Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26

| for battle between Choynski and
! Godfrey. The Conev Island Club has
! offered $1,000 for such a contest, and that
amount seems quite big enough. But L
would hardly have expected that purse
would have been Forthcoming for Choynski
and Godfrey. If the former is at all as
good as he is represented he is sure to de-
feat the colored man. True, Godfrey
defeated Ed Smith and Choynski did not,
but when Smith was in front OF Godfrey he,
Smith, was no more fit to fight than to fly.
If Choynski and Kilrain were going to fight
there would be odds on Choynski, and
Kilrain defeated Godfrey.
Charley Mitchell is extremely anxious to
find man to defeat Ted Pritchard, and be-
cause of that anxiety he (MitchelD has
taken Hall in hands to train him to fight
| Pritchard. When these two men fight we
will certainly have Hall tested 1t seems
| to me very singular that Parson Davies,
who always likes 'good thing" should
give up Hall without any objection at all
and keep Choynski. 1t would seem that it
Jim Hall was anything like the wonder he
is given out to be Davies would stick to
him for this year at least
Everything is going on all right for the
Goddard and McAuliffe contest, which
takes place this week according to pro-
gramme. There is'not much interest In the
affair, but if Goddard wins he is sure to
challenge anybody in this country,
An Opinion About Frank P. Slavin.
A correspondent writes me an opinion
about +. P. Slavin and his recent contest
with Peter Jackson. know this correspond
ent well, and he is one of the best in
formed men in the country to-day on mat
ters pugilistic. Without saying anything
pro or con about this opinion give it be-
cause it sure to be interesting:
''FRIEND PRINGLE-I notice that F. P.
Slavin is going back to Australia. An
other report says he is booking on the
English horse races. In either case it means
that he has money. If he returns to Aus
tralia then there will be no doubt in my
mind about his losing his late fight pur
posely. have studied all the features of
that encounter and l am fully convinced
that the affair was fixed for Slavin to
lose. By his arranging to do that he would
make sure OF getting $4,000 and so would
Davies and jackson eacn get about the
same. Slayin never made such poor effort
in his life. He made much better stand
against jackson years ago when
he (Slavin) was just learning to
box. jackson had considerable trouble
in defeating Joe McAuliffe when the
latter was not much more than a novice.
Slavin defeated McAuliffe in three or tour
minutes alter McAuliffe had been trained
and taught tor year by the best men in
the world. Godfrey kept jackson very
busy for a long time and Kilrain defeated
Godfrey Slavin knocked Kilrain out in
short order Despite all this Slavin makes
no. show against jackson. IT he had beaten
jackson he could only have gotten $1,000 or
5000 and he was never sure of defeating
Jackson. By making certainty of it and
agreeing to lose, his fellow countryman,
jackson, Parson Davies and himself could
each get about $4,000, as the odds were
heavily on Siavin. The latter certainly
would not return to Australia at present if
he had no money, nor could he follow the
English races as bookmaker."
Next Saturdays Big Athletic Sports.
Next Saturday promises to be great dav
for field sports in and about Pittsburg. The
Three AS will hold their summer athletic
meeting on that day, and many of the best
amateur athletes in the country are e1-
pected here. Let me say that there is no
sport more enjoyable on fine day than
athletic contests in the open air when the
competitors are of the first rate class. We
are promised this kind of talent on Satur-
day at the Three AS Park, lately Recrea-
tion Park.
1t is to be hoped that the sports will be
we'll patronized, and if they are it will give
encouragement to future ventures of the
kind. The Three AS are certainly making
fine place of this park, and have made an
excellent sprinting track. may add that
Saturdays contests will be strictly under
A. A. U. rules. Doubtless there will be
some flyers from Detroit, including the
famous Owens The latter is certainly a
wonderful sprinter, and has 100 yard mark
below even time. We have some good
local talent, also, and altogether 1 expect
some very fast time to be made on the new
cinder path, and for once we will get cor
rect idea as to the quality of our local
speed The sports certainly ought to be
well patronized. PRINGLE.