Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-19
GOSSIP OF THE
ROPED ARENA.
S. ]. Kelly is Anxious to Match
Jerry Mccarthy and Martin DUFF
fly for Championship.
MUNROE'S FUTURE PLANS.
"Bob' fltzsimmOns Has Not Quit the
Prize Ring Matched to Fight
Giant Con Coughlln,

Harry Walsh, the much touted Cam
adIan champion welterweght did not
exactly make good" In his fight with
Jerry Mccarthy at GlenwOod Park,
Ogden on Wednesday night.
While walsh displayed wonderful
ability to stand whole lot Of punching
and recuperated in marvellous man
ner. he exhibited little science In hit
ting and blocking, Jerry hit him al
most at Will and according 10 the
opinion OF those present he was en-
titled 10 the decision az the end OF the
fight. II Walshs record Is on the
square, he has fought some OF the very
best welterwelghts IN the country and
has managed to hold his own with some
of them. He fought Martin Duffy but
lost, Mccarthy now believes he has
a license to fight Duffy and proposes
TO go after the champion soon after
the battle with Nose Lafontlse, which
is scheduled to take place at Pocatello
In the near future, LafOntlse is the
only man who has win c en- Mccarthy
and the Walkerville lad is anxious to
wipe that stain from his record.
Manager Kelley OF the Shamrock
club hopes to match Jerry and Duffy.
the bout TO take place here next
month, II is believed that arrange
ments can be made TO pull Off the bout
without any trouble. Both men have
n great deal at stake and II Is difficult
20 see how either could afford to mix
In any questionable deals Duffy has
expressed willingness to meet Me-
Carthy and the match Will In all prob
ability be clinched In few days.
Jack Munroe, after hesitating, has
FINALLY reached decision that he can
not get ready to fight Jeffries In Octo-
ber Munroe first wanted the date OF
the fight changed to January, then to
November. Then he announced that
he would fight In October and start at
once for Los Angeles. II was reported
from New York that he had already
begun TO train. Finally Munroe con-
cluded that he would not fight in Los
Angeles at all and demanded that the
fight be held In San Francisco.
Jeffrles has now silenced the miner for
time at least, Munroe had his chance
10 fight and did not take Il. That the
time for preparation was short Is true
but In the minds OF most lovers OF the
game the result would not be different
If Munroe trained for year The
boilermaker now takes the ground that
he has given Munroe the chance 10 fight
and VIII now pay no more attention to
him.
Munroe comes back with the an
nouncement that he Is going to begin
nj the bottom and fight his way up un-
Ill he arrives at that point where he
can force the champion 10 battle II
Munroe viii go ahead and carry out his
threat he will be entitled to consldera-
ton.
II Is reported that Fltz will give Mum
roe chance after the fight with
Coughlin. Munroe should start lower
down. He might last longer.
At the conclusion OF the last fight
between James j. Jeffrles and Bob
f1tzslmmons for the worlds cham
pionship, the latter tore the gloves
from his hands, tossed them into the
crowd and declared II have fought
my last fight" But II seems that fight.
ers' minds are as subject 10 sudden
changes as the weather. Now, the
old man OF the pr'ze ring IL hurting
defiance at everybody Jefrles includ-
ed, and he Is matched 10 fight an IT.
ish giant named Con Coughlln In n
slX-round no-declsion bout at phlla-
delphia ON the 25th
While none Of Fit2slmmons friends
Will tremble for his welfare In six
round bout with the giant, the fight
may turn out TO be interesting The
followers OF the game are now ar
IDENTIFY hoping that some new pugilis,
VIII be developed into an opponent for
Jeffries, and possibly the Irish giant
may turn out 20 be the man II IL
usually the case that man who wears
the title OF giant" proves TO be a
dwarf when II comes TO cutting q figure
N ha Of A..
the exception to the rule. but nearly all
the giants have gone down and out
I'm hurry.
A dozen giants could be named who
made regulations on their size and then
lost them the first time they stacked
up against skilled and experienced
lighter This cannot be said Of Cough
lin AT the present time for his prize
ring ability Is an absolutely unknown
quantity. He may be winner or
only q third or fourth rate man who
has nothing but weight TO give him
the right to draw on the gloves.
The new giant, Coughlin. came from
Galway, Ireland and claims 90 have
cleaned out everything on the island
across tho sea Defeating the present
day pugllists NJ Ireland would not give
him much right 10 be clAssed as a good
fighter. so far as known there IN moth
ing over there worth the name of a
nuglist However, II Coughlm can
make good " viii Interest the lovers OF
pugilism who are anxious 10 soc some
new material IN the heavyweight lire.
Coughlin might start out and win "a
name FOR himself n ~ should he able
10 stay ak rounds with Fitzslmmons
and do II Crcdtahly That IN about
he most that could be expected Of him
Not great deal can be- expected IN a
slx-round fight whore pugllst can
get out OF losing by simply staying
he limit They give no decisions In
PHILADELPHIA, and the results Of limit
1ghts there are simply matter ot
general opinion. The only decisive
Hphfe aro usheu thore a. "A knpekOut