The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-13

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y,w Yonk, Jan. l..-Can't Frank
sl,yin find anybody to back him against
Champion Sullivan? Surely his hacker,
nopgherty, is asleep orlic has gone on
iontncy. Let slayin offer up his
rraycr by cable again and yet again.
For, while tho pretty boxing OF Mitchell
and slayin is Kissed industriously By
,bc iow Chicasoans who look ut 1t, Sui
Ivan is advancing eastward through
Oregon rs becomes n mighty conquerert
Thousands Of Oregonians pay their dol,
,ars 10 sec him box with his leading
man. "Broderick Agra" may or may
NOT he great play, but the desire 10
500 Sullivan Agra has increased night
Irsjpce Slavin's failure to talk business
las become known. John T.. has
stoprcd drinking, IL is said. and Is got.
tinr himself into, fine condition. by
,hat | 90 not mean that he is In hard
training, but his lack oil rum and plenty
al hard work arc working y great i'm.
proycment in him.
About the only thing left for Mitchell
and Savin now is to pretendto have 4
Iesreratc fight while they are sparring
Theu they can draw q few dollars tho
noxt night. BY industriously working
Mis- scheme they can perhaps raise
enough money to make show OF bind
inr a match between Sullivan and Stu.
vim.
II saldcning 10 read that the Cali.
iornia Athletic club'sb Observation-Disclosures
TO hold tournament with Sullivan,
Corbctt, Slavin, Choynski and four
other great men as shining lights, has
fallen to the ground. Dispatches from
Chicago relate that the Englishman and
tho Australian have already said "Ha!
lla.' to the proposition III loud, clear
tones. The others certainly will do the
same thing, il, indeed, they notice tho
scheme al all. There is not enough
money or fame in the plan laid out.
HERE Is \ GREAT sCIEStS
Let the California Athletic club offer
apurso OF $4,000 for any pair of these
fighters and the battle will begin at
once. This. Of course, is out OF the
question. Furthermore, there is not
hall SO much glory in tournament
fighting Us there is in individual
matches. If tho California people want
lots oil cheap but excellent fighting let
them send to those most illustrious
gentlemen, Signor Carlo Blanco, OF the
Clinton Athletic club, and NJ. Jacques
Layelle, OF tho Down Town Athletic
club, OF this city. Tho keep constantly
on hand large assortment OF warriors
OF every imaginable weight, warranted
not to 20 out" or "iall down. without
a most desperate struggle. i The anna
teur tournament season is about clos
ing, and the mixed ale fighters could
easily go to San Francisco-iight, get
gold, return TO New York, repent and
be rcinstatcd by the Amateur Athletic
union before the next amateur fighting
season begins. There is q barrel OF coin
in this scheme, and it is beyond doubt
that the Californians would-get So in
gate receipts ior every dollar they
spent.
1t is delightful to contemplate the
nonchalance with which the great fight
ers nowadays cry "Tut! tut = and go
to-" when such paltry purses rs $1,000
or $1,000 are offered to them as a prize
Tor five weeks training and half an
hours or an hours punching. Jeln
Mace, John G. Heenan or aIly-of the old
stars would have fought grizzly bears for
less money, but the boxing dilcttanti OF
this day really cannot bruisc their
knuckles save for enormous purses.
oCR FIGHTERS ARE HYPER EsrrETlc.
Lord Chesterfield himself could not
straighten The social entanglements OF
our fighters. The mighty Sullivan, fix.
ing his eagle eye on point;twoS degrees
above Peter Jackson's w6olly head,
scorniul,ly proclaims, 81 won't fight
niger" ~
Could not Peter recover damages
IRON John ior violation OF fifteenth
amendment to the constitution? Does
not Johns refusal to assault and batter
Peter oil account OF his trace, color and
previous condition OF servitude' from 4
good basis for an action ut law?
Again, consider the condnctof "Bobn
titzslmmons. He has boon invited by
awealthy club to fight "Jim'h for q fat
purse. He refuses to meet Hall, and
when pressed for a reason says. ~ don't
Ike him." POUNDS! also Great Scott.
Doesn't Hall go in Mr., Fitzsimmons'
setH Hasn't he been properly intro.
Guced to tho "scrappingp social world?
Does he wear q sack coat in tho after.
noon? Is he guilty OF machine tied
cravats? Does he arrange his monoclc
aWfy,? Or is it that his trousers bag at
the knees? Come, Mr.. Champion
Middle Weight Fitzsimmons, what
would you? 1t is rumorcd that Mr..
ward McAllister has graciously con.
senIed to train Mr.. Hall for,siSsmonths
on terrapin and canvas back; also TO
,saGh ilm how to bow gracefully, to
snake hands with distinction aud TO
punch with sang iroid. II this GOOD
news be true would You unbcnd enough
10 hight MIR. Hall, Mr.. Fitzsimmons? Of
course, no will never be your equal in
elegance Of diction and distinction OF
manner but then you were q tritle
seedy yourself, sir. Fitzsimmons, when
you ilrst allowed your foot to touch
6kN 4 q.