The morning call., 1891-01-29
sHoRT-DIsrANCE FIGHTERS.

There are many fighters" said Kilrain.
who can give hrst-rate account of them
selves in contest of limited number of
| rounds, but when they must 90 to finish
! have, in my experience, found the spriuting
! pCglllst always second best man. Smith of
Denver would make an interesting go for
Sullivan if the contest was six or eight
rounds but the idea of finish tight sickens
him. l can't say how Corbett will act under
heavy fire, but his battle with jackson will
prove his material"
Kilrain and Godfrey, with their atten-
dants, Will meet the Directors of the Cali
fornia Club this afternoon and all arrange
ment5 will he made for the coming mill.
WILL SULLIVAN FIGHT?
James Wakely and Phil Lynch. New York
sporting men, were surrounded by friends
on their arrival home FROM the great mid
die weight battle. at New Orleans. After
giving their opinions of the fight Wakely
said: II had a chat with Sullivan regard
ing match with Slavin, and while there are
no probabilities of match at present. am
satisfied that they will meet some time or
other l never saw the big fellow looking
so well as he did in Chicago last week. He
has scratched strong drink altogether and
INDUCES in ale twice day Still he lives
well and has grown quite portly, He takes
sufficient exercise, however, / should think
TO Keep himself IN fairly good trim all the
time. As for money, he has plenty of it.
Why, they are actually turning people away
at every performance, and Suilivan's inter
est IN the play since the season opened has
Melted him upward of Sl200 a week AS
long as he has such an income l think he
would be unwise to make a match with
Slayin or any other fighter. John has prac-
tlcally made up his mind to have one more
fight. No, he will not entertain any thoughts
OF signing articles until his partnership with
Duncan Harrison expires on July 1st."
HIS NEXT MATCH.
"WhOm will he fight then?" was asked.
That | cannot say" Wakely replied.
There are four or five men who appear to
be anxious to meet him, but of course John
will not be able TO accommodate them all.
If Slavin meets the winner of the C0rbett-
jackson fight and defeats him, think the
big fellow will make match with him. He
has been taking the best of care of himself
and ! think he will be able to defend the
championship for many years to come
The rumGr that he has signed articles to
fight SlaYin is untrue then ?''
las far as | know it is and / think Sulli-
van would have consulted Inc if he intended
taking such step. john is awfuly cut up
over Jack DempSey's defeat. He was taken
altogether by surprise by the result and |
| think he lost considerable amount of
money. John thinks, in spite of his recent
defeat, Dempsey can whip any man of his
| size alive"
Wakely had nearly $500 to bet on DENIM
sey when he started for New Orleans. He
is cautious better, however, and did not
place all OF his money. for he was advised
that the Australian was a wonder His
losses were heavy. Lynch went broke on
Dempsey.
"HENNEssEY's BABY"
The following is the song in which Patsey
Doody, the well-known old-time New York
pugilist, gained vocal renown and some 500
IN good United States money, and S65 per
week contract with New Orleans theatrical
manager by singing it to the sports who were
waiting for the middle weight pugilists.
EitZsImmOnG and DnmpSpU IN ant
stage for their great battle on January 18th !:
Pm sorry to state I'm in trouble of late
With old Siattery a well as the chiIder;
They try all the while my patience to rifle,
Ana my poor broken heart to bewiider.
When the baby cries he makes the devils own noise
All the neighbors in droves he does bring;
Then the cradle push, saying, Hush, baby, hush,"
And this is the song that sing;
CHORUS.
J Whist you. whist you: baby, lay easy,
Don't you see your mamma is nigh?
The noise that you make will drive Slattery crazy;
| shush, shush my darling, and be good boy.
| On Saturday night the old man comes home tight,
| And all his wages spent;
Oh, my, how he'll growl; oh, dear, how he'll howl:
Not thinking of victuals or rent.
| he makes more Eoise than a scho0lful OF boys
| And his hat on the floor he Will fling;
He'll slt down for a while. and you can observe a
faint smile
| When he lists to the song that sing.
| FROM ENGLAND.
a letter received from an English sporting
| character states that Lambert and Maher
will fight early in February in London and
that the winner will be matched against
| Jem Smith.
| There is considerable talk among New
| York sporting men of matching Bob Fitz-
| simmons against Joe McAuliffe, the beayv-
weight, who is now fighting on paper. If
such match was made, the betting would
| be all in favor of the Australian
| The fight between Cal Mccarthy and
George Dixon fcolored) which will take
| place at the Puritan Athletic Club of New
| Orleans on the 9TH proX., ought to be the
| greatest event, pugiistically, that has taken
| place in many months. Both fighters are in
! great fix
The San Jose Athletic Club has matched
| Dal Hawkins and Danny Mahoney to fight
| OH February 18th for a $500 purse. Ii
! Hawkins is game fighter and sticks TO his
! man lie will whip Mahoney, who dislikes
| punishment.
w. g. George, the English champion run
ner, having heard that Lou Meyers and
| Harry Darrin had been mate he'd, his hacker
! sent the following challenge by cable to a
! New l%rk sporting paper:
| LONDON, Jan. u, 1S9i.-W. G.. George,
champion runner of England challenges the
| winner Of the Myers. Darrin foot race 10 run
three distances, half mile, three-quarters OF a
mile and one mile, for $3.50 side. The race TO
take place in Madison. square Garden, in March
| or May.
| JoTTINGS.
| Frank Ives has been trying to make a
| match at fourieen-inch balk-line billiards
for $500 a side, with Maggioli, but the latter
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