Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-30
PUGILISTIC POINTS.
More Paper Fighting About the Sew
cral Champions in England.

lCoppri0ht 1855 by Jones Gordon Bennett.1
LONDON, Jan. 29.-[New York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. Tho Heraid's
interviews with Harding, johnson, Wakeley,
etc, have been seized upon by the London
press and especially by the sporting papers.
Their statements have been extensively
copied and commented upon. Into this ring
this morning pony Moore shics his cap with
challenge, addressed TO the secretary Of the
Sporting Life. In the course of this Moore
says.
~ challenge any Englishman or American
to prove l had one penny bet on Smith. My
sympathy and whatever else / had been
enabled to offer have been given to Jake Xii
rain, who was my friend from the first time
met him in America and ever since. When
Kilrain is in London my house is his home.
AS regards MIR. Johnsons statement about
my hedging, he does not speak the truth.
Every penny l had on the fight was bet on
Kilrain. AS regards the bet between Mr..
Sage and myself, that is another untruth, and
take this opportunity of denying it in toto,
and Mr.. Lynch and Mr.. Wakeley's state
ments of the affair Now as regards the four
Americans that were left, would here state
it was entirely their own fault,
and judging from their behavior
when they were met by us in Paris it was,
think, quite as well for the sake of order and
fair play that they were notc>present at the
fight, for their behavior was simply that of
DULLES, threatening to make it warm for US
whenever we arrive in America, instead of
thanking and beng proud of Kilrain for his
gallant, courageous conduct. AS regards
their threats to me, 1 wish them to thor
oughly understand, although now old in years,
l am not afraid Of any such as made
the threats. The only truth in Johnson's
statement is where he makes mention of
Charlie Mitchell as my son-in-law. Never
was father prouder OF son, and am sure
every true American must honor and respect
both him and Charley Rowell for the kind,
brotherly manner in which they looked after
the interest of my friend, the champ ion of
America, Jake Kilrain."
Commenting on the raw war of words
which has set in on both sides the Atlantic,
the current number Of the Country Gentle
man newspaper says: "If some person of
power does not exercise peaceful influence,
the fighting men will fight, and what would
come of that L do not care to contemplate
Your Smiths and Kilrains, and your Sull-
vans and your Mitchells, your Ashtons and
your Davis, have talked themselves
into fever, and assuredly they
will fight one fine day. 1 would, for my
part. much sooner hear these gentlemen ban
ter one another than see them spar or fight.
From the former one night learned much
that is novel in the way of phrase and fable ~
This mornings Sportsman offers an
apology to Moore for having copied the New
York statement.
Pat Shcedy sailed Saturday on the Umbria.
He said on leaving Queenstown: 81 feel
confident that Sullivan, who aches for go
at MITCHELL will knock him out before the
fifth round is completed. However, in JUS
tice to Mitchell, it is only fair to state that lie
possesses far more science than his profess
sional brothers, Smith and Kilrain. 1t is very
iniudicions on the p1rt of the American
champion to condescend even to meet Mitch
ell, as he has nothing to gain by it.'