Telegram-herald., 1890-08-16

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nssa Il Lsaaoa that sin9ss a.
St tAs - seen %
sey ef 1lsee.ag sas Tictorl2as Ass''-
s.4vin fszsAs Jackson oaes - 1t-~
al tEsEsaf les sssnss 10 naFs i-oAosa
BAolssela@ resp seE for hls gr2"@ss tor
- forfeited twice . L. ~ slEes. Aofs
lately hs tried - gst q ; A21el et-A
1ze e<son, ba- l4-ie4
AeAulids. the Lsadon sports re1@fk,
Il bailt ssFy nszrIy on tas 4o-sl Of
oulliVaa. sithoaga Eos Psraags 50
nFInlF kais - tie Bostoa Boy olaFln
- perhaps the more compact, though
TIE llgater uan u the two. he meas
uEes foFsy-tao inches aFsand ths chest
sad l. az the primest ass for nghtlag,
being only - Like Sullivan he vas
- oHs tine blacksmith, bus he qult
that calliag 20 bscons = gold digger
At the mines be Won some n0tOrlety as
- a pedsslrizn, bat hading no wealth
IA his legs. he turne1 his attention 10
boxing and being big, strong young-
stsr, succeeded ia knocking out few
Of the local hghtsrs Ia Quesnslsad, in
eladiag Martha Powers, Tom Burke, the
champion Of Queensland, Shanahsn
OF GFmpie. Hall OF Haghenden,
Professor Babbs Of Brisbane, Ivo
Bligh Of sydney and others. lie
was then matched against Peter Jack.
sod, the e0lorsd pugilist who was eIeit-
ing something OF furors 81 that time
- -. A.
Of, Slavin Withdrawing his deposit.
His next battle Was with famous
boxer named Costello, whom he fought
10 draw. After this be again forfeited
20 Jackson. Laing, the heavyweight
champion Of New Zealand was the next
victim TO Slsyin's prowess, after q
hard Aght. About this time, becoming
more eonfdent, hs attempted what
seemed an almost impossible feat. At
Hibernian Hall, Melbourne, he
undertook 20 stop Jack Burke, the
Irish Lad" and one of the very
clevsrest of boxers, and he actually did
succeed in knocking him out in two
and . half minutes Even Slavin's
friends admit that there was more of
good luck than anything else about this
fight. He has always been lucky man
IN the ring. Burke had won forty bat
ties before meeting Slavin, and had
fought draws with Charley Mitchell
and Kilrain.
From his legs up, Slavin is strong.
In the ight with Burke hs knocked his
msn down three times in the second
round and finished him in the third.
lie is undoubtedly the finest fighter
Australia has ever seen. When he came
TO the front over there a syndicate took
him in hand and sent him TO the United
States AMI England, believing that
with the exception possibly OF Sullivan,
there is no more scientific sparrer or
tremendous hitter in the ring to-day
than their man. Slavin's last fight was
with Jem Burke Smith, the English
champion, which came off at Bruges, in
Belgium, for one thousand pounds and
the championship of England. Before
going to the ground il was a foregone
conclusion, that should the battle be in
Slavin's favor, Smiths crowd of roughs
would make 10 warm for the Australian,
just 80 they tried 10 do for Sullivan in
his fight with Mitchell on French soil.
Fourteen rounds were fought, the work
being clearly in the Australians favor,
when the referee called ii draw. The
ringside was packed with the friends.
Of the Londoaer. and it would have
gone hard with Slavin to have attempt
ed to get fair play from such a crowd
under any circumstances.
The Pelicans, in spite of the fact that
Slavin went back on them by refusing
10 fghs in their club rooms. believe
firmly ia tho Australian. The noble
lords who assemble there afternoons to
talk horse and pugilism, declare that
the Australian has all the points of
world-beatsr and that AcAuliffe, who
was so easily disposed of by Peter
Jackson. whom Slavin had fought to a
draw. will not be able to stand before
the latter for more than few rounds.
He has more than the average fighters
science aud intelligence and these are
qralities that tell together in q con test
with either gloves or bare knunckles.
On the other hand. McAuljfe's hackers
are boastiug that it will Be one-sided
nght
They are undsrsstinatJng the Mis-
sion 8ov." they insist: lie will be st
this time and not ga he was when he
met Jackson, and IL needn't surprise
anyone to SEQ him knock Slavin out"
Jenl Smith stands ready % challenge
the winner of the coming event. The
exclamation is still yearning for hon
ors and n good purse. and he il appar-
emily willing to take chance at the
latter even at ths risk Of \ defeat. He
has already shown himself 10 be no
match for the Australian and should
McAaliFs win the coming fight, Smith 3
chances Of making = match will Be very
slim. The match at the Ormondss will
be sirrounds with light gloves. Each
side has deposited Eve hundred pounds
With the editor OF Sporting Life" and
the final stakeholder will be chosen in
few days Both principals have gone
into training and the Ormoadss club
men are deli ghtsd ~ ths prospect Of an
event that will make their rooms the
focus OF tbe sportsmen Of the three
continents Cor a day AZ least when the
giants meet there % decide th- cham
pionship. g Fl SASDrsov.
FTtt-d for th- Work.
Msrchsnt-But before employ you.