The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-04

steady strain. but they are not compelled
10 stand up. They are either on all fours
Gus strain isn't nearly as trying as il is
on boxers, and that Is why the wrestlers
| last longer.
! dispatch from San Francisco reads as
| folows: On the recommendation of the
! Police Committee the Supervisors have
| boxing clubs the principal change from
| the old ordinance being the raising of the
annual license from 500 to $3.50 a year In
dolns this. however. locphoie has been
| lett. according to promoters Of the sport,
Whlch VIII enable them 20 hold shows with
out paying cent into the treasury and
! stu! be within the letter of the law. The
ordnance SO reads that clubs with their
! own sHnnasiums may give boxing enter
tainnents for their members without paying
ths Incense fee. and by sellirS admission
| tickets under The guise of memberships. the
new law would not reach any club now in
existence here.
committee from the Pacific Athletic As
, scciation was d; the meeting prepared 10
ASK that the number o: bouts he limited to
license charged but no cOCnlgance was TAX
, tA OK this appeal. the idea being prevalent
mat the increased expense would bring
Apout the result. canvass amonS the pro
moters failed to md any that would dis
continue holding shows As often as permits
could be procure /, and that means an anna
teur entertainment once week during the
coming year. None were found who cared
70 say that they would take advantage of
there We're none who mad overlooked The
important point, and they were rather jubi-
ishI Ak me IDEA OF being able to give as
many shows as formerly.
The reason advanced ny the amateur as
soclatioH fcr wishing the bouts lin. ted in
number is that al present il is impossible
tor the clubs to find enough talent of the
proper kind 10 I'LL their cards. and all kinds
OF subterfuces have been adopted To gain
amateur stant ing for fighters who in no
sense Of the word amateurs. Furthermore.
under the existing conditions. many un-
trained boys, nily s.cal!y unfit 10 enter the
ring are called upon to don the gloves and
there is grave danger Of a serious accident.
which would put Gatrper upon tine game
If not stop il entire.y.
Tommy Ryan's proposition to make Jack
Munroe whip jim Jeffries and become
given due consideration. since it is no; at
all improbable that Ryan may be able to
deliver the goods. II was Ryan who taught
Jeffries the fire points of the game that en-
abled him 10 twice beat Bob r'itzsimmons.
When William 4. Brady took The present
champion on 10 New York he was nothing
Gle and Drawn. the ability to Withstand
GiuelinE punishment. hgt about the Iine
points Ct The boxing game he knew only
fries appeared at club in New York soon
after his arrival. agreeing TO knock out two
men in cne evening. He failed to knock cut
either one. So poor was his showing that
Bcb FItZs!rnmons snapped up his challenge
for the championship. thinking 1t was al
II was d; this paint tha. Ryan came 10
the front. He took hold of Jeffries 10 get
him in shape for the bout. He went away
with him TO quiet training quarters. and 40
ona paid much further attention 10 the
boilermaker Until The night of the fight.
face a S5spsa seen IN t5af sas ha hnE wae
altogether "A different man. He stood with
his now famous crouch position no fight-
vented the Australian from getting near his
vulnerable Doint-the ston ach. .
As soon a. Ryan took 5efries under sis
He discovered Il TO he his stomach, anu de- |
V sed the crouch to protect it.
How the fight was fought that night is re- |
rnernbered bv iii. JeT-tes defeated Fitz- !
simmons and won ihe worlds champion /
ship. Ryan had taught him how TO guard |
his punches and MANY of the fine points OF |
tire game. Ryan. in fact. was the man who /
made Jerries champion.
points and his methods OF fighting: il IS easy /
to see how: If he takes Munrce in charge
ZION d hard battle
Wrestler jenkins and his manager. Harry
Polak. are anxious to reir:eye the lost
on Christmas Dsy. To get on return
match Trey are ready to bet $500 side
with the present holder of the title. In
said:
Tom jenkins who lost his title of |
MCfIO cna.rpton calCn-aS-CdtCfl-CHN NFtst-
Ter TO Dan Mcleod al Worcester on Christ
mas Day. owing TO a. injury to his leg.
wants chance to win back his laurels.
jenkins has been suffering from severe
case Q: blood poisoning for some weeks
and was working with steel and leather
Wa ,he Sn Steel saT OF s if sTaee hat Broke
ard penetrated hia leg when he was forced
to fereit the match. He was wiling TO
fact that he was suffering terrible agony
but ! refused tc Let him go on. Had he
done so the loss OF his leg might have re-
suited.
''ro-morrov jenkins will leave his home
n n Cleveland and and go TO Hot spr ngs' where
there waiting to decide upon battle-ground
ior his go with Terry McGovern.
Jenkins = entitled TO return match
and ] vii, bet any par: Of $500 that he
can DO the trick a-a.n, the match to take
place any time after the first week in Feb
ruary.
'.McLeod's title is certainly clouded
one and he viii have TO prove he is the
yond all doubt before the public will accept
MIN az real chamDton- II Mcleod wall
NEE: ne at once 1 WIN make match for
any amount he wants to bet
Harvey Parker the wrestier's real name
Is Howard Harvey Parker and while many
IN Western New @ @ YORK STATE State e years ears ago, ago.
he early become Interested In wrestling,
and md was brought ort by Schumacher of
Cleveland, o. veteran. Dy the way. who
IS Ell - the wrestling game a pro-
motcI.
Parke- o:d not become known to the
"rc@tlins world in the East till about five
'eerI ago. His first match In the East was
At Waterbury, Conn. with George Bothner
Parker. ir orcc- to get match with
bothrer. trained down to 1S2 pounds The
'os;,lt ot the match for Bothner was five ,
1rol.en ribs. |
soon after Parker went to Brockton and
made his home there for some. three years |
meeting all corners and defending his title
II champion wrestler of the country for all
Weights below loa pounds He engaged In I
lumerou2 matches while a resident of !
and was generally winner In j
mctch with John Pinning. he lost, but | !
nat Goes s:ot make him include PinnInc I
.Incr5 the four men whom lie bars for fu.
Ure Wrestling. The men whom Parker does
Tot wish 10 meet are Tom jenkins, Ed Ath-
,rton. Dan Mcleod and Farmer Burns. II
year aga Parker left Brockton, and
las been on the road since then.
Parker has been wrestling for twenty
wo years, and all things considered, is a
-ery clever man.