The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

In one respect. his increased strength
may ayaiI hin. and thar Is. ia improving
his hitting towers If he has enough Of
his oldriine Guickness 10 stay away from
Jefriss for il,-es0 rounds and at the same
time has strength enough To nit i hafu
blow. he may he able 20 cut up tn cha!n-
pions face in a manner calculated I" put
Jeffr!es al disadvantage.
JefTriss i ful-hloodcd and has a pro
nuuac.d tendency To bleed i'll his battles
fuzsirnnons had his eyes in a bad way
and had his mouth and nose one bloody
pulp in their fight. 'oFh"tt vas formerly
lar cleyeTer than FitzSimmnns IS a boxer
II lie can stay away and 81; Up the chafh-
ricu. his chances ale not hopeless by any
- Age is the poiu: ap, to tell most strongly
upon the former champion. and II the ie
! nov. oiosc 10 y wears old; Jettries IS nine
years younger And At their respective
stages. nine years means whole lot
Even admitting that Co-bett has lost that
fine edge Of speed. however. as * nut NAT
ural ia SOM degree. il will be recalled that
h. fu--d no trouble at ali three years AZ
in keeping away from this same burtS
giant. Jeffries If anything. was in better
condition then than critics aSc:ioe TO nm
now THIS j. a point in C"rbett's favor.
In less than two months. however, ~.
question of what Corhett viii or VII net
do will he settled. one thing can be sai9
with certainty-that he Is fully convinced
he can outpoint Jefries. This confi.nre
viii help him along IN the biggest uI;Gei tah-
ing he has attempted since entering INC
ring.
Al Herford. who was in Butte when the
fight between Joe Wa.Cott and Young Peter
jackson TOOK place, Claims thdt alyott
WAS whipped ana whipped oaGly-cut that
he was given = draw in spite OF the tuHult
uf IN" CROWD fterfurd asserts he is now
going 20 send Joe Cans after Nalcott-
Cans i getting up beyond the lightweight
LIMIT of hale. ami y" pounds Is Ai.' tavo::te
foIt. IS the extra three pounds are really
needed IL Sis case. In case he meets Wal
colt. say Ia. Cans should be aOie TO De
feat the man who once waS uIquesttonab!y
lie most dangerous fighter In the ring.
When Walcott was AZ his best. there was
TO one Of his weight who could stand
against him. When he fought l-avisne. ne
had not acquired the strength that came
TO him a couple OF years later. Until a
wear ago he was most carefully avoided by
all men anywhere near his weight.
So astCte manager as Jack Mckenna.
who formerly handled Atteu and Regain.
stated a short time ago that he believed
day. Mckenna once remarked that he be-
iieved Walcott could give any heavy
weight Il lot OF trouble in the ring by
simply working his favorite trick OF fore
/: W the Barbados negro who first in
vented his form of attack. Even when
fighting as a light weight. his arms and
-
a heavy weight. His arms, particularly the
forearm. We're abnormally hard with huge
Property by slamming his forearm against
that OF his opponent, in case the latter
tried 10 keep him of with straight blows.
The result was almost invariably 4 bat
tered arm for The other fighter. : round or
two OF Walcott's attacks would puff the
limb UP badly and would make the man
shrink from the punishment. Then Joe
would get an opportunity 10 commence
work at close range.
He appears to be far from the formidable
fighting machine he was a year ago. how
feat him If they ever meet.
Kid Carter ran up against an unusual sort
of fighter AT Philadelphia last week. The
affair was siX-round go In which he was
carded to meet Joe Grim, an Italian fighter:
1t looked easy for Carter. as Grim had
never shown particular aptitude at the box
To the surprise OF every one. however. he
lowed the hid to batter him at Will and
then responded by slugging back in
clinches; Carter became exasperated and
the affair looked like butchery for time
only TO have Grim take everything that
came his way and bore in for more.
Carter actually fought himself tired. while
spite of the terrible punching he had re-
ceived. seemed the fresher Of the two at the
close.
matched for third battle. The match will
he fought some time in July before Alec
Gre2gain's club in San Francisco. Sig
Hart. man Ser of Okeefe. has asked Greg
gains TO referee the bout.
John y Reoan and Clarence Forbes will
meet on Doc Hottum's boat near Memphis
next Tuesday evening. The boys are TO go
twenty rounds at ID pounds and the fight
promises well.
This * the fight that was scheduled for
the West End Club in this City lately hut
which had to be called off on account of
Regain becoming i'll! The affair should re-
suit III a good fight, the sole question being
Regan' : condition.
time form was evidenced when he fought
Johnny Kelley lately. With both boys in
good trim. Regain would win in canter
from Kelley. The mere fact that Kelley
drew with him shows that Regain was not
in Trim
Accounts of the bout by rounds in the
Memphis papers clearly show this. Regain
admittedly had the better OF the contest
but was in trim TO wind up the fight Wig
orously. The account sent out to the effect
that Kelley knocked him down is not borne
out by any Nemphis paper-al agree that
IL was rather slip on ReEan's part that
sent him down than blow from Kelley
Young Corbetts victory over Murphy
seems to indicate thar the champion is in
good trim. ard ne will likely be brought
here in the near future. At least the prom
lSe Is for that Owing to the general shift
ing OF dates at the West End Club il is i'm
possible TO predict with any certainty lust
when any specified event is likely to occur.
"DEADHEADiSM" A DRAWBACK
TO THE FAME OF BASEBALL.
Henry Chadwick. the veteran. in his letter
10 the Sporting News makes The following