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Show In! S ' 1 t'4' 1 mil i h I! 1 l H-H HHI Hllllljl M h H M M H H H M M f4HKW Ml II I I M l) I'll I SWtf- Tg2g!ir Si 'I CAN THE MINER ; BEAT MIES? I ; ! Big Battle Occurs Next I r ' May- Rlr'! jj Many Claim (Wunroe Is a I !l!f Dub' whi,e oth8rs H ! '' '' Say Not. H i fi Hj- . I )i'f j Herrera-Yanger Bout at Butte To- morrow Other Fistic ' '( ' ! I Bl" IIcnr' F Burmestcr. ''n 'Ie KkTEXT Frklnv at San Francisco the C If If I'll nf l011S-talked'0i: battle between V"' ''5 ' I Jii . . i Champion James J. Jeffries and t lit i riS Jack Munroe, the Butte miner, I '."'.'lfl take P1ace- During the past week ' t there has been considerable talk or a i i' m! m postponement, owing to a rumor that ! j J i 'j JefC could not condition himself - by 4 jjj, ,j J June 17. This has been positively de-X de-X ; ; ;' h nled by both Jeffries and Munroe, and 5 l :: by James Cortroth, manager of the Mt i : : Yosemltc- club. Both men Btatc thai j . j' n ,' M they will be in tip-top shape by I'rlday j 'J fn I evening, and both are anxious for the ' tl m111 10 occur nt that titne L it' ' 1 As -the hour approaches for the big i- i 'lV trf battle the sports arc puzzling their , li 'ill s brains in an effort to figure out Just j i I '1' j i 8 how much of a chance the uiie miner ' y I l,as to hang It on the undefeated Jef- K 'MB fries. Many believe thut Munroe is a I ' 3ub; that he Is nothing more than a 1 v lj ' second-rater who was lucky enough to H! ' tla' four rounds with the "champ." HL ij ii when Jeff was out of condition. Those H ! ' j! I 'vho bold this belief assart that a few Hl ' ' j rounds will suffice to hand the dream Vjf' IV UibletH to the ambitious plck-wlelder t ' i t i I from the land of the Minnie Healy. i j ''' '' Munroe Has a Following. K j, I) . r i !l There are others, however, who be- H , t i j! Ueve that Munroe has a good chance Vi l f i i to win. Not long ago a Chicago sport- ! s ' , I i ins- man passed through this city on l t j . ' j , I nlH way to the coaot, and while in L ji 1 this city made the statement that he ''if ,!! Journeyed from Chicago for the express Fi I I j. purpose of placing a few big bets on Hi'i" I ( thc ml"r- He dcclaretl that after 1 ' watching the big fellow work and see- (! riLt ,J j Ing se'ernl of his lights he figured that f 9i ijjr J Munroe had a good chance to put Jcf- 1 '! 1 i! fries away. '"'?r f Since Munroe began his work at Ht 1 3 1 r Sheehan's Tavern. California sports Hft i v ' :' 'i have increased their respect for him f y. J 50 per cent. The miner is showing up IJ j? well In his preliminary work and j?ev- m" V ' eral aPrtlnB men have declared that Vl tl 'i I 1 II Munroe will give the champion the K()ii'ltl ' ' l'll hardest battle of his career. KVUb, Ji- ,11 However, the majority of thc fight- 1 I', rii followers throughout thc United States f tMi Ci ij! who nave not secn tne Montanan In ac- if "V A i Hjj tlon will place all their spare shekeln on ! 1 12 ' r III Jeffries, Nine out of every ten per-Hj per-Hj nti J j j " sons In this country who follow the bt 'I' il I'll fistic game pick Jeff to win, and win Vl f j tin yj easily. They are probably right, for it' P- til these reasons: Bil Ml'." I I'll "Wliy Jdffrles Should Win. n 'I ill Jeffries has it on Munroe in height, ' 1 lit reach, weight, and probably strength, j j, . 1 , I, 5 The champion has a far better knowl- B S I ni 'ill edge of boxing than has Munroe, owing Hii ' nu''. ILh to the fact that for several years past 1 I'"'!' )fa 'ill ne nns minglcd .with such masters -of- V I y the gloves as James J. Corbett and HI1 1 I Fitzslmmons. Munroe has had but one instructor. Kid McCoy, and has been fighting less than a year. Since Jeffries has a number of physical phy-sical advantages over the miner, and is his superior In the fine points of the fistic art, there seems to be no way for Munroe to win. unless by a chance punch. There seems little possibility or this, however, as Jeffries has encountered en-countered a number of "Ruby Robert Rob-ert s" best without taking the- count or even going to the mat. Tomorrow afternoon at Butte occur two of the best fights that have been pulled off in the intermountain region for some time. Aurello Herrera, the tough little Mexican from Bnkersfleld. Cal.. will essay the task of trimming Benny Yanger. Chicago's fastest feather-weight. The men seem to be very evenly matched and a number of bets have been made, with Yanger a sllcht favorite. The "Mex," however, has plenty of backing In the Smoky City and will no doubt give his admirers a good run for their money. Yanger and Herrera met once before. In a six-round bout that was called a draw. The Mexican made a good showing show-ing and several persons who saw the scrap predict that Herrera will "cop" thc speedy little Italian tomorrow. Yanger Is the Favorite. Johnny Hertz,, manager of the American Amer-ican club of Chicago, who Is looking after the interests of Yanger and Jack O'Keefe, was in this city Friday, and stated to the writer that he had little lit-tle fear that Yanger would fall to put the Mexican away. "Unless Hen-era has improved considerably sinco wc fought him last, Yanger will win In a few rounds." The battle should be a whirlwind, whoever wins. Yanger has had more experience than the "Mex," but if Herrera Her-rera ever puts his right over there will be need for stimulants and smelling salts In the Chicago lad's corner. Jack O'Keefe and Mellody of Chicago Chi-cago will do battle on the same day. This fight, too, should be a good one, as both boys are first-raters. The men are pretty evenly matched and the winner win-ner will be a matter of speculation until after the light. 3 OOr TOtBytttttttUtTTWWTWTWTrTWTWTWrWTWTWTTWT JEFF IS THE FAVORITE. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 11. No bets on tho big light have yet been received. Harry Corbett Ja Inclined to the belief that Jeffries will open favorite over Munroo at $100 to ?33. which odds will shorten to about 10 to 1 before the men enter thc ring. "Jeffries will always be an overwhelming overwhelm-ing favorite over any one he meets." said Corbett yesterday. No matter who his opponent Is and what his chances, there are always a class who Insist on playing tlio champion. Take tho contest between HiimuMMfii! miniintm hh n-m hhiiiihihimhih ' 4- - ' 1 CHAlirPION JAMES J. JEFFRIES. . X Corbett and Brltt. Thc clusa that may be called 'favorite players Insisted on playing play-ing Corbett. no matter what tho price, and tho consequence wan that he was nearly a 2 to 1 favorite over tho local boy. It will bo the same case In tho Munroe fight, but I think there will bo an Im-menso Im-menso amount played on tho short end this time, aa that clement of betters have cashed repeatedly during the last four months " Corbett'a words cull to mind the frequency fre-quency of winning short endcrs of late. Young Corbett was a 2 to 1 favorite over Brltt. but thc latter won; Bobblo Johnson John-son managed to become victor In his bout with Monte Attel with tho odds 10 to 1 aRalnst him. Walcolt lost 'to tho Dixie Kid when his backers were trying to "play him off tho boards." but found ne short cud money. The last contest In which the "little" betters got tho money was the Battling Nclson-Canole fight. Canolo was at odds of 10 to I over Nelson, but the latter won without much difficulty. diffi-culty. What Is likely to be a popular form of hotting on the big fiRht Is wagering on rounds. Usually sporting men are chary of Indulging In round bctMmr, as one of JACK MUNROE. Born In Montana, 1S77; height. S feet; weight. 205 pounds. Record March 7-9, Olympic club tournament, tourna-ment, defeated C. Mlllward, 1 round, round, knockout; J. Galvln. 1 round, knockout; won from "W. J. Rodenbach, who defaulted to him, he becoming amateur ama-teur heavyweight champion of America. Turned professional. April IS, 1901 Draw, Hank Grlfffln. 20 rounds. Juno 11. 1001 Knocked out Jack Shaugh-ncssy, Shaugh-ncssy, 2 rounds. September 12.-1001 Knocked out T. Mul-verhlll. Mul-verhlll. 2 rounds. September 11. IV.C AVon from J. J. Jeffries. Jef-fries. 4 rounds. October 23. 1903 Knocked out Peter Ma-hcr. Ma-hcr. 4 roundH. December IS, 1J03 Knocked out Al Limerick. Lim-erick. I rounds. January 27, 1004 Defeated Tom Sharkey, fi rounds. tho contestants Is likely to take It easy for a few rounds. Little fear Is felt In a world's championship of this being done, as thc Issue Is too Important for a champion cham-pion to take any chances of prolonging tho contest. Even money that Munroo stays ton, or possibly twelve, rounds, Is likely to prevail. ja'mes J. JEFFBIES. Ij RING RECORD. j'ii July 2, 1S36 Knocked out Dan Lonj. jjjll rounds. Tfl May IS, 1S97 Knocked out Henry Baktri 9 rounds. Nqvember 20, 1S97 Draw, Joo ChojInl, j 20 rounds. j; March 22, IMS "Won. Peter Jackson, S j rounds. j May 6. 1S9S Won. Tom Sharkey, 3, rounds. p April 9, 1S97 Knocked out T. Van Bx-.; kirk. 2 rounds. i; July 16, IS97-Draw, Gus Rublln, a rounds. : February 2S. 1SSS Won. Joe Goddard. ! rounds. J April 22, 1S9S "Won. Pete Everett, J rounds. " August 5, 1SSS Won, Bob Armstrong 11 ! rounds ' Juno 9. ISM Knocked out Bob Fltiris- ' mons. world's championship. 11 round. J November 3, 1S99 Won. Tom Sharker, j world's chnmplonshlp. 25 round?. ! May 1, 1900 Knocked out Jim CorteU, ! world's championship, 23 rounds. : November 15. 1901 Won, Gus Ruhl! world's championship. 5 round?. July 25. 1902 Knocked out Bob FItxiim-mons. FItxiim-mons. world's championship, 8 rounds. August 14. 1903 Knocked out Jim Cor- ! bctt, world's championship, 10 round?. i H M H H M H H M M H M -HHH-HH-r tt H I I I I M H I I IIH MH H t H I I H I I H Millie j ; " MINER JACK MUNROE. tvmm |