Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-19
could have been found for the

C0ulQ nave Do0Q IOunQ IOf tne
position. His unbeaten an splendid
record will add lusier to the sporting
club that has secured his services and
will secure to it the leading position
it has always taken in promoting
sport on this Coast.
There is another consideration
which may follow his appointment
and one which will greatly add t, the
interest excited by his presence on
our coast, and that is that the pro-
posed fight between the English mi L
dl.weight champion, Toffwall, and
Jack Dempsey will not unlikely be
brought off at San Francisco. Toff.
wall distinctly refuses to cross the
Atlantic unless a match with Jack
Dempsey is guaranteed as result OF
his journey. With go many wealthy
and influential patrons of the noble
art as at present reside in the Bay
City, 1t is very improbable that Demp.
sey will long lack backing against any
man approaching his weight. So we
shall, in all probability, soon hear Of
match having been arranged be-
tween him and the notable English
middleweight. The interest by con-
test between these men would be in.
tense, and we'll as Dempsey deserves
his title of "Nonpareil," am salts
fed that he will meet in Toffwall a
foeman worthy of mis- steel.
The only topic of conversation dur
ing the past week has been the Sulli-
van Mitchell contest, and whilst the
opinions expressed are diversified in
the extreme, everyone deplores the
result as sad downfall for John l..
Sullivan in particular and Boston cul-
ture in general. John L. is a great
glove fighter, but he was outfought
and outgeneraled by his more agile
opponent, who omitted to employ
none of the advantages accorded to
him by the London Prize Ring rules for
evading the awful punishment which
it is in John LIS power and was
no doubt his intention to bestow. To
those who witnessed and to those who
read the account Of the fight, Mitch
ellis frequent recourse to mother earth
doubtless seemed monotonous, but
we must remember that foul was
never allowed and as all admit that
the fight was conducted with the ut
most fairness it is to be presumed
that in none of these instances did he
commit any actual foul. The point
which seems to astonish those
who know Sullivan's style of fighting
is that he was able to stay in the
ring over three hours without either
being knocked out himself or finish
ing his opponent. 1t has been COM
mon fallacy among sporting men that
two big fighters cannot face one an
other for over an hour or an hour and
a half without one or the other re-
ceiving the coup de grace, that is put
ting hippodrome aside. The kilrain-
Smith contest and the one under notice
ought to dispell this notion once and
forever. I know of no earthly reason
why two heavy weights enly
matched should not fight as prolonged
contest as two light weights in the
same class, and unless Sullivan
was in the ring simply for the pleas
ure OF adding to Charlie Mitchell's
reputation there is no better proof
that my judgment is correct From
latest advices John l.. Sullivan will
soon be homeward bound and he will
then no doubt take the first oppor-
tunits of retrieving his tarnished
laurels That he will explain away
his recent unsatisfactory performance
l confidently expect, but no one will
ever pursuade me that John l.. Sulli-
van will again take part in fair up
and down fight. He defeated Paddy
Ryan and obtained reputation on
which he has travelled ever since. His
late experience must have somewhat
diminished his self-confidence and 1
for one shall be much surprised if he
ever attempts another battle under
London prize ring rules. / am afraid
Charlie Mitchell and Jake Kilrain are
rather overriding this pat-me-on-the-
back business Everyone will allow
that Mitchell fought pluckily and
well, but still as he did not actually
defeat the Boston terror, think he
is rather previous in his declaration of
Kilrain's invincibility. 1 myself con-
slider Kilrain to be at present the best
man in the world, but as the late
fight has or ought to have dispelled
the notion OF proclaiming a man
champion before he has proved his
title to it, 1 await further develop
ments in the fistic arena before hail
ing anyone as the absolute champion.
Aauatics