The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04
SPORTS.
RYAN DODGES FIGHT
Will Meet Fitzsimmols, but Wants
Year to Prepare Himself
for the Contest.
Jack Johnson of California Thinks
He Is in Line to Fight
.. With Jeffries.

Tommy Ryan now announces that he
will fight Bob .Fitzsimn1ons. but names 4
number If peculiar conditions which may
prevent the pair from coming together
Ryan is at present at Hot Springs Ark,
where he is nursing mild attack of
malaria. In a dispatch to a friend In
New York yesterday, Ryan said:
Being the middleweight champion and
having won the title by constantly meet
ing and defeating all corners, I still stand
ready to meet Fitzsimmons or any other
boxer in the world who will come within
the middleweight limit It was but
month ago that this same N'itzsimmons
when asked to fight me said he would do
80 if he received year to get into condi-
ton. This said I would do, and while
he is doing this I will do the same. - +
"Lanky Bob does not like the idea Of
waiting year for fight. He Is ready
to box Ryan next summer. Sporting men
are ready to condemn Ryan's latest man
ifesto, and believe that he Is not sincere,
regarding a. fight. They contend that
Ryan may have been laboring under the
Impression that F'itzsimmons could not
reduce to 1853 pounds when he issued his
original deli to the Cornishrnan. Now that
Bob says he can do the weight and plenty
Of clubs are willing to bid for 1t, the i'm
preston prevails that Ryan should make
a match to take place within six months
time.
Jack johnson, who gained the decision
over Sam McVey In a tWenty-round mill
at Los Angeles last Friday. thinks he is in
line for a fight with Jeffries. johnson said
after the fight:
IT will challenge Jeffries. I am going to
Galveston to spend month with my peo-
pie and will return to Los Angeles and
put it UP to the champion. 1 am by rights
the next man that Jeffries ought to meet,
and if the mill comes off I will give the
crowd plenty of fun for their money"
lack Herman. matchmaker of the Inter
national A. C.. of Fort Erie, left New York
last night with Sc, 900 tucked away in his
inside pocket. This money represents
forfeits for two battles which the Cam
adian club failed to secure, namely the
McGovern- Yanger tilt and the Corbett-
Jeffries fight. Herman, when in New York
a few weeks ago, deposited $4,000 in sup
port Of his offer of a $4,000 purse for a
scrap between Jeffries and Corbett He
withdrew the amount yesterday, and also
$1,000 which represented the forfeit for
Terrys bout with Yanger, which was to
have been decided March 16. Herman Is
still hopeful Of securing an important at
traction for his club and has already taken
steps to land mill between Bob F'itzsim-
mons and Tommy Ryan.
Johnny Hertz, for Benny Yanger, has
agreed. to q pOSCpOnemSllL VI HIS IIldICi
with McGovern until April. If Terry is
beaten by Corbett Hanger will get $500 for
felt and may call off the match. If Terry
wins, then Yanger gets crack at the
championship Yanger is at Hot Springs
in training and will devote his attention
entirely to- preparing for the McGoyerr
matchs D. ',.> H.:
N - ,- -. 80 - 80 .
A hitch has cropped up in the proposed
mill Between Jim Jeffries and Jim Cor
bett, Which was arranged the other day
1t is Sregarding the stipulation that the
purses #offered should not be less thar
$25, 900. 1t now appears that the club il
San Francisco will not give this sum- bu
will insist on the pugilists having it GU
e for a@percentage. dispatch from Sal
Francisco adds that the Hayes Vale!
athletic club would give 70 per cent o
the gross receipts for the encounter, blu
no purse. " $3.50
With the welterweight championship il
view Harry Gilmore, Jr., manager o
Martin Duffy, has deposited a forfeit o
800 with g, Chicago paper in support o
q challenge to Matty Matthews to flgh
for the title. Duffy holds a victory owe
the New Yorker and is confident he j
still his superior.