The sun., 1905-12-20
IN THE SPORTING WORLD.
LITTLE LOCAL BETTING on THE
FITZ-O'BRIEN BATTLE.
Both Pugilists Fit and Confident Walter
Camps Aii-Amerioan Teams Announced
Why James A. Hart Retired From
Baseball-GoOd Racing in California

locally on the Fit2simmons-O'Br!en hght'
which takes place in san Francisco to-h'gh''
New York sporting men appear 10 De aNeIeo
to taking chances without frst having
good look at each puglist to satlsiE 'heIr
Ideas as to real physical condition. Among
the ring experts who have watched the prep
arations OF the two men the opinion preEaiis
TINT II Ftzsimmons does not win declsNelF
inside of ten rounds there Is chance LOT
O'Brien to win the battle on points al the emu
Of the twenty round limit. Fit2slmmohs
showing all depends on the condition OIL ms
hands He will wear hard bandages. WhIch
will be OF material advantage to hln, puo
should he injure one Of his fists as was 'he
case In his combat with George Gardner ne
may find himself up tree. The faCt that
O'Erien insists upon regulation twenty
four foot ring would seem to indicate that ne
intends TO make good use OF his iootWorA
and has planned to fight the dangerous Or
nishmGn at long range, U Brlen ls cna'h
lightning boxer, clever and cool, and II he
can keep away from Fitz's heavy jolts ana
eyings he will probably make long. careful
dpht But Fit2 is mixer and slugger, as
well as a scientific. skilful puglltst. VINO mas
had world Of experience win men as
clever as Bren. and II he Is able 10 stahu
the swift pace set by his younger opponent
lie may get home one of his pile driver blows
that have made him one OF the greatest flght-
ers that the world has ever seen. William
Bates who Is Fitzsmmonss sparrlnG partner
and who has faced o Brien in the ring, says
the Cornshman will win.
The difference in age is in o Bren laVor'
saws Bates. but when it comes down TO
real clevcrncss, Fit2 has nothing t. fear.
O'Brien is faster, but that will not count for
much if Bob lands. Fitz has the old punch
never fear. and in some OF the mlAupS
O'Brlen, in my opinion. Will be dropped,
as he cannot stand heavy punishment and
cannot hit hard enough 10 make the Cornish
man back up"
O'Brien is confident of success In fact he
says he would not have made the match
unless he had been sure of victory. He
declares that Fit2 has seen his best days
and lacks the stamina necessary 10 carry
him through the gruellng battle. IL" mel
have both trained faithfully, and experts
who have looked them over say they are III
and ready.
Walter Camps All American football
elevens, as selected by the Yale man each
year. generally cause much comment. MI
Camp has finally announced the make up
of three elevens, after much dclberation.
On the first eleven he has placed the men as
follows: Ends, Shevn of Yale and Glaze
of Dartmouth tackles, Lamson of Pcnnsyl-
vania and Squires OF Harvard; guards. Irlpp
OF Yale and Burr of Harvard; centre. Iorrey
of PENNSYLVANIA; quarterback. Eckersall OF
Chicago: halfbacks, RoUme of ! al" and fiub-
bard of Amherst; fullback, Mccormick OF
Princeton Mir. Camps second eleven con-
sists of these stars: Ends, tatlin of Chicago
AMI Mars h Ill of Minnesota tackles, Forbes
of Yale and Curtis of Michigan; guards,
Thompson of Cornell and Schultz OF Michi-
gan: centre, Flanders Of Yale, quarterback.
Hutchinson of Yale; haliDaCks, Morse of
Yale and Sheblc of PcnnsylvGna; fullback,
Won Sultza of Columbia. Tho third eleven
te Iu ain, in uH
Pennsylvania and Tookcr OF Princeton
tackles, Bertke of Wisconsin and Blglow of
Yale; guards. Fletcher of Brown and Max
we'll of Swarthmore: centre. Gale of Chicago;
quarterback, Crowcl of Swarthmore: half
backs. Hammond of Michigan ard Flnday
of Wisconsin. !ullhaCh, Beldek Of Chicago
In summarizing the three elevcns Mr.. Camp,
II will be seen has shown a strong preference
for Yale as eight wearcrs of the Blue have been
selected Chicago and PENNSYLVANIA each
has four, Michigan has three with two each
for Harvard. Princeton, Wisconsin and
Swarthmore, and ono each for Minnesota,
Dartmouth. Cornell. Brown, Columbia and
Amherst
The failure of John Il. Wal,h. tho Chicago
banker, throws some light on the retirement
OF James A. Hart from National League base
ball affairs Some time ago Hart declared
that he hal parcha sod a controlling ,u-
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