The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

| land and Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan. set for
July at the West End Club. should fur
nish a contest of considerable interest. Their
| first fight was warm enough affair. with
Sullivan going out in the fourteenth round.
| Their second battle ought to be interesting.
considering that Sullivan Is undoubtedly in
better condition now than he was on that
occasion.
McCleland has been fighting consistently
| enough in the few battles he has contested
| since his last appearance here. He is still
being handled by the redoubta5le Jimmy
Mason, formerly manager of the Pittsbure;
baseball team.
Sullivan was admittedly in no condition
when he fought McClelland. He was sick
t the day of the fight and had high fever
only a few hours before entering the ring.
Judging from his recent performances he IS
in better shape than he has been since his
McClelland ia generally able to put I'D a.
hard fight and the affair looks promising.
Andy Walshs carelessness was RESPONSE
bic for the calling off of the bout at the
West End Club last Thursday. or rather,
for its being shifted forward to next Thurs
day. He had dried out for two or three
days. as a closing touch to his training
Operations. and weighed but. 146 On the
morning Of Thursday.
Drinking copiousiy of water. when in con-
dition like Walsh found himself. ,rten puts
an extra pound on 4 fighter. ife reSoTted
20 ice water. however. drank freely and
then ate a piece Of ice from the ?ater cool
err He was almost instantly stricken with
cramps and the result vas the postpone
Tent OF his fight
Walsh states that he drank the later Just
after 81 course Of llEht cxereise which he
had taken 10 timber up for the Gay. He
was heated at the time. and the cold water
caused disastrous results in his stomach
Up to that TIM. both h. and Schreck were
in excellent condition and the i'gilt prom
ised well.
Jimmy siasou. we'll known in this city IS
the manager of McCIeiiand. has written an
article for a Pittsburg paper in which lie
dwelis upon the chances Of Gardner and
Root in their battle at Fort Erie July l.
presses the belief that Gardner will find
himself Handicapped by the conditions of
the go.
George is well known As mixer at close
range. his adoption of this styl. of fighting
having caused considerable comment. He Is
naturally of exceptional reach and is one Of
the talEest men in the ring. With this prop
erty, 1t was expected that he would re-
sort to sparring at long range and jahbins
ms opponent. Instead. he goes in close and
WorkS his arms at short range
Canadians are more particular about the
manner in which fights are pulled off than
are the Americans. at least so far the
Canadian officials are concerned. On one
occasion the Chief of Police at Toronto
warned the fighters that he would stop the
bout in which they figured IL they hit in
ciinches. This was entirely regardless CT
the fact that the men had agreed to fight
With hitting In clinches.
The Fort Erie officials have also warned
fighters not to indulge in rough work. in
which they evidently include hitting at
close range. under penalty of having the
bout stopped. Jimmy dwelis upon this fact
il Gardner fights too vigorously at close
range.