the thumb of bis lei
r. hand and tore It badly with his teeth.
= Governor Yates of Illinois has sent a lei
ter to Sheriff Barrett Of Cook count
calling that officers attention to the priz
fight scheduled to: be, fought before tt
Sc Monday night between Benny Yanger at
tn Young" MoWatt. e
ne The governor declares the propose
Ia fight or exhibition will be clearly In :Niok
lis tion of the law and that action shou
to be taken by the sheriff to prevent Il
IL same. How ever, the governor adds, ifStl
sheriff knows Of any statute under while
such fight or sparring exhibition can |
permitted, the governor requests Sherl
m Barrett to inform him Immediately. :
he -'
RS Boston is to have an athletic club {
le, lines similar to that of the National Spor
ing club, London Ben Benton Of 30
ton says that the new club is to Sc
y, about 500, and the membership will
Or limited to about 500. Each member "
Is have a chair which will be numbered al
his property as long as he belongs to Il
club - ~,f s>-s-.ss. -. .".t.
The yearly dues will be placed at q ii
n ure to make the organization as exclusi
w. as possible. Besides f1stfc arena the
:e, will be a gymnasium, a theater billia
: room and bowling: alleys. The club W
= be thoroughly up-to-date in every I
spect =1s-" III
ii Every month the club will hold CO
!, tests between the best pugilists In t.
= country. AS the law in Boston says til
r no tickets. can be sold at the doors t
h new club will be permitted to foster fish
= because the mills. will be for nembe
y only.