Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-04

made with start or no bet quite different
rate of odds would obtain than is the case now.
About the PugiIists.
Joe McAuliffe is now in New York. With
his appearance Corbett has vanished and gone
West McAuliffe is nowN the new star and I
suppose will more or less twinkle for few
weeks. According to general custom he has
made his appearance in the East known by
challenging John L. Sullivan or any other
man." Poor Sullivan! John is the great OBJ
1ect OF al the aspiring heroes of the ring or
derstood that pugilist is no earthly use if he
does not issue bold challenge to Sullivan.
profitable benefit; he is announced to the world
as the imam who wants to fight Sullivan" and
thar is sufficient trademark. Now, what does
all this mean? Why it means deception and
have no more idea of fighting Sullivan than
have of flying to the moon. Were Sullivan to
get into ring with batch of them
they would rush away as would lot
hungry bear. estimate Joe McAuliffe as a
good man, a little better than Kilrain and
probably better than Corbett But all these
three combined would not make Sullivan
were the latter in form. But what puzzles me
is this fact: while all these wonderful pugiists,
of glove fame only, are issuing challenge atter
challenge to John L. Sullivan, why don't they
have a battle with each other? That is very
interesting question indeed. Corbett made con-
siderable noise about fighting Sullivan, and
McAuliffe says he has covered the entire con-
tinent trying to get fight with Corbett. The
whole thing is fraud. scheme to make
money by quilting the public.
A Critic Answered.
am in receipt of letter, kindly and we'll
written letter, from gentleman whose initials
are NJ. G. He finds fault with me because, ac-
cording to his opinion, have not given Corbett
" ~ 10 COrnptL'S
record, etc., claiming it to be good one. There
is not space to publish the entire letter. have
never said that Corbett was a bad fighter
or that he was good one. 1 don't know, be-
cause he has not been tried. He is very
good boxer from professor standpoint but
SO far as his record goes that is all that can
he is. Mark, if he is tried and proves himself
to be a good man a pugilist, will be one of
the first TO give him credit but cannot call a
man first-class who has not been tested by
frst-ciass man or In a ffrst-class way. Some
time ago his record was published in this paper
and commented on.
The Marines Retaliation.
George La Blanche, the only vanquisher of
Dempsey means to get even with the latter.
The Marine claims that when he was beaten by
Dempsey the latter took his own time in con-
sentine to another battle. The Marine now
means to carry out a similar policy, and claims
that it is business. 1t is business according to
latter day pugilism. and don't think that any
of us can very well blame La Blanche for acting
as he is There was a time when Dempsey was
on a very high horse and was very reluctant to
look down on an ordinary citizen. Defeat
has somewhat knocked him off his
perch. and he now will feel as others felt be-
fore. Among the lightweights Billy Meyer is
having nice time with such men as Hopper.
1.-THE Western Cyclone is. to some extent. un-
like many of the "only champions" He is
having ''go'' at anybody who looms up in his
class. If he cannot make terms with Jack Nc
Auliffe he is ready to tackle ANYBODY else, and
this is apparently profitable plan. Each man
he downs will add another victory to his record,
and it seems that numbers have as much in
fuence nowadays as quality. There is still some
uncertainty about the international feather
weight battle between Wallace and Dixon.
The latter had better steer clear of the little
Englishman. There are easier men at home, and
many of them are willing to meet Dixon.
PRINGLE.