Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

| " country Ia1r one WOulu Dnlnk
| there would be no, possibility OF
| visiting that fair and getting action
Tor ones money in anything Of betting
| KIND. When the promoters of these fairs
about the public morals and the safety OF
| the public's money as to keep pool selling
away from. them it would seem that all
would be safe at such innocent gatherings:
But all is not safe;.everytning is not based
| on good morality. On the contrary this
| Pecksriff1an Haunting of morality, etc, Is all
! humbug. because these very fairs abound
sne os. aat tbat are Il is
| possible to see ut public gathering. And
| let me say these swindlers are there by per-
mission of the authorities OF these fairs: nay,
these authorities receive money to allow
| these thieving games to proceed. Let me
| further say that these very authorities de-
cline to permit public pool selling. Now was
thisF While 1 won't contend that the public
at all stages has the best of it in the pool
Dox on horse race, L do argue, ana
emphatically argue, that the public never
has the ghost of q chance at the "skin'
games we see at fairs, etc. 1t is hypocrisy
and inconsistency of this kind that Is
indulged in by country fair authort.
ties who oppose public ,pool-selling. And
is power.
Mitchell and Corbett.
During the week just ended there has been
quite frank and free exchange Of opinions
between Charles Mitchell and James j.
Corbett relative to a battle between them.
Matters have progressed so far that Mitchell
has put up forfeit to fight Corbett. The
latter has declared himself TO the effect that
the only thing Ne wants to do before he dies
is to meet Mitchell. give him a good
humping and knock the conceit out
OF him. In this kind of talking
Corbett has been materially aided by a man
named Brady, who is in the theatrical
business, and who has Corbett engaged to
appear in his show. But amid all this talk
and "bluff," don't think Corbett and Nit
chell will over fight. The Englishman wants
TO fight under prize ring rules with bare
fists, and Corbett wants to fight under
Queensberry rules and before club. will
be the most surprised man in America If
ever Corbett were to consent to fight any
good man under prize ring rules. He knows
better. And l will be considerably sur
prised if Mitchell ever consents to meet
berry rules. In almost all respects Corbett
has the advantage of Mitchell. He is
heavier, taller and longer in the reach, and
therefore would be almost as clever
in glove contest. Taking every
thing into consideration, Corbett would
have have much the better of the bargain
we're he and Mitchell to meet under Queens
berry rules on a stage. Because of this 1
can well understand why the Ensltshman
will hesitate to meet Corbett under Queens
berry rules. But why should Corbett refuse
Corbett's reason is that Mitchell would not
stand up and fight. That Is his stated rea-
son: but his real reason, though, not stated,
is that he dare not meet Mitchell with bare
knuckles in a 24foot ring Corbett is now in
the "show business" and will certainly talk
as much as possible, but nobody can con-
vince me that he dare meet Mitchell in q
foot ring under prize ring rules. 1t
Is the veriest nonsense for anyone to
talk about Mitchelrs running away"
Good gracious, are not the two men within
q a nf1.f,, Il ,,-in koI 1,a
PEELED to get near enough his man to hit
him and of course get away without re-
turn ii he can, and he would get away all
right, and it is just this fact that causes
Corbett to decline a prize ring rule contest
with Mitchell. But isn't it amusing to find
Corbett talking about Mitchell not standing
up to fight when we recall the Corbett and
jackson affair. Surely it could not be posi-
BILE for Mitchell to show more cowardice
than Corbett displayed in that contest. But
Corbett Is like many more big men. He and
his boss Brady would like all little men to
be forced to stand still within arms reach
and batter away until one was knocked out.
I have often had much to say against
Mitchell, but have never said he is a cow
ard, and man who says he is does not say
what is true. Mitchell did what Corbett
would not have done for a million dollars,
viz, face Sullivan in bare fist fight.
Sullivan and Slavin. -
There is not much space at my command
this week, and 1 must omit several things.
But want to say few words about tho
taking down of the forfeit that was up in
behalf of Sullivan to fight Slavin. In taking
it down the friends of the former have tried
to make considerable capital out of it. The
statement has been made more than once
that Slavin dare not face Sullivan. Some
how or other this statement has always been
made about anybody or everybody who has
ever been matched against Sullivan. Just
as sure as we live Slavin dare fight Sullivan,
and put pin in this opinion. There was no
necessity whatever for Slavin to cover Sui
livan's forfeit, and If Sullivan had been so
anxious to meet Slavin why didn't he make
q match with the latter when he followed
him. Sullivan, to st. Louis? The forfeit was
simply a business scheme, and nobody |
knew it better than did Slavin and his
friends.
The Lghtweights.
Before shall have anything more to say
Jack McAuliffe and Austin Gibbons will |
have settled their argument. am informed |
that both men are in good trim and if they
meet Friday evening in their best form I ex--
pect to find McAuliffe the winner. If he is |
beaten one of two things will be the cause: /
He will either be below his previous form or |
Gibbons will be a much better man than |
think he is. True, Gibbons Is a good man,
but he has not so far shown the ability as q |
lighter that McAuliffe has displayed.
PRIneLM.