Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-28

boxing; he has done nothing else in the fistic
business but box At the opening of his con-
test with jackson he had much The best Of 1t
and forced the Australian to the ropes. Cardiff
is not first-class boxer by any means, and the
fact that he was superior to Jackson
in that respect, shows that jackson
will be- to some extent. any easy victim
to scientific and tricky man. Cardiff was evil
IDENTIFY decoyed to sudden ruin by his opening
success, because he forced matters at once.
The superior hitting powers of Jackson in the
exchanges then had an effect and the jig was
up. Cardiff become winded and the Australian
had very easy task to perform. As long as
Cardiff was active he could avoid sJackson's
terrific left;' by the way, big mans left is
always terrific If he is allowed to knock an
other man down with it. But tie terrific left.
in my way of thinking, is the left that cunningly
gets home to its mark despite the efforts of a
clever opponent to avoid it. Well, Jackson's
left was of little use as long as Cardiffs wind
lasted and when he avoided exchanges, and
this must lead us to the conclusion that jack
son. in 24-foot ring with an artful fellow,
would lose his eyesight within 20 minutes.
The reports of the battle also indicate
that Jackson is of the hurricane" class OF
pugilists. He can go ahead like house on fire
if there is nothing to stop his wild rushes BY
this don't mean that he is not cautious; he IS,
but only to limited extent. 1t is fact, how
ever, that all, or at least almost all. the best
pugiists the world has seen have been not OF
the hurricane order, but very cool and deliber-
ate men. Supposing Jack Dempsey was weight
enough, and as active as he is now. question
very much as to whether or not jackson would
hit him in an hour. Jackson's method of fight
ing on Friday night would have been just the
thing for men like Brettle and Mace: in TACT
Heenan, a better man than jackson, tried 1t
with Mace with poor success. As rusher
jackson is not first-class man either, judging
from his latest effort. If Sullivan, in his best
form, had been in front of Cardiff on
Friday night, the latter, when he became
winded would have been knocked clean off the
Pacific coast Altogether it seems to me that
the contest was far short OF hrst-class AFFAIR
almost devoid
1t is not my intention to say anything that
would even tend to disparage the abilities of
Jackson. All that contend is that he has not
shown first-class merit yet, and when he de-
feats a first-class man in frst-class encounter,
he must show better form than he has SO far
done in this country. will not be surprised to
hear of match being arranged between him
and Jack Ashton. The latter would certainly
test Jackson more than he has yet been.
Mccarthy and Murphy.
For some time it has been thought that Cal
Mccarthy was invincible among the feather
weights. He, according to accounts, met his
match on Friday night in John Murphy, Of
Boston. The champion would most assuredly
have been knocked out had not Murphy broken
a small bone in his arm. Even with this in
jury Murphy knocked Mccarthy down time
and time again. This undoubtedly surprised
the talent ana we may expect to learn of
match for the championship between the two.
Murphy seems to be little heavy hitter, and
the Pennsylvania needs to take care of him.
self if ne desires to hold first honors in his
class. PRINGLE.