The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-05
FORBES-TOMMY LOVE FIGHT
MAY GO Fifteen ROUNDS.
Chances Are That Next Weeks Go
Will He LenEthened-TO-NiE
Fights Are Postponed.

No fights will be held tonight at the West
End Club, on account of the illness of Hugo
Kelly. whose cold, though considerably i'm
proved, still confines him to his room. He
expects to be out and to resume work to-
morrow or next day.
When the Clarence Forbes-Tommy Love
fight materialzes, as prelude tc next
weeks bout, X may go anywhere from eight
to fifteen rounds, instead of the six rounds
for which it was originally carded. Upon
the postponement of the affair, Love put in
claim for fifteen-round fight Forbes OBJ
jected. stating that eight rounds was long
enough for all practical purposes The eA-
act length of the go Will be decided IN
day or two.
Mike Schreck was heard from yesterday,
several sarcastic letters being received from
him anent kelly's Illness Evidently with
q desire to exasperate his future opponent
Schreck included some slurr1ng remarks In
his epis:les, throwing doubts on the serious u.
belief that he (Schreck9 would surely whip
Hugo in short order this time.
rated to Hugo Kelly yesterday by the in
evitable good friends who attend to sucn
matters. had satisfactory effect, inasmuch
and drew forth an answering volley against
Schreck. Ii is believed the two are in
sufficiently hostile frame Of mind Just at
present to have made the bout a hot one
had it been fought tonight.
quite a little delegation of pugilists has
reached the city in the last two or three
days all CldlliOllUS IuE IcCO5iiislUu anu dii
asking for bouts Two of these. who seem
OF some ability. are Kid Palmer, 4 weller
weight. and Billy McIsaac, the last-named
being a Pirtsburg product. He met Tim
Callahan once and went six rather fast
rounds with him. but lost the decision.
Terry McGovern's illness is not so serious
as was at first imagined, according to diS-
patches from the East, and the little fight
er is due to start for the West to-day II
his present improvement is permanent 1t
is not thought that the bout with Young
Corbett will have to be postponed after
all.
Jim Corbett announced in New York yes
terday that he intended to cancel his the
atrical engd gements Immediately and to
start hard work for the bout with Jefries.
first decision that he would finish his the
atrical tour before starting hard work. He
is accompanied by a sparring partner at
present and does some fast work in his
daily practice.
Several clubs have made offers for the
bout but none have offered the S25.000 in
exactly the form desired by the men. One
club Is willing TO let them take IS, 0G0, pro-
V.ded certain margin remains for the in
stitution. but this is unsatisfactory. 1t is
thought. however. that definite offers will
be made before April /, the date set for
receiving bids.
The hayes Valley Club of San Francisco
has announced that it will bid for the saf-
fair. but its offer. to cate, consists in prom
Using the men IS per cent of the gross re-
ceipts. 1t Is believed that it may yet hang
up the sum required. Jack Hermann of
Fort Erie has. finally announced that he
will have nothing to do with the fight on
account OF the noise made by both men.