Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-24
SPORTING GOSSIP.
Note and Comment ON the DOtngs
of ssthe Fancy,

ton among the sporting fraternity of the
city during the past week has been the
fight between Manning and Mulholland
in the rooms of the Southern California
Athletic Association, and the opinion has
been measurably general that Manning
could have won had he pursued more
rushing tactics after he got in that smash
on Muls eye. There is pr obably consid"
cradle truth in the opinion, and had he
followed the advice of his second, John
Ellingsworth, who, by the way, made
capital second, he would, at any rate, Z,
have made Mulholland a much slcker
man at the end Of the fight than he was.
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Two other mistakes which Billy made,
and which we're very obviously such to
the outside looker-on, were his very spar
ing and occasional use of his right, and
his allowing the fight ing to be all done
in his own corner instead of forcing Mul
into his. and hammering him every time
he made stand-something, however,
which the Australian did not seem to
care particularly to do.
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However, it is very easy thing for
such wise comments. 1t is an eT post
facto piece of wisdom, in which it is
cheap and easy to indulge, just as that
old Spanish king maintained that, had
he been present at the creation of the
world, he could have given the Deity
some very valuable pointers. Manning
did the best he could, according to his
lights, and he undoubtedly made very
pamp hOnaat and manly fipht
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We are consequently very glad to see
that he is to be accorded benefit by the
Southern California Athletic Association,
and that Ellingsworth, Cuffe, Meehan
and Joe Soto are to contribute to what
will be an excellent entertainment and
we'll worth going to see.
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By the way, l was very much sur
prised to hear that Mulholland, when
the proposition was made to him to help
in the exhibition, demanded that he
should go halves in the proceeds hope
he never made such demand, for, if he
did, should feel compelled to diagnose
his case as an aggravated one, not only
of capm infatuns (Which 1 have already
suspected him of being affected With,
but with elephantiasis of the Uranium,
a disease which he will never
get over until he gets his
head well punched by somebody
who can give him good sound licking;
and, whether he thinks so or not, he can
rest assured that the woods are full OF
such men.
Another good fight, last week, was that
between Charley Turner, of Stockton,
and Wiley Evans. The former, of
course, won, as any one who knows
Turner would have had no difficulty in
predicting. The Stockton champion is a
fighter from way back, and, if some of
the best of our middleweights were to
waive the color line and agree to meet
him, they would find that he could give
them all they wanted, and probably
trife more.
Tom Williams, of Union Island, made
q proposition to back Turner against
Young Mitchell, and, though that most
wary and knowing of middleweights did
not, in so many words, decline
to meet Turner, it is very
certain that he did not accept
Williams offer. He probably agreed
with the Bard of Avon that ''the better
part of valor is discretion" At any rate
he considered that, in the modern meta.
phor of the ring, he would have no
"black pudden" in tackling Turner.
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The next interesting contest at the
rooms of the s. G. A. A. will be the
meeting between Denny Kelleher and
Joe Ellingsworth, and, judging from the
well-earned reputation of both men. it
will be first class fight. At this early
stage it would be unwise-if not, indeed,
unfair-to made any prediction as to le
result. We will wait until We have seen
both men at work in training. But this
much may oe said now, that, when the
affair is over, both men will know that
there has been fight.
Ellingsworth comes of family OF
fighters, as his record, which is now be-
fore us, shows. His three brothers have
covered themselves with glory, both in
the amateur and professional ring, and
we have no doubt whatever that Joe, if
he takes good care of himself, and minds
the fraternal councils of John, will add
another feather to the cap he now wears
as pugilist.
The officials of the S. G. A. A. deserve
much credit for the way in which they
managed their first fight, and the best of
order and quietness was maintained
throughout. President Wise, Secretary
Niles and, indeed, every member of the
directorate and every subordinate official
earned golden opinions. One exception
might be made, but where everything
went SO we'll anything like carping would
seem to be uncalled for.
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We have spoken of the fight between
Kelleher and Ellingsworth as certain to
come off. While we believe that there
is little or no danger of the arrangements
falling through, it is only fair to say that
there is a possibility OF hitch, though
not probability. Pugilists in the East
have recently developed an exaggerated
idea of their own value, chiefly, in our
opinion, through the foolish endeavors of
President Fulda of the California Athletic
Club to get the monopoly for his club OF
all the fighters in America by out-bidding
rival clubs. If Kelleher should impose
any Objectionable conditions or demand
any bigger purse than the club feels
justified in giving, he may be allowed to
stav at home; for Jimmy Carroll has
sipnifed his willingness to come here
and face Ellingsworth, 80 that rafting
good fight is a certainty in any event.
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