Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

standlng ffem me very beginning; so that
the great object was to get thepublic money
either by hook or by crock. If the contest
bad been allowed to proceed it might have
been on its merits irrespective of the divis-
ION of the purse. ] am strongly of opinion
that Fitzsimmons would not consent to 'Gay
down. to Hall this time if be could avoid it,
and this being so, l had come to the conclu-
sion that Fitzsimmons would have had the
glory of defeating Han If there had been
any defeat at all The pair may fight before
some club vet, but fancy that the Hall
| stock will not rate 50 high now a. it did a
week ago. During the week Billy Mccarthy
| has been again defeated, and as Hall could
only make draw with Mccarthy, public
estimate of Hall cannot be extremely high.
Willis and Dixon.
| On Tuesday night we may expect con-
I test to take place that will be of q very
| lively kind as far as club contests CO. Abe
Willis, the Australian, and George Dixon
| are TO fight before the California Athletic
Club for a purse and the feather-weight
| championship of the world. 1 anticipate a
! fierce battle, because 1 know that Dixon is
able to make one, and judging from reports,
| Willis is wonderful little fellow. In COM
ing to conclusion regarding the probable
result of the contest, there is one great diff
cusy In the Eay. We have had little
| or no chance to find the neasaR
| of Willis in this country. He has met
few of our more or less unimportant
feather-weights and has dome them up"
without much trouble, 1 daresay. But he
had not yet polished off q Mccarthy, a
Wallace or Murphy and by all means he
has not vet met a man like Dixon. Still he
may be a wonder and something that seems
to be in his favor is the fact that he is from
country whose representatives have Tor
time being carrying everything before them.
All this IS to be taken into consideration in
| examining the matter. On the other hand
Dixon has proven himself to be one of the
best feather-weights there has been for
long time. He is a handy, strong and
| pluckly fellow and has a very safe and et-
fective method of fighting his opponent. I
cannot help thinking that it viii require an
extraordinary man Of his weight to defeat
him and the question follows: Is Willis
one of the extraordinary kind7 don't ex-
pect he is, at any rate the probabilities are
against it, and therefore, 1 anticipate that
he will be beaten by the American.
General PugiKstic Affairs.
Last week had few words to say about
the then three approaching battles viz:
Choynski and Goddard, Hall and Fitzsim-
mons and Willis and Dixon. Only one has
taken place, but 1 may be allowed to re-
mark that 1 recommended the winner, God
dard. Now don't any of you retort by say
ing it is the old question of 81 told you so,'
but just kindly refer to the files of the
paper Goddard some time ago proved to
the world that he is in much higher class
than ChoynSki, and 1 am beginning to think
that Goddard Will be very hard nut for
anybody to crack. At any rate there is
plenty of money in Australia to back him
against anybody in the world. Should he
ever meet Peter jackson again Peter will
likely come off second best, and I don't
think that Corbett and Goddard will ever
meet.
Once more we have had Mitchell and
Slavin to the front. This time they have
appeared in a drunken scene in theater.
At least cables from England state this.
But 1 mention this TO point out that not
withstanding the loquaeity of Mitchell
nobody can truthfully say he is a
coward. have often had occasion to say
things against him, but he is frequently
proving that he is by no means cur. I
firmly believe that Mitchell dare face any
man in the world, and the very fact
that he stepped into the ring with Sullivan
when the latter was a terror is sufficient to
prove that my contention is right.
No match has been definitely made vet
bons, although there seems to have been
efforts made to effect one. But one thing
connected with the negotiations to make
match amuses me- 1t is-the statement that
the men are to fight for the lightweight
championship. The challenges and counter
challenges of the men imply this, and vet
McAulife wants to fight at 1856 pounds, give
or take two pounds, which means he will
fight at 137 pounds. In view of this fact 1t
is ridiculous to talk about battle between
these men being for the lightweight cham
pionship.
At Football League.
A talk about football at this season of the
year NAV seem a little out of place, but
when matters are explained 1 think the few
words have to say will be deemed quite
appropriate. What want to point out is
that efforts are going on toward organizing
on firm basis football league, to embrace
Western Pennsylvania and probably East
ern Ohio. The young men who are busying
themselves in this matter at present desire
to have their names withheld from the pub
lie, but, after listening to their plans, am
inclined to think that by the time Oc-
tober gets here we will have quite q great
football organization here. The league is
to be organized on basis similar to the
English football leagues, and the season
will open about October and close on New
Years Day. There are numerous football
players in the territory which the proposed
league intends to cover. Last year proved
this, and, although the efforts of last season
were not of the most successful kind, they
showed that football league can be success
in this vicinity. am informed that meet
ing will be called to discuss the matter
shortly and in the meantime it might be
well If the football clubs in the various lines
Of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
would meet individually and have matters
talked over; that is, have plans of their own
discussed so that they would be quite able
to judge as to whether or not they could
join the league. 1t seems TO me that foot
ball is bound to be a success here when
played in its proper season and it is likely
that well have numerous contests here this
year.
Baseball Affairs.
1 have kept baseball for last place In nv
talk to-day simply because there has been
so little of Importance in connection with it
during the week. There has been a particu-
lar dullness nationally although locally mat
ters have been little livelier More PLAYERS
seem to have gotten themselves into trouble
on account Of contract jumping and in this
respect matters have developed so far that
something definite must be done to check
this jumping as far as the national agree
meut bodies are concerned. What Imean is
that some kind of penalty be enforced for
contract-jumpers that will make them feel
the effects of their violations of good faith
and honor. / see no reason why any COM
promise should be made with player who
deliberately breaks a contract that has
been made in good faith, and that has not
been violated by the other contracting