The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-12
outreach him. Willis more stockily built
and has more the general

and has more the general
APPEARANCE OF PUGILIsT.
He came to this country about three months
ago with SHADOW" Maber, an Australian
light weight, and was tried out before the
California club with Dan Mahoney, who
was considered the head of his class on the
Pacific coast. The first two or three
rounds Willis did not show any superior
ity, but towards the close proved his abil-
ity to the satisfaction of the director OF the
club, who Immediately opened negotiations
with Tom O'Rourke, the manager of the
colored champion, looking towards match.
After this trial Willis was asked why he
did not make better display of his general
ability and hitting powers, and he said that
he simply wanted to show that he was COM
petent to stop Mahoney and nothing more.
Like all Australian fighters, his principal
blows are for the body. It's a strange
thing, by the way, how much the body blow
is used among the boxers out there in the
antipodes. Slavin's principal forte is close
arm half upper cut in the stomach. Billy
Murphy laid Ike Weir low with the same
blow when they fought in California Bob
Fitzsimmon paralyzed Dempsey's breathing
apparatus by his fearful punches over that
region. With the exception of F'ogarty, the
'.iaw breaker" and few others, the body
blows have defeated most men who have
fallen in the ring before the Il ghters from
the land of the kangaroo.
Since Sullivan has made his appearance
in the arena, he really has set the style
over here to a certain extent. His great
knockout blow on the point of the jaw has
done more to revolutioniZe the fistic art.
than the work of any man who has yet
made his appearance
The Sullivan blow really belongs to the
American ring. Every man who steps in
side in contests is watching for the oppor-
tunity to land on the vital spot with that
blow, which so suddenly and effectually
puts the best OF them to sleep. This might
suggest moments depression on one of
the questions now agitating all lovers of
pugilism.
In the case of combat between Sullivan
and Slavin, each one representing his own
particular school, it would be interesting
to see the outcome. Slavin on the one
hand may land his terrible smash on the
big fellows wind and do considerable dam
age, but if the champion should be able to
get in his favorite knock out swing on the
point of the jaw the Australian will GER
tainly have TO go down and out
At present the Australian makes almost
no pretense of stopping swing or any
other blow. He rushes madly in at close
quarters in order to rip his opponent up''
in the stomach With his right hand. Sulli-
van with such paunch as he had when he
fought kilrain would certainly suffer
greatly if the Australian should be able to
accomplish his object However, If Slavin
should go blindly at John L. the chances
are that the fellow being the cleverer
would without doubt get in blow that
would end the contest.
To return to our little fellows, it is sup
posed that Willie will endeavor to punish
the colored lad chiefly in the region of the
body, particularly in his wind. Dixon is
by far the cleverer of the two, and would
no doubt protect himself in long range
fighting, but it is aquestion, when it comes
to close quarters, whether the little
Australian won't have somewhat the ad-
as he is stronger and has been
brought up in school of in fighting.
In this mill with Mccarthy, Dixon
showed far superior science at long range
1t was only when the Jersey lad was adj
vised by his second. Jack McAuline, to
rush in and "mix it up" that Cal had any
advantage Mccarthy, however. began
these tactics too late in the contest and
was weak and somewhat groggy from
Dixon's punches about the head. On
Dixon's arrival in San Francisco he was
viewed critically by all the best judges of
pugilistic matters, who were disappointed
at his general appearance. They said he