Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

Billy Edwards, Muldoon and nearly every
prominent man who knows anything about
pugilism. There are ignorant blowhard
who think when any man even offers t.
fight Sullivan, this arch-gcd Of theirs, tha
it should be q signal for all manner of abuse
Wait till you see what Corbett Is befor'
you call him coward and cur 1t seems tt
me his accepting John L. s challenge show
him not to be what you term him"
Few Words to Mr.. Casey.
IF Mr.. Casey had written few more
lines about Corbett he wGAld. probably
have becoms 90 excited to call every
body blackguard and . jackass who does
not think as he does He almost does 1t,
and give his statement in full just to let
readers see what kind of fair-minded cor
respondents we have to deal with
But Mr.. Casey makes straw man and
knocks him down. have never said that
"Corbett is cur and blower" I have
said that he acted as no brave man would
act when Mitchell insulted him. have
never said OF insinuated that Sullivan and
Corbett are going to fight take If Mr..
Casey is not little more careful he may be
charging me with clipping with my grand
mother next.
Mr. Casey cannot possibly have read
| what have written about Sullivan or he
would never for moment talk such nom
sense regarding my abusing any man merely
because he wants to fight Sullivan. Mr.. G..
and others should at least read little and
try and understand what they do read be-
fore they make foolish and false charges
Now the truth is have not yet said any
thing about Corbett's fighting abilities, ex-
cent stating that he has not proven himself
first-class man. His contest with Jackson
proved that. He may be a great fighter,
but be has not shown it yet That's al!
have to say about his fighting, no matter
what Major Mclaughlin, Billy Edwards or
anybody else says Scores of men told us
Maher was a world-beater before he met
Fitzsimmons. Corbett is an excellent boxer,
and only like all pugilists in the "show"
business, capital talker.
Pritchard and o'Brien.
According to cabled reports from England
match has been finally made between Ted
Pritchard and Jack O'Brien. Should bat
tie take place between them it will be of
the greatest interest to American patrons
of pugilism, because the winner is sure to
be challenged BY more than one man.
O'Brien is comparatively unknown, but
from information I have received I think
he is good man. It is natural to ex-
pect that he is rated as q first class
man because those who are behind him
know Pritchard and have seen him fight. A
very good authority told me some time ago
that he did not think there would be a man
Pritchard at even weight. The authority
who has thus spoke has seen all the best
men of the last 15 years fight and have q
great respect for his opinion
But it is too soon yet to definitely figure
on results, although am strongly inclined
toward Pritchard. There are more scien-
tifc men than he, but it would be difficult
to find more natural pugilist. He is built
to be a stayer and many people who know
him we'll think he is as good a stayer as was
the famous Savers. He has methods similar
to those that Sayers was noted for. But
O'Brien may be also something more than
ordinary and we will wait awhile before
definitely pronouncing on the matter.
TIL. Hall and Fitzsimmons Match.
If the programme of the Olympic Club is
carried out as it is proposed we will GER
tainly have an extraordinary week in Sep
tember next. The club has already decided
to give SOS, 900 for the Sullivan and Corbett
contest, and now S10,0 900 is offered to Hall
and Fitzsimmons and $40, 900 to Meyer and
McAuliffe, all three contests to take place
in one week.
Hall and Fitzsimmons have already signed
articles to fight before "a club for $12, 900
or more" but the club is not named They
agree to fight at catchweight, and dare say
the contest will rank among the most in
teresting if it takes place. There has GER
tainly been any amount of talk between
the parties. and now that they are matched
the articles are so lax that either man can
decline to go on with the contest and will
suffer no penalty. Certainly the articles of
agreement are the worst that have been
signed for a long time; in truth, they are no
better than no articles at all. They provide
that the contestants will fight before a club
to be mutually agreed upon" That is
such big loophole as to render the articles
useless, and then in arranging for the de-
posits of the outside bets "two deposits"
are mentioned, but nothing is said as to
what the deposits shall be. In short, the
articles have evidently been drawn up in q
hurry and signed in q hurry, without any
thought, and everything seems to have been
taken for granted.
The contestants and their friends NAV be
in earnest and may mean all right, but the
articles are such as to lead one to believe as
Parson Davies said, "all are after -conev."
they will get purse of S12, 900 to
ngnt lor OF not dont know, but already |
eastern sporting men are stating that the
two Australians are likely to down the pub |
lie. Of this know nothing and can only |
say at present that there is reason to believe |
that each man will do his best to win |
f1tzsimmons mas made big concession and
has given Hall his own way relative to |
weight
ABOUT tho TWO Men.
A day after the men were matched there |
we're patrons of the ring ready tn bet nm the |