Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-15
THE PUGILLSTS.
Jim Jeffries Tells Corbett to Be
 in Condition.

He Reminds the 'Pompadour Chap
 That He Will Be There With the
 Goods-Toamy Feltz and "Pinky'
 Evans Have Draw-Sharkey May
 Still Get a Battle.
 Champion James J. Jeffries will ar- rive ill New York to-day, and all who care will be able to see and judge for themselves whether the stories told of his dissipation are true. While i'll Philadelphia Jeffries got quite talka- tive, and especially as to the state ments made recently by Jim Corbett. In regard to the matter of condition, the boilermaker said that he hoped Corbett would be in as good condition as he would be, so that neither would be able to offer any excuse on the re- suit of the battle. AS to the way he will fight, 1 care nothing" said Jef- fries. II have a style of my own, and so far it has been successful. When we meet he will find pretty healthy boy to battle with, notwithstanding that l have only one lung and few floating ribs, as reported" Jetfries is very much annoyed at the many fake reports Of his condition, and especially in regard to the one in which he is said to have been examined by a Yale pro- lessor Said he: '"I would like to know who the Yale professor is who claims to have examined Fitz myself and Corbett I don't remember ever being examined by any such person. have frequently taken punishment Iala h -@a oh Til in some of the hardest blows landed by my opponents have been on these spots, but they have never phased me. You see, I am very short waisted, and that accounts for the peculiar crouch I as sume in my contests. am in fairly good condition at present, weighing ] about 225 pounds, and in my last bat tie entered the ring at 215. In about 1 two weeks will start to work my way ] slowly toward the Pacific coast"
 Sharkey may have to forego the pleasure of being the under dog in l some wrestling matches, for it now l looks as if he and Munore are to be 1 re7matched. Not only is the original l club, the Broadway A. C.. of Butte, still l anxious to bring the men together, but l there is another Richmond ill the field l in the shape of the Washington Sport l ing club of Philadelphia. The new offer will be $2,000 for six rounds, l while Matchmaker J. R. Murphy will probably offer them either guarantee 1 of $10,O00 or not less than TO per cent of the gross. It looks as if the latter offer will catch them and that they will meet on July 4. Both men would have plenty of time to get in shape, and l Munroe has entirely recovered from l the strain he received in wrestling Jen- 1 kins
 l Four fights in five weeks is the pro- gram Jack O'Brien has laid out for himself. This is about as strenuous a i life as any fighter cares to indulge in. l In any one of them he is liable to get l the punch, for his opponents are by no means below his caliber. His first con test is to be with Joe Walcott at Bos- ton on April 0. It will be at catch
 weights. Following that he is to meet Marvin Hart on May 6. This bout is 1 to be six rounds at ITO pounds ring l side. On May 20 O'Brien is scheduled I to box Kid Carter for six rounds at 162 | pounds ringside Both of these latter I contests are to take place in Philadel- phia. probably at the Penn Art club. l O'Brien is also matched to box George l Gardner of Boston the latter part of I May. The weight is to be 160 pounds ringside, and the match will take place l either at Fort Erie or Boston.
 A fight in private between Tommy l Feltz of Brooklyn and "Pinky'' Evans
 of Yonkers was decided at resort near Schenectady, N. Y., on Monday night. The battle, which was for
 twenty rounds, went the limit and ter
 minated in q draw. Both boys were equally matched in point of cleverness,
 but Feltz seemed to be better off in the
 way of strength. Every time he land ed flush he made Evans stagger But the Yonkers boy was gritty and this alone saved him from defeat. Tn the
 sixth round Feltz drew first blood with
 aheavy swing on the jaw. Tn the tenth Evans had Feltz bleeding, too
 From this round until the fifteenth it
 was even up. However, in the six
 teenth, Feltz at the advice of his sec
 onds rushed Evans all over the ring
 and the Yonkers pugilist was very
 tired. Tn the nineteenth orund Feltz
 almost put Evans down with left
 hand hook on the point of the chin. |, Both boys were we'll used up