Omaha daily bee., 1892-08-26
'SKELLY AND MYER PICKED
Enthusiastic Reports Made to President
Noel Of the Olympic Club.
EXPERT OPINIONS ON THE TWO MEN
Young sicily Said to he Wonderful
Fightcr-Ncws from the Training Quar-
ters-Corbett Talking int
Confident Tone.

New ORLEANS, La, Aug. 25.--Ever since
the SRelly-Dixon match las been made Pres
ident Noel of the Olympic club, has been an
xious 10 ascertain from some thorough judge
who is unbiased what Skelly's caiber is.
With such an object In view we'll known
authority who has lived here for years was
invited to visit the Carroll camp and have a
set-to with the ambitious BrooKlynite. This
is the experts assay: II am of the opinion
that Dixon doesn't know anything about
Skely. l found the young boxer one OF the
smartest little men ever knew. He is not
Il rash, swell-headed fighter, but a cool, cal
culating person who will do great doal of
fighting without heralding it beforehand.
He is quite a hard hitter, his right being
quicker than any little mans since the days
of Barney Aaron, who was wonder at his
weight
81 boxed Skelly five rounds, ana during
that time the young nan showed fine cham
pionship form. Ho is a modern school boxer,
on the order of Jim Corbett and Jim Hail
He uses straight lefts, which are damaging
TO q rusher OF the Dixon stamp He has the
half-arm hook blow down as foe as the Aus
tralian, and is also beautiful clincher fold
ing his arms around mans neck In such a
way rs to prevent being Gppercut. On the
Whoio thiuh Nouub 'DhtilS VIII ptOso u uOb
potato for Dixon to handle, and If, as he
says, he doesn't get ratified IN the fight, /
think will prove the better one of the two."
Myer Getting In Trim.
The following report ABOUT Myers condi-
tlon was received by President Noel from
Chicago, being sent by Maurice t. Letter:
According to instructions from you spent
Sunday with Billy Myer. i found him In
good condition, ANXIOUS to fight McAuiffe
and thoroughly OF the opinion that he will be
the lightweight winner on the night of Sep
tember s. Mycr is as hard as nails, and
though he always trains faithfully for his
fights must say that he has never looked
as we'll as he does at present. He fights the
ball well, and runs and skips the rope until,
an ordinary man would fall from exhaustion,
but Billy has powerful legs and such a
robust constitution that the work does not
even pale him.
'He expects hard battle, and IL Nc
Anliffe is trained we'll as he thinks, he
knows that he will get fair hammering be-
fore he leaves the ring. Myer will not run
away from McAuliiie, hut intends mixing it
up from the jump He said to mo that he
was tho strongest man OF his weight in the
world and that he would not move one inch
from the champion. He continued: i have
long waited and now the tune has come. /
shall ask Mr.. Noel TO make match for me
With the Australian or English champion if
j win from Jack. Then will quit the bust
ness, but L must be the champion before /
retire."
Tickets Are In Demand.
Within four days the big arena of the
Olympic club will be finished and the work
oi assigning the various places for the hold
ers OF the box tickets Will be commenced
One OF the largest orders for seats yet re-
ceved was handed to Captain Williams to-
day by a prominent Now Orleans lawyer
who gave his check for 81 ,S35 for series CT
seats for himself and friends.
Some patrons of the sport here are forming
parties for the Of ppttinp thair
together and are making pools for betting
purposes. The club received such assurance
Today from the railroads ana prominent
sporting men Of the country that they de-
termined to increase the seating capacity of
the reserved section by l,000additional seats.
Reports from Training Quarters.
Reports from the training quarters of the
three fighters at Bay st. Louis and Biloxi
continue favorable. Skelly has commenced
TO work with Thorny Griffin, who is regarded
as one OF the heaviest hitters of his weight
and will give Sicily hard work from now
until the date OF his fight. j. Madison Vance.
tho local admIrer of Dixon and the man who
will see to the little fellows wants while in
the city, left for Biloxi today to make ar
rangements to bring the fighter to the city
on or about the I'd of next month. It is
probable that Skelly and McAuliffe will
come over together on the same date, though
nothing definite has been arranged for them
as yet
AoSpito 'hO AOpoioS vi IthuUHo'S
ing he remains the favorite among the talent
here, and though even money is asked there
has been but little betting so far. Sullivan
\ is prime favorite in Now Orleans, and no
Corbett money can be found in the town. A
bet OF s, 900 to 81 POO was posted all day in
the pool rooms, but no one wanted it,
Though Dixon has the call among the ma
1ority, there are not few who are pinning
their faith to Skely, whose stock has been
booming since his recovery from the .rou ble-
some liberated gums. The three champions
have the CALL however, in the city, and the
talent will fix the books when betting be-
comes brisk.