Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16
SHAVER WRITES
FROM DENVER.
r,o,cts to Return in Time for
Athletic Benefit on
The ,2nd.
NEWS OF JIMMY FLYNN
SAYS He Has Improved Wonderfully
And Shows Championship
Possibilities,

Shaver. who Is manager and
..cker for Wrestler Charley Ross,
v,ites TO the sporting editor OF the
rNsvsn from Denver as follows:
Of have Just received a copy OF the
News" relative to the benefit to be
cIven in the Salt Lake theater In be-
,ot Of the families Of Gleason and
brighton In the near future, and sim
csrely trust that the sport loving pub
If will turn out en- mass and make
the benefit worthy OF the men whose
,lvss were sacrificed, | knew Gleason
veD and often discussed athletics with
him in times past He was a great
deyotee OF the sport, and well posted
on all matters athletic. Such an en-
,erainment as the one proposed should
meet with the moral as well as hnan-
rlal support Of Salt Lakes ever gener-
GUS public.
| called on Jimmy Flynn today at
his training quarters, and was sur
prsed at the wonderful improvement
he has shown over his old style of
fighting. while in Salt Lake. He has
improved wonderfully since his fights
with Morgan williams and Jack Root,
and 1t Is the consensus OF opinion
among the wise ones that he Is show
INK championship FORM in his class.
he has "cut OUT the sporting pro-
tIyItes he was wont TO Indulge in, and
h never looked better. Denver is the
hub Of sporting opinions and most
Everyone | have met thinks ms | do,
that Flynn can make any of the light
htayes go some TO win q decision.
The sporting writer's Of Denver have
promised to visit Salt Lake when
Farmer Burns and Charley Ross meet
for the championship. which viii prob
ably take place In February. Ross is
well thought OF here although the
sporting writer's are about equally di.
yIded as to whether Ross can take the
tile from Burns. | am In hopes ] will
get home to attend the entertainment.
as i should be worth going miles to
see"
With reference to the entertainment.
Il may be interesting to note that the
committee In charge of the selling
Of tickets Is meeting with UNI
bounded success in dispOsing OF
them The business men OF Salt
Lake have come forward gen.
trously and several hundred dollars
have already been turnd over TO Treas
urer NJ W Earl, Police Sergeant Rob-
ertS alone has sold about 200 and other
members Of the committee are meeting
With most satisfactory results. II Is
expected that the entertainment will
realize at least $1,000 for the stricken
families. Every cent that Is taken In
WI 60 to them. Practically every
thing Is donated, and what little ex.
pehse is encountered will be Shout
deted by the committee.
Manager S, j, Kelley has wired
uekets to Chicago for Billy Gee, the
well known boxing promoter, and his
pro'ege otto Sieloff, the white Welter-
weight champion Of the world. They
are expected to arrive here on the
evening OF the 2lst or on the following
morning, and Sieloff is billed for a
boxing exhibition with Willard Bean,
,he clever Utah mlddleweight, who ia
10" athletic instructor at the l.. d. s.
interest In the bout between Sleloff |
tnu Jerry Mccarthy, scheduled for the
.lehihg OF the 29th az the Grand thea
vi is hourly increasing, Both boys
WV be In prime condition. Jerry Is do. |
las great amount of work each day,
come think he is doing too much. Yes |
,eruay afternoon and this afternoon
~ started In with seven rounds with
Ine bag After that he Jumped the
,Oye nine minutes, followed by two
Iouhds OF shadow work. Then he took
\, w n's Tour sparring partners going
' !. swift rounds with each one. This
y u" addition to his morning road work.
az S,,, AZ indication Of Jerrys superb con- |
II, ~ y IL only necessary TO say that |
u finished strong and was not even
D D,t hard, while his trainers were !
practically used up.