Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
Pat Tarrell's Challenge.

for glove contests to a finish. To allow one and
prohibit the other is inconsistent.
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Pat TarreIps Challenge.
Doubtless there would be something of q sur
prise the other day when the challenge of Pat
Farrell to fight Fitzsimmons appeared in this
paper. / don't intend to saymuch about it just
now. but know that Farrell is anxious to face
Fitzsimmons, and he has hackers who think
that he can make a much better show against
the tall middle-weight than did Dempsey. am
informed that Farrell is a very much improved
man, and do know that he is very powerful
hitter. Well, then, what desire TO point out
is that FarrelIs challenge should not be
ignored. 1t is bona fide, and surely the money
5000 side and good purse, ought co be
plenty TO fight for. These clubs am aware are
run more or less on principles of favorirism;
that is, many performers are selected very
often because some friend of the club pulls
the strings" for them. hold that it would be
much better for the club, and for boxing and
pugilism generally, il young men were given
little more encouragement. The only possible
way of keeping in front in pugilism or anything
else of an athletic kind, is to train the young
ones. Farrell may be wonder. and he may not
of course, but do argue when anybody is will
ing to put DIP S5, 600 to prove that he can defeat
Firzsimmons think the matter should be taken
in consideration by every leading athletic club
in the country. One thing is sure, Fitzsim-
mons as champion is bound to acknowledge the
challenge Of Farrell or give up the title.
The Lightweigh:s.
There seems little chance of Jimmy Carroll
and Jack McAuliffs coming together. The
former declares that he is now well fixed" and
that he can do without pugilism entirely. This
may be true; I mean that Carol; may mean
what he says, but every month we have cases
of this or that leading fighter who is going to
retire and never does it. We will have to wait
and see what CarrolPs intention means. If he
and McAulitfe do not fight many people will be
disappointed, because this last encounter was
of such a close kind that elthe- contestant
might have won it at the finish. Were they to
fight again it would be difficulc to name the
tween Jack McAuliffe and Billy Meyers There
cannot be very much interest In a contest be-
tween these two men because none of us have
forgotten the long farce between them which
condition ana everything o. K. / don't see how
McAulitfe could lose and / presume that mapy
people will think that way. But why is there
not purse for Bowen and McAuIiffef The
former has defeated Meyers, and it is also true
that Carroll has defeated Bowen, and Nc
Auliffe has beaten Carroll. Still. l would
rather see a contest between Bowen and Nc
Auliffe than between McAuliffe and Meyers
But a contest between any of them NAV he
better than nothing.
The Local Amateurs.
The first annual meeting of the Allegheny
Athletic Association held last evening gives
one an idea that amateurism is going to flourish
in this city. True there was nothing remark
able about the meeting, but the fact of its be-
ing held and the reports being SO satisfactory
is sufficient guarantee of the thorough estab-
lishment of the organization, and we have
never yet had thorough going amateur asso-
citation in this city. The association has had
no chance to show its power and influence yet
as football has been the only thing tackled by
IL n he M oNar
go TAR beyond football and have almost all
kinds of out door sports carried on under its
auspices. To do this ought to be the mission
of such an association, and certainly commu-
nifty like this one has plenty of need for such
recreati rs. There is one very gratifying tact
that is. the association is in charge of some
very able and honorable gentlemen, and l am
certain their only aim is to develop irst-class
athletes in and around Pittsburg We NAV
rest assured that one or two field days will! be
held by the association during the year, and
the country among the competitors. And see
no particular reason for thinking some first
class men may not be developed here. We
have any amount Of material in Pfttsburg, and
development is all that is needed.
The Baseball Situation.
without doubt the week just ending has
been one of.the most eventful in the history of
the national game. Just as the events of the
week when the 2. l. started were of considera-
BILE gravity and Importance, so are the events
of the week when the P. L. dies. The latter is
gone-I almost said gone forever. Those who fur
nished the sinews of war for it are now more or
less connected with the older organizations, so
that we may reasonably come to the conclusion
that the national game will soon be as popular
as it ever was But the trouble during the last
few days was not with the p. l. people but
with the National League and the Association.
The latter insisted on having club in Boston,
a,,1
jected. After much animated talk the great
THO OF Boston gave way. and il is well that they
did The feeling of the baseball world was
against them and, as | more than once con-
tended, they had no solid argument to support
the stand they took. 1t certainly would have
been worse for the Boston magnates had they
remained stubborn, because the Association
would have put club IN Boston and
that would have meant another war. But aITs
well that ends well. and it is my wish that both
clu lbs in Boston will make money, although the
Association move is entirely an experiment.
Certainly it can never be expected that an AS
sociation club can 90 as well as a League club
in Boston. The latter has been nothing but
League so long that only the most extraordi-
nary revulsion of thought could make an AS
sociation team more popular there than Ma
tional League team. There is another fact
viz: Do as we will and argue as we will
there is deep rooted conviction abroad to the
effect that ball playing In the Association is
second class compared to what we find in the
League. am not saying that this difference
actually exists. 1 say that public opinion
thinks it does, and that is sufficient for what /
am contending. In view of these things the
Boston trlumvirs have nothing whatever to
fear.
The Milwaukee Feature.
Judging from the outward appearance the
circuit of the American Association is not vet
absolutely fixed. According to reports in yes
terday's DISPATCH it would seem that after
all Milwaukee will be the new city to take
ToIedo's place. Two or three weeks ago 1
veptured the prediction that Milwaukee would
be the city, but my friend Mr.. WaIz, of Balti-
more. few days ago assured me that Chicago
would be the place selected. Of course. / de.
ferred to Mr.. Walz, he being an Association
magnate. But L will not be surprised IL my
original prediction comes true. Certainly there
is every indication of a very strong opposition
to an association club In Chicago and this fact
may have some influence. The opposition ;,
not emanat1ng from the National League
quarters but from purely amateur circles. The
amateurs in Chicago utilize Sunday in playing
ball and they want no opposition. They are
nrenared n hayA Sunday MI