Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

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about Charles Mitchell and yet this bold
man of South Fork hasn't courage enough
to allow his name to come before the public.
And this valiant calls Mitchell coward
and says that he ought to 'stay in England,
where all blowhards belong" And our
bold South Forkian is happy in the thought
that ''little Jack Dempsey made Mitchell
run out of the United States" There now,
that ought to settle Mitchell and every
body in old played-out England. But the
most important statement in the South Fork
communication is that if I don't publish
this letter" the writer will cease patroniz-
ing THE DISPATCH. Now isn't that un-
generous?
Let me state definitely that I cannot
waste space on anything that goes beyond
the limits of civility and sanity. Really, I
have nv doubts about a mans mental
equilibrium who places Dempsey and
Mitchell in the same class of fighters 1t
would have been impossible to convince
such a man that Dempsey was hardly a
good middle-weight pugilist before the
latter met Fitzsimmons I would not be
surprised if next week our correspondent
writes and tells me that Cal Mccarthy or
George Dixon chased Mitchell out of the
country the other week. 1t is quite likely
that our South Fork representative would
believe it were somebody to tell him, be-
cause there would be as much truth in
statement of that kind as in the statement
that an active but harmless little fighter
like Dempsey ever made q man run who
fought draw with the great John L. Sulli-
van. Fair play is the leading principle of
these reviews, and Mitchell's good and bad
points will be dealt with in the same spirit
as will the good and bad points Of Sullivan
or anybody else
Fitzsimmons and Hall.
Now that the noise of Messrs. Mitchell,
Slavin, Sullivan and Corbett has for time
subsidized Fitzsimmons and jim Hall have
landed on the scene. They are both in the
Exhibiting" business and certainly they
have kept themselves we'll before the public
during the week. Fitz is very shrewd
man and Hall is in charge of probably
shrewder, Parson Davies. The indications
are that there will be battle between them;
it is not absolutely safe to say what kind of
battle
Assuming that both men are in earnest in
their talk Fitzsimmons certainly has much
the better OF the argument that is going on
between them. Hall has repeatedly given
the public to understand that he is q middle
weight, and now when Fitzsimmons offers
to fight him at the middle limit of the ex-
tremest rules Hall declines The latter
states that he cannot get below 1853 pounds.
This certainly ought to settle all questions
relative to Halls class. He is heavy
weight and as such ought to pose before the
public. The question of weight between
these two men is an important one to them,
and if they were to fight at weight am In
ali hipl hot
score one more victory. Don't let any of
us underestimate Jim Hall, particularly IT
he is going to be pitted against middle
weight. Hall is clever man, but If he
cannot get down to middle-weight he ought
to leave Fitzsimmons alone.
APoor list of Middle-Weights.
Speaking Of Hall and Fitzsimmons re-
minds me that at present we have as poor a
list of middle-weights as the Britishers have
of heavy-weights. The truth is that for
long time we have been deficient in the
class named, even when Dempsey was to
the front. If we scan the list to-day we'll
be unable to find good middle-weight on
our side of the house, and in this class these
''blooming foreigners" are ahead of us
One great cause of this is that there is
general determination in the United States
for men to fight above their best weight.
could mention several young pugilists who
are now above middle-weight limits, but
whose correct class is middle-weight. There
are many causes for this but most assuredly
it is injurious both to the merits and repu-
tations Of those who persist in being on the
big side.
Some General Features.
During the week we have heard little or
nothing about Sullivan or Corbett, mostly
because they have had nothing to talk about
to any great extent. The question of secur-
ing trainer for John L. is being discussed
in the newspapers and that is just what is
wanted by those who expect to make money
through Sullivan. Newspaper talk and
plenty of it is what they all want, and were
that to cease their shows would soon col
lapse.
read paragraph the other day to the
effect that the manager of Corbett was "dead
broke" before he held his New York cake
walk. He did we'll in that and Immediately
invested his gains in putting up forfeit
for Corbett to fight Sullivan. That is
good investment, or at least it promises to
be a good one, because Corbett and his
intend to tour the country and that
forfeit is simply paying for a national ad-
vertisement Of a verV attractive kind. Ger
tainly it is all business.
That the public is becoming tired of
what it has itself fostered IS quite apparent
For years the American public has forked
out thousands of dollars in patronizing
these "four-round gos'' and boxing exhibi- |
tions between prominent men. The other |
night Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher gave |
one of those performances at New York, and |
they were roundly hissed. But why should |
they be hissed? The audience should have |
missed at its own gullibility. Does any
body imagine that two pugilists of promi-
nence are going to get on a stage at an
and try and batter each |
,ther's head off when they are only fulfill
ng a paid engagement? Those who thus
expect will be fooled, and deserve to be. |
There may be exceptions, but not when
managers" are in the swim.
There is nothing new among the t'bantam"
md lightweights Dixon is still out of
match, and there is less probability now of |
/ battle between Jack McAuliffe and Myer
han ever. McAuliffe should retire, and |
hat would sett lie all argument
PRINGLE.