The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-21

co MAY Be DELAYED,
Champion Requests Postponement
of Battle and Affair Will
Be Held Over.
MEN MAY FIGHT AUGUST 10.
He Has a Battle With Jimmy
Briggs in Boston To Morrow
and May Desire Time
to Rest.
MEN MAY FIGHT AUGUST 10.

Owing to request by Young Corbett the
ten-round battle between the champion and
Tommy Sullivan set for July 30 at the
West End Club is likely to be postponed for
ten days. the final date mentioned being
August 10. Desire on the champions part
to round into better shape is said to be the
reason for the request
While nothing final in the way of action
has been taken on the matter, 1t is practi-
cally certain that the event will have to be
held over. Corbett Is quite pressing in his
demand for delay. and it is thought that he
wants an interval to elapse between his bat
tie with Jimmy Briggs tomorrow evening
and his fight with Sullivan.
Sullivan does not intend to let the post
ponement affect his training in any way
and will continue his work at Clayton. He
is now preparing with Andy Walsh. the
BROOKLYN middle weight. and he is said to
De rapidly gaming greater strength. He
expects to enter the ring in far better trim
Corbett fights Briggs in Boston to-mor-
row. The affair is TO go eight rounds, and
the champion has been. guaranteed 5000
whether he gets the verdict or not
Besides this battle, he has several irons
in the fire which are apt to detain him in
the East; One is a series of ball games with
contests will draw well. and he expects to
make money out of them.
He probably is paying more attention to
these means of making money than TO a
Western trip. which will assure him a tough
opponent at the other end. OF course. his
desire to get in good trim may have soma
thing to Go with the matter. but this Will
appear later.
Frank Hart, who formerly handled Sulli-
van. and who was largely responsible for
the good condition Tommy showed in his
last battle. intends to take things easily this
summer. He probably will reopen a gym
naSiUm next winter and has assurances OF
good support.
Hart took a turn at the races yesterday
and picked the last three winners on the
Forge and had a substantial bet on Orpheum.
He lost somewhat in the early races of the
day. however.
come business manager of a sporting pub
LEGATION. He has not yet decided which line
to follow up but. as stated before. intends
When Hart opens up next winter 1t is ex-
tremely likely that he will get hold of some
good aspirant for prize-ring honors and try
to develop a high-class man. ST. Louis
Tommy Sullivan is mentioned as one whom
he might take control Of. St Louis Tommy
is husky enough youngster, and it is
thought that he might be made into a pref
ty dangerous factor in the ring;
cigarettes and similar habits. addiction to
which is said to have affected Sullivan's
training in some of his battles. About his
most important fight here was his battle
with Jack O'Keefe. Tommy lasted twenty
rounds with the Chicago man and put up
a good fight.
Another man who might be made into
something of a tough fighter in his class
is the Pittsburs boxer. Young Kid Mccoy.
Mccoy is decidedly clumsy at shore range
just at present. He does not seem adept at
landing clean punches, but certainly puts
enough energy into his work. If this en-
ergy could be well directed Mccoy would
be pretty tough man at his weight.
may be rematched for the 'steenth time to
battle in the next preliminary at the West
End Club. Twenty rounds is talked of as
the route for the battle. This distance
should help Kelley, just as the extra five
rounds did in their last fight