The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-18
GOSSIP OF BOXERS.
Proposed Match Between Demp-
sey and Fitzsimmons.
coRBETT DEFIEs JOHN
slavin Thinks He IL Going TO Have An
Easy Time with Joe McAuiine-
Ike weir's Luck.


n ing TO liven up. The sensation OF the
week is the resolution of the Olympic
Club of New Orleans to offer q purse of
$500 for finish fight between Bob Fitz-
simmons, OF Australis, and Jack Dempsey
for the middle-weight championship of the
world. As yet no response has been re-
ceiyed from Dempsey to this liberal offer,
but he cannot ignore it, and in q few days
he must either accept it or give very
good reasons for his declination If
he would satisfy his friends. At
present he Is somewhere in the western
part OF the state, giving sparring exhibit
tons with his combination, headed by
Dave Campbell. the fistic fireman Of Port
land, Or. The ease with which Fitzsim-
mons defeated Billy Mccarthy. in San
Francisco, and Al Upham. in New Orleans.
coupled with his phenomenal height,
reach and hitting powers, has convinced
many people here that he is far and away
the most dangerous man of his weight
Dempsey has yet been called upon to face.
am among those who think so. / made
mp my mind on this point the night saw
Fi,zsimmons make punching bag of Nc
Carthy.
Should Dempsey accept the clubs offer.
it is hardly probable that he and Bob will
come together before October. Jack has
been taking life pretty easy since he fought
the Marine, and it would require six weeks
OF careful preparation TO put him in fix for
an ordinary man. To fight Fi:zsimmons
with any hope of success he will need to
be in the very pink of condition. To get
so he should have at least two months
careful preparation. But even this will not
be enough. The fight will take ace in
New Orleans. and Dempsey is not accli-
mated. The weather ia the Crescent City is
likely 10 be pretty warm all through Sep
TENDER. For the past two years Dempsey
has lived in san Francisco and Portland,
Or There even in midsummer there are
only few hours of hot weather each DAY.
The evenings and nights are SO cool that
light oyercoats and quilts are inaispen-
sable. Ii Dempsey was TO risk fight, es-
pecially in the South, before the fall has
tempered Old Sois rays, he would invite
almost certain defeat.
The Nonpareii is as shrewd as match
maker as he is clever as ring tactician,
and he will give this matter thorough con-
sheraton, you may depend, before he
fixes his sign manual to any contract
Never but once have | known him to make
foolish match, and that was when he
agreed to meet La Blanche with five-ounce
x
defeat. and though, through his desire
to get even with his conqueror, he
don't think he will do so with
Robert Fitzsimmons. He can't afford 10
do it. Ii the match is made it will make
the intensest excitement. not only in this
country, but in England and Australia,
and if it is not fought until Dc ober or
later. venture the prediction that as many
Northern sports will visit New Orleans to
see il as went there when Sullivan and
Kilrain fought. The Crescent City is
most hospitable place. Its sports are thor
ough-breds and they are untiring in their
endeavors to make visitors feel at home
with them.
The California club has adopted the sug-
gestions made in these columns, and has
carpeted its ring with rubber, and has for
the present adop.ed Dave Blanchard's fair
play rules, which require the referee to stop
a contest whenever. in his opinion, one of
the fighters is clearly beaten and further
effort on his part is not only futile, but
only subjects him to needless punishment.
The issue is now 10 ned and perhaps the
courts will have to determine the clubs
rights. Should the first decision be adj
verse the matter will be carried up to the
court of last resort If necessary.
Apropos of this comes the news that only
last month. in The house of commons, the
secretary of state for the home department,
in reply to q question, 81 ated that exhibit
tons OF boxing, such as took place in the
Pelican and other private clubs. are not
IN themselves illegal, and 1t was therefore
impossible to give the police any author
ity TO stop them. In some respects we
are very English in this country, but I'M
fortunately We mainly initiate the follies
and absurdities of the English lah-de-dah-
dy swell. and not the hard-headed good
of it, aYpariapcad man
Dame Fortune, the tickle jade, took Jack
McAuliffe into her good graces again last
week at Monmouth park. and before il was
over he had won back nearly all the money
he had lost on the races this summer. He
incurred her displeasure on Monday, how
ever, when in an evil hour he visited
Brighton Beach and put up 1900 good
American dollars on Belwood. The nag
was looked upon as "cinch," and doubt
less could easily have beaten his company,
but be didn't get chance. The starter
lett him at the post along with two others,
and Jacks wealth disappeared like a flash
Or course he was indignant, but indigna-
ton did not restore HIM his money. l met
him at Monmouth on Saturday looking as
natty as ever. and still wearing that
pretty bang that aggravated Jimmy Carroll
so much while they were fighting in Frisco.
When Jimmy saw 1t he said 10 Jack soto
voce: You d little dude, I'll punch
the beauty out of you, and I'll fix YOU so
the girls won't run after you in shoals any
more" He didn't succeed in marring
Jacks good looks to any appreciable ex-
tent, and he is as great favorite with the
fair sex as ever. / asked him what he
thought of the offers made to have
him fight Andy Bowen in New Orleans, or
Palsy kerrigan in Buffalo. He replied :
They are all right, but what's the matter
with fighting me before the Puritan CLUB in
ISl0 r. II hnu kao,
all over the country fighting men in their
homes; why can't some of them come and
see me where live? The Puritan club will
hang up as biz purses as any other, and
you can say for me that l am open to fight
any one of my inches and weight before
IT. Jack thinks Bowen good man, but
he fancleS himself shade or two better
John l.. Sullivan met with another fam
lily misfortune last week in the sudden
death of his sister, Mrs. Mary Leonard
and of her infant. He was busily prepar-
ing for his theatrical venture when he was
called To Boston TO attend their funeral.
Now comes word from San Francisco tn at
Jim Corbett intends challenging him for a
hight next season, and that he will. even at
this early date begin preparing for the con-
test. Corbett has never done much severe
manual labor outside of his gymnasium
WORK. his people are in easy circum-
stances, and he got very good schooling,
When he left school he entered the Nevada
bank. and when he first attracted attention
through his tistic kill he was q clerk in
the institution. Now he intends swinging
siedge In olacksmith's forge in order
that he may develop and harden his mus
Giles for tussle with the big fellow. Last
week, you will remember, wrote: "It
looks as though Jim Corbeti is the coming
champion OF America" / wrote it under
the inspiration of news l had received
from San Francisco. While l was in tn at
city Corbe,t told me that he had no inten-
ton whatever OF challenging Sullivan until
the Dig fellow, who brooks no rival near