The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-22

ST LOulS-JeIFIeS uy1HS OF COHSuA1p-
Louisville, Ky.-Jeffries in perfect
health. t
Cincinnati, O.-Barred by the mayor.
AS long as F'itz and Jeffries know
the value of a press agent they will
probably be able to keep out of the
poOrhouse.
The wrestling fever seems to have
taken firm root among the fighting
brigade Last week Sharkey was
thoroughly convinced that as a wres-
tier he was entitled to premium honors
in the has-been class.
On the night that Sharkey and Nc
Leod wrestled. Jack Monroe challenged
the winner. No reply was sent to his
telegram.
AS Monroe seems to be anxious. how
ever, to wrestle. Harry Pollock will
match Tom Jenkins against him. So
there is a chance to show US whether
or not Monroe can wrestle. Fitzsim-
mons and Rubin are both fairly good
wrestlers; in fact, Rubin has got
Sharkey or any of the others beat.
1t does seem a farce, however, to
see matches in which fighters are OPP
posed against such men as Jenkins,
Mcleod and Burns. Now, honestly,
what chance have they got? Any sane
person knows they are there solely for
the money there is in it, which is gen.
orally half of the purse.
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia, who
has been very successful as middle
weight, now announces his intention
/ of abandoning the gloves of the prize
ring for the mysteries of the law.
O'Brien has made up his mind to be-
come a lawyer and is already study
ing hard to attain this end.
Besides being a pugilist, O'Brien IS
also an insurance broker and a real
estate agent. He has made plenty OF
money as a fighter and has lot of
property in Philadelphia. O'Brien says
/ that he does not intend to abandon
/ the ring at once. He wants to night
Tommy Ryan first and become the
middleweight champion of the world
/ Jack thinks there is a good chance
/ of such a mill being had at Fort Erie
some time in April. Whether he wins
or loses. O'Brien AYERS that he will
quit scrapping for good. The Phila-
delphia boxer will take up his new
role under his present name-Joseph
A. Hagan.
Jack Clifford writes from Pipestone
/ Springs, Mont. that Most Lafontise,
| who used to do much of his train
I ing out there, has spoiled the ranch
ers living near the springs. 1t seems
that Nose used to visit the outlying
ranches and saw no whole cords of
wood as part of his training stunts.
Gibbs, who is now training there for
match with Lafontise, doesn't take
to that form of conditioning himself
and the ranchers are naturally disap-
pointed as they had come TO think
that all prize fighters loved to work
1 Clifford says that Gibbs has perfect
wind-as good as though he had been
living in a high altitude all his life.
Morgan Williams. the Colorado
champion middleweight and well
| known in Salt Lake. has accepted the
challenge of Billy Malley. the Colo
RADIO Springs fighter. provided the lat
/ ter will make a side bet of not less
than $3.50 and agree that the winner
l gets the entire gate receipts.
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