The sun., 1891-01-11
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BOXERS.
THE GREAT INTEREST ~ TEE DEMP.
sEY- -FI7zsIMMONs FI6AE

Against Jimmy Carroll = Mitchell ana
sinviu to Tr.vs, Together Hsre-sui,s.
van win Meet the Austraiias. " Pushed.
| The eyes OF the entire sporting world will bs
| fixed on New Orleans on Wednesday night.
and every thoroughbred ear will be intent to
| catch the first news OF the great milde- weight
battle between Dempsey and Fitzsimmona
| The reports from Galveston please Dempsey's
friends greatly. jack, as he almost always does,
| has worked hard and dfaithfully.and he 10 report-
oil ft to iiRht for his life. lie means o win, and
nothing else His friends are confident, and
| will back him freely: but those who live here
abouts cannot understand why they should be
asked by Fitzsimmcnss partisans to give odds
| Of TO 8. They say that the Australian IL .
| heavy weight In all but his legs. that he is ro-
puted to be n hard hitter. who has height,
reach, and big gloves In his favor. that he IL .
man with an unbroken record OF victories 70
his credit, and that vet his friends ask odds
against him. There Is no betting here outside
OF n few paltry wagers. because there are few
| men here who have personal knowledge OF
fitzsimmons.
| Jimmy Carrol's course In keeping Fitzsim-'
mons under cover. so to speak. while training
Is characteristic OF the man. He 10 great
believer In mystery. and he wants to impress
Dempsey with Fitz's size when he meets him
In the ring. 1t may be good policy with ortii-
nary mon, but l doubt II it will have much
effect on the Nonpareil. Tho man who vainy
! tried to force Charley Mitchell into a nuht.
who offered battle to Jake Kira,n, and was
willing to bet that John L. Sullivan couldn's
knock him out In ten roundsi is not to ha scared
by the looks Of the Australian. II he 10 beaten
II will be by fists, not appear ancs. You can 90
broke on that Between ourselves. think ths
great advantage that Fitxsimmons has Is in
the size Of the gloves, though Billy Edwards
contends that II you can whip . man With
your flats you can whip him with pillows" I
am not 80 sure OF that You can Jolt maR
with big gloves, but you can't out him much.
! don't think Yankee Sullivan would have
beaten either Billy Bell or Bob Caunt Il hs
had worn big gloves He nearly cut John
Morrissey into ribbons when they met at Bos-
ton -Four Corners. He couldn't have done ID
with his keen knuckles in q pair Of pillows.
| Little attention Is paid TO the report tee-
graphed here from the South that Fitzsimmons
was away from his training quarters for two
days presumably taking in the Upham- -Pitzltn
fight at Galveston. From all accounts Fitz isN
q very kindly worker. and it is hardly possible,
| that he would let up on his training for half q
week merely to see Dempsey second q man.
He couldn't learn much about jacks style OF
lighting that way. When John /. Sullivan was
about 10 go into the ring with the Maori said
| to him. " lie cautious. John. ut the bezinnin9
Of the rounds. He has Jem Mace behind him.
and he's wonderfully clever man." That's
all right" was his response. when he gets .
punch on the nose hell have to think with his
own nut aud not with Jem Macs's" The
sequel proved that John was right. Bob will
find that Dempsey the second and Dempsey
the principal are far different men. To tell the
truth / think JACK is but an indifferent second,
AS handler OF a man in difficulty would
sooner have Jack McAulfre or Arthur Cham
oers than two Of Dempsey 1t is only fair to
Ftzsimmons and Carroll TO believe that when
Bob toes the scratch he will be In as good con.
Carroll 10 willing to bet $1,000 that fitzsim. ts @
,po mons WI! scale at l54 pounds OF under proves
don't think. either, that Fitzeimmons 10
giving his plan ot battle a%%ay In advance:
he. being the taller man and the harder hitter,
ssns apd night x It mpes %y p sns,S the gGF
cuckoo II he does. 1t Xill be worth al the
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gre going to fight Each Is going to do the
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to take az advenfaSe OF every thn
watch out, for and Inform him 81 the end 81
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this prediction and see how It comes out.
IA! A. Il. ttIho9Sht would be the case. !, htGhly
Visit to. the South. will be .snoth @steh BE-.
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record hardly needs sa1ine' They made ths
ssso eous nns %ds
round: deAulife and 6is friends declare tbst
s q. ~S.s
ne trained Be that as II may, another contest
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torbe,t Or Peter jack Win meet him. and
VII hm 'fs e. 4ssy Ds r.
ao tS bs hat be nay n bs n6e 70 Gfs
ring again. but ! don't ,belieys he wli permit
%he an and sh.as s
To do this would be to lessen bis drawing pow
eEs as theatrical star, u not TO destroy them
he 10 o good actor. Lut because he Is a Rrsas
one let be s by ms IS hss
can bid good-by to, his popularity. No one
k1H9Ts H h this better 'haa sullivan and % ons q,
throne than be-, Yes, ME; slavln. II you really
YoSss La ar.
matched again their preyion. eaagsgeRens a
ended 6S1tnT @ ioG the TINE being p ssn irsn-
fore the California Club. will. definitely settle
MteheS s,StGs N!, E as s boxer r. II h9 defeats The
70 meet any man In Bio class, either IN this
country or England, II III ha BlaRchs p;;a Sip: on
drop out Of sight a. . Astie star.
Tho arrival oi Joe McAulins and Billy h4d.
the Mission Boy comes prepared TO 1gbt any
Of Of, the big ones in this country tatsy Cardin,
| boston. annXa q desirs 10 resEter tho ropes.