Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-07

the Pole in very desperate Tight Corbett was
young and inexperienced then and if Choy-
piski can anything like hold his own
against the AusTaiians Ceroett Sn cannot ammo,
jackson fought a draw with Goddard. am
inclined to think that the Australian heavy
weights are not first-class by any means il we
Slavin has not met a representative American
fighter. He relies entirely on his rushes, and If
what Deminick McCafrey told me is true, Cor
bett can quite handily avoid rush. On this
matter take Dominick to be something of an
authority, because for more than six rounds he
kept out of the way of Sullivan's rushes at
Cincinnati If Slavin and Corbett ever fight in
this country, then we may lock out for
more big contests to follow, and would
not be surprised il John l. was to reappear on
the scene although those who are his best
friends should try and persuade him not to do
SO, think we are all convinced that when at
his best Slavin, Jackson or anybody else would
have very little show to even mark Sullivan.
ana now that he has entered another walk Of
life he should remain there. His second ap-
pearance in the ring might be failure; his first
was q success.
Dempsey and Fitzsimmons.
II everything goes right we will after all the
talk hear and see of battle between Jack
Dempsey and r. Fitzsimmons, the latter being
the champion middleweight of Australia. They
are to fight with large sized gloves to finish
for purse of Sl2, 900. This in itself gives the
battle an extraordinary feature and doubtless
patrons of the ring from all parts of the world
will be present. When last saw Dempsey he
looked as If he never intended to fight again.
For long time previous to few weeks sgo
Dempsey was living at a rapid rate. A gentle
man told me the other day that in Detroit
one night Dempsey consumed no less than Ill
gin fzzes. The gentleman vouches for the
statement and he referred Co it to show how
careless Dempsey has been of his own welfare.
However, the latter has been for some time in
careful training, and he can remain in the con-
genial atmosphere of California for more than
o month yet He is an earnest man in training
and l expect to see him in good con-
dition to meet Fitzsimmons. am
aware the latter thinks he will make
short work of the American champion,
indeed he predicts that he will knock Dempsey
simmons may be an extraordinary middle
weight, but he must needs be something very
extraordinary If he can defeat Dempsey in 16
rounds. l know of many good judges who
think FitZsimmons an overrated man, and that
Dempsey will defeat him. However this may
be, it does seem that the Australian is getting
little over-confdent. Whether Dempsey loses
or wins he will give a good account of
himself. Certainly. if Dempsey was to defeat
Fitzsimmons it would be the greatest achieve
ment of his life because of the disparity of
height, reach and strength. No doubt the
Australians will get plenty Of their money bet,
and they will find that Dempsey will not be SO
easily settled as was Billy Mccarthy. l heard
the latter say in London that Fitzsimmons is a
remarkable pugilist, but 1t is fact that another
portion of Australians think Dooly his superior
Australia certainly cannot be full of ''phenoms."
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