The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-23
WILL POST FORFEIT.
Jeffries Instructs Van Court to De
nosit 8B. 600 For August Match.

Jenrles Instructs Van Court 70 De
posit S5 600 For August Match.
Despite all rumors to the contrary
Jim Jeffries and Jack MunrOe are going
10 meet in the ring Some evening of
the last week ia August the Dig fellows
viii beiabOr each other al Mechanics
pavilion until new champion appe3fs OF
the old one owns the PEDESTAL
JeffFies has authorized Eugene van
Court to put up the s5,050 forfeit % Dlnd
the August match ana the money. OF lts
equivalent IN the form or q cnecA, VII
90 into Harry COrbetts hands LodaA. me
bOilermaker is ia a hostile mood, due 10
the charge that be Us afraid % meet Iie
Butte miner, and knowing ones say tAat
jeff viii not be happy until he i3n0s 4
hot one somewhere in Munrne. mid
section. People who know the nls 1el-
low best declare that hs doesn't know
what fear is, and point TO his record as
evidence that no game is too hard 10Y
him. They ask: ''Was he afraid when
he first faced Bob FitZsimmOus, the
toughest proposition that ever dOnned
a glover" After @ few inquiries of Jhls
Kind the friends of Jeff add: "He has
never lodged a match ana IL Is IOOlsn
to say that he tried to dodge MunrOe.
Manager James w. CofrotE OF the
Yosemite Athletic club satisfied himself
that there was no attempt at evasion.
To him that injured knee looked pad
and he didn't blame JEFF for not prOmls-
ing 10 go into the ring on June 80. when
there was strong prObaplllIy tnaJ ne
wouldn't have time to get back into con-
ditiOn As matters stand now the cham
piOn has more than two months In which
to prepare, ana il he isn't ready by the
last Of August he never viii be The m
dicatiOns are that he could be fine and
fit by the middle Of July.
There viii be no trouble over the tgnL
permit for August which goes 10 the
Shasta Athletic club. IT is understood
that before COffrOth announced the last
pOstpOnemeuL he had an understanding
with the Shasta club. AS 60 the AoseIn-
ite clubs June date, IT VIII probably De
filled with a boxing exhibition with JACK
munrOe ia his training stunt as one OF
the attractions The rest Of the pro-
interesting bouts between fighters OF
more than ordinary Cali0re. Iais, how
ever, has not Yet been perfected If IL
falls through, Harry Pollok and Tim nc
Crath will take MunrUes to st. Louis
from which city he has am offer OF a
three weeks theatrical engag cement
While waiting for the big thing ln Au-
gust. Tim MC6rath viii take good care
that his man does not lose form Light
exercise viii be the rule until the last
week in July and then will come a
month of hard work. I've got the com
ing champ" saws Tim land he'll go into
the ring ready for long tight or short
fight He will be there from start to fin
ish. and when it's over, your Uncle INN
viii be able 20 say ,l told you fellows.
Why didn't you get bet down
1t is the general belief OF the wise men
Of DugdOm that the p0stPOuement viii
prove a good thing financially. Munroe IS
out and injured now but his bit In Au-
gust viii be- much larger than 1T would
have been ia June.
Two postponements. both due 90 Jefrs
lack OF condition. mean that many people
have become convinced that MunrOe has
a chance 10 win. and these new admirers
of the miner will be at he ringcjde-