The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-08

on the cheek bone. A man who can put
in Knockout blow there must be a hard
hitter.
Now suppose Corbett wins his fight with
Jackson and then faces Slavin, can Slavin
get in such a blow as the one which used
up McAuliffe? There's the question. He
can't afford to tire himself with such work
as that unless he is reaching his man. The
fighter who gets tired in front of Corhett
will get whipped. Hard hitting must find
the mark it aims at or it uses up the man
who is doing it. Personally, believe
that Corbett is too clever to get caught that
way. believe that he is too clever for
Slavin.
can't help saying a word more about
Corbett have had something to say
about legs already Well, Corbett has the
cleverest pair ever saw. He uses his legs
as well as he does his arms. He is q boxer
all over. He has the most deceptive feint
| ever had the pleasure of observing He
does it with his legs, his arms, his entire
body. Ii draws man on. He thinks he
sees an opening: he starts a lead; and then
all of sudden Corbett comes at him like
thunderbolt. And then he has a left hand
upper, the equal of which has no place in
my recollection. A man who stops ii with
any vulnerable part of his body will wish
that he hadn't. Take him all over and
through and through, he is splendid
fighter, as well as good fellow.
weights, we come, of course, to Jack Nc
Auliffe, the present champion. He is a
heavy man for his class, which limits a
fighter to 1913 pounds weight. Jack can
fight at 1877 TO 40 pounds and not have an
ounce too much on him. He is a second
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
getting match in the lightweight class
But he's shrewd fellow and Is looking
out for the conditions very carefully. His
match with Billy Myers does not compel
him TO come down TO the lightweight
limit. don't think that Myers can win
He can tight easily at 1873. but he was
anxious TO get match ON with McAuliffe,
and didn't let the conditions stand in the
way. He isn't so good "two-handed
man" as McAulffe. He depends too
much on his right, and goes in to knock
his man out. That is dan gerous way to
fsht and it wont do against clever man.
McAuliffe can be compelled to fight az
1873 by any man who is really after the
lightweight championship, and am will
ing TO express my opinion frankly that at
that weight Jimmy Carroll is better man,
because Carroll will be strong at that
weight and McAuliffe will not OF course
Jack would get down there If il killed
him. The result wouldn't be so serious as
that, but it would be big strain. Carroll,
however, think is out of the ring. Not
that he is too old to fight; he is 80, but
we'll preserved, for he has never in
iured himself by any sort of dissi-
patton. He is In every way able to make
hight, 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 win devote himself to the inter-
ests of their tour of exhibition.
Leaving him out of consideration, then, I
think that Andy Bowen, the New Orleans
boy, is the next best to McAuliffe and verv
likely the coming champion. There has
been some talk of matching them, but ii has
not resulted in anything. Andy is now
matched with Austin Gibbons. Bowen il
young, very strong, and an uncommonly
hard hitter. He has fourteen-inch biceps,
and is built strongly throughout. II he
were taller il might be better for his
chances, perhaps. He is short, and little
bow -legged--rather on the Sayres style.
Speaking of McAuliffe's weight reminds
me 20 say that / think the lightweight
class ought to run up to i40. As il is now
i40-pound man can't hope to have much
show With good big niddie-weight. There
| is usually wide difference between 80
| pound and i40-pound man, and there are
! good many tall, strong fellows who can
| get down 10 within the Ib3-pound limit.
| There are too big odds against the 40
| pound man, as the classes now stand. |
| shouldn't be much surprised II they were
| changed before long in the way / have
| spoken Of here. MICHAEL poaoTAx.