The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-22


rilegious 70 say that anybody In tho world
has an even chance with John IT,, but II ever
there was an even money bet on q prize
hRht tho Sullivan CorbVtt mill looks to be
one.
II the admirers of tho manly art follow
the system pursued by the plungers ON tht
turf and play the tGhte's on public forms
Just as they play horses then form students
will figure out that Corbett has good
chance.
This assertion will hardly accord with the
ideas OF the masses. who look upon Sullivan
~ \ verituble wonder.
John L. has been great fighter, but not
on. third ~ great as nine out of ton people
IN America believe him to be.
COrbett has not had az many battles q
Sullivan. but he has fought number OF
better ones.
Sullivan has won time and again, but
most OF his victories wero In very poor com.
pany. In his four-round goes with his tray
cling combinations he had 80 per cent the
best of it.
To start with, most of the aspirants fol
such occasions were mere noviees, men who
had never fought a battle, and outside OF
friendly set-tOs in . gymnasium had never
worn = glove. John had the choice oi
gloves and the ring officials and tho poor
"suckers" were half licked before blow
was struck.
He fought four and six round glove
contests with Tug Wilson, Charlie Mitchell,
Pntsy Cardiff. Dominick MoCsfrey, All
Greenfield, Jack Burke and several others
and not one OF them WAS knocked out iu
two rounds. No. nor in four. nor in siz
rounds. True. Sullivan was given the de-
cisions. but not one of these men was
stretched senseless in the ring.
Not one of the above list Of fighters ia
first class. AS compared to Peter Jackson,
James Corbett and Paddy Slayin they are
as selling plnters to stake horses. Sullivan
out-olassed all of them, but sven at that he
didn't knock one of them out.
Corbe has whipped Joe Choyinski no
less than four times. Once he broke both
great performance. 1t il good man that
can got d. aw with one broken hand. but
it is u cracker-jack that can win with both
hands in the hospital. Now, l firmly be-
lieve that it is All easy money bet that oe
Choynski can whip any of the above men
who made draws with Sullivan. or course,
Sullivan was not in condition when he met
these men. but whose fault was it? If he
chose to go in the ring to fight on a "shave
and shampoo t. aiming" it was his own look,
out.
Corbett has in his career met three of the
men who faced Sullivan for four and six
found goes.
III ulllSu DattA0b uuo kEoht CuAuplOu Ol
champions has not shown as brilliantly al
his reputation would seem to warrant
Paddy Ryan. his first championship oppo-
nent, was Il counterfeit. Sullivan whipped
him in easy style, and everybody else has
done the same thing, including couple OF
old women.
Mitchell, who stood Sullivan off in
France, could not be induced III any way tc
get in ring with the young Californian
He WAS ready and anxious to get on a &c
with Sullivan, but he could not be prevailed
on to face COrbett.
Kilran. who fought Sullivan two hours
and fifteen minutes with bare knuekles
was not knocked out. At the end of sew.
enty five rounds he was sitting upright il
his oorner.
Sulllvan's great riRht-hand punch. one
jolt of which is warranted to put anybody
but an iron man to sleep. failed signallv il
this contest. In the third round he got
kilrain in ohancery and hit him no lesi
than nine times with his terrific right nea1
the heart.
If that right possesses tho triu-hammel
force that it is alleged to have, the fight
would have been over right then and there
That it lasted rounds more tells
the story without further comment.
These are his finish battles.
Corbett. whom lad of IL years of age.
whipped Jack Burke. He smothered Jake
hllraln IN SIX ROUNDS. ana made mess O1
monkeys" out of Dominick MoCaffrey.
He fought Peter Jackson ninety-six
rounds ana should have had the decision.
Joe Goddard, the Barrier champion, who
recently arrived in this country, had Peter
Jackson whipped in An sight-round con-
test in Australia about . year ago. but a
friendly referee saved the duskv warrior.
Joe Choyinski, whom Corbett whipped four
times, was twice whipped by Goddard. bu,
both battles were Rni0 to be the fercaet and
most brutal ever sten in the antipodes. and
that in neither instance did Goddard have
an ounce left up his sleeve.
Sullivan may win. but he has the worst OF
age, height and reach. and his experience il
not one whit greater or better than Cor.
belts.
II is as near an even money bet and tnke
your choice as nything that has occurred
in the pupiljstiu Limo.