Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27

is under pay or control Of his club official
Is it not soon enough to make charges whe
effects will prove them and when the a,
cused is within the jurisdiction of those wh
employ him?I make no apology for a drunke
ball player, none whatever; but bon Dieu
as Thackeray would say, don't lock ba
player up in an iron cage after his work to
the day is done. Every ball player mu:
be more or less trusted to act honestly t
himself and his employers If he fails t
do that let Kim suffer consequences, bu
don't let us bring censure and odium upo
PLAYERS before we have any tangible reaso
for doing so.
According to reports, the local club ha
secured good man in Harry Raymond
trust these reports will be true to the letter
If he turns out as expected by many peopl'
who know him, he will be useful man t.
the team and the directors deserve usefu
men.
PuSilists and Pugilism.
As far as pugilists and pugillsm have beel
concerned, the week Just ended has been on
of the most remarkable on record for noise
blufhng and blowing. and all to catch tn
| public's dollars. Dear reader, let ME tel
you that that is the aim Of all this noise ant
matchmaking among those big glove pugil
| fists and their scheming managers Still
there is some fun in it.
The great e<ent of the week has been th,
pleasantries that have passed between
Mitchell and Corbett. The former go
drunk apd went to Corbett and abused hin
as never pugilist was abused before, dart
say. And Corbett stood it. He. really
stood it, claiming that he was "gentle.
man" and not disposed for brawls. Tha
o1l rsrhk
among lot of ladies, but in barroom where
is the man except Corbett who would have
stood the tongue lashing administered hin
by Mitchell? Why, cannot think Of one.
And Corbett was surrounded by his friends
in his own camp. Don't tell me that the
term gentleman" sheltered him. The
abuse INDUCED in by Mitchell was just the
ching that would make brave gentleman
rebel, if not in one way in another. Corbett
did not make Mitchell run away. Don't be
misguided on this point The policeman
dragged him away.
Mitchell acted like blackguard, but do
not let ustorget the great provocation he had.
For weeks and weeks Corbett and the major
part of the American press have been call
ing Mitchell a coward and worse things.
A systematic attempt has been kept up to
ruin his business and this all because he
kill him in France. Mitchell could get no
reparation in any shape or form and it is to
be wondered at that under the influence
some extra dry" he proceeded to accost
Corbett for calling him a coward?
Most certainly Mitchell is not coward
whatever his other shortcomings may be.
The very fact of his going into the midst of
the Corbett camp and among some of the
most desperate characters in New York,
who are also his enemies, shows that
cowardice is not in Mitchell Sullivan
knows that Mitchell is cunning-aye, very
cunning-but no coward. And let me say
that had Corbett abused Mitchell as the lat
ter abused Corbett hostilities would have
been opened there and then. That is the
difference between the cowardice that takes
an insult and the bravery that resents one.
Mitchell wanted to have battle there and
then and tried to provoke one.
Tho Event Which Is to Come.
There is still plenty of talk about the pro-
posed battle between Corbett and Sullivan.
Of course, there are many conjectures as to
whether or not it will ever take place, and
I'm sure I'm in mental mix as to what
will be done. You see, there is so much
show business mixed up now with these big
glove contests that one does not know what
Is real duu WudI lS 41CIC VIC udFC
Corbett starting out on a tour through the
on the strength of this match with
Sullivan. The latter, too, is making his
match the big advertising feature Of the
show he is engaged with, and SO it goes on.
Things are not as they used to be. Big
nowadays are made by theatrical
spectators who want to boom their shows.
Formerly they used to be made bv the
genuine sporting gentlemen who wanted to
zee the fun, have the glory and of course
ome of the money. Then no great pillow
masher or bare fist bruiser was faxed about
heaters and matched to boom miserable and
worthless theatrical ventures.
Mr.. Brady, Corbett's manager, assured me
he other day that his man would fight, and
would either win or make draw. There is
plenty of time to discuss that later on.
Hall and Firzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons has come definitely to the
ront and thrown the gauntlet down to Hail.
The former offers to fight Hall at 156 pounds,
ind if Hall does not accept this he need
never talk any more about being middle
weight fighter. The offer of Fitzsimmons,
which appeared in Fridays DISPATCH, is a
air and manly one. If they fight at weight
t will be much better for Fitzsimmons, and
he probability is that he would be my
ancy. But if they get up to or about the
ixties it will be different
And Austin Gibbons wants to fight Jack
Gibbons may be in earnest, but |
where is the club that will give them q big
PURSE? The Olympic will not give purse
or Gibbons to fight Meyers, claiming the
ormer is not class enough. I don't think
Gibbons and McAuliffe will meet again, as
be latter will never get down to 1873 pounds
nd be good man. PRINGLE.