Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

| auspices of all our local athletic CLUBS
| If such a thing could be arranged 1t woulu
undoubtedly be a success, and it would Ger
tainly go long way toward making aIn-
letics more popular here than ever. very
large number of young men have already
| identified themselves with athletic CLUBS
| but there are scores who have not done SO,
| and who would do so. it they were aroused
to a knowledge of what is good for them
An International Boat Race.
We can now, with some certainty, say
that there will soon be another lnterna-
| tional boat race. George Hosmer has gone
to England to row George Bubear for the
| English championship over the regulation
| championship course. The race is likely to
revive interest in sculling in England, and
we all know that it needs reviving.
The proposed race recalls many interest
ing things. When Hosmer first set foot In
| England, the aquatic glory OF that country
| was lust departing. Australia, Canada ana
! the limited States we're coming to the 'front.'
| England then was behind all of them-tne
first time in the history of the sport AT
| that time Hosmer was Just about as speedy
| as ANYBODY for a short distance. He I'M
| proved as time wore on, but he was never
| frst-rater, although quite good sculler.,
If Hosmer and Bubear were going to row
and each man at his best, 1 should fancy
Bubear by all means. He has always been
a better rover than the public has believed,
| but a more unreliable man never pulled q
| scull through water. Why he Is unrellaDle
! don't just now say, but those VINO KNOW
| him know what mean. very Soou JuoSe
| OF rowing, one of the best in the Woriu, toIu
| me few days ago that on one occasion he
timed Bubear for about mile, and tnat ne
| rowed the distance in just as good time as
| ever Hanion did. This indicates that Baoear
| at his best is a superior man to Hosmer.
But both rowers may have gone back on
| their old-time form. If they have there is
no telling how matters may end. DO not
| think that Bubear has gone as far back as
| Hosmer. The latter has been long time
before the public and has had a very busy
! career He is sure to be well treated IN
| England and it is to be hoped that his ap-
| pearanee will tend to boom rowing tnere'
Talk About the Pugilists.
1t looks as if there will be q go between
Hall and Fitzsimmons after, all. Hall
says that he is determined to fight and
FitzsimmoIs says he will be happy man
il he Lad Hall in front of him in a ring. Hall
SAYS he is sure to defeat Fitzsimmons and
the latter states that he'll not only defeat
Hall but give him terrible humping Tor
| past insults.
That's about how matters stand. We may
know more alter week or two Is over
| Mitchell will be here to second 1sall and In
| nv Judgment Charles Mitchell VIII have
very good idea as to who will win between
Hall and Fitzsimmons.
| But there will be one interesting feature
about the Hall and Fitzsimmons event. The
winner is almost sure TO challenge Corbett
and if that is done Corbett must DO some
thing. The better man between Hail ana
Fitzsimmcns would give Corbett quite an
argument, if not a defeat. But there is not
much prospect OF CorDett fighting anybody.
He simply makes rules Tor him
self and points out that accord
fight for year Reason, justice and Gus
tom are against him. Ii he declines to fight
within a reasonable time ne sho shouta -
not q reasonable time. II Sullivan de-
clined to fight sooner than that it does not
make Corbett's case any better. 1t IS quite
easy to understand why Corbett hesltates
He wants to pose as long as possible. He IS
AFRAID OF de eat and the probability 1s he
will get t-if he meets Jackson. 1 have an
| idea that lie will eagerly accepta contest
| preference to Jackson.
The Knocking Out of Maher.
The pugilistic event of the week has been
| the contest between Peter Maner and Joseph
| Goddard. and once more Australia has given
good old county Galway a bad beating. Now
this is not a matter of 81 told you so," be-
cause from the dav the two men were
matched have stood Goddard to win. Last
week distinctly said that the Australian
would stand more punishment than Maher
could give. This was exactly the feature of
the contest and how Goddard won.
am thus personal because my predictions
for this year have ceased There are no en-
counters of note in pusilistic way on
The contest between ,PIimmer and
McGrath is too one-sided to dis
cuss. But l can modestly say that 1892
has been an extremely SEy good & year rotnd Ior me
the advice ventured in these columns this
winter have done well If they have been of
q speculative turn of mind. For that am
| repaid for all the trouble of thinking and
all the anxiety of awaiting results.
Well, as to Mahers defeat He was beaten
on Thursday in one of the most brutal con-
tests there has been in this or any other
country 1t would be absurd to talk of the
affair as "glove contest" True, gloves
were used, but they were not used as q
means OF showing in any shape or form the
scientific features OF self-de tense. Two
| powerful men who had never received q
lesson in boxing. and who have never seen
a boxing contest in their lives could have
done Just as well as Maher and Goddard, as
far as science was concerned. The two
men simply stood face to face and battered
each other as long as human nature
would permit. When nature yielded Maher
dropped and, let me say, he dropped gamely.
That really Is the entire story of the con-
test.
Although the result was one that suited
me am still in fault-fnding mood. In my
estimation Maner was one of the rSt ad-
vised men that ever faced an opponent be-
cause he did just what Goddard wanted him
TO do, that is stand up and slug. That is just
what MaheT should not have done. The
| Is
/ hind the young Irishman TO so guide him.
Goddard is one of the most remarkable OF
men for standing punishment. 1t is sale to
say that human demons like Molyneaux
Richmond and Sayers could not have stood
that batterin. tnat the strong man from the
Barrier can stand. That's all there is about
Goddard, in fact he is SO remarkable in
this respect that if London prize ring rules
=. prevailed to-day 1 would almost stand him
to defeat anybody. The seconds OF Maher
knew all this, or at least ought to have
known, and why they allowed their charge
to go in and try to out-thump Goddard at
the Offset don't know.
Maher is unfortunate. 1 have q better
| opinion of his abilities and his courage now
than l had before he fought Goddard.
Really ne is q better man than his efforts
against tie two Australians show. In one
case science had him and in the other brute
force. 1 say he is unfortunate, because he
has been very badly coached.
The Status of Goddard.
Now comes the question: Who will God
dard fight next? He will say: Anybody.
That is quite true Goddard will fight any
body, but as to whether or not he will de-
feat anybody is another matter 1 don't
think he will. Were he to meet a man like
Corbett, jackson or Mitchell am Inclined
to think he would be beaten in q contest to a
finish Anyone of these men could stand
| him of long enough to tire him, and O big
tired man is soon downed-
don't want to disparage the abilities of a
courageous man like Goddard, but DO say
that it is gratifying TO know that the lead
ing pugilists OF to-day are not OF his kind;
that is, they do not depend ON brute
strength for their standing as pugilists To
be sure he will be offered an engagement to
fight somebody at New Orleans early next
year There is talk of q contest between him
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