The morning call., 1891-01-11
THE RING.
Wednesday Nights Battle at New Orleans.
Who VIII Win?

Who VIII Win?
On next Wednesday evening the great
international battle between the middle
weight pugilists, Jack Dempsey and Bob
FitZSimmons, will take place at New Orleans.
According to letters and kilograms received
from 1.-THE seat of war;" the fighters will
enter the ring at weight Q54 pounds, and in
hrst-class fettle. Many rumors have been
circulated about titzsimmons, none of which
can be accepted as having any semblance of
truth. The latest is that he has agreed.
after fighting about fifteen rounds, to go
OUT for a large consideration, which has
been guaranteed him by a prominent New
York sporting man. Another rumor is to
the effect that he has consented to lose the
match but will give Dempsey the double
cross, If he is capable of doing so. All these
reports must be taken cum grauo sails
and reshed if so desired, by those who are
always ready to gulp at vague conclusions.
Inc elongated Australian is no doubt as
anxious 10 win the coming fight az is the
hero of fifty hard-fOught battles. Taking
1t for granted that both will tight on their
merits the question is, Who will prove to be
the victor? Although Fitzsimmons may be
a better man, pugilistically, than Dempsey,
II Is reasonable to suppose that the latter
would sell strong favorite against a fighter
who is comparatively a stranger in this
country.
The betting should certainly not alter the
opinion Of anv man. Probably if FitZsim-
mons was as favOrably known as the Nom
parfil in this country, his stock would COM
mand just as high a price The leading
sports of New York and other large cities
VIII invest their loose change on the Ameri-
can, who has lost only one battle out of
fifty that he has fought. FiiZsimmOns also
has very fair record of whipping his or
ponents in short order, although in his last
fight with Jim Hall, the big Australian mid
die weight, ne had the tables turned ON hm
Hall stopped him in three rounds, and some
o! those VINO witnessed the fight say that
Halls terrific body punches brought Fitz
10 terms. But referring to the betting
on this great event, do not the words of
Jimmy Carroll, who is the trainer and guard
ian OF long Bob, sound peculiarly stranger
carroll, ID an interview with a New York
Sun reporter, said: you can saw for
he that | will bet from $1,000 10 $1,000 that
my man Will show up on January 18th in
good shape and at weight" This is evidence
that carroll has money at command Now.
then, II Carroll is so lawfully" positive
mat fitZsimmOns can whip Dempsey out of
sight, and that his man will enter the ring
at weight, ETC., Is 1t not more than strange
That arttul James has not invested that little
5000, or some part Of il, on the strength of
bis convictions?
CAROLS intimate acquaintance in this
city who are IN correspondence with him
are as dumb as dry-dock oysters when asked
90 express an opinion, and so far as betting
is concerned they will not gamble. When
&c gorge la Blanche was in this city he was
as ked by friend what he thought of a meet
in e between Dempsey and EltZsimmons, and
m AIDE response as follows: a. If Jack is
ri ven two or three ounce gloves he can whip
any middle weight that lives He has pc
culiar way Of getting III that right lunge