Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-11
NEWS OF THE SPORTS.
TEE PUGILISr HAS DRrHR0NBD THE BASE
BALL PROFESSOR
In Public Consideration for The Time Bsing-SulIVan
Getting on His Fee. Again-Kllrains A@l-
iiy-NcCAfrsy Aspiring.

PugiIist J sks Kilrsin lOet many moneyec
Fri,n a in Boston to-day by his persmp
tory refusal to scctpi the position OF lead
ing srarri1g instructor fer the members o.
the nav Boston athletic cub organization
composed of 1900 of Bcs:On's leadir cih'
zens, among whom are many admirers Of
the mally art, to whom Kilrain IL 10 o
great measure indt bted for his present
iotiv pinnacle ia the pugilis:ic arena. II
KiIra;n had accept d t5e position, which
wonld surely net him g., coo year, ne
Kould bsve b en- the'prids of all wealthy
R,stonisus ard would soon beco ne man
of snluence. lis refusal, though ap2ar-
emily fJr good reasons, is considered By
his Cd friends an insult to them, and he i
classgd by them az ar Migrate. Trey thlnk
i; il q case o: swell bead, but he says l.
il because he can make mora money Than
they Offer, for the next three years a. least,
y;v'py exhibitions with MltChall. Either
Mike DJn5vAu or JACK DsmpseJ will bs
ufF.re1 the position he refused.
SIZING UP THE HEAvIES.
George Mcdonald, the E1gusn trainer,
was asked the other day:
"How do YOU rate Mi$chen as tighter?
Is he as good man as Jem Smith,"
Mop emphatically exclaimed Melon
aid ard Sam Blakelock who accompanies
him, almost in the same breadth. smith
il far superior to him. The result OF thu
battle at Chantilly, Ffarcs, is DO criterion
whatever. In the first place it was bluff
on tn. pant of Mitchell, which, owing to
ire accident TO Sulliyaa's arm, developed
into q rae bit Of luck for Charley. De
had no idea Cf winning, and said rs much
At the ring side. met him az TIE races
some days after the fight, and he chuckled
~ he asled me if he hadn't done tIeESr.'
Yes, Smith is his superior by far"
'How about Kilraio?"
'Wny, X lrsiu oTershadows Mitchell
and is superior to Smith. Kllrain has
dangerous hight arm that does great exscu-
ton"
''How about Sullivan and ths others I
have rpsn,i,n9C:'
"Kirain will make an interesting fight
for John, bat, WITH Sullivan on his feet
once mere, l have no fear Of the resalt
when they inset, a3 they are bound to Go.
Sullivan viii surely defeat him. john is
improving s,eldly. He has got back to
POI pcunds. That's hi, fighting weight, to
be cure, bu! lie is sill far from being in
fighting condition. he is able to walk a
considerable distance wit lout his clutches,
and he is growing strong and hearty again.
A few weSkS more will decide how soon
ne will be able to get back to his old
fO:m"
MCAFFREY AND KILLEN.
A Philadelphia dispatch says arrange
meats have finally been completed for q
glove fight between Doniuick McCsffrey
AMI Pat Kllleu, aud the Phiiadel phisn will
re-enter the ring in EOpss this time oil
finally bringing to this city the worlds
championship 1t is reasonable ID ssy that
he has bean truly unfortunate in the past,
but batt,ed gamely against luck, as subse
ouent developments revealed, having de-
feated all corners up to August, 1855, when
hsfoughs John L. Sullivan at Chester park,
Cincinnati. at that time tbs Bostoni1 IN
WAS regarded as iaviuc be, and, in fact,
had a GOOD constitution. McOAffrey out.
SPARED him at every point for the six
rounds. and demanded a continuance Of
the match to finish, that he
might clearly prove that he
was as good if net a better man
than John L. The latter declined to con-
ti,us the INST h, feeling satisfied that the
referee would see hin well treated, it be-
ing afterward claimed that there was pre-
yious arrangement between the friends CI
tie big fellow" and the refe zee. Subse
uuent efforts TO bring the men together IN
a fnish fight fI'lej, owing to Sullivan'S
declining to fight in the ring. This was 8
decided setback TO McCatfrey, end sincs
then he has done little in the fstic arana.
He vas spectator at the Sullivan NJ tchell
fight in France las! March, and then fell
convinced that had he b9en In hitchell's
place the championship would have been
brought to this city. Daring the
past month McCafrey's friends pre-,
vailed upon him to make another
attempt TO creep up TO the top ruDg of the
p. T.. ladder, ard the first move is TO mCe'
Pat Killeu in Minneapolis, and if success
ful, III n challenge will be issued tC
fight Jake Kilrsin or any man in the wosld
for g., 900 side.
McCafftey leaves here tomorrow OF
Tuesday fox Minneapolis aud will go al
once into strict training, making his head
quarters at White Bear lake. He will
have will have with him Ssm Blakelcck as
teaiuer, aud while the match is pending an
effort will De made TO pit Sam against the
best lightwest in tho northwest. If sue
cessful Blakel1ck will bs then backed for
big mooey to ii ght Bill Myers or any other
lightweight.