The Helena independent., 1891-02-08

! ever had the pleasure of observing. He
does it with his legs, his arms, his entire
body. 1t draws man on. He thinks he
sees an opening; he starts lead; and then
all of sudden Corbett comes at him like a
thunderbolt. And then he has left land
upper, the equal of which has no place in
my recollection. A man who stops it with
any vulnerable part of his body will wish
that he hadn't. Take him all over and
through and through, he is splendid fight
er, as we'll as good fellow.
Passing from the heavy men to the light
weights. we come, OF course, to Jack Nc
hsayf hhue 'ns res hs ohampon anIp He is
fighter to 133 pounds weight, Jack can
fight at 137 to 140 pounds and not have an
ounce too much on him. He IS second
Sullivan in build, round. and thick and
compactly made. When he strips down for
work the more clothes he takes off the
bigger he looks Out of training he weighs
close to 160.
Some day he may make mistake by get
ting match in the lightweight class. But
he's shreWd fellow and looking out for
the conditions very carefully. His match
with Billy Myers does not compel him to
come down to the lightweight limit. I
don't think Myers can win. He can fight
easily Mt 1873. but he was anxious to get
match on with McAuliffe, and didn't let the
conditions stand in the way. He isn't so
good 'two-handed' man as McAuIiffe.
He depends too much on his right, and
goes in to knock his man out. That is a
dangerous way to fight, and it won't do
against clever man.
McAuliffe can be compelled to fight at
133 by any man who is really after the
lightweight championship, and am will
ing to express my opinion frankly that at
that weight Jimmy Carroll is better man,
because Carroll will be strong at that
weight and McAuliffe will not or course
Jack would get down there if it killed him.
The result wouldn't be SO serious as that,
but it would be big strain. Carroll, how
ever, | think is out Of the ring. Not that
he is too old to fight: he is 80, but we'll pre-
served, for he has never injured himself by
dissipation. He is in every way able to
make fight, but I think he will be wise
enough not to go back to the ring. There is
no need of:it. He has a chance to make
''easy money with Fitzsimmons, and
guess he will devote himself to the inter-
ests of their tour of exhibition.
Leaving him out of consideration then, I
think that Andy Bowen, the New Orleans
boy, is the next best to McAuliffe, and very
likely the coming champion. There has
been some talk of matching them, but it
has not resulted in anything. Andy is
now matched with Austin Gibbons.
commonly hard hitter. He has fourteen
inch biceps, and is built strongly through
out. If he were taller it might be better
for his chances perhaps. He is short and a
little bow-legRed-rather on the Sayres
style. As a boxer his chief fault is that he
has too much faith in swinging blows: but
William Davis, the old-time California
champion. has got hold of him, and be-
lieves that he can teach Andy the error oil
his ways. rather think he will succeed
and shouldn't be surprised to see Andy
at the top of the heap before long.
e No Arli n,
me to say that l think the lightweight
class ought to run up to 40. As it is now
40 pound man can't hope to have much
show with good big middleweiRht. There
is usually wide difference between l5O
pound and a 40 pound man and there are
q good many tall. strong fellows who car
get down to within the 15S-pound limit
There are too big odds against the 14O.
pound man. as the class now stands.
shouldn't be much surprised if they wers
changed before long in the way 1 hay,
spoken of here. MICHAEL Donovan.
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