Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27

This Is by kid" Mccoy
Who will win the sharkey-Munroe
battle?"
fired this question point blank nj
the champion OF all the champions,
James j. JefrIes.
had been ordered TO find out from
JEFF what he thought of the sallorman
and the miner as fighters and who
would win at Quakertown.
so went at the champion with bare
knuckles.
But he side-stepped me. lie had a
Dutch answer ready.
Has Munroe learned how TO place
his blow?"
was a bit surprised at the query.
The miner must certainly have improv-
ed a great deal since that day he stood
the massive bollermaker of for four
rounds
For supposedly green, man Mum
roe places his blows with great deal
OF accuracy and most positively with
an immense amount OF force behind
them; and | told Jeffrles so,
Then" said the big fellow, with that
quiet, good natured smile OF his, ut will
be a hard fight"
He saw my smile at his evasion OF my
question.
Look here, Charley" he said 81 can
not attempt to pick the winner OF this
bout, even II knew positively which
one would win. | have promised the
winner chance to fight me- for the
worlds championship, and for that rea-
son | do not want to have any feeling
in the matter or voice my opinion as
10 the outcome.
~ will be at the rlngslde and | want
10 sit back and watch the best man
win"
saw that he was right
well jim" | asked him, what sort
OF battle, from your knowledge Of the
styles OF the two men, do you think
they will put up?"
smuggling pure and simple, he replied,
quick as a Hash,
Struggling, eh?"
Eyes. good, hard od-fashioned slug
glng | have fought Sharkey forty-ilve
rounds and know that IL all he knows
how 10 do. He Is ON top OF his man
all the time with full-arm swings, right
and left He keeps them going like a
windmill, and it's u case Of Sally, bar
the door, II he catches the right spot.
lie carries sure death In either hand
II he hits you right.
"Of Monroe's style, OF course, do not
know 30 much. He was pretty green
when ] met him. but he was certainly
n big, tough, strong, dangerous man,
His lack OF the fine points of ring tao
ties WAS his most prominent fault the
time | met him. Undoubtedly he has
learned a great deal since then. His
quick and decisive Victories over Peter
Maher and that fellow Limerick show
that he has come on good Bit AS
10 his style, a straight right hand to
the short ribs under the heart seems
to be his best blow
yes, II is," | affirmed, lie has al
NO a good left hand. lie sticks II out
I'm very clever fashion. 1t has great
deal of power behind II, and he viii
give the sailor many a JOLT with II II
he uses Il as well In the ring as he
does when working with me In my
gymnasium"
Then showed Jeftrles this straight
left OF Munroe's.
The big fellow grunted as stung his
nose,
"soy," he said, that would almost
bother me-"
/ wonder II he meant Il?
Now that Jim Corbelt has announced
that he will not entertain any PROPOSE
ton for q return match with Rob Fit2-
simmons. the latter will no doubt look
around for another opponent TO meet.
II the Cornishman is anxious TO fight
for the mddlewelght championship,
which title he still lays clam to, he
will find no trouble IN finding q WILL
ing opponent.
KID Mccoy the clever Hoosier boxer,
who has been In training for several
weeks IN anticipation Of entering the
ring In the near future, has his eye on
Fitzsmmons and nothing would suit
him better than to tackle the lanky