The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
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Man From Amsterdam Willing to
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The dispatches last night stated that
giant hailing from Holland has been
discovered who is willing to enter the
ring with Champion James ]. Jeffries.
At the present time the champion is
in a class by himself, and II a man has
been discovered who is really capable
| Of making a fight with the boiler
maker. his advent into the ring will
be hailed with delight by the followers
Of the boxing game. It is said that this
new giant, whose name is Plake, stands
six feet six inches high and weighs
over ESQ pounds. His size Is aII right
( but has he the lighting ability TO stand
/ before the man who IS acknowledged
/ head and shoulders above every pugil-
| ist before the public at the present
! time? Jack johnson is stin doing a
/ lot OF talking about a match with Jeff
/, ries, but while the colored man has
done fairly wen, he has not as yet
earned a fight with Jeffries in the eyes
1 Of the sporting world. Meanwhile the
sporting fraternity win keep its eyes
/ on the big Dutchman until It finds out
/ whether ne is the real thing or false
alarm.
/ Jack Munroe, the Butte miner, meets
1 Al Limerick before the Criterion club
in Boston next Tuesday night. Linn
erick is big fellow and his only re-
| deeming feature is his size. However,
IN this he has not got very much over
/ Munroe, who up to date has not shown
any reason for being in the ring.
Sandy Ferguson, Johnny Mack's
| candidate for championship honors, is
| scheduled to meet Jack Johnson, the
colored champion, in San Francisco the
coming week. Ferguson is picked as a
winner by eastern sports, principally
/ on account Of his size. 1t Is stated
/ that he is bigger and faster than Nc
/ Auhhel who was one of the largest
men that ever entered the ring.
John L. Sullivan is trying TO raise
/ money to redeem the diamond belt
/ given him while ne was the worlds
( champion. The belt was soaked by
| Sullivan for $1,000 to a pawn broker
/ named ROsenthal, who afterWard sold
/ il to dealer in curios. Sharkev has
/ offered $1,000 for the belt to hang up
/ in his saloon in New York, but the
curiO dealer asks $4,000 Meanwhile
l sullivan is trying to raise this much
\ money to purchase the belt himself.
/ The trophy was valued at $4,000 when
given to Sullivan.
! NlCcA 90 AfAAoA As SOlLELnlllS OF a nero
IN England now, because Of his defeat
/ OF Pedlar Palmer, and is being lionized
! in the manner that was once familiar.
/ The crack little fighter must appreciate
being once more toasted and feted.
Morgan williams of Colorado is out
/ with a challenge to fight Flynn but
( so far has been unsuccessful in get
/ ting the match. Flynn and Williams
I have met once and the fight was a
[ o-aw. Flynn, in refusing to fight Will
liams, gives as his reason that he
wants return match with Jack Root
before lighting any one else.
Jim Corbett has picked Eddie Han
/ Ion TO whip Young COrbett, when these
J featherweights meet on the Goth of this
month. Here IS a good tip to copper
9 jim Corbett never picked a winner in
4 his life. He manages to get himself
into print before every contest of note
/ IN the country and when the referee
/ counts ten it Is always discovered that
James doped the wrong fellow to win.
Eddie Graney, the referee Of fstie
4 battles Of California, has been agreed
4 on to referee the featherweight cham
p1onship battle between Young Corbett
and Eddie HanlOn, the California
/ featherweight, on Dec. %. Graney act
/ ed as referee in the fight last week
/ sNL " cen II ALASlLilllDu6 ana NTaEQner-
/ and also refereed the Jefries-C orbett
lniii.
/ Kid Mccoy IS not doing a tap of box
/ ing, said Gotham sporting writer who
attended the Fitzsimm ons-Gardner fight
/ Tor bis paper, but he is putting on more
I dog around New York than any fighter
yOu know Of He has his big auto car.
and you can see him most any day out
I riding with a bunch of young swells He
/ makes a half dozen trips to Europe every
summer, and they say every time he goes
over he wins a lot of money"
/ It is announced THAT Terry McGovern
/ and Tom Mowatt have been matched for
1 test has not been set. but il is to come
of some time this week. MOWatt says
he intends TO whip McGOvern and then
fight Young Corhett for the worlds
championship. After he wins the cham
Dlonship. Mowatt says he viii quit the
ring and go into business. This sounds
all wei, but where viii Young COrbett
be While all this IS going on2
Young Corbett is reputed as hitting the
bcokies at San Francisco pretty hard
one day last week. II is claimed that ne
won 5000 during an afternoons play at
the track.
Jimmy Britt is trying to get on a match
with Buddy Ryan to take place in the
near future. Sig Hart, manager Of Ryan.
who is now in Chicago, has received a let
NtE from q coast manager OLLeElnE to
make the match as Britt was willing
/. Hart at once wired back accepting the
! terms offered, and asked to have the
( articles sent on. This looks like another
easy thing for Britt
Gardner is considerably discouraged
I over his showing with FitzsimmOns and
stated Immediately after the fight that ne
would quit the ring for good and take up
the horse racing game. However. after
he has had time to think the matter over.
/ Ii Is a TO I shot that George will be
I ready TO meet all corners in the light
/ heavyweight class as Of old.
4 Bob Fitzsimmons intends to 40 to Chi
] cago and open n swell cafe. in recent
( 1 am through with the fighting business.
! expect 70 start for Chicago at once
I and viii endeaVOr to arrange for the
! opening Of a swell cafe in that city. I
! intend 70 have a place to be proud Of
I and where can make money. AS for
/ fighting. I don't see what more I can
I do. i am middleWeight champion and
would still be heavyweight champion il
| my hands had held out
FTTz rs A WONDER
SAYS JEFFRIES
| When Jim Jeffries heard the result OF
the big fight ne said:
/ Il am glad that Bob won. ] thought that
he would do the trick easier. From the
| reports of the fight I understand that
Fitz broke one of his hands. I thought
that something like that would occur, for