Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Events of the Week Among the Athlete,
Mitchell Returns to America anC
saXe He Wants tn See suIIiran-

Mitchell Returns to America and
Says He Wants to See Sullivan.
Hans Rink, who claims to be the cham
piOn wrestler Of Switzerland, has arrived
in New York and given 500 to r. X. Fox
as forfeit in support of a challenge to
Blbby TO wrestle, catch-as-catch-can
style, for $500 a side. If Bbby does not
accept the challenge will be open to all.
Duncan G. Ross now denies that he had
heard from Sullivan on the proposed Sui
lIYan-Ihompson match, and that Sullivan
made inquiries as to whether Thompson
had negro blood in his veins, and added
that he did not care to have any an
nOuncement of the matter made until
some preliminaries were arranged, and
also said that some one had carried to
Sullivan the story that Thompson was a
cOlOred man.
The centreboard schooner yacht Ranger
arrived at st. Augustine, Fla, Feb. 10,
from New York, en- route for New Orleans.
The Ranger is 6S #. over all, 81 #. on
water line, II #. 10 in. beam, 3 #. in.
depth Of hold, and it. 6 in. draught. She
was built by Mr.. ID. d. Mallory, in 1856,
at Mystic, and was first called the Mystic.
Her owner went in her to New Orleans
last winter. If she had been a ''cuttah"
now, her lOg-bOOk would have been pa
raded to the world as evidence of a re-
4AlAA hoAbAO bAb VI u Uuls DGlllH
but little centrebOard, such as cruise up
and down our coast for its whole extent
by the hundred, the occurrence is so COM
mon as scarce to deserve mention.
boxing match of four rounds has been
arranged between John l.. Sullivan and
George NJ. Robinson, of the Olympic
Club, to take place in San Francisco on
March 6. Robinson is the champion
heavy weight gymnast of the Pacific
Coast, and has a great reputation as a
boxer. When Mace first visited San
Francisco he had a private trial with
Robinson, and it IS said that the amateur
proved himselfvery expert. Last winter
he met Slade, the Maori, in apublic eXhi-
bitiOn. There was no hard hitting in their
bout, it being quite friendly set-tO, but
Robinson had very decidedly the best of
it. The conditions of the match are:
Four rounds, Marquis Of QueensberrY
rules; the match to take place within
ten days. There will be no stakes. Sulli-
van is to receive twO-thirds and Robinson
one-third of the net receipts.
Charles Mitchell, the champion pugil-
list of England, arrived in New York on
Wednesday, wearing beaver coat with
fur collar, a high silk hat, big diamond in
his shirt front and diamonds on his fin
gers. He carried an ebony silver-knObbed
cane in one hand, and led by Il chain with
VIC ObuGA a. tpi ~ -l1Ouiiu Uili l6IlIeI
named Charley, broughtoyer for breeding
purposes. He forgot to put Charley in his
declaration, and had some trouble in get
ting him past the customs officers. A
three-year-Old Skye terrier called Floss
came through in a basket with the lug
gage. The first thing noticeable
about Mitchell was that he was
bigger than he used to be.
On boins asked what he was going to
do this trip, he replied: WuH, TO tell
you truth, my whole heart and soul is
wrapped up in meeting Sullivan again
with the gloves, or bare knuckles, for
$500 or $4,000 a side. | would prefer
bare knuckles, on the turf, in a twenty
four foot ring. But. as Madden wants me
to spar the winner of his tournament, l
Will do anything he says. l haven't put
the gloves on since | left America, for |
am saving my hands for Sullivan"
A wrestling match between Matsada
Sorakichi, the japanese wrestler, and
Edwin Bibby was arranged on February
%, in New York Bibby and SOrakichi
wrestled recently catch-as-catch-can for
$500, when the japanese, not understand
ing the style of wrestling, was defeated.
Since then Matsada has been practicing
catch-as-catch-can wrestling, and many
claim he is now a fair match for Bibby at
that style. But Matsada wants to try
conclusions with Bibby in the Japanese
style, and two weeks ago challenged him
to meet him in that way. Bibby accepted
the challenge, and on February % the
principals, with a large crowd, met to
ratify the match. Matsada and Bibby
were both present, the former with del
egatiOn OF his countrymen. After a long
discussion they agreed to wrestle best
three in five falls for $500 a side, Japanese
rules. The match is to take place in New
York between the 18th and 10th. day OF
March. According to the conditions, or
at least the rules, it does not matter how
a contestant falls, if he is fairly thrown to
the ground it counts fall. The japanese
delegation were jubilant when the match
was made, as they feel confident Bibby
cannot defeat their champion in the ia
panese style.