The sun., 1906-12-28
SPORTING TALK OF INTEREST.
JEFFRIES AND SQUIRES MAY
FIGHT AFTER AL FOR $50 900.
mig champion Accepts RhyOlite Orer.
while the Australian Gables That He
VIII Come Here n Expenses Are Paid
-G:ans a Z 10 . EaN Orite over Herman.


Unless somebody backs down in the next
forty eight hours Fight for the heavyweight
championship oil the world will be arranged
between James j. jerrss and Bill Squlres OF
Australia with RhvOlte. New. as the battle
ground and s3b,0JJ the pnrse. According TO
the latest adVice~ from California. Jenrles
agreed to make this match Yesterday, srlpu-
lating that the fight should be decided Ia
April, which would give MIN about three
months In which TO get himself In proper
physical trim The much talked OF S5O,OOO
purse vanished IN thin air when Jenres began
to talk business with Promoter skinner OF the
RhyOlite A. G., " no told the big pugilist plainly
that $50 O.0 was the largest offer possible. IN
view OF the unknown quality OF Squres as
pueilist. But such paltry sum did not oeter
Jeff from accepting terms at once. at the
same time wiring SINNERS baGker' b. T.
Taylor. at Rhyolte that everything was salts
factory.
Squres was heard from In a roundabout
way lie did NOT send "a reply to the cable
grams sent to him ut Newcastle by both
Skinner aud Taylor. but he caoled san
Francisco newspaper that he would san TOT
America on January ~ on the steamer Sonoma
60 meet Jefres for the $50, 600 prize on con-
dition that the expenses OF himself and trainer
across the Pacific Ocean were hrst guaranteed
by the Rhyolte A. &. This puts IL mp squarely
TO the Rhyolite people and If they wire the
Australian puGiist that his terms are ac-
cepted there will DO nothing left but the signing
of articles to clinch the big night. The iact
that the Frisco nght trust had never made
an attempt to bring Suuires to this country as
q prospective opponent for JefYres is said TO
have been due to a knowledge that the Aus
tralian as a fighter was never OF much ac-
count. But the Nevada fight promoters evt-
IDENTIFY care nothing for Sduires 8 record 80 long
as they induce Jeffres to reenter the ring.
TuR SrE
squires physically Is no match for the
R1gantic boiermaker. The Antipodean 10
only s feet o., inches tall and weighs In ring
toys about i72 pounds. lie Is said to be
powerfully built. however. and 70 resemble
Tom Sharkey when he puts mp his hands.
but the fact that he has never beaten any
really good men in Australia makes it appear
that he Ia going up against II when be tackles
the American champion Jenries wants
three months 70 get in shape because he
says he now weighs 10O pounds. He intends
TO reduce to go an declares that he will be
as fast as ever, without an ounce or super
fluous flesh, when he gets into the ring. On
this basis Jer will be nearly sixty pounds
heavier than Sduires and about four inches
taller an immense advantage taking every
thing into consideration.
Some persons are inclined to believe that
Jefrries because of his long absence from
the ring may not be able to recover his old
hdence in himself and that means a great
deal. Ii Is generally supposed that in agree
lag TO meet Jeffries Suuires will hold out for
a big losers end of the purse. IL he insists
upon 81 and 80 per cent. and gets such
division IL will be worth his while to take
good beating. providing his transporta-
tlon TO and from this country costs him
s nothing. IL Is the only chance that Squires
has ever had TO cut up big money and in the
estimation OF sporting men he would lack
good business judgment 10 pass II up. ON
the Coast 1t is conc ed ed tina Ell ri esJ Johnson
mill would prove the best drawing card, but
Jef sees easier game. no doubt. In sure
thing mxup with Squires. II looks like the
softest thing that Jsirries has ever en-
countered.
Cans is a ? to / favOrite over Herman for
the lightweight championship hght to be held
at TOnopah, New, on Ne W Years Day, SO
far there has been very little betting because
of the recent row over the referee and the
suppostion that Cans may experience some
diaiculty in making 1888 pounds ringside
But as Cans named the conditions under
which the men will fight it is confidently be-
lieved that when the Baltimore pugilist gets
on the scales he will tip the beam ut the light
weight limit and will alse be in the pink OF
condition. II Cans had any idea that he
could not scale at i33 when the match was
made it is not believed that he wou'd have
signed articles. for he could have forced
Herman to agree to 1875 ringside just as
easily. Cans Is a shrewd fellow when it
comes to making matches and he has seldom
committed blunders. He generally bets quite
bunch on himself when he is out to win and
for that reason some people think that he
has caused the stories TO be circulated that
he may not scale in order to get good price
for his money. II IL was positively known
y that Cans would make the weight and be-
strong and IL was also shown conolustveiy
that the coming mill would be on the square
Cans would be overwhelming favorite.
for on form he looks to be the superior OF
Herman in every way. But Cans has taken
part in 90 many queer fights and Is so tricky
that the betting public places little CONT
dence in him. His intense opposition to
George siler as referee has caused a feeling
Of distrust among Eastern spor ting men.
many OF whom In this city will not bet on the
eight at ALL
A movement has been started to have the
two New Orleans racetracks poiced In future
by the Pinkertons. who have maintained
order on the Jockey Club and California
tracks for a number OF years. The other
day there was a hght in the betting ring at
the Fair Grounds between a steeplech hass
Jockey and a local detective that nearly
precipitated q riot. IL was this incident
that suggested the engagement Of the Pinker-
tons and the track managers are now con-
sidering the matter. On the Jockey Club
tracks there has been remarkable order
and decorum. The Pinkertons. in uniform
and In plain clothes. have quickly suppressed
persons Inclined to be bosterous. so that nstic
encounters have been few and far between.
Il has been a difficult matter for well known
crooks TO pass within the gates OF the New
York tracks. while many petty larceny thieves
have been readily apprehended inside the
enclosures before doing harm. On several
occasions last year men lost watches and
money In the crowded betting rings but
their property In nearly each Instance was
restored TO them by the raeetrack detectives.
Robert PinksrtOn. aided by seymour Bsntler
and other able lleutenAnts. has done the
work here 80 we'll that the raostraOks have
been more orderly than many other places
of amusement and recreation. The Pinker-
tons have been on the level with the Jockey
Club In all matters. particularly In conducting
ths long drawn out fight against the pool
rooms last season. when by means Of q con-
yenient leak big money could have been
made. Incidentally the Pinksrtons handled