Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-10 | Page 7 | Sporting Briefs

SPORTING BRIEFS. "Popularity of bouts botweon llttlo men n due to two canuc3. First, thero Is moro uctlon In ono light betwuon llttlo men than In two botwecn tho big fellows. Thon aiiln, the contestant'? are less liable to reiious injury It Is a fuel which every tighter can verify that in tho featherweight feather-weight and bantamweight divisions, whllo knockouts aro frequent, It Is seldom that any severe punishment Ih Inflicted. Men aro went down for tho count who get up In five minutes and aro even froo from head. ach03. YOUNG CORBETT." Bob Fltzsimmons marked tho lust day of his visit at Boston by a unique kindness kind-ness In behalf of tho former champion, John L, Sullivan, by hammering out a biff stool horseshoe, which Is to bo sold at auction and tho proceeds applied to a fund for tho benefit of Sullivan. Fltzslmmons had somo difficulty In procuring pro-curing tho material, preferring to make tho shoo in tho old-fashioned way out, of a solid bar. Instead of manufactured form, but finully got what ho wanted. Jack Monroe and Jim Jeffries may not moor beforo tho Yosemlto Athletic club to decide tho world's championship Juno 1st, after all. At least it Is certain that Eddlo Oraney will not bo tho referee, notwithstanding notwith-standing the fact thut ho Is named in tho articles of aKrccment, as Harry Pollock, manager of Young Corbott and Jack Mun-roe, Mun-roe, declares that lie would call off tho fight beforo ho would glvo Granoy another opportunity to rob ono of his men. 1 "As far as Grancy is concerned," said Pollock, "I would not let him refcreo the fight If ho was tho last man on earth. Granoy Is a thief puro and simple; of all 1 tho rank decisions that ono awarding Brltt tho tight was the worst. Why, Brltt ' looked as if ho had been through a thrash- : Ing machine at tho ond of tho light, and was In bed for tho threo days following, " while Corbott showed hardly a mark of ' tho battlo. : "When tho match between Jeffries and ' Munroc was liiudo Granoy was selected as j referee, and Jcffrlo.s favored lilin above ' all others. While out on tho coast t ox- plained my position to the club officials, ' and I think the referee question will bo settled satisfactorily Munroo will start ' West noxt wcok and will train on tho , coast for the JolTrlea light. I think ho has j a good chonco to beat the champion noxt June, and will wager somo on tho out- COIllO."