The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-19
PUGILISTIC GOSSIP
Mitchell and Slavin Fear a
Warm Reception.
HAVE CANCELLED THEIR DATES.
Jimmie Carroll Asked to Put Sullivan in
Condition.
HAVE CANCELLED THEIR DATES

Jim Corbett and Carroll Meet-Carroll
Compliments Corbett ON His Recently
Made nIatoh-Fitzsimmons win Make a
Match with Jim Hall If He VIII Fight
for $4,000 Side, the Largest Purse
offered by the Olympic Club aud the
Middleweight Championship.
NEW York, March 19.-Chares Nit
chell and Frank p Slavin are afraid to
face public opinion in New York and
have cancelled their engagement with
Harry Miner, at whose theatre they were
billed to spar next week.
Mitchell is the business man of the
pair. He says that he fears that warm
reception would be accorded him in
America, simply because he is not
matched to fight Sullivan.
Mitchell and Slavin did not get cor
dial reception when they first arrived in
this country, and went away from this
city with anything but a good opinion of
those who guyed them when they boxed
in a Brooklyn theatre a few days after
| their arrival from England. They failed
| to cover the deposit made by Sullivan's
| friends, and although they made an ap-
! pOintment to meet Johnson and Wakely,
/ Sullivan S hackers, they failed to put in
| an appearance.
| They were to have met Sullivan's
! hackers on a Monday, but they left for
| Chicago the day previous without word
| Of explanation.
| Mitchell has been challenging Sullivan
| in his old familiar style ever since the
| Fitzsimmons-Maher fight. Sullivan ac-
/ cepted Mitchell's challenge, and the
| tricky little Englishman as usual made
excuses. He wanted to fight for purse,
and Sullivan insisted upon n stake as
well. This Mitchell fatty refused to
do
He has been boxing in Canada for the
past week and making speeches every
night in which he explained why Sulli-
van was afraid of him 1t tickled the
Canadians who are not familiar with
Mitchells methods. They believed i'm
pliciu yvhat he had told them. They
did H., i.s ilat he had crawled out of
his nIatcu oilh Corbett after having
signed attir.es of agreement.
He had contracts in this city and Phil
adelphia. lie has fatty refused to act
up to either Of the contracts. He is very
firm in his determination not to ONE to
New York, but has not given his final
answer to the Quaker City sports. The
worthy pair intend going from Montreal,
where they are now filling an engage
ment, direct to England by way of Hall
fax
There will be weeping and wRiling
among the sporting men of this city.
They will be grieved to hear of the de-
parture of the men who came TO this
country to force Sullivan to fight or re-
linquish all claims to the title of cham
pion. 1t will look very much like cow
ardice.
James j. Corbett and his sparring part
ner and trainer, Jim Daily, will fill the
engagement aud brave the criticisms of
the audience that frightened Mitchell an
Slavin away.
The Sullivan faction is on the lookout
, for a trainer to put the ponderous heavy
weight into condition for his fight with
Corbett, Jimmie Carroll has been asked
to undertake the task. A better trainer
or more skillful second could not be OBJ
tained. If Carroll trains Sullivan, and
, Sullivan will do what Carroll tells him
to do, he will be in better shape than
his most sanguine friends can hope for,
William Muldoon says he is not en-
gagged to train either Sullivan or Corbett.
He says that while he and Sullivan are
not on as friendly terms as formerly, he
bears no ill-will, and would not do any
thing injurious to Sullivan's success
That Sullivan will have to be in the PINK
of condition in order to succeed in his
! | fight with Corbett, who is a harder man
TO handle than Kilrain was at the time
of the Mississippi fight.
cat that time" Mr.. Muldoon con
tinued "Sullivan was in better condition
than he ever was before and, l fear, thar
! he ever will be again l have no doub
: that the fight will come off, now tha
the money is up. ] thought all alonl
that Corbett was blufting, but l am nov
convinced that he means business. HI
, ! thoroughly understands the nature o
! the task before him and will train for i
I accordingly. l hope Sullivan will dc
= likewise, but fear he Will not get il
proper shape
Jimmie Carroll and Jim Corbett met
in the Hoffman House. Carroll compli-
!, mented Corbett upon his recently made
! match He said: You were not mo
ment too soon. l should have taken ii
up for FitzsimmOns if you had not got In
ahead of us. q" In speaking Of Jim Halls
+; challenge Carroll said ''If Jim Hall ha d
done something since he came TO this
: country l wouldn't hesitate moment tC
take it up. lie has no reputation, al
z though he says he is the middleweight
champion of Australia. Ii lac will Ggh'
for $40, 900 "A side, the largest purse of
tered by the Olympic Club of New Or
leans and the middleweight champion
I ship at ljS pounds, he can makea match
. Hall has done nothing but brag anC
bluster since me has been in this country
lie wouldn't last four rounds with Fitz
simmons, and he knows that better than
! apv np4 elsa