Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-13
SPORTING GOSSIP.
Fact and Comment About the Do
tngs of the Fancy.

about by the derOgatory renarks uaue
abou. him by certain of the San Fran
80 ,,.ro~s tbopob he does admire the
N.eeo 80 e. ,r;no dayo,onod hv tho i'm.
capacity luz lyine' uo'oiopou VIZ ct
aginative and reckless reporter.
cannot conceive" said Jsck, yesterday,
to a HERALD man, "where the Examiner
i ,'ir e' 80. .aa 49, ,ha ;ntorv;ow
uisneo up @Dou' no' ~
with me- which ne pupiisleu' GER
tainly have no recollection OF seeing the
man, and l half think, judging from the
description he gave of me, that he never
met me-"
w.
The same sort of story was circulated
nearly three years ago regarding Jacks
health breaking down; the promoter of
the lie on that occasion being the re.
doubtable Harry Maynard, who had
seen Jack in New York, and reported on
his return to Frisco that Jacks chest
had fallen in, that there was hectic
flush on his cheek Indicative of gallop..
ing consumption, and that his cough had
a graveyard ring about it. That there
was not the slightest foundation for the
story every one now knows, but, for
time, it had the came kind OF currency
that is given to a similarly groundless
report at the present time. Jack is I'M
doubtedly just as good man as ever he
was, as any one with, whom he may
come to blows will find out. The Non.
pareii is still the Nonpareil-the best OF
them all.
*x*
Young Mitchell is reported to have
sey because they were very 1rlendiy.
With all due respect 10 the pest mloole.
weight OF the COAST, we would Suggest
that he might ma several more cogent
reasons Tor not lacking dempsey, one OF
them being mat ne Is no match 1or the
Nonparen. All tne same, mighty
gcod ngnt would De the result OF meet,
ing between the pair, Tor Young Mitcheii
10 very IKE dempsey IN MS metnoos'ano
is almost as good general.
dempsey may 90 lnduced 10 lace
Elllngsworth now that the southern Gal
lfornla Athietlc association mas mace
such falr otter IN the shape OF purse.
That Association deserves much praise TOR
the energy and enterprise which 1t Is dis
playing IN arranging Tor meetings BE-
tween good men IN the magic ring. Our
business men may not have thought OF
1t, but 1t is nevertheless TACT, that the
Association is doing, good work for the
city IN advertising 1t by matching notable
men for handsome purses. In fact, the
Assocla ION, IN this respect, is OF far more
service than half.a.dozen State Boards OF
Trade, OF the KIND that runs things IN and
for the interest OF the northern part OF
california.
*xF
Their club rooms, by the way, are
splendidly fitted, and will compare favor
ably with anything of the kind in the
State, or in the United States, for the
matter of that. All the most approved
appliances for training the members in
gymnastics are in place, and we would
greatly recommend to our growing up
men to spend few of their leisure hours
every week in exercising their muscles
there, and fitting themselves for under
going the tear and wear which come to
all in the battle of life. A man who de-
votes himself to the cultivation of
his physique will not-and, indeed,
cannot afford to-become bar
room loafer or debauchee. For this
reason, if for no other, the countenance
and support of all who wish we'll to the
race should be given to such institutions.
Nv
AS to the s0ueamlsh objections to
but one answer, such as Tom Hughes
gives in tom Browns Schooldays,"
namely, that if men would settle their
quarrels with the weapons nature has
given them, instead of with the pistol
and the knife, there would be fewer ten
ants in our penitentiaries and fewer
dangling murderers on our gibbets.
*x*
1t is probably true, as DIR. Isaac Watts
sang years ago in his own lnimltabie
way, that our hands were never MADE
to tear each others eyes," but II the po-
Sition were taken that one use Tor which
said hands were made was, on occasion,
to "bung up" the eyes OF the other TEL
low, very much doubt II IL could be
assalled successfully.
*x*
w. w. Naughton, mime excellent
good friend" and Sporting Editor OF the
San Francisco Chronicle, proposes to
manage Peter jackson, the colored
champion whom he imported into this
country from bis native Antipodes. We
regret to lose BILLY" from the ranks OF
California journalism. but wish him and
his dusky protege every success in their
tour.
Nv
Billy is no SLOUGH with his mauleys
himself. He has more than once held