Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-01

country will know much about Burgess. BE Is
good man, and has proven himself such to
the satisfaction of number of North Of Eng
land sporting men. He is very clever and
much younger than Carney, and, although the
date of the battle is far ahead, may be per-
%'ssd bs to state that gS0f S s bos bo
been long time before the world,
and youth will tell against increasing
age. The stake is $500 a side. big one in
England, and that means that the hackers OF
Burgess have very strong confidence in their
man. Pritchard and Burke are in active train
Ing for their battle, and opinion, particularly in
England, is much divided on the question as to
what the result will be- 1t is very difficult, in.
deed, to form anything like correct opinion
on the merits of two men SO far away as Burke
and Pritchard are. Still, may have something
to say about their fight before it takes place.
Down on jackson.
Pendragon. the English pugilistlc authority,
still argues that Goddard defeated Jackson.
Here is his latest: There nowi By means of
my parallel about boxing have got round
again to black Jackson and the long-the re-
markably long-letter about him and his
vamosing from Victoria, written by the secre-
tary of the Melbourne Athletic Club. This let
ter was printed first in local paper. and, as
soon as the mail arrived. was reprinted
in several American as well as in a
variety Of our own metropolitan and provin.
cial papers. After reading it right through
/ can find nothing in it beyond q sug-
gestIon that black Jack is not unacquainted
with the white feather. The Melbourne man
makes out rare good case against jackson;
but was 1t worth while writing so much to
prove so lttlef In Jackson's own colony, and
In his own city also, there is no great belief in
bis ability to receive punishment; until he
Knocked the soft McAuliffe out he was
merely as clever exhibition sparrer.
AS for what he did here, that doesn't
count at all, except that it made the New
South Welshmen frantic in their reception or
him on his return, and eager above all things
to believe they had developed real live cham
pion boxer. They thought little enough Of
him, and cared little enough about him, when,
under sheer stress of circumstances, he left
Sydney for San Francisco. What bit of luck
it was for Jackson that he happened to
get to 8. +. just at the moment when
boom was being worked out West In
knockout boxing-and that he was supplied
with so f1abby customer! don't myself see
what reason jackson has to complain Of his
treatment in Melbourne when he met the Bar
rier larrikin. Goddard jackson made a match
to knock Goddard out in eight rounds, and
slgnally failed to do SO. Therefore he lost as
plainly and as palpably as ever man lost-in ex-
actly the same way as ]. l. Sullivan lost In his
match with Tug Wilson. Even the Americans,
mad as they were about Sullivan, couldn't deny
that Sullivan had lost-he didn't deny it him
self; but jackson failed in far worse manner
than Sullivan did and then was declared to
have made draw of it. How he can believe
the Melbourne folk have down on him can't
understandable down they had was on their
own man, who, according to the conditions of
the contract was certainly the winner I don't
myself think jackson believes the Melbourne
Athletic Club members are in any way against
him; the fact is he sees there is far more
money to be got in Frisco and for fewer hard
knocks-and no fool he to go where he can get
the greatest amount of cash with the smallest
amount of personal Inconvenience. Whatever
else black Jack may be. he certainly is not q
silly.