The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1903, Page 6

rong THE WORED) WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1903. SPORTING NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE EVENING WORLD. 6 |) | Pll be lighter than Gardner when I step into the ring with him to-night. I'll be as strong as I ever Was, though, and will win in quick time. ALAMEDA, CAL, NOV. 25, 1903, —ROBERT FITZSIMMONS. I am down to weight and strong. I will surely defeat Fitzsimmons before “y the end of the twentieth round, and then Will go after Jeffries. - LARKSPUR, CAL. NOV. 25, 1903, —-GEORGE GARDNER. “AIL,” SAYS JEFERIES Samtraae'scttosca “GARDNER,” SAYS CORBETT Jeffries Fancies His Old Enemy, While B , Corbett Thinks that Gardner’s Youth 5 D , Will Win the Battle for Him. a AM % x FITZ'S FIGHTING FACH. NOTHING OLD ABOUT IT, IS THERE? IT { JGGESTS FIGHTING SFiRIT, AND THAT'S WHAT FITZ IS NOTED FOR WHEN IN THE HE PICKS FITZ TO WIN. Ee ” Hi; THINKS GARDNER WILL WIN. - s FITZ IS NO1 A ‘HASBEEN’ BY ANY MEANS. | DON’T PAY ANY YOUNG CORBETT ON BIG FIGHT. CORBETT ARGUES THAT FITZ HAS SEEN HIS BEST DAY AND = ATTENTION TO REPORTS OF HIS POOR CONDITION,” SAYS JEFF- aaa RESTS THAT GARDNER WILL WIN BY A KNOCKOUT. fe nines t t “Young Corbett,” the world’s feather-weight champion, i ma crane au who is the only champion fighter who will be at the contest ‘s ss & a et EFFRI Sa S: to-night, will send a detailed account of the big battlé direct Says: racer y' od from the ringside, exclusively for The Evening World, Eddie ' Graney, who will referee the contest; Harry Corbett, 'Frisco’s ARDNER will win. ome & ITZSIMMONS will win. eading sporting authority, and “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien, G Fitzsimmon’s age will be a handicap to him. He was a great That old fellow is far from being a “has-been.” the famous middle-weight, will also send their versions of fighter in his day, but his sun has set. His cunning and crafti- : To name the round when the fight will end wouldbe-only-guess- ness w'll serve him to little purpose against the young man Gardner. work, so what's the use of saying it? the contest to Th’ Evening World, | Fitz may feel like his old self when the gong sounds the beginning ¥ 1 pay no attention to these stories of poor condition that come-from Lier " " | of the bout. Before It has rung the end of the fifth round fle will be Fitz's training camp, If he is “bunged up," so much the better. I al-}] |] weary and tired and ready to go down and out. ways like to go into the ring a couple of days after getting fixed that If Fitz wins he will have to do so quickly, I do not think he can way. So does Fitz. travel six rounds at a winning gait. He hasn’t got the vitality now. If by any chance, as small as {t seems to me, Gardner wins, when He overrates himself when he says he will show me and others that it's all over ‘he will swear that he was in a fight with a young fellow, || he is far away from the “has-been” class. : and not an old man as some would believe Fitz is, 6 No man can last forever, and if Fitz was wise he would have taken I never saw Gardner fight, but judging by what I heard of his bouts 5 that into consideration before he made this match. : with Juck Johnson and Joe Walcott on the coast it looks like a cinch While I predict a victory for Gardner I do not care to name the for Fitz, round in which I think Fitz will go down and out. It won't go the limit Vv They tell me Gardner looked cheap in those bouts. Wither one ot though. Gardner will win by a knock-out, eo} them Fitz could lick with one hand, and that’s good enough dope to fok : | a 2 ! a low. I never heard of Gardner beating any very good man. (Continued from First Page.) a ; Hi iad Salih ee ep eA mig training quarters for a week, and Fitz took a liking to him. ‘The young-| LOCAL BETTORS MAKE ip Va ster says he has all kinds of hunches that Fitz will win, All around the training quarters have been joshing Fitz about Garaner| MAJORITY OF EXPERTS [218% EIT? 10 10 7 EAVO ovetybody says, ‘Oh, the great Fitz failed to knock out that little fellow. He’ Eddie Burke Puts Up $3,000 and Johnny Con- BENNINGS ENTRIES. must be old, or Grim must be great.’ Nei r 'Now Grim e making money showing In theatres. If I did knock himout| Sidine $1,000 on ‘**Old Man's” Chances. m Give Their Opin-~] tney'a say, ‘Well, why shouldn't he—he's big enough? He has the hardest) FITZ’S RING POSE. RACE TRACK, BENNINGS, Nov,: 25,1 —The entries for to-morrow’s races arel Local Followers of Pugi ions on Fight to Evening World. punch of any of the big fellows.’ Well, just wait tll this fight 18 over. I'l) ryorq way more betting done on the )to § the Gartner people refused to put] yn rat Pei ‘ show Grim a few things. I won't be afraid to use my hands then. | Fitzsimmons-Gardner fight last night at|up thelr money unless they got odds of | furlongs, “Moe —Malgen _ two-vearole: flv Evermore .., 108 Niskayuna 32106; 06 Cauqueta Blue Buck’ xcleplit {the different sporting resorts than there |10 to 6. I ‘The majority of local sporting men} creat fght, Both men veine clever and| Gardner Is Confident. ‘has been at any time sinde the fight was| The majority of the local fight fol- and fistio experts belleve Fitzsimmons) secd punchers they should vut up a sitive! arranged, The bulk of the betting was|lowers believe Fitz will win, and the will beat Gardner to-night, Here are| wonderful battle Gardner is in the best of spirits all day. He says positively that Greg- 406 “at the Hotel Metropole, where |chanées are they will agree to give the some opinions on vhe prooable result:} VAT POWERS—I would like to see} gains, Pierce, Barry and Foley will be in his corner. He thinks Delaney @ jonny Considine and Eddie Burke, the|10 to 6 odds to-day. DIE BURKE-I can't see how Fity-| Fitz win, He is a marvel for his age | prot man, but says he can’t make Fitz fight any better. bookmaker, had thelr Fitzsimmons| Some betting has been done in Wall San ibhesibee TOM O'ROURKE—Gardner ts luble to vee rate oney cov y allow. -|street. Odds of 1 to 2 were offered on i for Fitzsim-| * tn thls fent = Gardner says he also knows all Bob's wallops, as he has watched him in sony ‘overed by the followers of Gard | Cree a Broad sreet eur nar EE eta aia eta K SIDINE—While Gard-|, s . Gre tried them daily "°": fully $600 being offered at these} even turlonke ug n tn rounds. he. LE hardly belleve he two fights lately and studied his best blows. Greggains has 7 Considine told an Evening World re-fodds. Allen, MoGraw & Co, made one n_ furlongs Gardner. to beat such a tighter| gor weeks, and feels that Gardner has been touted right, | porter that he had wagered $1,000 to $700 | offer of $250 to $690 on Gardni I think Gardner] 1 have bet. my Referce Eddie Graney was over to Gardner's quarters with samples of! on Fitzsimmons and that Eddie Burke |qSa™ Fitzpatrick has wagered about Ny axcbl lei RSH Ancs] OF DATO R Le wail am "ot thel soft tape, which he says must be used in the fight. All are satisfed at|had det 4,00 at the samo odds with a|/that he had ail fhe eouid do to find cus: as 1 mons, His victory over Jack Root defeat Fitzsimmons ed ht fighter, | JOHNNY SIDINE—Nothing to | it but Fitz, I think it ts the blegest sinch bet I ever made on a fight. | JIM CORBETT—Gardner is my choice, I think he will win JIM KENNEDY—I think it will be a : bookmaker named Regan 0 ‘g|tomers for it, Bam had to give 8 to 5 < Gardner to, Larkspur and say bandages will be put on in the ring, Just to show Fits Chances RAMe OSD ODMR IAEA TOT part of he sum, aad § Yo 1 tn a fi " side +4 . ves Corbett’: = 9 couple of instances. Newman, 0} Tam on the right side this they can’t be bluffed. Fitz will put his on a ho peter eiisoeta thts At the Hoffman House there was|the Polo A. C., has. w were atyout $1000) arab nm) Lockets. Fitz will surely beat! the men welgh in, He will put them on at the hotel, saying It w (plenty of Fitzsimmons money in evi-|on Fitz and is stakeholder for $2, : e1 ~ | 7 5 . These bet de last week, Third Race—Selling; st » Satz should beat|tP too much time in the ring. It will take him an hour or go to upholster, dence, but although Lanky Bob's fol- aoe ea eee Tend valedta warm 3 to 4/@ hale mil anes mr orhleceen ro BR % should bea : 1 Woo} Gatherer ...15 rounds, mitts, and he would hate to keep the crowd waiting that long, were willing to give odds of 10 favorite, Wool, Gs I expect Gardner Must Be on Time or Be Fined. AW ee % Mani ; Black Death ii | janie slack Dea! u Botn men have been warned by the club that they must be in the GARDNER S RECORD. |) Rourth, Nace—tthe Washington Cupi tre] saiteatana erctaree ely RERNARD—I T hon MADDE Fitzsimmons, GARDNER READY . RE( OR D OF FITZ pavilion at 9.15 sharp; otherwise a fine will be imposed. ta ae ae ahaa ; FOR THE GONG, ° ‘The same idea was worked in the Corbett-Jeffries battle, and there)} rie Se ane Shore Ben '2 200404 Stim 02222 hl ‘Matt’? Leary, Manchester, 4 rds. in 107 ee Ee eS ens, Bei Beet, Sieve Giri'212112°08 Gavlota ne reertt Wh | was no delay. 1889, | 1805, a | K.—AlI Allish, 3 rds, Fitz will spar six phantam rounds with Berger before the fight. He = aanee Mabeheiar rds. spmifth Raco—Handleap; steeplechas#; about | | Rie says he has to warm up before getting fight in his system, Ho did this|} x7 onnrien, Concord, 1 rd. i Ml Vs0a FITZGERALD PUTS Petor Maher, 1 rd ter Maher, 3 ris the night he met Jeffries, George Dawson put him wise to this new stunt, K.—E. Johnston, Manchester, 3 ris. a K.—H, Winters, Manchester, 6 ris. WV. RS Kid Carter, y 4. Sonnover Perion oH Sharkey, 8 rds, : 1 OTT0 SIELOFF OT 1001 ter spans Aaa i mares Me fea ober Me aie be forced io nee ae a oe ¢ aa y - js time in the ring w! jardner, He wants the fight over as quickly as as : maven turione®: U : Wistert ees 34 ree possible, and when he enters the ring says he will be ready to start just as|] 4, feuty evan Manchester a aa | Woe: Haviet, Manresa eae ent, ———>—_. BS Ube vemes rate 11 rda. soon as the gloves are put on. K.—"'Thunderbolt" Smith, Montreal, 7 rds, L Ip Wateott San, ran BS (Special to The Evening World.) sie The Yosemite Club people, appreciating the fact that the house will tnont : carter, san 1 PORT HURON, Mich., Noy, 2.—Willle In. be packed to the rafters, have ordered a special squad of police to see that D.—B. Montgomery, Manchester, 10 rds. L. F.—Jack Root, San Francisco, 7 rds. Fitzgerald, of rox nocked out order is kept and that sports be given the seats they bought, The gallery|} K.—A. Moynihan, Manchester, 3 rds. WW. Walcott, Ban Francisco, pp rds. Beaeisot, of | C hoadrigerrtg rie HIN ee doors will open at 6,30, 80 that there will be no crowd for blocs waiting for Bonn Bellen Sowell Fe Seton, sa Rranciaco, 25 rn mf 40. the #tomach in the third round, pre- tule Mien anerenie seats, DW Henrahas, Lawall 6.0 et Caster, | GaleheD,/C) Fs Barbe. Bae Seded by three successive } shee ets, 4 pula AY ds: WA) Weintg: Bontoe, 6 de, 1 Kellar, 2 mis, . L.—J. Handler, Brooklyn, 1. WiocPoter Maker Boston, 1 rd. be Ret SP gua a | eS cot tat Hoek tik, Eaveiein ees Dag, Byer Eames ete arin tier Kouta, rte || = Sand’ assistance was eS aoe Cima, 6a Dr, Tillman, the club physician, visited both men in the last two daya| K Wind Mottatt, Now S06 0 Baers tp his corner, where it took so —__________,_______ | and reports they are both fit for the battle. He thinks Gardner a great DR. WILLIAMS: Meotime to bring him aro ‘Whe sudden NEW. YORK'S MASTER SPECIA’ ate “ hysically, and says his condition could not be better. and Olympic A. C. team is played on math ame expectedly. for private in a dance hall tn Fort Lee, | ™an D! aie ere) vue ren wo,ana LLY WON THIS Ie J., last night. The boys fought at There will be two six-round bouts to.cheer sports sp before the big Harjem Oval, at One Hundred and Fe pean best he second round had a margin the 12 pounds for a side bet of 8200 and} fellows enter the ring. The firet will be a six-round “go” between old ‘Phinty-sixth street and Madison avenue, of Me he the gate recelpts, which amounted to en tt c close to. $125, Abc t {1 Johnny Ritehic and George Curran, The second preliminary will be a six- on Sunday. ‘The Knickerbockers have Ss eet sake wate Laren f " young men tint bole resi ae round bout between Maurel Herrera, brother of Aurelia, and Joe Bell. a clean record of victories this year,| 165 West 34th Street, New York. politan A. C., of Detroit, next Grooklyn) \witneseed) the git’ Petes: | er —<—<—— — a WI end expect to win despite the fact that) Hours 9 4 2:8 st aE mor Phis was announced by Mateh- ae Pees aR EP ENS Ree LUNDIN AND FAUST MATCH, | * Prospect Hail. Brooklyn, the latter the Olymplcs are made up of ex-college Sportin ah Ghana Tieng aad —_-— George Munioe, the dantam-welght : BAC OU NORE SUD E _— Atare of (tha: type of Ovens ined) Gongs Roe ha Gurtal-raiser Roy Davis out- fighter, held the watch. Five-ounce This will be the second meeting be- of the flercest | gloves were used. Over $7,600 was bet| A wrestling match under Graeco-Ro-| tween Faust and Lundin. They met in] The semt-professional football cham- man, of Columbia; Lynch, of Brown;| GHICAGO HANDICAPP@R, 233 Broadway —| vot fell in. fix rounds ‘aud| After eleven roun eg Aa esicp decision. Mike Bart=| kind of fighting Willle Reilly, the South | 22 the result. man rules has been arranged between| Brooklyn last spring aml put up a 4 i be Mulcahy, of Manhattan College, and erp and Weatern ‘clacy hat Mike Mesmsic's| Brooklyn feather-welght, was awarded - iauenne Lamdin). of Mweden,) and Aus|esicciog! suatoh’ for theduiy: two iuqure’| Picket: SA ab ad ig eoided} Waters, of Orange, and Jack Munroe, Gerrit ot rookly: * i : y . ° cl y two hours, yi y Soar fore and. Holinea coinius tones he semleMinde the decision over Joe Baker, the Ital- Sunday, World Wants: Wark gust Faust, the German , champion, | Lundin threw Jim Parr twice at Worees, | When the kame between thé Hnlckar-. the star of the Butte athena Shavigees “every vous’ | Box end. jan iighter, ia @ fight brought off in Monday Morning Wonders, ‘They are to come together to @ finish ter Monday night, Docker 2s Cu the present shemeien ands \ Reena