Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-22
SPORTING MATTERS.
WONOTABLE PUGILISTIC EVENTS
DISCUSSED.
The McAuliffe-Sla Fight Matter of
Guesswork-Can Dempsey Down Fitz-
simmons PAN Error Corrected.

Considerable interest is shown among
local sports in the McAuliffe-Slavin
fight. This is the first international
battle in which one OF the principals is
a native of California. 1t is no easy mat
ter to pick winner. The McAuliffe
admirers are plentiful. They claim
that the Californian has improved
wonderfully in cleverness under
the tutelage of Madden. 1t is also ad-
mitted that McAuliffe is hard hitter.
His great fault is his slowness. McAu-
life has decided advantage in weight.
Slavin halls from the Antipodes, but
his record out there was not of cham
pionship order. In England he gained
Smith, the alleged champion of England.
The Coleman demonstrated that he
was too speedy for any Englishman, and
certainly showed that he Was possessed
of more thar ordinary furnishing pow
ers. Slavin is confident of winning, but
he will have to be good un" to give
away such weight. There are not
enough pertinent facts on which I to
guage this fight, and all representations
as to the outcome are largely made up of
SueSSWOTk anu sy lupdtHy.
The Dempsey and Fitzsimmons contest
should be a fistic event worth going a
long way to see. Fitzsimmons is an Aus
tralian and is undoubtedly wonder.
His easy defeat of Mccarthy stamped
him as one of the most formidable mid
dleweights that. ever donneda boxing
glove. Dempsey ls no longer the nonpa-
reil, and is on the down grade.
The Williamsburgh boy has never yet
suffered defeat at the hands of middle
weight, but like every other champion
he will not retire until he has met his
superior. This is the history of sport.
There should be some good races here
during the fair week next month. The
entries close on October 1st. Among
the horses expected here may be men,
toned Peel, Tycoon, Rico, Fairy, Car
men, Lurline, Nahean, Wild Oats,
Odette, Applause, Nero, Daisy D, Picnic,
Marigold, Take Notice, Kildare, Captain
AL, Raindrop and many others now run
ming in different parts of the state. All
the running stables now in the state are
expected to be represented, and there
should be goodly sprinkling Of trotters
and sidewheelers when the bell rings on
Tuesday, October 14th.
1t sometimes appears as II one does
not require to have any great amount ol
knowledge to write on sporting topics
Here is sample taken from the columns
of contemporary published in this
city:
"The trotters at the different fairs
being held throughout the state seem tc
be constantly improving-a great many
of the 3-year olds have negotiated miles
in 2:20 and better, sand unless any o
them are able to get up and show male
in less than 2:25 they dont't seem to be
in 1T. This is wonderful showing fol
this coast and lays away over anything
the east has yet produced"
A young gentleman who very properly
hides his identity under the nom dc
j plume of Kenilworth is responsible fo1
the above. Twill forfeit twenty-dol
lar bill if Kenilworth. or any other read
er of this article, can name three-year
old who has trotted in 2 20 or better il
California this year. will not furthe
refer to such ridiculous statement, ex
cept to state that the best time made by
a three -year-old in California this yea
is 2:25 and, unless my memory is a
fault, 2 80 has only been beaten twice
But there are some people who do no
know three-year-old from an aget
horse. DAGWORTH.