Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-30
KNIGHTS OF THE RING
Gossip About the Crack Pugil-
lists of the Day.
The Principal Candidates for
Championship Honors.
.Slavin, COrbett, Jackson and Goddard
Compared.
The Austin n-McAuliffe Fight-Gibbons is
Built Like Fitssimmens, While
Jack McAulihe Resembles
Dempsey.

Jack McAuliffe Resembles
Dempsey.
Matters pugilistic are at a standstill
just at present. The prospect of getting
the heavyweights together to decide the
championship is not very encouraging.
1t is safe to bet that John L. Sullivan
will never enter the ring again. He is
rapidly becoming physical wreck. The
writer had capital chance to size up
the Bostonian during his visit to this
city. The champion, although only
about "a years old, looks like man of
As. His fast mode Of living is moving
down one of the strongest constitutions
ever given to any man. John L. will be
wise to retire champion of the world.
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The most prominent candidates for the
toga of John Lawrence Sullivan, are
Frank Slavin, Jim Corbett, Joe Goddard
and Peter Jackson. have omitted
Charley Mitchell from the above list
simply because do not think he will
engage in another fight. Corbett and
jackson are about q match. If any
thing, incline to the belief that the
Californian is slightly the better man.
! do not hold Goddard as a dangerous
factor in deciding the world champion
ship. He has shown improvement in all
his recent fights and is liable to develop
into first-class man. His main rec
terrific rusher, and can stand
any amount of punishment. He
lacks science, but his remarkable
sand and grit has landed him to his
present standing in pugilistic circles.
Still the best man, he has beaten thus
far is Joe Choynski, whom l still think
could have won the last battle if he had
not played into his opponents hands
and tried to keep up with the pace set
by Goddard. 1t is the pace that kills,
especially when one is up against a man
who outweighs him about 20 pounds,
~
Slavin looms up as the most promis-
ing successor to the distinguished resi-.
dent of Boston. Corbett and jackson
are not hitters. Their blows lack force.
Assuming that either one could land on
Slavin as he rushes In leaving himself
not phaze him little bit.
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II Fitzsimmons and Ted Pritchard
could be brought together, the winner
could undoubtedly claim the champion
ship of the world. Hall has been wound
ed by his clever manager, but the
a pretender, however, and does not be-
10 hn olo fot a. I'd
and Fitzsimmons. This is a straight
'front.' m-the-shoulder assertion, but the
writer knows what he is talking about.
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The following clever exposition of
size in fighters, is taken from the New
York Sun:
Ever since six-foot Bob Fitzsimmons
won the middle-weight championship
from Jack Dempsey the experts who pre-
tend to estimate on boxing form have
taken much more interest in the fact of
a man having an excess of height and
reach than ever before. Dempsey's
long and unbroken record of successes,
which include victories of long duration
as well as short, his unusual strength in
striking, and his undoubted courage
made him such a favolite in his match
With Fitzsimmons that his friends in
the north found it next to impossible to
get bet against him. As late as 10
O'Clock on the night of the battle at New
Orleans the writer saw hundreds of dol
lars offered at the rate of 100to 40, with
some money at 100 to 3d. on,the favor
ite. a
Although, the news relating to the
third round-the practical settler of the
contest-told substantially the truth of
the battle, there were still no Fitzsim-
mons hackers, the confidence in Demp-
sey was yet without limit. Jack has
got the worst of it in the early part Of
m 0re than one fight" said those who
knew best, land he'll come out all right.
Don't you remember how the Marine
and Fogarty both punched him before
he licked them?" It was the mans
great record that made his admirers
stand up for him in the darkest moment.
They had read that Fitzsimmons had
beaten men much heavier than himself,
but that made no difference. No long
and lank six-footer who could weigh in
at 154 pounds was going to whip q
sturdy, powerful, thick-set, long headed
ring general like Jack Dempsey.
There was but little reasoning for his
defeat. Dempsey had entered the ring
as fit as he ever was in his life. He was
ably handled; large majority of the
spectators we're his friends; he had all
his well-known power, and he used it as
well as he possibly could under the cir
cumstances. But what were they? The
principal ones were those that may be
called the height and reach of his oppo-
nent. Fitzsimmons, from his six-foot
point Of vantage, was able to look down
or reach eight inches over the American
and deal with him as q full-grown man
might treat q boy. Dempsey did his
best to land the muscular blows for
which he is famous. but the New Ze.
lander's long arms held him at bay, and
the aim either missed its mark because
the missile could not fetch or, when it
did touch, the power had been ex-
pended.
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Since Jack McAuliffe made his match
with Austin Gibbons thinkers have dis
covered lot to compare between this