Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

good season of it. To all appearances the
Association League is made up of some good
| teams this year, and as a result there may
be some very lively and bitter contests.
But there is one thing that every player of
every team must not forget, that is to pre-
vent quarreling. At every game there will
be an umpire or referee to decide dis
putes, and if his ruling is wrong a
! ! higher power will put it right Players
must not quarrel before the public because
by so doing they will do the game more
harm than many seasons will redeem. 1t Is
true that when things don't come our way
we are inclined to fuss with everybody near
us, but the League football players must
| take defeat like men and bride thelr
tempers If they do they will be all the
better for it. The Rugby players Will
| probably get down to work this week.
Judging from reports the Allegheny Attn
letic Association team mean to have very
busy season, and expect tn have very
strong team. If they want to do good WORK
the sooner they get at it the better, because
they will meet some very strong aggrega-
tions before the season is over IL might
not be out of place to suggest that one or
two games be played at once between tine
Allegheny Athletic Association and the
East End Gyms. They would help the play
ers to get into condition.
About Pugilistic Affairs.
I am afraid that my readers who look for
something every week about pugilists and
pugilism will fare badly this week again, as
there has nothing of Importance taken place
during the week. Probably the most i'm
portant thing that has been brought before
our notice has been the reported stranding
of John L. Sullivan in Australia IT he
has gone dead broke, " I'm sure will not
be surprised; indeed, will be surprised If
he makes or has made any money at all as
an actor in Australia. John L. Sullivan in
Australia as an actor is quite different from
John L. Sullivan in Australia as pugilist.
There are two very important facts that
Sullivan and his friends should have con-
sidered before they set sail for the
Antipodes One is that Australia is not the
United States, and the other is that Sulli-
van is not an actor. Sentiment won't carry
a theatrical fraud to success in a
foreign land when the principals are
foreigners. It may do at home because Of
antecedents, etc., but abroad it is another
matter. And, in my humble Judgment, it
might have been a misfortune for the theat-
rical world generally if q man like John L.
Sullivan could go round the world success
mean it would not say much for the status
of the intelligence of the patrons of the
drama But if John L. Sullivan and his
friends had gone to Australia in a legiti-
mate way they would have made money,
and lots of it. If John L. had gone to that
coun try as the greatest pugilist on earth"
he would have been a winner. All that he
would have had to do would have been to
say that he wanted to meet all corners, and
he soon would have had plenty of money
and so would his friends. But he forsook
his legitimate calling and has been failure,
just as would blacksmith who would 60 to
Australia to make frst-class pianos.
The Irish Champion.
There has been another event during the
week about which word or two may be
said. Maher, the Irish champion pugilist,
has arrived in the country, and, according
to programme, challenge will be issued
for him to fight ''any man in the world"
He is under the guidance of Billy Madden,
and already that worthy has stated that
Maher will fight Jackson, Corbett or auy-
body else in America But the regulation
forfeit has not been put up yet, but it
probably will be accompanied by q chal- |
lenge yard long. Of course We probably |
all know how Maher rose to fame. He |
knocked Gus Lambert out in zone knock. !"
1 always smile when I think of Lambert. |
1 happened to be in England last |
year when Jem Mace imported Lam
bert to that country. As soon as
Lambert landed Mace had him announced
in the newspapers as the greatest pugilist
America ever produced, and the only man
who ever defeated Peter Jackson" Then
the sweeping challenge for Lambert to fight |
anybody in the world was issued, and then
he was qualified to go into the show bust
ness. Well, we all know of Lambert's
abilities as pugilist, and he is the man
whom Maher downed in London. Now,
Mahcr may be good pugilist; I don't say
he is not. 1 don't know what he is yet, but
1 feel Just as confident as I am that am
writing these words, that he is not good |
enough to fight any man in America But |
we will probably see what he can do before
long.
The Lightweights.
Since the contest between Austin Gibbons |
and Jack McAulife we have not heard /
word about the former, except that he is 60
ing to England to fight Oyerton. I don't |
know definitely whether or not Gibbons has
gone or will go to tackle Overton, but ex-
pect the two will meet if suitable purse is
put up for them. Gibbons will find Over
ton much easier man to face than McAu-
life, and, therefore, will make much better
showing, because Gibbons will no doubt be
4 tolerablv good man where he can have a |
little bit of his own way.
The proposed contest between Jimmy Car
roll and Billy Meyer has been declared off
owing to the interference of the law officers
1t New Orleans. 1t is. therefore, not likely
that we'll have any lightweight contest Of
prominence this year in this country. But I
still have an idea that we'll have another
contest between Carroll and McAulife be-
fore next spring comes and goes.
PRINGLA