Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-11-26
PUGILISTIC NOTES.
Interesting State of Affairs in the
 Fistic Arena.
Big Purses for Pugilists, English Yaohtsmen Want Long Odds
 or they will not Race.
NEW YORK. Nov IF 1So0

I
 Fitzsimmons and Hall has blown over
 The New Orleans people were clever
 enough to bag the game, even though
 they did have to go as high as S40,000..
 the largest purse ever hung up for 8 prize fight, and one that IS of sufficient size to
 cause such famous gladiators of the
 ring as Tom Hyer, Bill Poole, John
 Morriasey, John c, Hanan, and Van
 Sayers to turn over In their graves.
 The famous international battle between
 John c. Heenan and Tom Savers, the
 respective heavy weight champions of
 America and England, fought April F,
 1860, which will go down to posterity as
 one of the greatest battles ever fought.
 was only for monetary consideration
 of S2,OOO, one thousand dollars a side.
 Of course there was glory and ali that
 nonsense attached to it, but that does
 not buy anything when 1t comes right
 down to hard pan. The first big stake
 ever fought for in this country, which
 up to that date was also the largest ever
 fought for in any other country between
 asplrants for prize ring horors, was
 when Yankee Sullivan challenged Tom
 Hyer to fight him for the championship
 of America. The challenge was the out
 come of bar room fight they had in
 which Hyer gave Sullivan very severe
 trsshing. Hyer's acceptance was with
 the promise that the states be 5000 a
 side, Hyer was high strong man and
 as he named an amount larger than had
 ever previously been fought for, Sulli.
 vans friends looked upon it as gigan-
 tic bluff to get out of fighting. Sullivan
 had come over from the old country
 with half dozen or mere victorious to
 bis credit, while Hyer had only had one
 fight on the turf and that was when he
 thrashed Country" EcClusky iD an of
 hand fight on the banks of tEe Hudson
 River, Sept. 9, lS48 So sure were Sul-
 livan's friends that he would win that
 they raised the required 5000. As
 well known they fought F, b. 2, 1849,
 and Hyer won ID sixteen rounds and be-
 came the first recognized champion of
 America. For many years after, that
 enormous stake of S10,000, was looked
 upon as something phenomenal. When
 Bill Poole and John Morrissey fought
 their rough and tumble battle on Amos street dock, July ?, 1854, it was for stake of SlOO, just $50 side, Poole won and 1t was at thelr next meeting, Feb. 24, 1855, that Poole was killed by Nor rissey's friends. When Morrlssey whip ped John c. Heenan in eleven rounds, at Long Point, Canada, Oct. 20, 1858, it was for stake Of 5000 twenty-five hundred a side. Is 1t any wonder that the whole world has been staggered over the unheard of figures reached in the amount ofa the purses offered by the Orecent City and Coney Island athletic 1 clubs during their wild and furious ef- | forts to secure the leading attractions of | the pugilistic arena? While 1t is fight | for supremacy be tween these two rival | clubs and unquestionably the largest | amount of money that has ever been put | up to be fought for, 1t may possibly | prove dead blow to the Crescent City | club, as they will have to do heavy | business to meet this obligations. It IS | the general opinion in sporting circles | that the Coney Island Athletic Club, | owing to its location and tremendous | population to draw from, is better able | to take long chance than their rivals. | ThIs is not speaking disparagingly of | the New Orleans people, as they are thoroughly game sportmen and deserv- ing of great credit for their wonderful | venture of September last, when they held their first great carnival. It was an | entery rise that the Coney Island Athe- ierIc Club would not have only shudder- ed at the thought of, but shrun1 from In fact there is not an- other organization of the kind that | would have had the sporting blood or rather the moral courage to have under tsken such a venture. Now since Noel and his New Orleans associates have demonstrated the fact that it is necessa- " to spend money to make money, the other clubs are falling in line and are willing to assume greater risks than ey- ar before. The entire sporting fratern- . lty of this locality, while the bulk of thOm, for their own convenience, would prefer seeing the big fights take place n the North, cannot help but admire a the pluck and ambition shown by the { New Orleans people, wh0 have been un- tiring and inexhaustible in their efforts 10 secure the leading fights of the pugi-
 istic arena for their Mardi Gras week q
 The next fight that will take place be :; lore the Coney Island Atheletlc club is !. ,he Greggains-Costello contest Nov. 2S. It is not creating anything like the stir c ,ccasiOned by the Choynski-G Godfrey ight, but that lnay be owning largely % c hese two pugilists being comparative t trangers to the sporting fraternity r leresbouts. They are both good men
 md will doubtless make sn exception r lily fine fight. Greg gains is the favor c te ID betting, although Costello seems z o have pretty fair following. There E soms talk here of matching the winner D gainst either Hall or Fitzsimnons, but l. he chances are that it will all end in [ ak. Men who have their heads swol- d an with S40,0O0 purses do not come { IowR to the level of small fry who fight or only s5,OC0 purses. If "FItz" whips
 ,.n s-~AlV likely that he will per
 ait himself to be approached shors .. - 50,000 purse and small side bet of le 25,0OO or SO. Just where Greggsins or U 'ostslllo comes in with high flyer like ;: Ion. MT. Fitzsimmons it is difficult to fl tate. e
 The New York Club and Lord Dam : ron are still doing some very scientific . barring over that contemplated Inter- ( stional Yacht race for the American {; up. The deed of gift is the big bug T ear DunTsven wants it's modified and f ould scarcely object If it was plotted Tub, however, while they admit it is
 as 6 safe guard, and they are afraid to c k~<< fD Na