Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11

year. 1t ought to be, because the worlds
championship is at stake, and we are told that
the two scullers are the best that have over
been known. This is a very breezy statement.
but am inclined to think there Is much truth
in it. know that very good judges say that
nobody has been seen to equal either scare or on
| OConndr in speed OF course Americans Will
| mostly extend their syInpathies to OConnor,
but whoever wins the title will still be under
the British flag. America is not in the race at
| all, and there is much to lament in this. 1t is
| not long since we had a whole legion of first
| class scullers; we had SO many and they were
so good that it looked az if the championship
| would never be taken from the Stars and Stripes
| There is more or less talk Of Teemer making
bid for highest honors again. He may do so,
but if Searle is better than OConnor the Nc
| ing hackers to 4and him against the Austria
| lian. There is every indication that the race
\ will be one of heavy speculation. Already
this country We may naturally expect that
Searle will be favorite in England, because
there Is a very large amount of Australian
money there to back him. however, am at
! present disposed to think that O'Connor will
follow the example of Hanlan and bring the
the title to this side of the Atlantic. On public
form think that O'Connor has the best of it,
that is, taking Beach as the standard. Beach.
when at his best, had the greatest difficulty to
defeat Gaudaur, and we all know that OCon-
nor can easily leave Gaudaur behind at any
stage. True, Searle has also beaten Beach, but
the latter is not the sculler now he used to be,
and he is fast getting into the scar and yellow
Leaf period 1t is safe TO say, at any rate, that
were OConnor and Beach going to row now
the former would be very strong favorite.
However, we will know more about the condi-
tion of Searle and OCOnnor before the day of
the race arrives.
Dempsey and La Blanche.
Patrons OF the fistic arena are now looking
toward the coming battle between Jack Demp-
sey and George La Blanche, the Marine" 1t
is expected that it will be good encounter
and that some desperate fighting will be done.
Recently there have been rumors to the effect
that Dempsey is in very poor condition, but
there is nothing to prove this On the con-
trary, am informed that Dempsey is just as
good physically as ~he ever was, and if this is
true have no hesitation in saying that he will
again beat the Marine. The latter will be no
better than when he met Dempsey before and
he was far short of being equal to the Nonpa-
reil then. 1t may be that the Marine will not
be as good as he was when he last met Demp-
sey. However, no matter what condition he
may be in, he is class below Dempsey as
fighter. His reach is much too short to cope
with man of Dempsey's abilities as a boxer.
But the loser, understand. is to receive $780,
and even that amount is worth fighting for
nowadays.
Among the Champions.
John L. Sullivan has notreceived his sentence
yet, but he will do SO this week. The general
posed. and if he is sent to prison there will be
a very great surprise. If all stories are true
about the power and influence of money down
South, Sullivan should have an easy time of
it. because he and his friends have lots of
cash. 1t may be that he will be fined 81, 900
and admonished to go and sin no more. How
ever, we never can tell what will happen in a
court room. The action of Governor Lowery
cannot fail to have great effect on outdoor
prize fighting. 1t is likely that Sullivan will
ia Ia art in QoV VrTnnr nQrf
under the auspices of a private club This is
none the worse for the champion as he will be
able for long time to come to COM
viding he keeps sober. Undoubtedly,
Sullivan has been born under lucky star COM
pared with the old-time champions. He has
miserably tame, ana Nv he is at the top of the
pugilistic ladder with plenty of money. 1t Is
not likely that Smith and Sullivan will ever
meet on the turf and it is still less likely that
Sullivan and Jackson will ever meet at ali.
The latter's color is Sullivan's eyesore, and it
is pity that the line should be drawn SO finely.
son would defeat Sullivan were they to ever
meet While believe Jackson to be q good
and powerful man don't think there is any
thing to show that he is superior man to Sui
hvan. Ii jackson is game man, and there
have been some very game colOred men, he
should be able TO dispose of Kilrain. If this
latter and jackson were to meet at the Califor-
MIA Athletic Club rooms the contest would
be popula: and interesting one. Slavin. an
other Australian, is also on the scene. He, too,
wants to fight anybody, and claims to be the
jackson and Slavin to do is to meet as soon as
possible and have their respective claims set |
tied in the ring. Jem Smith, the English /!
champion, has finally secured a match. He is
to fight JACK Wannop ten rounds, Queensberry
rules. This contest does not add to the fame of
Smith, as Wannop was rated as very poor
Wannop, nobody will have extra word Of praise
to say about it.
About the Liehtweights.
The lightweight bruisers have apparently
gone. into obscurity. Not long ago we were
almost talked to death about Meyer, McAu- |
life, Daily, etc. Now we can never see their |
cause for this. The public has not forgotten |
the affair between Meyer and McAuliffe At |
the time of their fight ventured the opinion |
that their encounter would do much to injure |
the success ofpugilistic contests. 1t was one of |
GUS lately Since that affair both men have to |
a great extent disappeared from view. The |
lesson ought to have good results and tend to |
affair.
A Big Sprint Handicap.
Arrangements are being made for a big |
sprint handicap. and also another of quarter |
of a mile. 1t is some time since there was a |
professional sprint nanulcap mere on q large |
scale. and the one in question ought to be |
great success. There are lots of sprinters in |
and about Pittsburg, and the rivalry among |
them is very strong Like many other branches /
Of sport, sprinting has declined wonderfully of /
late years in this country, and particularly in /
W estern Pennsylvania A handicap promoted |
on fair principles will do much to bring that |
class of sport to the front again.
The Buffalo Meeting.
The Grand Circuit races which finished at |
Buffalo on Friday were fully up to the standard |
and that says great deal The Buffalo people |
follow an extraordinary meeting. that of Cleve-
land, and to keep anything near the degree of |
quality put up by the Forest City is no easy |
task. However, Buffalo did well. and the /
meeting was only marred by rain on the last |
lay. During the week two very speedy Gus
toners were prominent, viz: Star Lily and |
Nelson; the latter is a model, and Is in the |
Rochester $4,000 stake. 1 might add that |
Ketch is also in the big stake, but Nelson
seems very dangerous opponent for anything
or anybody. PRINGLE.
Sports Mt Franklin.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATCH3
FRANKLIN, Pa, August 10.-Sporting mat
ers are booming here. To-day the long-talked-
If pacing match between the stallion Arctic
Ind Crawford Wilkes was ratified The race
will take place in this city Wednesday, August