Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20

Jackson superior to Sullivan. If they
never fight, then we'll never know whether
or not Sullivan is the best fighter of this gen
Grafton.
And Mitchell must not be forgotten
After all that is done and said he is facto
in the matter, and 70 tell the truth woult
sooner have seen him against Sullivan thar
Corbett, that is, 1 think Mitchell woult
make better stand against Sullivan thar
would Oorbett 1 had long talk will
"Denver" Smith the other day. He wal
just back from Canada, where he me-
Mitchell and Slavin. Smith declares that
Mitchell is certainly eager to fight Sullivan
for reasonable stake, and he (Smith) il
also of opinion that Mitchell can defea,
Slavin. The latter, Smith argues, is to &
great extent a one-handed fighter, and il
likely to be beaten by Jackson.
General Fugins.ic Affairs.
Fitzsimmons is still without a match, al.
| meeting Ted Pritchard The latter wants
to face the Australian and the Australian
wants to tackle the Englishman. This be-
ing so they ought certainly to get together.
| A contest between them would certainly be
an interesting one, as it would test Fitz-
simmons beyond a doubt Pritchard is a
fighter, and to defeat him Fitzsimmons
would have to stand deal of punishment.
So far in this country Fitz has escaped that,
and until he proves that he can stand a good
humping we will be at a loss to know what
he really is
Maher is to have another try, and this
time with man something like his class,
viz, Joe Lannon. Maher ought to make a
| good showing against man like Lannon,
and it would have been better for every
| body concerned If Maher had started out in
the Lannon class, or even bit below it.
There is little or nothing going on
among the lightweights and bantams.- The
| Olympic Club still declines to offer purse
tor Gibbons and Meyer, and 1 am not sur
prised at that. My readers will know what
/ had to say about Gibbons when he de-
teated Bowen, and the resolution OF the club
fully bears out what then said. Gibbon is
not in the Meyer class.
Once more 1 have a word or two to say
regarding Denver" Smith. 1t is strange
that no good club will offer purse for him
to fight any of the middle-weights or light
heavy-weights. He is in earnest when he
says he wants TO meet jim Hall or Fitzsim-
mons and has good backing.
The Recent Dog Show.
Pittsburg has fully established its name as
a dog show city. Last year the Duquesne
hibition, but this year all previous
shows have been eclipsed The show
just held was certainly good one
in all respects. The dogs were more
numerous than ever and the quality was
better. The judging too was highly salts
factory and though there were some sur
prises everybody admitted the fairness of
the awards. The immense crowds enjoyed
the show thoroughly.
And let ME say that the gentlemen who
have had the management of the show de-
serve lots of credit. The public little knows
OF the trouble and anxiety of getting sue
cessful dog show established and I'm sure
such Trojans as President Boggs, Secretary
Littell, Treasurer Lysle, the Denny Bros
and John Moorhead deserve the thanks OF
all interested in dogs Mr.. Raper, the
English judge who was here, told me that
he was delightfully."- surprised at the excel
lent appearance of things here. He spoke
very highly of the arrangements and also of
the quality of the dogs exhibited But
am glad to say that the affair was financial
success and that is the great feature.
The East End Contests.
1t is some time since had more inter |
Thursday evening at the East End Gym |
nasium. Those East End chaps are always |
busy with something, and they certainly had |
the liveliest and best indoor sports the |
other night that they ever had. One |
pleasing feature was the crowded house,
and that despite the very miserable |
weather. Taking the contests as a whole |
they were probably all that could be e1-
pected except the boxing.
Somehow or other we, in Pittsburg, can
not get hold of good amateur boxer; we
haven't very good ones of any kind, but our
amateurs have always been bad. On Thurs
day evening we had a very poor sample,
and really there wasn't much glory in Civ
ing gold medal to the better of the two
who contested. As far as boxing was con-
cerned, both Fillenger and Welsh were
deficient in almost everything, and this
has always been the condition
of things whenever have seen
local amateurs box. To me there, seems to
be one chief reason for this, viz, lack of
good teaching. Every day it is becoming
more apparent that the amateur athletes of
the city should get together and secure
frst-class instructor Then they would
know the difference between rough and un-
cultured slugging and really good boxing.
evening the contest simply de-
into a question of who could
stand up and swing his arm hardest. 1t
,aused lots of fun, but it was not boxing by
anv means. But the next contests the Gyms
hold the boxing contests will certainly pack
he house for them.
The jumping and fencing were all toler-
IDLY fair and very close. There are some
good athletes in the city. and the East End
Gyms deserve all the credit they can get for
keeping these young men before the public.
# the Gyms did not exist, doubt whether
We would have half the young athletes here
hat we have.
Next Saturdays Contest.
It may be W orth while to say a few words
bout the proposed football contest that is
o take place at Recreation Park next Sat-
lrday between the local and New Castle
cams. That the match is of great import
lnce there is no doubt as it will beyond a
dispute settle the question of the champion
hip in this part of the State
Those interested in it tell me that only
IONA fde members of each team will be
,llowed to play, and that is a condition
shich the articles of agreement demand
nd it is condition that ought to be rigidlv
tuck to. The match is causing considerable
interest, not only here but in other cities,
s the Pittsburg team have become known
throughout the United States. If they win
his match they are almost sure to have an
ther with the Canadian champions, and
hat would be more interesting than any
match know of. At any rate trust that
ext Saturdays contest will come of all
light and that the better team will win.
About the 25-Cent Seats.
During the week there have been quite