The morning call., 1891-10-21
RING AND SCULL.
The California Clubs Weekly
Fistic Exhibition.
Young Mitchell Will Accept Fitzsimmon5'
Challenge After he Has Posed as
statue-Professional oarsmen.

rounds and a draw. Billy Thomas defeated
]. Clinch in five rounds. Solomon Edwards
defeated Harry Daily in four rounds.
Tommy Corsey defeated Billy McElroy in
five rounds. Billy Flynn, the Seattle Cy-
clone, got the best of Joe Horn IN four
rounds. The next weekly entertainment
will take place on Wednesday evening" the
4th pr0x
Bob FitZsimmons issued a challenge yes
terday 10 which he offered 10 stop Young
Mitchell in ten rounds for a purse Of $4,000.
EitzsimmOns in an interview said;
HAD THE RIGHT RING.
"I don't know what Mitchell will say to
this. As he is the Pride of California l
suppose he will jump at the chance to show
how well he deserves the title. l am Cali
fornian, too, now. am settled down here,
and intend to remain here. l like the coun-
try and ! like the people, and l would not
mind being the Pride of California myself.
However, l am not seeking for any fancy
hOnors or going to do the statue act. want
simply to tell Mr.. Mitchell that l think can
take the RuTels from him that he wears so
proudly and | am willing TO back myself to
any amount up TO $4,000. BY the way, L
may as well repeat here my challenge to the
world. | am ready to meet any middle
weight in the world, here in California, for
a fight to a finish at 154 pounds. As to
Mitchell, l VIII meet him at any weight he
likes to come at, my weight being l54. l
don't very well see how he can refuse. l
offer 10 stop him in ten rounds and If he
wants to remain the Pride ETC., he will
have to take me up.
RATHER BE STATUE.
Young Mitchell said last evening that it
did not surprise him in the least to read
challenge published in the evening papers
from Robert FltZsimmOns.
"The elongated middle weight" re-
marked Mitchell, "has become very much
angered because he was not given an oppor
tnnity at DempSey'S benefit 10 spar either
the eX-champiOn or myself. We had made
arrangements tJ box four rounds prior to
the Australians kind offer to box either of
u and when he was asked to put the
gloves with Jackson he left the hall dis
guSted.
Now. Fitz,immons has been here for
several months, aud don't you think 1t
strange that he has remained so long silent?
To speak the truth, he IS more entitled to
RECOGNITION from heavy-weights than he is
from nlIddle-weigLtS.
MAKES HIM FEEL SHORT.
He is fully six inches taller than me,
and as all men who have had experience IN
the ring know, handicap of this kind is en-
trely too much to offset. However, | will
be prepared t. accent his offer TO stop me in
ten rounds after my return from the East,
but tie contest Will not be witnessed by the
California Club | have had already enough
of that. Dempsey and [ have made ar
raugemeuts to travel with theatrical cCm-
pany through the northern countries, thence
to Salt Lake, from which latter place we
will journey 20 New York. On my return
shall hope to find the pride of the forge
ready to meet ME in a ten-rOund 60.
ANOTHER ARRIVAL
George Lavine, Michigan feather-weight,
arrived last Sunday. and VIII b. mltcleQ
by the Pacific Club to fight Van Heest at
I20 pounds.
Very little betting has been done on the
fight which will take place this evening at
the Occidental Club, between Mahan and
Maber. The latter is a slight foyorite.
Jimmy Wakeley has been giving the
sporting writers Of Chicago some inlOrma-
tiOn On Australians and the fighters Of that
country. To one of the reporters he said
that he heard from John l.. Sullivan last
week and that the big fellow announced
that he was making lots of money in the
colonies. On the day after relating his
story Wakrev read the following bit Of
news in Chicago paper:
BIT OF NEWS.
Cone off jim; don't string the good men
OF the Garden City. We cau't stand it, don't
you know. John has n made money in
the land of the kangaroo and never can.
Tie people there have no use for him in the
first place and they are all dead broke in the
otChuu L uGLc A> III ulUI4Cl LhNAG lO4 UOuu
To make.
There is no money there for any fighter or
Snowman and you can 20 broke on that. Ii
thrre was any coin and easy graft In the
AntpOdes you would not have Savin in
England and a hundred Australian scrap
pers in America. Peter Jackson, Jim Hall,
Bon Fliz,immons, Paddy G0rman, Billy
Maber, Bill and Jack SlaYin and a host Of
others would not come to this country if
they could get living at home. TheT were
3. Z laf- five To-, ho
cause starvation stared them in the face.
Abe Willis left his family in Australia an
they we're soon so badly in want that ben
eff: was given them, and what do you think
II amounted to?
One hundred dollars! A great sum to
give great little fighter. was it not?
Oh, no, Jimmy, the bluff about John max
ing money don't 90. Il is not Johns fault,
however. II he was making money no one
would be quicker to say so than myself, for
/ believe that if anybody is entitled 10 make
the coin 1t is that big-hearted but uncouth
chap from Boston, who Is to-day as much of
a champion as lie was on tbs night of
February 2, 1882, or any time since.
But lest | should be misunderstood l want
to say that while John is not making money
he Is long way from being broke.
THE oARsMEN.
Speaking OF oaTsmen and the prospects of
series of big races between the champions
of America and Australia, Canadian ex-
change says:
1T is perhaps little early to begin talk
Ing of sculling matches, but L am con-
strained to announce that there is a possibi-
fty II a couple OF matches being made.
Ordinarily oarsmen, particularly the pro-
feSsiOnals, walt until all the rivers. lakes
and ponds are frozen over before they loosen
their tongues and dip pens in ink wells. 1t
Is much safer 20 issue challenges when there
Is nc possibility of a race and the champions
all recognize this. Therefore they give ex-
hibitions in the rowing season, and talk
matchmaking when the snow flies, Sleigh
bells tinkle and the west wind blows"
But Billy O'Connor, not having served his
nOvitiate in profession alism, has overlooked
the rule, and he now announces that he has
received letter informing him that Sta s.
bury and Roach have left Sgd ney for San
Francisco, O'COnnor thinks they are COM
ing to America in response to the challenge
recently issued by Hanlan and himself to
row StaDsbury and any other oarSmau a
dOuble-Scull race for the championship Of
the world and two singles - OCOnnOr
against Stansbury for the worlds champion
ship and Hanlan against Stansbury's mate.
OConnOr says he is willing TO race STAINS
bury at San Francisco in two months on
the Australians own terms.
TUG-oF-wAR.
Preparations for the intern ational tug-of-
war, which will begin on Saturday evening
at the Pavilion, are about completed. The
following ara the countries which will be
represented on the inaugural night, viz
Germany vs. Canada, America VS.. England,
Denmark vs. Sweden, Norway VS.. Scotland,
Ireland VS.. Italy. On the second night the
Germans will face the English, the Cana
dians will tug with the Danes, the Ameri-
cans win try conclusions with the Swedes,
the NOrwegians will pull against the Ital-
ians and the Scots will wind up with tile
Irish. Any of the above teams must be
defeated four times before called out of the
race. The winning teams will contest for
the four prizes on the last evening of the
great pulling race.
Paddy German had good look at his op-
ponenps picture, ''The Black PEARL" a few
days ago. After feasting his eyes on the
dark object few minutes, Paddy remarked
that if the Pearls heart is half the size of
his neck it will be a cold night for him
(GoTman) on the 21st inst