The Washington times., 1905-07-16
PETERSON IS GOOD.
SAYS jim Fries
Picks Him to Best Buddy
Ryan.
FANS DO NOT LIKE DOPE
Thinks Chicago Boy Will Be
Victor Over the English
Welterweight.
By CHIP.

Sullivan bout. for any reason, leaves
a bad taste in ones mouth, the
fight at Colma, Cal, the day fol-
lowing, will go far toward eradicat-
ing it. This battle will have Buddy
Ryan and George Peterson, as partici-
pants, and looks like the real goods
from this distance.
Ryan claims to be the American well
terweight champion, while Peterson lays
title to the English honors in that class.
thus making the battle virtually a con-
test for the worlds welterweight cham-
pionship. Peterson is almost unknown
in this country, but SO good n judge as
jim Jeffries, picks him to win Jeffries
in sizing up the merits of the two men.
said:
Il think Peterson has in him the max
ing of a good fighter ] consider him
Tar more clever as a boxer than RYAN
and he is also hard fighter with a good
Wallop. Ryan never lets up from the
time ne starts in, but has a lot more
strength than science and Peterson
should be clever enough to keep away
from his hard wallops.''
here in Chicago, however, Buddy has
aiways been considered pretty we'll I'D
IN the science of the game being noted
especially for a "one-two'' blow. deIiv-
cred with lightninglike rapidity, that
mas several times brought home the
money Honey Melody remembers it
particularly. So Jeff's dope is not
worrying Ryans admirers very much.
Mike Shreck Talks.
Inc irrepressible Mike Schreck will not
down Here's the latest from his man
turned here few days ago:
Il have a forfeit of S1,0O1 up now in
possession of Charles Essig to fight any
heavyweight In the country, Bob Fitz-
simmons and Marvin Hart preferred.
ciaim heavyweight championship for
Schreck on the grounds that Fitzsim-
mons forfeited to him. Here is some
more dope to show that Schreck is en-
Titled to the honors as much as any
other heavyweight.
Schreck Is the only man that ever put
George Gardner to the mat. Gardner
stopped Root several times and neither
Hart, Fitz. nor Root could stop Gard
ner. Now Schreck is the only man To
accomplish it. and now where does
Hart stand?'
Which reminds us of the dope
figured out by II facetious sporting
writer not long ago., which made frankie
Nell a legitimate contestant for heavy
weight honors against Jeffries This in
genlous scribe cited that Neil had once
fought draw with Eddie Hanlon, who
beat Young Corbett, who whipped Terry
McGovern, who beat Joe Cans who
drew with Joe Wolcott, who knocked
cut Joe Choynski. who has a draw with
jeffries to his credit So much for
pugilistic form" And Hogan's, with
out going into particulars, is just about
as misleading II Is known to several
Chicagoans that within the past six or
eight months, while training here. Jack
Root knocked out Schreck on more than
one occasion, and, in general, batted
him around about as he pleased No.
Mike will hardly do as worlds cham
pion, but he is n pretty tough PROPOSE
ton, at that
A Finish Fight.
There may be another finish fight he
fore long-and not in Nevada, either.
Jimmy Coffroth, who lost his pull with
the San Francisco board of supervisors
and consequently was forced out of the
game there, has announcer that he will
offer q S20,1G0 purse for fight between
Battling Nielsen and Jimmy Britt. He
proposes to pull off the fracas at Colma.
Cal, on September g. local holiday
there, and will build a big arena espe-
cially for the occasion. Coffroth would
have the affair occur in the daytime.
so as to obtain moving pictures, and
win, in addition to the regular purse of
fer the boys $4,000 outright for their
share in the photographs, making $50, ,0O0
to be battled for
Britt may not relish the idea OF fight
ing Nelson Very we'll but this is a lot
OF tp-T coth makes good,
Jir accept. Needless
to Id draw. even at
Co. more money than
lia drew before, and
CeEEE ss tew what he was
ID - 20 de his extremely
it,