The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08

/ speaking Of the blow which knocked him
. out. Some Of his friends said that he'd
I bean hir IN the stomach, but he hadn't
I The blow which done the work struck him
/ on the cheek bone. A man who eau put IN
Knockout blow there must be hard
/ hitter.
/ Now supposing Corbstt wins bis fight
with jackson aud then faces Slavin, can
Slavin get in such a blow as the one
which used up McAuliffei There's the ques-
| ton. He can't afford to tire himself with
such work as that unless be is reaching his
man. The fighter who gets tired IN front
Of Corbett viii get whipped Hard hitting
must find the mark il aims at or 1t uses mp
the man who is doing it. Personally, be-
caught that way. / believe that he Is too
clever for Slavin.
can't help saying a word more about
Corbett. i have had something 20 say
about legs already. Well, Corbett has the
cleyerest pair / ever saw. He uses his legs
as well as be does his arms He is a boxer
all over. He has the most deceptive feint /
ever had the pleasure of observing. he
does 1t with bis legs, his arms, mis- entire
body. he draws a man on. He thinks he
sees an opening; be starts a lead; and then
all Of a sudden Corbett comes at him like a
thunderbolt. And then he has 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, be is q splendid
fighter, as well ns good fellow.
Passing from the heavy men
to the light weights, we come.
Of course, to Jack McAuliffe, tho
present champion. He Is a heavy man
for his class, which limits a fighter to 1873
pounds weights. Jack can fight at 157 to
nd and has 20
on him. He is second Sullivan in build,
round, and thick and compactly made.
When he strips down for work The more
clothes he takes off the bigger he looks.
Out Of training he weighs close to 100.
Some day he may make mistake by get
ting a match In the light weight class.
But he's shrewd fellow aud is looking out
for the conditions very carefully. His
match with Billy Myers does not compel
him to come down to the lightweight limit.
l don't think that Myers can win. He can
fight easily at 1873, but he was anxious TO
get a match on with McAuliffe, and didn't
let the conditions stand in the way, He
isn't SO good "two-handed man" as
McAuliffe. He depends too much on his
right, and goes in TO knock his man out.
That is dangerous way to fight, and it
won't do against a clever man.
McAulife can be compelled to fight at 1873
by any man who is really after the light
weight championship, and l am willing to
express my opinion frankly that at that
weight Jimmy Carroll is better man, be-
cause Carroll will be strong at that weight
and McAuliffe will not. or course, Jack
would get down if it killed him The re-
suit wouldn't be so serious as that, but it
would be big strain. Carroll, however, l
think is out OF the ring. Not that he is TOO
old to fight; be is 49, but well preserved. for
he has never injured himself by any sort of
dissipation. He is in every way able to
make fight, but think he will be wise
enough not to go back to the ring. There
is no need of it. He has chance to make
easy money" with Fitzsimmons, and
guess he will devote himself to the inter-
ests of their tour of exhibition.
Leaving him out of consideration, think
that Andy Bowen, the New Orleans boy, is
the next best to McAuliffe and very likely
the coming champion. There has been some
talk of matching them, but it has not re-
suited IN anything. Andy is now matched
with Austin Gibbons. Bowen is young,
very strong and an uncommonly hard hit
ter. He has fourteen inch biceps, and is
built strongly throughout. II he we're
taller 1t might be better for his chances,
perhaps. He Is short, and q little bow
legged-rather on the Sayres style. As
boxer his chief fault is that he has too much
faith in swinging blows: but William NJ.
LAWS Tue OH Ulllle ChukOTnIa CnAInplOu. 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 sur
prised TO see Andy at the top Of the heap
before long. sd
Speaking of McAuliffes weight reminds
me to say that think the light weight class
ought to run up to lao. 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 difference between 150-
pound and l40~pouud 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 l40-pound
man, as the classes now stand. l shouldn't
be much surprised if they were changed be-
fore long in the way have spoken of here.
MICHAEL DONOVAN.