The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-02
THE PUGILISTS' EDEN.
San Francisco's Golden Age is
to be Restored.
FIRST FIGHT ON THE 10Th,
Between LaB1anche and Young Mitchell
Excitement Over the Kilrain and
Godfrey Match.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Especial THE
arrival of Jake Klrain and the only Null
doom, and of George Godfrey and his
white trainer, Frank Steele, stirred up the
California Athletic Club from the lethargy
that has prevailed in this quarter for some
months. The Mitchell and La Blanche
contest sinks into insignincance by the
side of this last event, despite the fact
that it will perhaps be one of the most
interesting contests ever seen at the club
sHow do you feel about your contest with
Godfrey" was asked Kilrain
well, I'll tell you how / feel. I feel pretty
confident. ] have looked at this matter from
every standpoint, height reach, weight, clever
ness and all, and / don't see any reason why
should not VIM
Already Muldoon has his man in the
preparatory stages for hard work, getting
him limbered up by such gentle degrees as
to give him an appetite for his work
rather than the usual dlsinclinaton.
The fact that Godfrey has largely been
accredited with being '.quitter" for hav-
ing stopped in the nineteenth round
IN his contest with Jackson, has a mis-
leading tendency with a great many
people, and they are prone TO say when
Godfrey defeats man he was mo good.
Godfrey's contest with Kilrain will go
long way toward really establishing POI
sition for him. Should he defeat Kill
rain he will have defeated one man, at
least, who Is considered ssome good" and
man who is generally believed to be both
game and scientinc. Should Kill
rain defeat him the occasion may
perhaps present itself 10 discover whether
Godfrey deserves such unkind thing as
have been said about his quitting pro-
penslty. Vi course every one comedies
that he met no ordinary man in Jackson.
He met a man who devoted himself TO his
heart, and that is much more frequently
weaker organ than the laity is willing to
concede.
Only eighteen days hence and Mitchell
and La Blanche will reopen the California
Athletic Club. The club is on a solid basis
once more, and with such men as Execu-
tive and Power Behind the Throne Dan
Burns. conbdent that the police will not
run counter to the verdict of such an intel
ligent jury as decided the test case, it looks
as if all would be smooth sailing.
Reports that come over from Saucilito
show that La Blanche is working harder
than he ever did in his life before This
argues something. 1t points to the con-
clusion that La blanche has higher con-
ception of Young Mitchell's ability than a
great many outsiders The Marine is
very lazy chap. He hates training even
worse than Sullivan and when his ambi-
ton, or his fear of the consequences, takes
his laziness in hand, it rather looks as if
he expected to meet worthy foeman, at
least.
The Marine is a favorite with some in
this match, and perhaps most justly so.
The men whom he has met somewhat out
class those whom Mitchell has met. True,
his great luck, or better, his quickness and
stiffness, have tided him over quickly in
nearly all of his matches. The Marine
was never known to be punished but once,
and then when Dempsey fought him at
Larchmont. 1t is doubtful If he ever re-
ceived such drubbing as Young Mitchell
did from Peter Boland, and yet Mitchell
came out with flying colors.