The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-02
Philadelphia Tommy Ryan-Martin
Duffy Bout Is Exciting Con-
siderable Interest.
FOUL WORK IN LOCAL MATCH.
Toy lndulges in Much Roughing in
the Course of His Contest
With Tommy Sullivan
at West End Club.

ueiuS consldered the Brooklyn
nshters most likely opponent. The exact
: cate OF the contest has not been decided
but the affair probably will take place uex,
ihurscay evening.
Ihe next bout definitely scheduled. how
ever, In that Set for the revived OLYMPIC
Athletic Club which has established head
quarters at LemD's Park Hall. The fight
IS set ior Monday evening, January IL, and
Hiaftm Duny and Philadelphia Tommy
Hsan VIII De the contenders The men are
matched at AS pounds. the weight being
somewhat in Ryan's favor
| JUST az present, Duffy and Ryan are
about the best men in thei, division. Joe
"aicot' or course. would hold either man
sate' TO judge from his past performances.
out the remaining weiter weights would
nave hard time meeting this pair. Rube
with either man. and Aatty Matthews
would have the hardest Kind of battle
With with either. Outside OF Waicott. Matthews
, or Duffy hard battle.
Otto Seilofr knocked out Tommy Ryan
aass spring, but the Chicago papers all
agreed that it was carelessness and over
Sohhdsnce on Ryan's part that led to this
made a monkey out of SeiIofS FOR FIVE round.
ana then made one OUT of himself by grand
a5eS a.i1S aPia1Sins 3 in the last round This en-
dispose OF Tommy.
duffy Duffy had a hard. fight recently with
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knocked down repeatedly. Fagin is one Of
tne corners in the welter-weight division.
sSSy S IS vii, y9bunf b ds and strong man He prob
meet the winner. Duffy received the de-
sIssa sIsan ss,e ever him. but it admittedly a
None OF the other welters, like Mike
Schfeck and Kelly, can be conceded a
f ffhanee against Ryan or Duffy. AS fol-.
| LoinfnE Tracy. he would be easy for either
man. With the exception of Waicott IN.
, .wo men seem to be the best in the wel,sr-
| weight division.
Ma.thews has come back to form, after
couple of years sojourn in the has
BEEN =, class: His defeat Of Rube Fern iii'a a
haoiuon. and it appealed as IL Matthew'S
Th Tao resained some OF his od-time form
a!ns,I Inc match was regarded with considerable
HI hIseHlent al nrst on account OF the recent
wo.k OF both mer, but both Ferns and
th Mha.'news put up a hard-fought bout. At
istic dead ones Mere fre9aent lni until
Matthews got into his stride.
has, AS the new club proposes to bring the
aeaS'es aeaS men men here its prospects should be
sooa: Local hght-goers would Ike to see
cea.s neasy men IN action. as change from the
Henry Lowenstein. who is connected with
ness rss nsw sn entespTise' nj sp' IS wel-knowp bust
stein states that the Club viii sndsar!1. \,
prlnS none but hgh-clasS men here
throughout.
Reports of Fftzsimmons cuarrelin- with
his manager in Butte, Mont. did not excite |
much surprise the country over Fitz's dis /
position and his petty jealousies are too |
wen known to cause much comment among |
the sporting men Of the country Just so |
long as he remains in the public eye. little |
Incidents are bound to happen which NiIi |
90 awning but increase public opinion OF |
According to dispatches. the trouble oc-
CURED IN the Thornton Hotel. where Fftz
rel over the addition OF Jack Munroe 10 the
tIoupe- F1tzsfnmons became desperately |
1 Jealous at once. although it would appear
that Fitz may leave the company.
this city. He brought Neurouiah the Turk.
fsh wrestler TO this place a couple of years
ago and has been In St Louis With several
fro! from IS seeing the big fellows in action. as
Negotia,;ons had practically been closed
between Ball and the West End Club to | ;
bring bring the @ men here january %. They
an exhibition, but that would have ex-
cited enough interest among local fight 60
ers s1 who want to see the men at work.
now come here is uncertain.
the bout at the West End Club last {
Wednesday evening, but BROOKLYN Tommy
suiiivan must be given credit for not re-
sorting to anything questionable until Toy
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then he only utilized rough work that did
not exceed the rules. while the san Fran
:isco boxer had constantly resorted to +
clearly unfair tactics.
Toy kept jan,nIing the heel of his gloye
nto Tommys face. cutting off SulliVans
across Tommy,s windpipe. and then try
ng to force Tommy through the roaes | =
.eser II he he had hs ,b backed si the Brooklyn man
ngly dangerous trick. as Sullivan might
,ave been badly injured had ne been
As Toy disregardcd the commands Of the
eferee. Sullivan lost his patience, threw
as s hs ,ef fs 00E M M hn sf baa
men as they came to the center for she
ext; but Toy tried fouling a, several stages
esulted in his disqualification several = :.
Ieved it was best not to disappoiTt the | 81
rowd by stoppns the fight prems turefy. $,
his probably was the best plan to follow. =
ected by the work. ht
The one topic of discussion provoked by
appen to have received that memorable al
ecsion over McCleland Dope" IS ad- 81
the result of Wednesday, battle would a,
how that McCleliand had received the hot a
nd of verdict when he met Toy 10
After considerable pickering. Billy Mad di
en- has at last succeeded in securing man IN
a Martin. The other day Madden re- ha
eived word that Jack Johnson the Califcr- pc
ia negro who has been making rapfd Sa
tribes among the big men Of late was pre- ! W!
ared to meet Martin. and was asked if a.
[adden would let Martin meet johnson In ue
ssx-round contest at Chicago within the IN
ext few weeks. Billy at once acouiesced De
nd articles clinching the scrap were signed 81,
,-day. | f Is
Madden is much disappointed ever the at To-
tude Of Tom Sharkey and Tin Je.frieS u, NJ
,ward his two big men, Gus Rubin and o.
d Martin He cannot understand why D.
harkey ana Jefries should care to fight an
ack Monroe when his two proteses are in Ct,
e field ready to talk business IN
We Jenries and Sharkey battie.'' safd Mad
n to-day. 7 challenged Jeffries and Shar- bo
ey on behalf Of my boxers. but when IL
lme to an issue they refused to t-'t Z
ess- Sharkey said that he had retired. and pa
,nrtes crew the color line. Now, if thar 10
MT peculiar doinss don't know what is Til
"a the quicker these men realize that the ny
,ating the better for Themselves and tha 1T. IT
ime Ruhiin and Martin want to fight ana III
e not looking for notoriety. We have TIA Lo
oney. ana Will cover any forfeit which tha Fa
70 may deposit As to Sharkey. Vol, ca, 7
ate Tor me that he could not be draw ~, ~
20 the rIng again with Rubin for ali The enI
oney IN creation He got two good tfrashs Er,
=. = ana ~ now simply looking for noto- Cal
CoafeN Wins From Moran. NO
= .9ates and Mo>an. the leaders In the F-s,., Ga
q y sogrnament at the Navarro. crossed cusa lat.
Moran was annealas maS. .s5 .sse'a4E1E
Aiken play tonight. j
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