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Show fWaiRE;. READY m'-M Gardiner and Sbrcck Both Confident of Bringing: . Down Long End of Purse in Battle Tonight. 5S 'S t SHEECK'S STATE JIENT.' - " - : - - f 'With the batte but a few hours off I have but -a few words to eay. I wish my friends to know that I, (A was never in better shape. I hon- J aptly feel that I am going to win. 0 I certainly will strive a never be-- fore. I do not underrate Gardiner. He la- a good man. His battle wtth () Fltxsimmons proves that if he M wins over me I will have no com- plaint to make on not being In con- () ) dition. I wish those! who favor my j) chances to know I will protect their ' money. I have Invariably. been on the wfnnlng end, I will do the very best that is in me. and I believe I will be returned th Vic- tor. Then for Fltaslmmona. . "MIKE SHRECK." ' .S) came from N6. 1030 Gorham street. Ixw-ell. Ixw-ell. Mass., and says the Massachusetts town' is as much interested and excited, over their ' townsman's fight as they wer over the famous "Boston Tea party some moons ago. Butthe Shreck party Is also there with their admirers in the money division. , Manager Sam S. Porter of the Kenyon hotel has a lot of money as a material evidence of what he thinks of the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati boy- Martin Mulvey also picks Shreck as the one to put the quietus on Gardiner's championship ambitions. Gardiner Is at a local hotel and will rest until the hour of 8:30 p. m. Then he will go to the theater. Shreck will also keep In retirement during the day. Both have finished their work. With a good walk at three, a rub-down, a dinner minus any stimulants, both will turn In for a sleep to be called Just before 7 o'clock. A' wire from the ringside will carrv to the country by Associated Press the fight by roufids. It seems an ,even break in local-opinion as to who will win. Gardiner is the better known. He has been seen in action here before. He will therefore carry the odds. Shreck. how-ver, how-ver, 4ias won many admirers by his clever work at stopping all comers In his preparatory pre-paratory work for this contest and' thei aentlment Is about evenly divided that he will cop the heavy end of the purse. Shreck and Hogan have already "counted "count-ed up" the big end. "There's nothing to It," he has continually repeated. On the other hand "Brother Pat" says that George simply can't lose. No two ways about It. We get the fat end." And there you are. You have your choice. Ogden is backing Gardiner to a man. Gardiner in previous fights has - , GARDINEBS STATEMENT. " .- . . Being In the best possible condl- ' tlon better. In feet than I have been for years I don't see any rea- fion In the. world why. I. wot t be ) able to land the long end oi the ) purse. . ) In meeting Shreck, I fully realize - S) "the importance of-what victory means to me. "Mike" Is a hard () man, but I have net tome that were, harder, and won. . . . () - My friends can rest assured of the fact that I will be there with the "goods," and will deliver them ' as expeditiously-- as my superior qualities as a pugilist will allow me. . . ) I have nothing more to sav.' GEORGE P. GARDINER. . X5)' Only a few hours more, and then ."Clang," goes the gong, two men leap from their corners, the twenty-rpund Journey has begun. Every Indication points to the fact that there will not be a vacant seat In the Salt T Lako theater tonight when "Mike" Shreck and Georg. Gardiner begin their passage at arms. - The advance sale has been tremendous. The Interest ls Intense. ' Both men' are on the . ground, with their respective following. follow-ing. : TTie outcome means much. 'It virtually vir-tually mean ft the- victor ' a -fight with Robert Fltsshnmons. light-heavy weight qhamplon of the world. , Bhreck has selected as his seconds "Charlie" Ross and "Bob" Gregory, with, .Manager "Billy"' Hogan as adviser in chief. Gardiner "has selected as his staff VMike" Dunn, his sparring partner. "Brother Pat'! Gardiner and "Billy" Gibson Gib-son acting In the capacity of instructor on how "to turn the trick." The battle is being watched from-far and near. It is the chief event on the pugilistic slate of the moment. ' There are ' those Vho have traveled . thousands of miles to See-this -contest. . Bl Roger Redmond of St, Louis la here. Redmond is a well-known Missourlan and ' Is a "Gardiner, man." He will also act - as "Jimmy" Gardiner's betting representative, repre-sentative, i - ' Redmond received a telegram yesterday frot" "Jimmy" to put cown a goodrsized waI "Brother George." The telegram I ocen prone to bleed freely from the nooo at the slightest tap. In his training this hindrance has this time been absent. "Mike" Dunn's punches have been unable to start the flow of claret. Both men have received enough "luck" l-ieces to' "hoodoo" the other man 'so he simply can't win- at-any stage. The men will fight "revised'' Marquis of Queensberry rules. This permits fighting fight-ing in clinches with one arm free.' The men will aJro be permitted to wear, soft bandages $? be put on in the ring. Each man is limited to two yards of bandage tape for each hand and all must come from the same spool. The -gloves wlH be five-ounce, new and the be t made. The seals must -fee broken in Jjie ring Just as the box came from the makers. Kach man will wear his colors of his nationality. It is Ireland versus Germany. Which wins? In a few hours It will be a cast-of "I told you so." One man-will be bigger 'than ever with every man in town fiRhting for a chance to buy. him wine.- ' With the other it will be a case of "Back. Back, Back to Baltimore." As to whether it willb Shreck or Gardiner thtt takes "the rear" set is still mooted question. There la -nothing like being on the ground. Go and see how the best man won ' arid 'how' easy he turned the trick. - , ' The men meet at "catch-weights." Therefore there will be no weighing in. Shreck will weigh.; however. In the neighborhood neigh-borhood of 143 pounds while Gardiner wilt be fully ten pounds heav4er. A challenge will be wired from the ringside ring-side bv the victor to "Bob" Fitasimmons, who is at Peoria. 111., with the "A Fight for Love" Theatrical company. The message is already written. Who will sign It? Will the name "George Gardiner" or "Mike Shreck" be filled in under the message? - . Both Manager Hogan and Manager Gibson Gib-son have their fountain pens ready to sign for their respective man. Gardiner carries the odds. It's 4 to 6. -., Will the "Anheuser-Busch' or the ' Shamrock triumph tonight. It's up to you to pick the winner. |