The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-30
LAST WEEKS SPORTS.
Lively Season Among
the New York Slug
gers and Fancy Men.
INTERESTING SPARRTNG AND
BASEBALL MATCHES
Sporting News and Notes.

New York, December 2s.-sporting
circles have been constantly on the move
this week, and there has been enough
, going on 70 satisfy any one. Shooting
running. boxing, cock.hghiing, and curl
ing have been some Of the pastimes in
dulged in by those who love gaminess.
II OF course there was the usual horse
racing az Clifton and Gutenberg, but
/, mid-winter racing has become so brutal
and 80 chestnutty there is nothing in
teresting in IT, Men who run horses for
the purpose Of dollar-making, and not TO
speed the horses, do not deserve 10 be
classed as sports Besides, the gang that
attends these slushy, muddy races con
tains a great many lowdOwn crooks who
are hard up enough and mean enough to
steal the patches in a dogs pants.
THE GREAT EVENT OF THE WEEK
Of course was the ten-round go between
Jack McAulifTe and Jake Hyams, the
clever English boxer, whom il was sup
posed would be able TO stand up for the
ten rounds and give the New York boy
a hard tussle i'm the bargain. As il
turned out, though, lIyams was little
bit too easy for McAuliie, but the fight
was good one The Englishmans de-
feat was but another demonstration Of
the superiority Of American boxers over
those of England. Hyams was and is
still considered one of the best light
weight boxers in England, but / doubt
whether he would care 10 face Americas
/ champion again after the terrific jaw
breaker which he got Wednesday night
/ in the eighth round, and which ended
/ the fight McAuliffe had the battle from
/ start TO finish, and showed his opponent
at lhs very worst iyams has the repu
tation of being very familiar with all the
| tricks Of the English ring, and there is
no doubt that he used them oil in the
meeting the other night. They are all
| tricks which fair-mindcd American sports
consider foul. McAulifIc caught him AZ
every turn, however, ald punished him
so badly that whenever he thinks of ring
tricks hereafter his recollections will be
associated with vicious upper-cuts,
swinging left-handers, and terrific jaw
rattlers He was knocked down in the
second round once and six times in the
seventh
The Englishman is game-as game as
anybody, and at ducking and lodging
blows, he has no superior moving like a
flash, and gracefully withal; but his
blows and rushes are weak and empty
compared with McAuliTe'a lie 0nlygot
in one good blow on the New York boy,
and that landed on the left eve, and was
scarcely noticeable. Hyams was rather
weak when he came mp in tho eighth
round, and McAuliiIe forced the fighting
After minutes sparring, he saw his
chance, and let go There was quick
movement Of his right arm, q fash in the
light. his glove rested on Hyam's jaw,
and the Englishman tottered and fell
sleeper McAuliffe's stock is away up
to-day, naturally.
THE PROPOSED sULLIvAN-RILRAIN MEET
no.
There is considerable talk of AL
Smith being the final referee in the pro-
posed Sullivan-Kilrain meeting He is
friendly with both men, and would un-
doubtedly do the right thing in so i'm
portant a matter.
In connection with this fight, there is
movement on foot 10 make IL the most
important sporting event that has ever
taken place by having Dempsey and
Mitchell settle their differences in the
same ring. and Immediately after Sulli- /
van and Kilrain have finished their matt I.
nee. \ prominent sporting man in this .
city wants to put mp s. 900 for Dempsey, /.
and will do everything in his power TO I
arrange the matter if such a thing is pos /
sibie. lie will not allow the use of his /
name and promises to have favorable /
news early next week.
In the night between Joe McAuliffe, Of /
San Francisco and Pete Jackson, the /
Australian colOred man, which takes I
place tonight before the members Of the /
California Athletic Club, at san Fran
cisco, McAuliife is the fayOritc and sew
eral thousands have been laid on him at
odds of 100 TO 90. The Australian is a
good one, and many knowing ones here
believe the Golden Gate boy viii have TO
keep moving pretty lively TO win.
Queensbury rules will govern the fight.
Jackson turns the scales at l9J, and
McAulife al 1870 pounds. Word comes
from San Francisco that if Sullivan and
Kilrain do not meet, the club win offer
an $4,000 purse for Kilrain and Nc
Auliffe, the Pacific Slope champion.
sullivan" and "Kilrain" have fought,
and Kilran went to grass There are
two prominent light weights, known TO
the Yorkville Yacht Club, who have long
been at odds, and il was decided TO settle
matters by a finish fight, which took place
early Christmas morning. The men re-
fused to give their names and p j. Don
oboe, sporting editor Of the World, intro
duced them as Sulliyanand Kilrain 1t was
the widest and most furious fight seen
inside ring, and only lasted four rounds,
when a jaw-crusher sent Kilrain to grass.
My how Kilrain and Mitchell enjoyed
themselves in Chicago. The papers ridi-
culed their exhibition of skill, such a. il
was; the police closed up their show, and
the small audiences guyed them unmerci-
fully. Well, what can you expect OF men
who prefer TO do their little acts in front
of a looking-glassy
One of the surprises Of the week was
the failure of Jack Dempsey's hacker,
Gus Tuthill, who was caught short on
the oil market, and went under in the
crush. He does not seem to feel bad
over the turn and told me he would re-
cover very soon, and stand as firmly on
his pms as he ever did
Everybody is talking about Mitchelrs
letter TO the London Sporting Life, in
which he says Pm trying to coax
Dempsey into a public trial of skill with
me. If / succeed he will know he has
been fighting when I've done with him.
/ shall not be sorry when
get back to dear old London. There is
no way like il, to my way of thinking"
Blooming Charleys way Of thinking is
rather peculiar to my mind; and ! am ,
more than ever convinced that he is suf- {
fering from acute loquaciousness-other-
wise known as bluff" He can easily
get a meeting with Dempsey if he only
looks in the right place for it, And as
for dear old London, why he made the
statement recently that he liked this
so well thai he was going to
bring his family here and locate perma-
nently. Charley Mitchell is decidedly
breezy