The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-07

poor chance for victory. 1t may be
that his chances will seem excellent
after he has been training several
weeks. But wait and ssee. There is
no urgent reason for being in such q
hurry. A bet laid in four or six
months from now will look as good as
one laid today, perhaps better. So
much depends upon Jefrs condition
that it is like buying cat in bag
to put up your money today. There
may be a few sentiment bets made
but the closer students of the game
will prefer to hold off. and therein
they will show their wisdom. Keep
your money in your pocket for the
time being. Later. IL a be: on jeff
looks good to you, unbuckle and make
your wager. But under no conditions
give 9 to /. They are false odds. and
the known form of johnson and the
unknown form of Jeffries sdon't war
rant the. price. Public sentiment is
with Jeff. but odds based on scnti-
ment don't look good to the wise bet
tor. and they shouldn't.
shar<ey Heavier Than kstehei.
The recent Johnson-Ketchel contest
has brought about a discussion as to
the respective weights of Tom Shar-
key and Ketchel. In some quarters it
is claimed that the latter is as large
as Sharkey. No more ridiculous ar
gument ever was set forth. The
sailor, when he was fighting at his
best. was larger in every possible way
than Ketchel and weighed many
pounds more. Within the past few
months Ketehel has made 16O pounds
for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on two
different occasions. When Sharkey
was training for his 21-round bout
with Jeffries, the. greatest fight he
ever put up in his life. he Wat weigh
ing around 1SS pounds. While tbs
exact weight upon stepping into the
ring Is not known, ii is the biggest
cinch in the world that it was some
where between lS5 and 1870, surely not
lower than the former figure. Any
way you figure him. Sharkey was %
pounds heavier than Ketchel. There
is no telling how heavy Ketchel may
grow in the future. but taking Shar-
keys fight with Jeffries and Ketchefs
two trys with O'Brien, the difference
in their respective weights was any
where from 25 pounds up.
Harlem Tommy Comes Back.
The long rest Harlem Tommy Muir
ply took the past summer seems to
have done him pile of good. Be-
sides cleaning up, Ad Wolgast. he
added Young Nitchie to his list OF
victims the other night. Nitchie Is
considered some fighter around Phila-
delphfa. and the fact that Murphy
bested him i'm five out of the six
rounds speaks for ITSELF The match
makers all over the country are send
ing him offers and the coming season
will be a busy one for him. The San
Francisco promoters are anxious to
sign him up for Lew Powell who
stopped Joh4ny Frayne the other
night. That would make a great card
for the coast. as Murphy has been
strongly boosted out here for several
years The Caiifornians figure that
any lightweight who can outright Ad
Woigast must be some pumpkins.
Great house Murphy and Powell
would draw in San Francisco.
Miah Murray and Billy Pierce. the
managers of the Armory A. A. of Bos-
ton. are having big luck with their
club this season. While they have
not been putting on any champions.
their contests have been giving good
satisfaction and drawing well at the
gate. They have arranged the follow
ing bouts for this month: November
8. Tommy o'Toole and Jimmy Walsh:
November 16. Ralph Galloway and
Porky Flynn. November IS. Harry
Lewis and Kyle Whitney. All the
bouts will be Il rounds to a decision.