Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

when the sodden state of the track is taken
into consideration. Remingtons easy, grace
full style in the quarter mile was universally
admired and his hollow victory in the final
of the quarter stamps him as y runner OF
good class. Roddy and Sarre were disap-
pointing, and this may be also said Of Ford,
George, Dadman, Nicoll and Lange, although
the last named is quite capable of showing
good performance, and his disqualification
was matter for general regret. In striking
contrast to these mediocre performers, the
hammer throwing of Queckberner aroused
genuine enthusiasm.
Among the Leading Pugilists.
Matters are becoming exceedingly lively
among the pugilists, as there are at least
three big events slated to take place within
the next eight or ten days. Joe ChoynsH
and Joe Goddard are to fight tomorrow in
Australia and Hall and Fitzsimmons on the
22d and Willis and Dixon a few days later.
Doubtless my readers will be expecting q
few words about these events. Discussing
the probabilities of the Choynski and God
dard contest an Australian authority says:
Regarding the probabilities of the match
there is plenty of room for opinions to diff
fer Choynslli may have been bit unpre-
pared for the style of the last encounter,
and, having pondered DER the situation, he
may fight differently this trip. With his
brilliant capabilities it would not do for any
d
all ''ofi,' in form. And if Goddard should
happen to be that way he might have to
"mutter something" in the dismal shades of
a defeated mans corner after the go.
The readiness with which ChoynSki agreed
to meet his conqueror shows that he must
have gathered hope from some source or
other. There is, OF course, ground for sup
posing the repetition of trial of conclu-
sions a reasonable one; since Goddard in
dicated that he had had more to do to van
quish Dooley than he had to down Choynski,
and the latter SO significantly beat the
former since that idea was formulated.
Goddard, on the other hand, cannot be
worse man than when he defeated the Amer
ican before His subsequent doings have
been sufficient to keep him together. And,
therefore, with proper care and no accidents,
the second meeting of the giants should be
as interesting and eventful as the first. All
things considered it may be taken for
granted that whatever occurs a very merry
mill is a certainty.
Of course Choynski is a courageous and a
tough customer, but, after taking every
thing into consideration, fail to see how
he can turn the tables on Goddard. Harris,
the bookmaker who was recently in this
country, has been telling the Australians
that Goddard can easily defeat all the
heavy-weights in America If Goddard is
anything near being as good as that he will
defeat Choynski.
The Middle-weight Contest.
This will be the last opportunity I'll have
to say anything about the Hall and Fitz-
simmons affair, and I am frank enough to
confess that am not inclined to say much
about it. As rule always speak freely
about contests between leading pugilists,
but in this instance there is a mist that
cannot very well see through.
Certainly I hold the opinion that
the vanquisher of Dempsey is better
man than Hall, but I am not eager to go
further than that. cannot recall battle,
and can remember large number, that
was more surrounded with suspicious feat
ures than the Hall and Fitzsimmons affair,
and there has been during the last ten days
such determined effort on the part of the
managers to boom it in the newspapers that
1 am more suspicious of it than ever. On
public form Fitzsimmons ought to win, and
1 don't base the form on his victory over
Dempsey. 1 still hold the opinion that
that contest was no test of Fitzsimmons at
all, as he was fighting a man below middle
weight. But both Hall and Fitzsimmons
have had an encounter with Billy Nc
Carthy, and the best that Hall could do
against that second-rater was to make a
draw, while Fitzsimmons defeated him
without any trouble whatever. But, to come
to something definite on the matter, and tax
ing everything into consideration, I ex-
pect to see Fitzsimmons the victor. lam
inclined to think that he won't lose if he
can win, but, of course, I may easily be
wrong in this
Willis and Dixon.
But to me the most interesting contest
that is to take place, and the one on which
it would be safest to bet, is the approaching
battle between Abe Willis and George
Dixon. There is every prospect that the
contest between these little fellows will be
On its merits and it is for the championship
Of the world. There are many good authori-
ties who have great confidence in Willis
and think him sure winner. Certainly the
young man has long list of victories be-
hind him and has performed in very ad-
nirable way. He is a game and handy lit
lie fellow, but I question very much
whether he has ever stood in front of an
opponent the equal of Dixon. L feel con-
fdent that he has never met Dixon, and
the latter has performed very well and has
won his many battles in a way that stamps
him as first-class man at his weight. True,
Willis has defeated his recent opponents
very cleverly, but they were not in the
front rank, and he had much the best of it,
and when a man has the best of an oppo-
nent from the start depend upon it he ap-
pears to the ordinary onlooker as very
great fighter. In Dixon the Australian
will meet better man, in the feather
weight class, than he has ever met |
before. And then comes the question:
How will Willis perform in front of such
strong, active and plucky pugilist as Dixon2
[ don't think he will perform like a winner.
So far Dixon's method of fighting has fully
satisfied me, as he uses both hands and keeps |
bis opponents face and body simultaneously
warm. In many respects in style he re-
minds one of Tom Sterck, now on the local |
police force. Tom would never shirk blow
# he could return two for it. Well, for
Willis to defeat Dixon the former must be |
good deal better pugilist than I expect him
TO be. OF course it is not impossible for
him to defeat the little colored champion,
but don't think it probable.
McAu1iffe and Gibbons.
There is likelihood of a contest between
Austin Gibbons and Jack McAuliffe, and
If ever these two men fight, mark my words,
Gibbons will get much greater pummeling
than he has ever had yet The conditions,
Is far as proposed, are that the two men
ight at 135 pounds, give or take two pounds
This means that McAuliffe would fight at
l37 pounds, and also that he would
win. Somehow or other L have not
become convinced that Gibbons is q cham
pion, and if he and McAuliffe meet, and the
latter will be at the trouble to get into good
condition, Austin Gibbons will, I antici- |
pate, get defeated. PRINGLR.