Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
BIG FELLOWS CLASH
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Jim Jefries and Jack MunrOe Will
Fight for the Heavyweight
Title.
WHAT WILL THE RESULT Be?
All Eyes 10 the Pugilistic World Are
Now Turned Toward San Fran.
cisco Their Condition.

The eyes OF the pugilistc world arc
turned toward Frisco This is champion.
ship week with Jim Jenrlcs and Jack
Munroe In the llmelight. Probably no
heavyweight championship battle in a dc.
cade has attracted 80 little attention as
the one scheduled to take place at Me.
chanics' HAN tomorrow night
1t may be the last battle Of the kind for
many years TO come.
"Why?"
Because II Jeffrics walops Munroc In.
to droamand, who will be left TO dispute
his tltlel
II win then be up to Jcff to weep for
new worlds TO conquer
lie has met and defeated tho top.notch.
ers Of the world. None are left. Some Of
them he gave a second chance TO make
his position doubly sure. IL there are any
more, aside from Munroe where will
they come FROM
Mars or Mcrcur CUtam?
What Is Jen going 10 do about 1t?
DID you ever stop 70 think OF the money
that could he made on tomorrow night y
iightY Hundreds of thousands of slmo-
Icons could be cleaned up--if the hight
were fixed. II Jeff and the miner were
dishonest enough to fake. Jen Is strong
ing and then go out Probably not one
In a thousand would detect the fraud He
could send agents out and cover all the
money wagered ON his chances Then in
SIX months another battle could be AR
ranged ana another fortune cleaned up,
Nhile there Is no indication that any
thing Of the kind has even been con-
templated, and II IL not even limited that
such Is the case, yet local fight fans have
been talking Of this phase Of the case
during the last few days,
II reports from Frisco are to be relied
upon, each man Is terribly I'm earnest, and
each has confidence Of winning, MunrUe's
manager. Harry Pollock, says.
Manager of Jack Munroe, worlds
heavyweight champion" after the battle,
Pollok asserts with great postiyencss
that the biggest surprise since the time OF
Sullivan's defeat at the hands OF Cor
bett at New Orleans will occur.
Jcnries does not hold the Butte man
cheaply. Neither does Jeffs manager,
Billy Delaney When the report reach.
ed Jef and Delaney that George Siler had
made the statement that Munroe did not
stand a chance, Delaney said:
81 am surprised that Siler has made
any such statement. "He has been long
enough In the game TO know that when
two big men meet I'm the ring, both being
strong and in good condition. each has a
chance to win, To Illustrate. I'll take the
Munroe-Sharkey and the Enthusiastically
battles In his tight with the sailor, Mum
more points over him than Jef1rles did
in his encounter with Sharkey Figuring
from this, Munroe should have a chance
with jim"
As Billy was in liberal mood, he was
asked what sort OF battle Jefiries had
planned
There's one thing certain" he ans.
wered. "Jef Is not going to rush In and
try TO finish Munrue In a couple of
rounds He's going ~ fight him carefully.
after that he used Ia his recent battles
with fltzsimmpns and COrbett"
Locally the opinion prevails that Nun
roe scarcely has look IN, There are a few
In Salt Lake who believe that the Butte
tighter has a pretty good chance, but they
are not among the rank and file Of the
fight fans, The latter are practically
unanimous in the opinion that Jefries viii
whip Munroe inside OF ten rounds. Jeit
declares that he does not propose to try
and finish Nlunroe I'm "A round or two. He
says he Will 60 after his man In a care.
ful manner, and will not take too many
chances,
The very latest news from the training
camps is given in the following dispatch
from San Francisco:
At a conference tonight between JEFF
fries and Munroc's representatives. and
Referee Graney, IL was decided 10 fight
Queensberry rules, with the added stip-
ulauon that they must protect themselves
in the cinches and breakaways OF the
recent battles for the heavyweight cham
plonship that have been held In San
Francisco this will be the first that has
been conducted under those stpulations
Instead Of being compelled TO break clean
and get set after each clinch the two
giants will be allowed TO pumme each
other In cllnch and breakaway, They will
fight, In other words, the same sort OF
battle that the little fellows do and that
is the most popular with San Francisco
lovers Of the game. The decision creates
the favorable comment Of the fight Of the
fans.
Following are the measurements OF the
two fighters: