The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-17
WITHIN THE ROPED ARENA.
PLTMHER !HE best ENGLTsHM.iN WHo
HAS CONE OYEE IN sLYERiL VEINS

Irc Is An Able Boxer, hut He Has No yst
shown Tint Be IL ~ runcher-A Pros.
pcct OF n Match Between Jimmy Lynch
and Waiter Haiiigan I<iirain ON suit.
vnn-Jim Corbctts prcmma.
For the first time in years England has sont
to America a boxer who can show champion.
ship form. Mitchell lie executed from tina
statement. but he has not been in lighting
mood in long timc. He Is G'.cr tho dollars
by IN easier method The Natleys. Bill 'O"hs
Blakelocks. Howsons. Mornns. Benny Muir.
rhys and tho rest have mover been In It with
our mon. md oven Jimmy Carroll tho c.cvcr-
est OF the lot, has been beaten twice In sue.
cession within a short space OF time. But In
pIimmer, the 1l0-pound champion. England
has a representative who la worth talking
about. He has as cool u head as an old timer,
and swings scarcely at ail. His blows 10
straight. and rarely fail to reach their mark.
at stand OH boxing. at least. fc measures
his distance we'll. and uses his feet to
eXcellont advantage. Whether no is slayer
or not has not boon shown. but he has n good
record for lnstinx. on the other side. AM, he
showed scarcely any sign OF fatigue or lack OF
wind when he had finished his eight 'ouni,
with Kid Hogan. One attribute more must
however. be shown BY this skilful young ma,
before 1t will DO good bettiA2 that he can beat
our own Harlem Spider. He must display
greater force In his clean delivery than he did
last Tuesday night True. he did once knock
Hogan squnrely down on his back. and lie
twice came near doubling tho Kid UP by
smashes on the stomach; but these We're
the only unusually hard blows he struck
OF tho many he landed during the
contest. Perhaps he was not letting
himself out because no fclt TINT hs
o.. lee. a. f,nt Ia,
winning the decision: but to stand on that
judgment Is not what bright lad like PIN.
msr would have been apt to do. Flo knew that
he should win his first bout In America. and
probably did all he could to stop his opponent.
Many persons who saw tho contest believe he !
would have accomplished that end In n couple
OF additional rounds. but the fact remains that
he didn't. though Hogan. by his rushing tao
tics, gave him the opportunity to do 1t. Never
thsless. Plimmer IL q remarkably noat and
able boxer. and the man who stays with him
long enough to beat him will be at the top Of
the 110-pound class.
The decision in that contest was most
rendering. Plimmer should have
been declared the victor by all odds. Yet it Is
even said that the referee was for an instant
under the persuasive tongue Of Jack McAu.
life. Hogan's chief second. thinking Of giving
it to the Kid. As soon as the last round was
over McAulifle jumped on the stage and.
gained the referees car. Hogan wins it's
he exclaimed: he wasn't knocked out you
know" The referee was puzzled. but before
he could say word Charley Norton ran over
and set matters right BY asserting. in vigor-
Gus tone. that there WAS no Knockout CUES.
ton about the matter; the decision was to 60
on scientific points.
There may be another interesting 60 before
long that will aid In compromising New York
ers for the absence Of regularly established
B5soEiyn;; ~ Z these soSs so%s loesthsS y
ssd% ssn Sons e Is Raas
beat any man in the class. Johnny. Griffin not
their opinon &asssn nG Is an sOS
as s9 1uRpe apd spster
in his fierce tight with jack DeIaneey t6res
CHS q 5a S bbsan WAS Gss Ss
rounds that tho spectators cailed npon the
10 his three profsssionai fiahts sustained "n no
ards q dhsy
ai s Viii very
gan has ntro bhckPrs on the track.
amount 81 money TO be staksd. Lynch.
B ~, the way is not eInmpion who reiusesto
Aan2 In this cas-: Jimmy snys that he Is ont
wilt s rs ' anySoSs for sa
PS ds sss Elm 1
2n tho fss1ao gh ms but xc cnp
frank Williams; the representative Of tho
he contest viii take piace says there viii iS be
gSod deal tb Of betting at tRe ring sa win
JAKE kilrain is credited with saying grace.
srapeiod 80 long. On hearing that N J9hn t. t.
'ess down. EsG hsaE shst says" has
o n meet savin to remain champion ST H."
n corSst ana M hs IS WI
n, y :. G4rbett PROCESSES to believe 80. and says
,esds mskins Mitehel see him on am r Tf
n XIII IL eSy Older he is
ie had the Madison Square Garden mn named u a..
ne = place In the articles Of agreement, and r..
lnder the. weather Tor several weeks and has
' # H. trying to pick up at Atlantic city For
erry es e Mth nd nn
ire matched, and he won't fight Peter Mahcr
" Bob Fitzsimrons. Who else Is there Tor
hough Jim will have to wait until jocks
mo hiavin have their difference out and chal.
Mike Gushing is once more going to tryto
Y IIy VIVA, what he can DO. He will spar Alex
nto Gi Sf1sYS ey ii r svs Ed m
,,ot be caught, again rs he was with Walter
,ampbell IN. Philadelphia. He didn't do an
,onrs work for that CO. and smoked cigars on
ne train going oyer to the Quaker City. He'd
letter take a little more care OF himself this
ime II he intends to win.