The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

work as that unless he is reaching his man.
The fighter who gets tired in front OF Cor
brtt will get whipped. Hard hitting must
find the mark it aims at, or it uses up the
man who is doing it. Personally. believe
that Corbett is to clever too get caught that
way. l believe that he is too clever for
Slavn.
/ can't help saying word more about
Corbett l have had something TO say
about legs already. Well, COrbett has the
cleverest pair l ever saw. He uses his legs
as well as he does his arms. He is a boxer
all over. He has the most deceptive feint
| ever had the pleasure of observing. lie
does 1t with bis legs, his arms-his entire
body. 1t draws a man on. He thinks he
sees an opening: he starts lead; and then
all Of a sudden COrbett comes at him
like thunderhOlt. And then he has 9
left-hand upper, the equal of which has no
place in my recollection. A man who
stops it with any vulnerable part of his body
will wish that he hadn't Take him all over
and through and through, he is a splendid
lighter, as well as good fellow.
Passing from the heavy men to the light
weights, we come. of course, to Jack Me-
AuItfe, the. present champion. lie is a
heavy man for his class, which limits a
fighter TO 1873 pounds weight Jack can fight
at 137 to 40 pounds, and not have an ounce
too much on him. He is second Sullivan
In buIld-round and thick, and compactly
made. When lie strips down for work the
Illb4C IAblbCo LtihtS Ull lut UlBEtI ilt lpuho.
Out OF training he weighs close to 100.
Some day he may make mistake by get
ting match in the lightweight class. But
he's shrewd fellow and is looking out for
the conditions very carefully. His match
with Billy Myers does not compel him TO
come down t. the lightweight limit. dom t
think that Myers can win. He can fight
easily at 1873, but he vas anxious to get a
match on with McAulifTe, and didn't let the
conditions stand in the way. He isn't so
COED 'two-handed man" as McAuliffe. He
depends too much on his right, and goes in TO
knock his man out. That is a dangerous
way to fight, and it wont do against d clever
man.
McAuliffe can be compelled to fight at 1873
by any man who is really after the light
weight championship, and | am willing to
express my OF inion frankly that at that
weight Jimmy Carroll is a better man, be-
cause Carroll will be strong at that weight
and McAulitfe VIII not. OF course jack
would get down there II 1t killed him. The
result wouldn't be so serious as that but il
would be big strain. Carroll however [
think IS out OF the ring. Not that lie is too
old TO fight; he is 80. but well preserved
for he has never injured himself by any sort
OF dissipation. He is in every way able to
make a fight, but think he will be wise
enough not to 20 back to the ring. There
is no need of it. He has a chance to make
easy money" with FitZsimmOns, and
guess he will devote himself to the
interests Of their tour of exhibition.
Leaving him out of consideration then
think that Andy Bowen, the New Orleans
boy, is the next best to McAuliife and very
likely the coming champion. There has
been some talk Of matching them, but it has
not resulted in anything. Andy is now
matched with Austin Gibbons. Bowen is
young, very strong, and an uncommOnly
hard hitter. He has fourteepinch bicepS,
and is built strongly throughout. If he were
taller it might be better for his chances,
perhaps. He is short, and a little bow
legged-rather on the Sayres style. As a
boxer his chief fault is that he has too much
faith in swinging blows; but William NJ
Davis, the old-time California champion,
has got hold OF him, and believes that he
can teach Andy the error of his ways.
rather think he will succeed, and shouldn't
be surprised to see Andy at the top OF the
heap before long.
Speaking of McAuliffe's weight reminds
me to say that think the lightweight class
ought to run up to 40. AS it is now, a 140-
pound man can't hope to have much show
with good big middle-weight. There is
usually a wide d difference between a $50
pound and 140-pOund man, and there are
good many tall, strong fellows who can get
down TO within the 15S-pOund limit. There
are too big odds against the 140-pOund man,
as the classes now stand. / shouldn't be
much surprised If they were changed before
long in the way l have spoken of here.
MICHAEL DoSovAN.