The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-18
MUNROE MAY GAIN
TITLE BY DEFAULT
Chances Look Dark for the
Holding of the Fight for
Championship

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June Imam
ager James Coffroth, of the Yosemite
Athletic club, and Harry Pollock, Pugilist
Munroe's manager, left today for Jeffries
training quarters at Harbin Springs.
Saturday Coffrothl will confer with
Trainer Delaney and ascertain definitely
the condition Of Jeffries' knee and his
fighting when he gets on his feet. If the
outlook Is not favorable the contest will
be declared off. The latest report is
that the champion is improving rapidly.
h The indications at present are that the
postponement of the worlds championship
glove contest will cause Munroe's chances
of winning to be thought better Of There
isn't the slightest prospect of the miner
being made fayorite that he will sell
even with Jeffries in the pools, but IL the
judgment of sporting spectators is to
be respected Munroe will not be cheaper
than to l when wagering on the big
ring event is at its height
There is q dual reason for this. In the
first place, several sporting men, after
watching Munroe at work for several days,
have expressed the opinion that he keeps
showing Improvement in a wonderful way.
In the next, a percentage Of the fight
fans are inclined to argue that there is
something more than sore knee behind
the Jeffries request for a postponenent
and that the big fellow is beginning to
develop the weak spots which show In
all fighters after several successive years
of active service.
Among the visitors at Munroe's camp
day before yesterday was John l.. Her
get. who, as Young Mitchell fought in
this country and Australia for years,
and finally retired undefeated Herget
IS beyond doubt fine judge of pugilistfc
form, and he was genuinely surprised at
Munroes showing with his sparring part
nerS.
Is Coming Champion
"This fellow has a chance to win froml
Jeffries. said Herget to those around
him. Even if he is defeated, however,
he is the coming champion of the world.
He is the only man in sight with youth,
cleverness and great natural strength III
! his favor, and when Jeffries is out of the
running. as he will be within a few years,
even If he escapes defeat this time. Mum
! roe will be the best Of all the heavy
| weights. 1t seems to me that no one con-
| siders him with the seriousness he de-
| serves. l admit 1 had no idea he was
| such a big fellow and so handy with the
Hergets remarks started a general dis
| cussion and it was interesting to note
| that most of the members of the smart
set Of sportdom had something favorable
| to say of the young miner. With most
| of these Munroe recalled Sailor Sfarkey
| to mind, but the comparison did not
seem to suit some of the members of
| Munroe's training staff, one of whom re-
marked that in addition to being taller,
bigger and stronger than Sharkey, Mum
roe knows how to hit accurately and has
! perfect mental balance, a thing that no
| one could consistently accuse the sailor
| of possessing.
Andy Gallagher, the amateur heavy
| weight, who has boxed number of
/ times with Munroe during the present
! spell of training, regards the miner as the
most dangerous opponent that could be
| found for Jeffries. While discussing the
1 subject with friend yesterday Gallagher
| said:
Some people say he will be a holy
| terror when he is a little cleverer' with
| the gloves. That's where I differ with
them. He has natural style of his own
| and don't think it can be improved
upon To try and make him cleverer will
| be to put him in line for a whipping. All
| he needs is fast work and to be allowed
| to smash away in the style that comes
handiest. That is the plan we are work.
! ing him on now. and 1 tell you it's get
| ting 50 that there's no fun in sparring
| with him.
! Munroe say that the postponement will
| not affect his condition in any way. He
| prepares himself under a system laid
| down for him by Murphy, the famous
! trainer of Yale university, and is sat
1 iSfied that he can prevent himself from
| going stale between now and the date of
i the contest.
Munroe Ioafed today and he loafed with
! the same earnestness and thoroughness
| that he shows when wearing down his
rag-time collection of heavyweight part
nerS.
Trainer McGrath announced early in
! the morning that there would be moth
| ing doing at the camp. The usual ar
/ ray or VISITORS Hooked out to the quar-
| ters, but were rewarded with nothing
| more than a glimpse now and then of
| the imam from Butte" scouting around
| the south drive in a big automobile or
| taking a sun bath on the beach.
| The postponement is not going to have
| any bad effects upon the miner. accord
! ing to McGrath. There is absolutely no
| danger of his 'going STALE as McGrath
| intends to regulate the amount of work
| done with the greatest care.
Plenty of Work In Sight
ST am going TO give Jack plenty of
/ fast work" said Tim. ''By fast work
mean fast boxing. l will vary his box
| ing by sending him first against a big
| man and then a fast. shifty, clever box
| er. What he needs is work that will de-
| velop his speed. He cannot get too much
| of it.
IF Jacks sparring shows the same i'm
provement from now until the day of the
1 fight that it has since he first came here
| he will go into the ring with the betting
| 10 to to 10 to Z. I understand his
/ stock has already jumped from 10 to 8
1 to 10 to g. The odds don't make the win
| ners, you know, and no matter if the
/ odds are 10 to or 10 to l. Just put a
| pin in the fact that Munroe is the best
| short end that ever went into a ring
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