The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-30
BIG BATTLE TONIGHT.
Between Frank P. Slavin and
Peter Jackson, in London.
HOW THE MEN HAVE TRAINED.
Boxer Fred Johnson's Abilities-Sul-
Phil Casey, who Will Train Him.


| champion OF England, and Peter Jackson,
| champion of Australia, will fight for a
purse of $4,000. The men are to be in the
| ring between 8 and IL o'clock. Lord Ions
| dale will be Peter Jacksons timekeeper,
so that there will be three men of world
| wide fame inside the ropes. The betting
is two to one on Slavin. There is no rea-
son for this except public confidence in
men who hit hard. The admission to the
fight costs 1925. A correspondent of the
New York World visited the pugilists at
their training quarters recently. He says:
Peter Jackson is training at a place
| called Brighton, which is seaside resort
| little over fifty miles from London. He
is not located in the town proper, but on
the outskirts, In r0omy roadside hostelrie,
| which has been made famous by such men
as Jem Smith and Ted Pritchard.
When your correspondent arrived he was
taking his morning stroll very leisurely.
lie wore no sweater or thick gloves, but
| was dressed in dark business suit. And
| what is more extraordinary, he was accom-
| panied by no trainer.
| "Well, this is surprise" the World man
| began; II never thought would overtake
| you"
why not? All, 1 know, YOU thought
that you would find me trotting along at
| seven or eight miles per hour. ! never do
| that"
why, is there anything the matter?'
| NO. but L am averse to moving at a
| rapid rate. do not know whether it is a
constitutional objection or whether / am
| incapable of travelling fast You know nv
race are not given to fast pedestrianism."
What Is your reason for doing your
| land work alone?
well, you see, it is very hard to get q
| companion whose ideas fit in with your
own, and | would rather be alone than
have any one with me who tried to control
| me In any way. There is no need of shirk-
| ing my work when | am out, as do not
| set myself any set task, and mile or two
| more or less does not count. | generally
| travel until l think it is time to return"
do you adopt the same method with
! your indoor work?''
Not very likely. Come home with me
| and Judge for yourself"
Accepting the invitation, we made our
| way back to the hostelrie. and in few
| minutes Jackson had undergone COM
| piete change. Dressed IN the regulation
sweater and cricket pants, he did not
| look like the same man. When he
| stood up in front of the punching bag he
| looked like an animated lump of whip
| cord and muscle. He put in nearly an
| hours work at that ball. punching 1T with
| vim, but he never used his feet to any
| great extent. and did not indulge in any
| OF that lodging that IS supposed to be in
| separable to training for boxing bout.
Very little work was done with the clubs
| or dumb bells, but the most extraordinary
thing of all was that Jackson did not spar
| with any one else
Slavin is certainly great worker. He
| not only fights the bag for long time,
but he uses the skipping rope, and gener-
| ally INDUCES in half an hours spar every
| day with his brother Jack, who, while not
ron hrp hnr
busy. When asked what he thought he
would weigh on the day of the fight Slavin
| said:
THAT is a very difficult matter for me
to decide. but l shall be bigger than l ever
| was in fight. When you saw me walk
| ing was considerably over 200 pounds,
and / expect to get down to about 1S5, not
less. Then L shall try and build up five
or six pounds of solid muscle. l have
never restricted myself to any certain
| weight, but will remain at the point that
best suits me. Two or three pounds over
weight is nothing so long as the flesh is
solid. You may rest assured that will
make the effort of my life this time, as it
| means all or nothing to me-"
OF Fred Johnson, who is to fight George
| Dixon at the Coney Island Athletic Club
| June q for the featherweight champion
| ship of the world, a London writer says:
Fred Johnson is not a typical Cockney
| in any sense of the word. He is tall and
| slim, fayoring Jimmy Larkin very much.
| He stands about 5 feet inches high
and is twenty-five years of age. He
| pounds, but Johnson is at his
| best when weighing l22 pounds. The re-
| duction to the lighter weight, however,
| does not impair his usefulness as boxer.
| He is splendid two-handed fighter. He
| is game to a degree, and can take a lot of
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| able to administer it. Unlike the Belfast
| Spider" Johnson is not shifty fighter.
| He generally stands up and takes all that
| comes or else drives his antagonist before
| him.
| John L. Sullivan is playing in Boston
| this week. His week in Brooklyn netted
him 5000. In New York the other day
| he said:
haven't tasted drop in three months,
| and I'm not going to begin now. When [
| commence training l shall take pint of
| Bass ale every day, but that will be the
| extent of my dissipation until after the
| hight.
Speaking of Phil Casey, champion hand
| ball player of the world, who is to train
| John L. Sullivan, the New York Sun says !:
| For twenty years the name of Phil Casey
| has been ole of the most prominent before
| the handball public. AT least half of that
| time he has been regarded as the world s
| greatest player. He has defeated every
| man of note in this country, and
| repeatedly announced that he would
| play any man breathing. Five years ago
| he succeeded in getting on match with
| John Lawlor, the acknowled champion of
| Ireland at that time and probably one of
| the strongest players ever developed in
the little Green Isle. 1t was the most i'm
| portant international handball match
4 IL I,l,1 T.. III
| his friends were very confident of victory.
| The conditions were, the best of twenty
! one games ten in Cork and eleven in Brook
| Ign, for fb200 side. In the first series
| of games Lawior won six and Casey four,
| but in the second series, played at the
| present Brooklyn Handball Clubs court,
| Lawlor was easily beaten. Casey taking
| seven straight games. Since this event
! nobody has ever been inclined to play the
| champion for money.
| Casey was born in the little village of
| Montrath. Queens county, Ireland, about
| forty-eight years ago. He is a remarkably
| well-preserved man, and as handball has
been his principal hobby since a
| youth, he claims that all his good health
| is due TO that exercise. In stature he
stands about feet 1115 inches, and
| weighs now about DO pounds. He is en-
/ tirely self-educated, and about twelve
| years ago was member of the board of
| aldermen of Brooklyn. where he acquitted
| himself with distinction. While still re-
| naming very popular in political sense,
| since his aldermanic duties were ended.
| His entire efforts of late years have
been devoted entirely TO the deyel-
| opment of handhail and fha chances