The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05
Ladies' Capes.

Iu'led apart 1 never fully recovered after
La Blanche hit me that foul blow. l have
tried everything short of striking him to
bring him into a contest with me again,
but he has again and again refused. Moth
ing but necessity would get him to face me
now.
OF course, l lost no championship when
faced La Blanche. l was giving him
twelve and one-half pounds, and after he
defeated me L was still rniddle-weight
champion OF America, which, suppose.
means the world
A great many of my friends have written
to ask me whether or not l am going to
England l don't know. l am consider
Ing the matter 1t all depends on what l
find out TO be the prospect. What would
be the use of my going to England at pres
ents They have number OF good men
therefor Wall, Bill Goode and Ted
one of these three is the best,
and they all claim to be cham
pion middle weights of England.
would like to see them settle the question
among themselves, and when they had
finally found out who was the real cham
pion, would be willing to make match
with him for reasonable terms, and toss
up whether he shall come to America to
fight me, or shall go to England to fight
middleweights are. They have not fought
any of the Americans of note, and we have
therefore no means of comparing them;
but Judging from the fate of other English
wonders like Wallace and Jem Smith, they
are no more than n match for first class
American fighters of their own weight.
don't know anything about Fitzsim
mons, the latest importation from Austria
| liza, except that he whipped Mccarthy in
much oyliplypr tirra than 7 did That NAV
mean that he is better fighter than l am,
or it may mean that he is q rusher who does
all his fighting in three or four rounds and
then goes to pieces. Mccarthy is an awk-
ward man to hit, but they say Fitzsimmons
hit him hard and often. | may say right
here, though, that anybody who looks over
my record will see that rbany of my fights
have been long. That does not mean thas
the battle was hard, but only that l wat
cautious and would not risk my advantages
/ by trying to wind up matters in hurry.
In my last fight with Mccarthy, had
him whipped in the seventh round and did
not know it. He was staggering all over
the ring, but suspected trap and would
not go near him all the remainder of the
round. Jack he said afterwards, 81 was
done for in that seventh round if you had
followed me up. l was blind and dizzy and
almost out" Mccarthy is the most good-
natured man l ever fought with. We used
to train together, and he spent half his
time in chatting me and telling me what he
was going to do with me when we fought.
He would sit down and tell me exactly
where he was going to hit me and how hard.
Even when we were fighting we were
talking pleasantly to each other and
laughing over each blow until
/, Mac got dizzy. / begged him to
give up but he would not do it, he was toa
plucky, though he had not one chance in q
thousand then. So he had to go out. AL
the same he is as good friend as l have in
California to day. z
have no plans at present, or rather
have great many plans and have not de
cided on any of them. have great man,
offers from theatrical managers. l hav,
my own company to consider ard l alst
have inducements to 60 to England, Austria
liza ard home TO Oregon where ny famil,
are ! am undecidedas yet as to what
will do. JACK DEMPSEY.