, 1892-01-10
FACTS FROM FIsTIC.
Sporting Events Which are Slated
for the Near Future.
Some Discussion of the Compare
tive Ability of the Men.
Charley Mitchell Makes a Clean
Back Down.
PROSPECTIVE FIGHTS AND FAKES.

Jan. Is.
Turner Black Pearl, San Francisco. Jan.
20.
Williams Dawson, Sydney, Australia,
Jan. 25.
o Collins. Detroit, Jan. p.
Corbett- Mitchell New York Feb. IL,
Needham- Ryan, New Orleans, Febru-
arY.
Mccarthy Callihan, New Orleans, Feb
ruary.
K~eough-Smith, San Francisco.
Fitzsimmons Hall, New Orleans.
Carroll ritcbard. London. England.
Griffin Bowen, New Orleans,
Goddard Dooley, Australia
The rupture between Sullivan and his
old friend and manager, Jack Barnett, is
to be regretted, for Barnett has always
been better able to pacify John when well
under the Influence than any of his
former managers or associates. Time
brings little Improvement if any in
Sullivan's temper. Sullivan IN his cups
is a disgrace to even pugilism. Endowed
so generously with mau's greatest physical
advantages, he is almost entirely deficient
in all the essential attributes of a man.
Sullivan even handicapped by all these
drawbacks is the ideal modern ring
gladiator. is better known than aoy fighter
living and today has a greater following
of blind, idolatrous worshippers
than any fighter probably that
ever stripped for battle. These
will never be convinced of his invincibility
until he is defeated. Possessing the
greatest hitting 1--WE with either hand,
~favoriug neither. great stamina, extraor-
binary quickness for so large a man. Sui
livan in 81, Queensbury rules, uuques
tionably could whip any man that ever
donned a init. His hackers calculate he
can do it TODAY. Sullivan had little the
best Of hard hitting with Choyinski at
San Francisco, Dec. 20, Joe telling the
big fellow TO go 10 ''hit as hard as you
like; IN or the hit myself"
MITCHELL KNOCKED OUT.
The conceded champion mouth fighter
of the world. Charley Mitchell, was
knocked speechless ny the put up or
shut up" talk of Charley johnson. Sulh-
vans Dacker,i in their match making meet
ing recently at the Herald office 10 New
York. Johnson's money was up and bis
talk was 40 directly to the point that Slip
perry ''Chawles'' Tor once was utterly
unable TO come to time with anv of lis
usual evasions or successful excuses. He
nearly parslyzed everybody by calling on
Slayin to speak for himself Slavin &C.
quitted himself little better, and finally
refused to make a match subject to its be.
ing null il jackson defeated him, john
refusing to fight a loser on the grounds
that not enough money could be had for
such a fight. SlavIu weakly offered to
fight Corbett.
Slavin NAV break off his match with
Jackson if he can secure American back
ers to meet j. l.. Where is Tony Moore
with his 500. 900 now? Mr.. Piesse don't
look on i; AS n cInch Tor Slavin to do Sui
livan either and has placed SIavin, who
really desires the tight, in an embarrassing
position by refusing to back him. Fox
has done Slavin a great kinduess in fol-
lowing suit. Slavin had better fight with
~ "A maui thdh dN IOA DdCk VI ulm ,
his chances of winning would be greater.
The outcome of the call down these fe-
rocious scrappers, Slavin and Mitchell,
were going TO give Sullivan and Corbett
has ended in Slavin's inability thus far
to get backing. and Mitchell bested Cor
bett by getting HIM into a limited glove
encounter. Mitchell would not sign for a
finish. The old admirers and real sup
porters of ring sport have good reasons
for groaning at the present condition the
sport has reached. Even a walk. about
endurance contest will soon be a bygone
unless clubs take strong measures to stop
and the public cease to patronize these
limited round affairs of these boxing fax
irs always resulting in no loss of reputa-
ton to either man.
The manly art has refrigerated and
given way to the science of making
matches to secure the mighty dollar and
take no chances of damaging their re-
spectIve fistic regulations instead of test
ing their ability to meet all corners. II
the fighter is lacking in this respect he
secures the services of an astute manager
who steers him against sure thing
marks and through the assistance of
newspapers and fake challenges to men of
proven merit conVihces the public he has
a world beaten. Samples of ~cleverly
managed men are Maher by Madden.
Hall by Davies. the former. a twice beaten
man, is now offered a sl2,O 600 purse, the
latter recently refused 5000 to meet
Pritchard on the plea not money enough.
Hall has been beaten by both Ftzsim-
mons and Billy Mccarthy in Aus
t~ralia. and Mccarthy was beaten in
San Francisco by Greggains, Dempsey
and FItzsimmons. Halls offer TO take
Mitchells place against Fitzslmmous for
$4,000 purse offered by Olympic club,
New Orleans. which Mitchell for some
reason saw fit to decline, may result in
Hall and Fitzslmmons being matched for
Feb. 81. If Hall is permitted to take
mitchelrs place weight would not be