Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

be must have little more than the average
knowledge of ring tactics to defeat Dempsey.
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Those Alleged Pusilists.
Speaking of Ellingsworth reminds us of the
time and conditions when he first made his ap-
pearance before the public as boxer. When
Ellingsworth was first heard of the country
from Maine to California was full of all sorts
and conditions of pugilists. or more correctly
speaking. alleged pugilsts. Within period Of
about is months scores of champions were in
troduced to the world, and the only requisite to
| be needed to make champion seemed to be a
world-scouring challenge to box four or six
rounds with tremendous gloves for as much
| money as the public would pay at 81 per head
to see the contest. This system was so extensive
that it is difficult to find among the long list Of
so-called leading pugilists four or five who have
really earned the name of pugilist at all. / do
not wish TO mention names just now, but If any
body interested in this question will just
briefly look over the records of almost all our
leading pugilists in America it will Oe found
that the claims to bona tide pugilism are very
slim indeed. As soon as the boxing mania, as
far as the public was concerned, disappeared so
did almost all of these 1stic terrors. As a re-
snlt there are comparatively few OF these
lose nothing by this change of affairs. because
1t is better to have no expunents OF the manly
art at all than to have impostors and frauds.
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KiIrain and Sullivan.
The date of the Sullivan Kilrain. battle is
rapidly approaching, and as it gets nearer in
terest in the affair is increasing. There will be
more interest in the proposed fight, too, when
Kilrain returns to his native land. He, accom- |
panied by Mitchell sailed from Liverpool on
Wednesday, and if all goes well he will be in |
New York within few days. In letter to |
his hacker he intimates that there is to be an |
organized gang at the proposed battle to pre-
vent his winning. In the same letter he points |
ont that the people of the South are too fair |
minded to permit any such unfair treatment |
As far as the organized gang" is concerned I |
think it only exists in Kilrain's mind. II the |
Sullivan party even had any intention of re- |
tain that their plans would be kept devoutly |
secret. But whatever Sullivan's faults may be,
untalrneSS is not one of them. 1t is safe to say |
that he would sooner fight until he drew his
last breath than resort to dastardly means to
avoid defeat 1t seems, therefore, that Kill
rains alleged organized gang" is the latest
method of counting sympathy and notoriety.
According to the latest reports from Kilrain's
party he is to fight at lS2 pounds. So it Is evil
dent that the modern notion of fighting as
heavy as possible is still in vogue. 1t has also
been arranged that Mitchell and Jim Moore
are to second him. Sullivan's party are not
behind hand in arrangements. They have re-
quested Dempsey and McCaffrey TO look after
sized effort at work to give the public TO un-
derstand that both parties mean business.
Time will tell whether or not everything is
being done with honesty of purpose.
Wallace Ross Offer.
One of the events of the week that will afford
considerable interest to admirers of what may
be termed old time boat rowing is the chal-
lenge of Wallace Ross to row E. c. Laycock,
tla |
Thames for 1000 side. Those of us who saw
boatrowing 10 or II years ago would, Pm cer-
tain find much pleasure in seeing race be-
tween Laycock and Ross, but fear they will
never row. There was time when, in my es-
timation, Laycock was better rover than
ever Ross was, but the former must have been
on the wane for long time. He earned great
fame during the famous Hop Bitters regatta
on the Thames, and really was the bread
winner of the Australian party, although
Trickett had been backed to beat the world.
Still later LaycocK defeated the late r. w.
Boyd on the latter's own water, and that was
Laycock's last effort outside. his native
country; fsn Eons Ross OF course m must have
could each get into good condition they would
make good race. Ross challenge may mean
that the Australians now in England are talk
ing of getting the two together. At any rate
we may be prepared to hear of more interna-
tioual races this year than the proposed contest
between OConnor and Searle.
Turf Uncertainties.
Backers of public form among the runners
have certainly gotten few hard blows so far
this season. If ever there was a time for re-
joicing among the bookmakers it ought to be
now. Certainly their proverbial luck cannot
last; If it does the list of millionaires will be
increased this year. 1t is singular
that similar state of affairs is existing on the
rnlIE fnrf 1radf f6n 1lnv Dnf0@ ,1@11
it in way that is exactly appropri-
ate here. Speaking of a man who went
to the Newmarket races, the paper says:
And he lost nearly all his money ON the first !
day, and went home and got all he could for
his estates from his lawyer. who presumably !
carried few thousand loose in his pockets for
down on her bended knees and the children {
hung round his neck and rumpled his snowy
collar with their pudgy little arms, and moist
ened his beautiful shirt-front with their tears
and besought the gentleman not to go to the
races again. But go he would. and he backed
the favorite and lost, and backed and backed
and lost and lost till all the money the lawyer
gave him for his estates was gone. And then
his lady took off her beautiful diamonds, and
the gentleman put these on the favorite,
and that lost; and when the big race
course, it must be, because there were no big
races only very little races, on that day except
the Two Thou-all the money and all the dia-
monds were gone ('tdone i'm is the correct :
racing expression, but my informant does not
use such language) And then the gentleman
could not leave of, but went to the betting men
and backed the Ryorite-Donovan, no doubt-
for his carriage and pair, and lost again: and 2
there he was with all his money and his lady's
diamonds and the carriage and pair gone and
the betting men came over to take the carriage
and pair But one of them ups and says: No,
Squire, we won't take the carriage and pair
now, because you have lost enough, and it
would be disgrace for you and your lady to
walk where you are accustomed to drive in
your own carriage. You shall drive home and
will come and fetch it in the middle of the
night, and then nobody will know what's
become of it At that the other betting :
men cheered, and the Squire drove
1f looking quite calm. But when the betting
nan came by appointment in the middle of the
night to fetch the carriage and pair he found {
he gentleman hanging by the neck and a rope 7
n the coachhouse he having adopted this {
ensible means of providing for his wife and :
amily; and the betting man So frightened
hat he went right off and swore that he would :
never make another bet again. Personally 1 :
1eiieve every word of this. which no doubt was !
rushed up, as such occurrences can be SO easily
md that is the reason why am able to give as \
exclusive what might have been public news :
1aper property" {
Whether or not the story is true, it serves
veil to illustrate how the public has been
lately. PRINGLE.