Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-12
Malchy HOgau's Opinion Of the
MunrOeJ efiries Champion
ship Fight.
PROSPECTS OF A BOUT HERE.
"Spider" Welch, Toutcd as a Coming
Champion, Wants to Meet Jack
Clifford.


,nent champions in Highland have
come prominently before the public
They are young Corbett' and James
j. Jeffries, the former by defeating
Dave Sullivan, and the latter by max
Ing match with Jack Munroe, the
Butte miner. Fight fans all over the
country are now talking of the COM
ing battle between Young Corbett
and Jimmy Britt, and Jehs bout with
the man from smoketown' Corbett
has neatly trimmed up everything on
the coast in the lighting line and the
prospects are that he viii take good
care of Britt, the 'idol of California
San Francisco ring followers, that IL
great many of them, admit that Cor
6ott IA about the best in his class, put
thew profess TO believe that Britt VIII
turn the trick which other hghtcrs nave
failed 10 do. But those who Know cor,
hett hest say that II he Is IN good
shape, Britt will go the way OF all the
rest. 80, A.. ,ot-
Concerning the other battle, the fol-
lowing hy Malchy Hogan, VIII prove
interesting reading to salt Lake ue-
voices OF tho game. ,,o
In light OF what Munroe did 70 the
sailor, or rather what he failed 10 10,
The present champion need not lose any
sleen for fear that his laurels viii de-
mart from him. Even the fact that
The giant Hollander is on his tran neeu
moi disturb him 20 any great extent
Mvnroe ia seemingly anxious for
meeting with the champion, ana the
nreiiminary articles were signed lnst
w,nday. The Yosemite club OF san
Francisco has made a bid for the hght
and offered n $4,000 purse. The usu'u
winners and losers ends are supposed
IN he incorporated In the articles no
date has been fixed for the fight put
n is likely that the bout VIII take
place during the first part OF May
II Is idle to speculate on the result,
M tho Importance OF the iight SIMPLY
lies In the fact that the mill viii be Tor
Inc worlds championship. ! do not
think there is anyone who thinks that
Mnnroe has a look,in, The miners
claim TO fame Is based on his four'
round bout with the champion AT
Butte. by judlcious sprinting Munroe
STAYED the limit, and good press no.
tees have done the rest. Right there
and then he was picked as Jenrles
next opponent. and although he hunk
I'D out match with the bOier-maker
later on coriously enough 1t now seems
certain that he will be his next op'
ponent
THAT Munroe has improved somewhat
was evident Judging from his fight with
Tom Sharkey. That the latter was AN
IN" was also made apparent, but let
NIunroe have all the credit thtt Is COM
ING to him. lie hit Sharkey hard enough
10 make the latter groggy az one or TWO
stages Of the contest. but this does not
signify that he can do the same thlns
ia Jeffrtes The champion has been
hin before, but / am not aware that II
hurt him very much, He always looked
for more
As for cleverness, Jenfrles has a good
shade on the miner. The latter did not
show any Corbett stunts In his bout
with sharkey although KID Mccoy
has taught him q good many triekS
which he did not know before, couple
of more months in the hands OF such
ring artists ms Mccoy. Corbett or Ryan
may make considerable difference IN ms
lighting ability, but allowing for every
thing can see nothipg but Jenrles
Munroe's friends and admirers claim
that the miner has a Knockout punch
and. should he land on Jeilries Jaw or
solar plexus there viii be q new chant
pion hailing from the wllds OF Mon
tana. FtzsImmons who could also MT
some, said the same thlnS Sharkey'
when IN his prime, could land DloW
that would cave In the ordinary man,
Both OF them landed on all OF Jenries
vulnerable points, but II IL not on re-
cord that the champion suffered any
lnconvenl ence from the 1olts' FROM
this ii might be safety argued tnat
there will be no new champion as long
as Jefrries keeps In good health ana cah
eat three meals day
spider" Welch, a San Francisco
lightweight boxer who II t0uted as a
conner nv coast sporting authorities, APP
pears TO be extremely anxious to come
10 Salt Lake for the purpose of try
ing conclusions with Jack clifford
Buddy Ryan, Battling Nelson
or any other good man In
his class. During the week he has
been keeping the wires hot I'm COM
munlcating with Manager Kelley con-
corning match The latter could
give GIN NO definite answer for the
reason that negotiations were already
ON with Jack O'Keefc 10 come here
about April / to meet clifford, II Is
not known whether the Chicago boy
has fully recovered from his Illness,
and whether he IL willing to meet Clif-
ford II O'Keefe does not fell able 10
come, efforts win be made to arrange
match for WEIGH, The following
about "Spldcr" is from the pen OF a
SAN Francisco sporting authority
Spider Welch 49, " anything, an &C.
centric fellow, The night he fought
George Fuller at Como and defeated
him, the sports marvelled at the great
exhibition he put UP, hut few knew
under what conditions the Spider had
prepared himself for this encounter.
The tan lad Is the owner OF n pie
bakery way out In the lonely wllds OF
the m lssion, and ON the day OF the con.
test Welch baked 600 pies, sold and
delivered them ana then hurried down
town 10 Harry C0ihctts and weighed
I'm for the bout, and few hours later
he wallOpod the stulllng out ot Mr..
Fuller IN as good fight as the fans
would care TO look at, Baking 600 pies
In one day rs quite trick, hut 10 COM
bine this task with giving husky
bruser a sound thrashing makes the
Performance BIT stronger
Could you imagine KID Mccoy
playing Laertes TO Bob Fit2almmons'
Hamlet?
Or Tom Shorkey's Iago TO Jack Mum
roe's Othelo2
Or Corbetts Julius Caesar to Jim
Jeffries' Brutus2
It's coming 10 u.s.
We're going TO get Il.
And were going 10 get II good
Mr Fitzslmmoas Is going to start
the ball going.