Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22

defeat than they did before it. may also
add that the attendance at the first games
showed that bowling is sport in which
ladies and gentlemen of the highest classes
In the country are interested.
About Pugilistic Matters
There has been one event of note in pugi-
Iistic circles during the week, VIZ, the
battle between Jimmy Larkin and Johnny
Griffin for the feather-weight championship
OF America. Last week overlooked the
contest. had intended to say few words
in advance about it, and to record my opln-
ion that Griffin would be the winner. But
l certainly did not expect that he would
finish Larkin so speedily. For some time
it has been my opinion that Larkln Is not
by any means as good as he used to be, and
his efforts against Griffin Thursday evening
proved this completely. Larkin really
made such poor stand against the Brain
tree fighter that we can scarcely form an
opinion as to Griffin's abilities. That he is
''frst rater" there is no doubt, and he
has q method of fighting that is very
effective. He is not only clever
little fellow, but he is so vigorous that he
allows an opponent no rest. 1t was simply
these tactics that enabled him to down q
very handy man like Larkin in such short
order. He forced matters with Larkin in
the first round so terrifcally that at the end
of the round Larkin was at his mercy.
The next affair among the little fellows
will be between Plimmer, the Englishman,
and "Spider" Kelly. The betting at pres
ent is S1O0 to $50 on Kelly, but fail to see
why there should be one cent of odds on the
Harlem man. If Kelly defeats Plimmer,
he viii know he has had battle, and if my
information is anything like correct,
don't think he will defeat Plimmer at all.
Undoubtedly the battle will be of more gen.
eral interest than the contest between
Larkin and:.Grifin.
Jack McAulifYe's Plans.
Jack McAuliffe has been telling the Chi
cago reporters that while he is perfectly
willing to fight either Jimmy Carroll or
Billy Myers, he does not think he is called
upon to challenge either of them. He
claims that he is champion aud that they
should, therefore, challenge him. That is
perfectly right, as far as custom goes, but it
might be better for McAuliffe if he were to
decline to meet anybody. Were he to fight
Carroll again the chances are he would be
defeated, because from now on McAul1ffe
will gradually become less effective as
pugilist.
He declares that he will sail for England
shortly to fight either Dick Burge or Jem
Carney. 1t is pity that McAuliffe did
not make this resolve long ago, but proba-
bly, he was not so much in need of money
then as he is now. His chances of success
in England now are not by far SO good as
they would have been few years ago.
Certainly he is a good man vet, but he is
not the slayer he was. and a man must stay
who wants to defeat Carney. 1t may be
that Austin Gibbons and McAuliffe are in
England together. r. K. Fox will be home
shortly and he will dispose of the stake
money in his possession relative to the
Gibbons and McAuliffe battle. I fail to see
why the entire money should not be paid
over to McAuliffe. He won it beyond all
doubt. As soon as that matter is settled 1T
is likely that both McAuliffe and Gibbons
will leave for England.
Slavin and jackson.
1t seems probable that battle between
F. P. Slavin and Peter jackson will take
place before the former and John L. SuIli-
van meet. An arrangement OF this kind
would be satisfactory to all, and to nobody
more than Sullivan. The truth is, there is
some reason for SuIlivan's demanding that
Slavin and jackson fight before either of
them tackle him. Both Slavin and Jack
son claim the championship of Australia,
and by all means they should settle as to
who is the better man between them before
either of them fight Sullivan.
There are many conflicting opinions re-
garding the comparative merits of jackson
and Slavin. We have all been told how
Slavin ran away from jackson, etc. Well,
it matters not to me how much superior
jackson may have been to Slavin in the
pas, am decidedly of the opinion that
Slavin would defeat the colored man quite
handily now. Really don't think it
would require Slavin As minutes to defeat
Jackson. If these two men were to fight
here there would be intense interest in the
affair, and if Slavin could not defeat Jack
son he would have no more show against
Sullivan than the latter would have in lift
ing the pyramids.
The Irish Champion.
Peter Maher is still travelling round and
creating good impressions regarding his
abilities as boxer and fighter. While he
has not secured any match contest yet,
don't think that his manager, Billy Madden,
will mourn the fact, because Maher is get
ting any amount of advertising. It is in
some respects pity that Corbett will not
fight him, and it is just as much of pity
that Maher declines to fight Kilrain. If
Corbett persists in refusing to fight Maher
the latter might arrange to fight Chosynoki,
who probably is now harder man to beat
than Corbett. But after all it may be that
Maher and his manager do not want fight,
but only want to talk about one.
PRINGLM