St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-19

either hand, he faces an imaginary OPP
ponent. AS he feints, leads and ducks
before the spook enemy, he advances on
one and the other foot.
The weight of the dumb bells strength
ems mis- arms without binding the
muscles. AS an exercise it is very in
teresting to onlookers.
Besides running regularly on the
rounds, Dixon does considerable leg
work. Standing on the same spot he
gets his legs in running motion and
covers what would be five miles in or
binary running. He times himself by
the number of minutes it would take
him to cover that distance.
He never moves off the spot, however,
but swings his arms, throws out his
chest and goes through the movements
of running without making any head
way.
A. B. Willis, Dixon's sturdy little an
tipodean opponent. is also down to
work. Martin Murphy, the mascot
trainer and second, started to get Willis
into shape for the battle, set for the
2Sth.
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The California club officials have spe-
cially engaged Murphy, as it was feared
that Billy Smith, Willis countryman,
was too indulgent. Willis goes any
where from fifteen to twenty miles
every day over the mountains of Mar
tin county. He is still five pounds or
more over weight.
*
Joe Choynski, the American heavy
weight pugilist. who defeated Jem
Fogarty and Mickey Dooley, and was
knocked out by Joe Goddard, has been
matched to knock out Owen Sullivan,
the great barrier boxer, in eight rounds.
The fight is to to take place in the Mel
bourne Athletic club. Sullivan has
fought some scientific and energetic
battles, and during his long career he
has met and defeated frst-class men.
Joe Harris, the bookmaker aud formerly
Halls hacker, has returned to Aus
tralia. He says Hall will knock out
FitZsimmons. Harris claims that Joe
Goddard could 90 through the United
| States, from Oregon to Maine, and
whip every pugilist who claims to be a
| champion.
Danny Needham reached Frisco in
safety, and, under Billy Smiths guild
ance, is finishing up for Mahan. He was
in good shape. through working with
FitZsimmonS. The pair fight on July so.
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| Jim Corbett is following in John l..
! Sullivan's footsteps, and is announced
| to appear in AFTER Dark" next season.
| Brady, his manager, states that he will
release Jim for the purpose of fighting
| Frank Slavin ten rounds in September,
providing the Australian is agreeable.
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| I nOpohuo cayc in tho Now VOrk
| Recorder that Bob FitZsimmons is the
favorite at two to one for his fight with
| Jim Hall, but the odds are being &C.
! cepted with an avidity simply Surprfs-
ing under the circumstances. The as
| pect of the affair at this stage is not of
| the hue to make sane men plunge on
the event, and to the credit of Gotham's
| sportSmen they are not making any
heavy wagers. A dispatch from Chi
cage last night says:
''Charles F. Davies, the 'Parson,' ar
rived in town to-day from Beloit, Wis.
| II e said he left Jim Hall early this
morning. snoring like the mischief.
"'Hall is in the pink of condition,
said the parson. He looks well and
eats heartily-that is. as heartily as a
man can eat under the circumstances
He gives me every assurance of putting
up great fight. No! l won't say he
will win, but he will make good man
fight hard for his life, I'll tell you.'"
| can understand that Jim can sleer
like the mlschief''-his career up tC
date indicates that he has great guam
tity of mischief in his composition.
can also understand why 1.-The Parson'i
declined asserting Jim will win. He is
and always was ''foXy" about his pre-
dictIons of what his man would do in q
fight, but he is never backward in pro-
claiming his star to be world-beatel
when on an exhibition tour. You may
tie 1.-The Parson." you can't beat him.
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But few days remain before the much.