Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-24
little GOSSIP IN
THE BOXING LINE.
Growing Opinion That Jeffries is
Not Anxious to Meet
Munroe.
BDRNS' SWEEPING CHALLENGE.
,,,e,s 10 Meet Thompson aud Layellee
IA tbe Same Ring aud Beat Both
Ia Twenty Rounds.

oIs Jefries, for reasons best known 10
,o.'solf irving to crawl out OF his match
with Munroe? .n,l, % tho
Butte MlnerT a., 49,
Ttoso questions, and other like them,
,.ye been heard frequently Of late by
,Se writer. and there IL a growing senu-
nj IN local sporting circles that the DIG
|onov for some unknown reason, would
aot care If he never faced Munroe IN the
roped arena Ca a. aociaro
,helr belief that JEFF feels mat the chalh-
,,iorsbtp Is really m danger WINE olhers
',nrsss the opinion that the several post
seANppements Of the night were slHlply
smooth moves ON The part Oh me thuil
,Jon's trainers ana ADVISERS liau w
pom entered the ring tonight Jeli would
HSys been a ~ to ldVorite ana even hl
lirb nddg there would not nave Deth
rnch Munroe money In sight ~ Is Dc
VIVID by some that the reports ABOUT
me boilermaker's condition, ana tne con
mnuance OF the light were put out SIM
Mo 10 create more confidence III MuulOe'
irA cause his admirers 10 separte tnem-
uslves from their coin. Whether THIS is
,,ns or NOT. the biz night viii not TAKE
Mace until the last or August, II, m
heed il comes OF then. fhe hgntefs
have posted N,Jy elen' aS s oSn ecteI
NJ GOOD faith, and tney VIII pc eNpeclru
IN most a like amour IN a few days, max
iog Their forfeit money 5000 each, rms
should insure their appearance III tho
ring ,,..,.o. ,,.t,,,i,,, tbo
champion to his knees Is being cllculatSd
again When Jen and fltz were III lhe
r,ty shortly after the now famous bout
Al Ruue Jcffnes told the writer that the
etory was simply lot Of baked atm0s-
mere That Munroe knocked him down
vas denied Uy Jef1 and by every member
Am several persons from Butte, who
declare they saw tne bout insist that
6nlnroe do bring the big Fellow down.
one OF these SAID to the News recent
''Jen and his friends may deny it all
they please but it Is fact AL the same
that Muuroe dropped the giant to ms
,nees by "A good hard smash ON the Jaw
iii to Jenrles interest to deny The story
hut his denial does not change the fact,
/ was there and saw IT, | VIII say this,
however that | believe JET held Munroe
as the rawest kind Of dub that he
UcfJ was not In FOOD condition that he
was careless and did not think Munroe
could hit him But Munr0e did hit him,
and hit him hard. The blow brought the
champion to his knees, ana If they meet
again the Butte man has an excellent
chance OK dom the trick again.
II is hard to understand why all these
fighters self-styled and otherwise, who
have been splitting the wind Of late with
challenges, give this Chicago boy Tommy
Burns, such % wide berth There is Tom
my Reilly Eugene Thompson and Jack
layelle ana perhaps others, who have
been hurting challenges about right and
LETT but when Tommy calls them they
do not respond. II Is understood that
Thompson says Burns Is too small. Well
perhaps he u.s. but Burns has whipped
larger aud better fighters than Thompson
~ and he Is very anxious TO show ThOmp-
son that his opinion about beng small
Is not correct.
Burns said to the writer last evening:
III THIS man Thompson thinks / am too
small Tor him, | viii tell you what | will
agree TO do: / Will meet him and Jack
lavelle az catch weights In the same
ring. on The same night for twenty
round 60 II either man beats me In that
time ] don't want a cent. II this does
lot suit them 1 will take on Thomson
alone, and II I do not knock him out in
twenty rounds, he can have every cent
o. the money Now talk Is cheap ana
THESE men have done lots OF II, but do
not appear anxious 10 do business. they |
don't want any Of my game.
AS for Tommy Reilly, he promised me
malch, but as yet / haven't been able |
10 get him in the ring with me What is |
me matter with all these word-beat- !
etsL why don't they toe the scratch and |
snow what they can do. / have been here !
lor Weeks In The hope Of getting ON with !
some ot these Fellows, | will meet Reilly |
at me middleweIght limit and be glad OF |
the chance, | will meet Thompson and |
I4'eile at catch weights and bet the both |
VI mem can not beat me I'm twenty |
rounds Unless they are four flushing iei |
uen 90 business and stop talking.