Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-06
THE PUG|usTs' CARNIVAL,
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awkward apology for fighter scared ouI
of his life before FIVE rounds were
fought. Il is we'll known that Kilrair
fought (if his foot race can be called q
fipht). merely to keep up the prestige
piven him by certain New York sp oft.
inc paper. 1t was not four rounds be.
fore Sullivan was seen following him
around the ring, with remarks like this
"Champion Of wot, say? If we're q
champion of anything but mush and
milk chop, come up here and fight"
1t is also we'll known that Kilrain' q
blood was in horrible condition, and his
legs covered with malignant sores from
q disease forewarned in the concluding
sentences OF the second commandment.
To whip such man was certainly no
herculean task, the greatest tdesideratum
being ability to stand the hot sun, which,
twice during the fight. made Sullivan
sick at the stomach. Yet this fight last
ed over three hours. 1t is not the writ
er's purpose to detract from the merits
OF pugilist like John l.. Sullivan, He
is as hard hitter as John @. Heenan.
and can stand lots OF punishment-more
than the ill-starred "Benicia Boy" The
only mansin American pugilistic history
who has any business TO be named in
the same day with Sullivan, up to date,
was Tom Hyer, and he was at least
eighteen pounds lighter man In the
ring than Sulliva-.. mas been sinse his
tight Win Paddy Ryan in 1882.
Old "Balty" Laurence and Jack
Montgomery, both long since dead,
told the writer of this article that Tom
Hyer, in his prime, would have whipped
either Tom Sayers or Nat Langham in
twenty rounds; and it will be recollect-
ed that Langham WAS the only man who
ever whipped Sayers outright, although
Heenan would have done so in all prob
ability had not the ring at Marlborough
been broken in by the London .oughs,
who had bet upon Sayers. Hyer was a
superb man in appearance before dissi-
patton got the best of him; and in all
his long career as a sporting man, there
is not man can cay he ever acted the
bully or was ever connected with any,
thing that was unfair or unsportsman-
like. Hence the writer places Sullivan
at the head of all American pueilists,
with a possible doubt in favor of Tom
Hyer, whose father wonthe first ring
fight ever fought in America.
Now we come to James j. Corbett,
who began life as bank clerk and bids
fair to end it as warrior in the roped
arena. Early in his career he developed
q fondness for tparring, which eventu-
ally led up to match with another San
Francisco boy named Joseph Choyinski,
whose father kept what was known for
a quarter of century as the antigua.
rian book store." They had three fights
in all, the latter one ON barge between
Vallejo and Benicia; and Corbett was so
confident of winning that he allowed
Choyinski to wear skin gloves while his
we're four ounces in weight. He won all
three of these fights, but the last one
was close call for him. He broke Joe's
nose, and that caused the blood to
flow freely upon the deck of the
barge where they fought. Corbett kept
Choynski standing in this wet place all
the time, and whenever he went to land
a blow on Jim he would slip down. Be-
fore he could fairly regain his footing,
Corbett would knock him down again,
and that won him the fight. Had they
fought upon the bare ground, which
would have absorbed thebloed as fast as
it fell from the sheeney's nose, the re-
suit might have been different. At least
Jack Dempsey, who seconded Choynski,
thinks 80 to this day. Still it was a won
derfully game fight, and the victor only
won by little. One good blow would
have settled him in any one of the last
five rounds.
To sum up the case, Sullivan must
win in the first twenty rounds to win at
all, in the writer's belief. He is fighting
much younger man, with longer
re ach, and good deal better boxer than
he ever began to be. Corbett not only
has youth on his side, but he also has
the great advantage of not having disei-
pated any, and therefore will have the
advantage in any approach to long
drawn out contest. Sullivan has an un-
broken record, but he has never yet met
such boxer as the Hayes valley boy is
known to be.
On the other hand, Corbett, though q
first-class boxer beyond all doubt, has
never whipped but one hard hitter II Joe
Choyinski) who was at that time his in
ferior in science as q boxer, in addition
to being badly handled in the ring by
his seconds, who told him to make q
waiting fight when he was the harder
hitter OF the two. Certainly he lacked
-the power to knock out Peter Jackson,
whose exhausted condition was plain to
everybody. And the fact that Jackson
finished off Frank Slavin in ten rounds,
satisfies the writer he was different
man from the man who had the ''no
contest" fight with Corbett.
The last question of all is: Can Cor
bett take punishment in the ring? 1t
is exceedingly doubtful. at least such
punishment as Sullivan can give.
Choyineki nearly had him whipped at
Benicia, and he is far, from being Sui
livan. II 'the big fellow" can hit him
three times in the space of seven rounds,
he will whip him to o certainty. II,
however, Corbett can avoid punishment
for twenty rounds, his chances for de-
feating Sullivan are extremely good, as
the big 'un's wind is none of the best.
But it seems to the writer that Sullivan
must hit Corbett at least three times in
the first twenty rounds; and that will
finish Mr.. Corbett before time is called
for the twenth-fifth. It is good bet
that the fight does not last over twenty
rounds. M.
THE RUNNING TURF.