Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-22
MYERS MAGNIFICENT oAuL
a Purse of $4,000 Not Zig Enough for
billy.

Billy.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE California
Athletic club wired hlf Kennedy pro-
posing n match between Billy Myer
md George Dawson, tho Australian
welterweight, to take place in No
vembcr for n purse of SO, 600, tho men
to weigh in at l40 pounds at 3 o'clocl,
the day of the contest and be in the
ring ready 10 fight at 0 o'clock, Mycr
to receive $3.50 for expenses. K~ennedy's
prompt reply was:
weight too heavy; purse too small,
time too short; distance too far"
In reply TO this came an offer of
81, 75o, but the other stipulations were
unchanged. The raise did not serve to
,vercome Kcnncdy's many objections
20 the match.
why, it is absurd to suppose" SAID
he, speaking about tho clubs propo-
%Sition, that Myer would go all the
way out there to fight u man ten
pounds bigger than himself without
time to rain or become acclimlted and
for n purse Of 1850 1t is very kind of
the California Athletic club, but we
haven't come to that yet When Billy
fought Carroll it was for q purse of
81, 500, and $40, 00) in purse money and
Sl0, 900 in stakes depended upon his
match with McAulitfe. Myer may DO
anxious to redeem himself, but that
kind of n game is not attractive in any
of its phases"
This is the first time the Straator
lightweight has been brought to light
since his defeat at the hands OF McAu-
life, but meanwhile he has been
attending strictly TO business Ills set
back has not soured him or lessened
his popularity. Neither has il caused
him to think hat he is u cheaper man
now than he was before September 5.
lie has not announced his permanent
withdrawal from the ring, but his
future does not depend upon his re-
naming in it.
Joo Goddard, the stu dy Australian
heavyweight, became champion pugil-
ist OF America Wednesday. That Is,
Inc did according to Billy Madden, his
manager Tho failure of Champion
Jim Corbett to cover tho forfeit posted
by Willy Willie with Il New York sport
ing paper one month ago was thought
by the latter to DC sufficient cause for
claiming the championship from the
Californian by forfeit. The title is
rather n hard one to get, and just now
Madden is slyly congratulating him
self that his star came by il so easily.
Not n penny vas risltcd in the getting
unless you except tho 81, 600 forfeit,
and there was very little chance OF
hls losing sight of that Goddard may
be quite sincere in his efforts to get q
match with Corbett, but his
time for claiming the, title 10y
forfeit is decidedly ill-tlmed.
The American public does not go in, TO
n great extent, for pugilists who flaunt
titles won by default. Jake Kilrain
was a badly knocked fighter when he
declared himself champion throu IN
default of sullivan, for the people
would not have it that way. Corbett
may not be the public idol that Sulli-
van was at that time, but he is as much
If not moro OF q champion and far
more capable of defending his title.
If the Goddard people intend to mako
use of the title for show purposes they
are fooling themselves. 1t will make
the Australian less Of n card, il any
thing. Madden thinks he has now
got Corbett whore he wants him, and
when the latter wants to fight he will
not have SO much to say about terms
rs he probably would have had before.
Foxy Billy says Corbett will now have
To accept Goddari's terms. but when
this event will come off is not stated
Corbett has time and again said he
would not fight for a year, and it is
doubtful il his rest is disturbed think
ing about the loss Of his title
For all that, Billy Madden has a per.
feet right to claim for Goddard the
title of heavyweight champion of
America. Shortly after Corbctt's VIC
tory over Sullivan Madden posted n, 90
forfeit to make u match with the new
champion. The money remained UNI
covered for thirty days and by all
precedent aud unwritten law of pugil.
ism the title now goes peacefully to
the challenger. 1t is quite out of rea-
son TO grant n champion such a long
vacation rs n year when there arc
several claimants for contests with
him. Goddard has never been defeated
and has some good grounds for claim
ing recognition Ills money is always
ready and he shows an cagerness to
TO fight. But nevertheless it would be
hard to make the public believe that
Billy Madden is not ringing a gigantic
bluff.