The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-20
GENERAL FIGHTING NOTES
AND PUGILISTIC COMMENT.
Boxing in Chicago Has Not Hceu
Satisfnctory-RRuch and Abel
FrutcTniEe nt 4. 4. 4.

Boxing In Chicago has not yet Te"pened
generally. ii spite Of the shows Cardvd al
the Chicago Athletic club According 10
one authority I'm that city. about four
teen would-be managers were ON hand
seeking permits 10 open clubs last week
but no results are visible
one small feature which may inllEr lhe
game somewhat al tle start j, the TACT
that q bout in the Chicago Club had 10
bc stopped ON account ui too murh uioth-
crly love being apparent between tAr
lighters. Morris E4Egh and hll Ab-i
were the ATTRACTIONS and IL took just
about one minute 20 show that they -n-
tertainei mo- hostile feelings toward one
another.
Accounts Of their m,etiugs In the papers
o. that city show that 40. bout must nave
been something lulIerluS- Wild swings
u - said, were plentiful. But the man
delivering this swing never shot Il uul
when his opponent WAS within six lrrt
OF him The referee stopped inc lsNt
after two minutes gi tAiS SOFT Of thlh5-
About the only TrSGl. OF The game 5 u
urwal in that city las been the boosting
Us Buddy Ryuu's claims To- T~gOSultlon "a
the lightweight class. He defeated 80
SelluG rather nauuily. CuLee4inE the -
Ter considerable weight. A. nEhtefs car car
fully steer clear OF the lightweight Ill
vision apparently. about the only man Z.
divide hunOrs with Ryan In illS s"t''''.
Of the country IS JACK okteir-
Jimmy Britt and Wine ItLl-ei silA Sr'il
tu lee attracting most Eiienil.iA on l4lr
Coast while Charley Sig-gr Is "A ueM
conner. All are avoiding Joe ''Alt~. now
ever The latter. though champion, =
having 4 harder time getting matches
thau any fighter in the prize Tins to-day
,s Young Co-lett seems 10 have
wyfghed more taan l,G pounds in all his
recent battles some estimates placing his
weight as high as a. or lG. a rather
singular condition exists in the ring,
feather-weigh: champion weighing more
than the lght-wslEht- Cans cannot 40
better suau l.a. IL Is true. but the Iralhrt
weight champion cannot even MAKE 'illN
figure. II reports are 10 tr relied upon
F,Xactlv what weight he will battle Ben
Jordan At remains 10 bp seen Ihrl 4iislN
= s-r,.s 11T1orl some figure aS low as 1aJ But
agreeing on that weight ana making II VIII
likely bs. diff srent matters.
II CorbetI would come out dshuitrlN as
a light weight he could have a hrst-tlss -
series OF battles. Il would be iuteTeS'lIl5
10 watch him tie up with some OF tAe svo1
light weights.
Efs next hattie. however. following the
bouI with Jordan. viii likely be with hAh-
Ion Eddie has first call Tor tfE Al Ile
title. Nanger = now out OF lAe IJitI5tlt5' f5
ACtioyern has no further claim ana ha.'-
lon remains aS the logical Cdialuate. -
for Attell. he might outspar CorDett' olt
even that is doubtful u the pair met N a
long fight. whsre CorOett could run his
man To earth
Tommy Ryan is now in Chicago, having
been sIdetracked. apparently. on his way
to New York. He expressed a desire. while
there. TO battle Jack Root. and the latter's
manager promptly met him rather more
than half way.
Then the match hung FIRE Ryan dld not
come forward with the same JOYFUL Will
luEuess he had shown Ia proposing the
battle Root IS ready enough 10 night. but
there the matter stands.
Bob Fitzsimmons IS well on his way
West 10 battle George Gardiner Lanky
Bob expressed the opinion that he would
soon be at I5j pounds and that he was
now in the neiehborhcod OF leo Those
who have seen him since his fights with
CouEhIin and Grimm say that he has in
proved much in appearance ana that he
has lost much Of the weight he had when
he first arrived in New York after the
5s5vls..rf- Ipffries hattie.