The evening world., 1889-02-14
MEYER WAS UNDERRATED.
THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUR
PRISED MEN ABOUT TOWN.

McAulife Won't he Content 10 Let the Draw
stand Him and the Cyclone
Cnlilornians Still Thinking About Demp-
sey and McCnnrey-GeneraI News of Asb-
letes and Athletics.
To say that the result of the battle between
Jack McAuliffe and Billy Meyer created dis
appointment and surprise among the sports
OF Gotham would be putting it extremely
mild. 1t was the one subject discussed all
over town last night, and there was but one
opinion passed upon the young man who has
been styled the Illinois Cyclone. That was
that his pugilistic ability had been under
rated here in the East. Before the battle sew
eral Chicago and st. Louis men had winked
knowingly as they expressed their opinion of
Meyer in the uptown places of resort, and
had said Don't be too certain McAulitfe
will defeat Meyer easily. The Western boy
is a good one and knows how to
fight as we'll as the best in his class"
vi course these sentiments were taken SIM
ply as said in the friendship of Western men
for their representative, but it seems that
they were right. Many explanations were
offered. and many men told what they would
have done if they had had the handling of
McAulitfe, but the fact stands that he was in
ROOu llHlub -Huu uGCINTtu himself 10 he IN
good condition and ready for the fight. Billy
Madden, his trainer, has had a wide expert
ence in thisk kind of work, and declared that
he brought Jack down to fighting weight
none too soon. The truth is Meyer was
moderated, as comparatively unknown men
are apt to be While 1t does not appear from
the accounts of the battle that there was an
o~ver-abundance of hard fighting, Nc
AulifIe is a cool. clever fighter, and
went into the fight yesterday determined to
knock his opponent out If possible. Both
the principals and the spectators were ap-
parently willing to have the fight declared a
draw before 1t was SO agreed upon, but it Is
safe to say Jack will not be content to have
it remain So.
Richard K. Fox watched the returns of the
fight in his office with great interest, and
when the news of the draw came he freely
admitted his surprise. He felt confident Nc
Aulitfe would win. Billy Edwards. Dominick
Mccartney, W. E. Harding, Frank Stevenson
and other well-known sporting men who are
familiar with McAuliffe's tactics and ability
were of the same mind.
Billy O'Brien said last evening that the
trouble between him and Dominick Nc
Cafrey three years ago, which caused their
split in business and all friendly relations,
was over the subject of matching McCatfrey
and Charley Mitchell. They came together
at the female bicycle race and so smoothed
wv VIC bilhl utoNlh Z
they slept in the same bed. They haven't re-
ported their dreams yet.
The California Athletic Gu is still consid-
ering the question of offering q purse of
SIS, 900 to Jack Dempsey and McCaffrey as
co to a finish. Dempsey wound up his spar
ring tour very suddenly in Buffalo to 90 and
see his:friend Jack McAuliffe fight Meyer.
Gus Lambert, the comedian, is recovering
from his attack of rheumatism, although il
will be some time before he is we'll again.
Ruddock, the boat builder at One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street and Lexington ave.
nue., expects soon to build an eight Dared
barge for Harvard.
Saturday will be from 2 to 6 P. M. and 8 to Il
P. M. This change is to escape Sunday
morning.
The members of the American Yacht Club
will enjoy q reception at their clubhouse al
Milton Point on the Sound, Feb. %.
E. G. Benedict, of the American Yacht
Club, is making a change in the boilers OF
his yacht Oneida, with a view to increasing
her speed.
trian, and Peter Hegelman and George Con.
nors, the go-as you-please men, are training
in Madison Square Garden for their six-day
race in PHILADELPHIA next week against Wal
lace Ross and James Larkgan, the oarsmen
who will ride on their road-scullers. TIL
combined scores of the oarsmen will count
against those of the pedestrians, and the mer
will race eight hours a day. The week fol
lowing this race will be witnessed in Phila
delphia the female bicyclists.
The second annual gymnastic champion
ships of the Amateur Athletic Union will bt
held in the Berkeley Lyceum, 10 West Forty.
fourth street, this evening, beginning at
o'clock. They will be very entertaining and
numbers about forty and the majority OF
these will compete. Gold medals emblematic