Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
JackSon is Vetoed.

prompted many civil authorities TO prevent all
such entertainments. Now make this definite
statement and am prepared to argue that it is
true there is rougher boxing and harder hitting
among the policemen in their weekly sparring
exercises than will be seen in an exhibition be-
tween jackson and Ashton. There are thous-
ands of people in this vicinity who would like
to see the big Australian The entertainment
promoted by Mr.. Davies is being permitted in
other cities and certainly the moral status of
those other cities is of as much value to their
residents as the moral status of PittsOurg is to
its citizens At best it would seem to be run
ming things little too fne to prevent an ath-
letic entertainment such as is desired
Promising YOuugster.
Last week remarked that expected to
hear of McBride's victory over OiLeary" Now
don't let any of those very dear friends of mine
dabole in that worn-out sarcasm about Il told
you SC" when say that once more we are on
the right SIDE The information had about
Mcbride was from a trustworthy source. and
very promising little fellow. They fought a
good battle, and. according TO reports, Mcbride
always had little the best Of it He has an
effective blow, but judging from the reports l
read of the battle he has still something to learn
in the way of delivering and defending himself.
Both contestants indulge freely in the ''swing-
ing" method. This has been fatal to many young
pugilists, and it is surprising that good seconds
should allow their charges to indulge in it so
often. 1t requires, as rule, a man
with a well-trained eye and rare judgment
TO make success of swinging blow.
that is, if his opponent is any kind of boxer.
Ordinarily, when a man tries to floor his oppo-
nent with a swinging blow. the chances are he
will lnjure his hand am aware that there
have been men who have never hurt a finger
by doing so in numerous battles, but it must
not be forgotten that these men were experts
and had the judgment to wait their time. 1t
is invariably safe to settle an exhausted OppO-
nent by swinging blow, but excellent aim is
always needed to do it. Well, it may be that
both O'Leary and Mcbride have done their
hands no good by trying to defeat each other
by these fright round" shots. / will not be
surprised to heer that their hands are very
much injured Mcbride has to face Danforth
on the 22d inst, and will concede the
latter about eight pounds. This is a very
foolish thing for McBride's teacher to do
Mcbride is comparatively new in the business,
and it is risky piece Of business to give man
like Danforth as much weight. By careful
handling McBri e may do well for long time
but if he is defeated by Danforth even though
the weight is conceded. he will probably drop
into obscurity again. The victory of Mcbride
at Buffalo was well received in Pittsburg, be-
cause of John Quinn's connection with it. He
backed the winner. and probably more honor
able and plucky sporting man does not live in
America than John Quinn. He deserves to get
hold of champion, and when he does he will
stand by him.
Dempsey and Mccarthy.
If all goes well Dempsey will again be before
the public on Tuesday evening at San Fran.
cisco. He meets Mccarthy, the Australian, in
the battle that should have taken place some
time ago, but which was postponed because of
Dempsey's sickness Reports from San Fran
cisco state that Dempsey is all right again, and
that he is as well as he ever was in his life As
a result, the betting is $1,000 to $500 on Demp-
sey. 1t is extremely difficult to make con-
lectures regarding the battle, because the very
Important question that stares one in the face
is: Is Jack Dempsey in his best form? If we
could find correct answer to that most GER
tainly we could tell who would win the battle |
on Tuesday evening. If Dempsey is even near
but is he? There's the difficulty. Demp- |
sey must needs be in good condition TO |
defeat a strong man who is even an |
inferior boxer Those who have followed up
the Brooklyn pugilists career will have noticed /
that he is not what may be called "knocker- |
out" He is patient and harassing opponent |
who hits away at particular mark until his |
opponent is thoroughly done. Dempsey seems |
to fight on the principle that constant drop |
wears a hole. Well there have been some good |
men in that class, but man of that kind needs |
strength and staying qualities as much as any |
body else. A weak man cannot stand up and |
worry the life out of an opponent even though |
his blows on that opponent may not demand |
much strength. Stamina, and plenty of it is |
certainly needed and if Dempsey is not strong |
has to face good man and strong one at his |
weight As tactician and boxer he is not to |
be compared with Dempsey, however. The |
battle will be an important one to Dempsey, |
because if he is beaten his career is almost at |
an end. However, don't think he will be de- |
feated. am inclined to think that he is in |
good condition; in other words, think the re-
ports about his condition are true Believing |
these reports therefore must try my luck |
again with Dempsey by stating that I expect to |
see him a winner. He fooled me last time.
Amateur Athletes.
There are strong indications that there will
be a busy time this year among the amateur
athletes Of the country They are commencing
quite merrily, judging from the big tourna-
ment at Boston, and before the year closes I
would not be surprised to see some re-
narkable international amateur contests. We
seem to be a long time in getting another My
ers, while the Britishers are almost every sea-
son producing phenomenon of some kind in
amateur ranks. Undoubtedly Myers did more
toward popularizing amateur sports and con-
tests in this country than any other man, and if
we could only lay hold of his equal we would
again be in the front rank. But what want
to say is that amid all the apparent successes
of amateur sports in other cities, it is strange
that the amateurs of Pittsburg are never heard
of. Certainly there is plenty of good material
here and it IS a puzzle to me that the young
athletes of Pittsburg do not figure in national
contests. As have before remarked in these
columns, J0ere Is q bJTOnH QeSlre among local
amateur scullers to appear in national contests
We already know of the difficulties which to
some extent prevent this, but now is the time
20 meet and have all the outs and ins of the
matter thoroughly discussed.
Mecca for Pugiists.
According to J. r. Couper, OF Cape Town, in
the TransvaaI, South Africa that place is a
Mecca for pugilists. Couper is the man who
sometime ago defeated Woolf Bendoff, the
East London pugilist. for a purse of about
81. 900. Couper, in a letter to friend, says he
has retired from the ring, and thus proceeds:
1--WE possess decent few lightweights, who, |
though not of very high class, would take |
men of very decent class to beat The fact of
man like myself passe as an athlete and only
10 stone in condition, and, as you re-
mari, possessing byno means remarkable skill or
physique, being chosen as the representative of |
South African pugilism speaks for itself as to
the scarcity of good men. Big men would have
to arrive here in pairs, and IL Burke is really
on his way here from Australia. there is q cap
ital opportunity for some good man to have
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