Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-01
CHAT WITH The BOXERS
Slim Chances fox a Meeting Between
Mitchell and Corbett,
w~HlSPERlNGs OF THE wHIRLING WHEEL
The walsrodo aud other Powders-shoot-
ing and Eishing-Current Horse
Taik-Foot Bali and sports
Of All Kinds.

Of All Kinds.
IL is n 10 TO | shot that the much-talked OF
championship fight between Charlie Mitchell
and jim Corbctt never takes place In New
York, and n good bet that it never takes
place at ali. | know That both men have
signed articles of agreement with the Coney
Island club to meet in the arena, but articles
OF agreement are but minor factors in events
of this kind, AS the document Corbett signed
with the detunct Roby organization attests.
IL is not the fear that either men will back
out which actuates the above declaration,
for there exists no such fear. Both men are
undoubtedly in earnest and If it is possible
for them to do so, will fight. But can the
event be pulled of1l That is the question.
In tho face of the attitude of Governor
Flower and Byrnes, the superintendent OF
the New York police, | should unhesltatingly
say no. The governor SAYS he will rely upon
tho sheriff OF King county to do his duty,
ana in case he fails, will take q hand in the
affair himself. But Superintendent Byrnes
goes even further than this, as is evidenced
by the fact that he has already been figuring
upon the ACCESSIBILITY of the arrest of
Mitchell for HIS nero agreement to fight.
This is as much of u misdcmeanor in
righteous Gotham as IN actual engagement
at prize fisticufs, and it will not be surpris-
ing to hear at any moment that for this
oftcnse Charlie has been made "a candidate
for thu penitcntiary. This all appears
ridiculous enough when one takes
into consideration tho way in which
the law has been fractured by
the wholesale IN and about New York for
the year past. Finish fight after fight has
$40 al, l,na., all N L., .lA L,, .,s ,,r, az
Mckaneyille, but in the very heart of the
city with an impurity that has been simply
astounding. But it is only the menace from
Mitchell, the English champion, that the
authorities see proper to construe into q Diet
riment to the peace, quietude and repose OF
the great metropolis.
That something is about to drop can be
seen in She following paragraph clipped from
u recent issue of the New York Recorder:
The old story of the goose that laid the
golden eggs comes up again in connection
with the recent knocking out affair at Madl-
sou Square garden. and | have it on good
authority that in the future boxing matches
will not be permitted at any place on the
Island of Manhattan. The powers that be
haue found that managers of boxing shows
have taken an ell when given an inch, and
that privileges have been construed as
rights to the detriment of the peace of the
community and the peace of mind of the
authorities.
The police commissioners and Superin-
tendent Bprnes have decided that their toll
GRAFTON of boxing shows has been taken by
managers to mean Il privilege to run knock
out shows, and the authorities are naturally
indignant.
1t is the old game. An abuse of q privi-
lege and the righteous indignation of those
whose good nature has been played upon.
No one can blame the clever superintendent
of police for feeling that his kindness was
taken advantage Of, and no one can blame
him for taking the stand he does prohibiting
glove contests in the future within his jur-
lsdiction. Assuredlv, he never meant to
permit knock-outs when he agreed to allow
n boxing show IN Madison Square Garden,
and the only surprise Is that the managers
of the recent affair We're SO blind to their
own interests as to exceed the limitations
so commonly known to all interested in pub
lie affairs of the sort.
That Dixon succeeded in putting the quie-
tus to Solly Smith was no surprise to those
who were familiar with the style of fighting
Of the two men. That Dixon is as clever q
lad as ever donned the cestus has long been
acknowledged by those competent to pass
judgment; not only with his dukes, but with
his head and feet. That he is as game rs
the legendary pebble and hard enough hitter
to suit the tastes of all the pugs who have
thus far dared to enter into an argument
with him, Is likewise open to no dispute. On
the other hand, what can be said of Solly
'Ihat ne Is clever, nota OIL OF u ne Is Simply
o willing, hard working little fellow, who,
up to last Monday night had been
sailing along on the top wave of
good fortune. That he is a hard.
hitter, i don't care to dispute, but so Is
George Dixon, Johnny Griffin, Johnny Van
Heest and n raft of other scrappers in the
same class. 1t wasn't certainly Dlxon's
cleverness alone that bumped Solly's head
against Coney Islands padded floor six OF
seven times on the occasion above men
linnpd yynS it2 Didn't there ha " 70 Ia a
little propulsive force in the colorcd boys
playful laps to reverse the plucky Los
Angeles gladiator. | think you will acknowl
edge as much. And lastly, dldn't he lane
frequently, too, on the Hallgonian's neck, OF
his mouth and on his chest! But, notwith
standing the Californian's tremendous hit
ting capabilities, no failed to upset the boy
from Halifax. Well, there you are. Smitl
has been misjudged, and so has Dixon, onl,
in different ways, that's all.
After n remarkable fight Of twenty-eigh
rounds down ut New Orleans the othe,
night, Johnny Van Heest knocked out Hugh
Napier, the doughty Australian, which
proves to me, anyway, and conclusively, too
that IL John Van Heest were to be run vi
against DiEon's latest victim, he could dupli
cate the trick. Napier was supposed to hav
had n cinch. He lowered over the st. Pau
bantam like F~itzsimmons lowered owe
Dempsey. His arms are like those of tn,
quadrunana that roam around in darkes
Africa, and Van Heest had to dive in hea,
first to get his glove within halling distanc
of the freaks anatomy. He couldn't hav
hit him in the face unless they had tie,
Hughey's tentacles behind his back and ruI
Johnny up few yards by pulley or ste
ladder. Stlll he made those head first dives
and kept on making them, until the Ant
podean's wind department looked like
huge cows liver, Finally this continue
caressing had the desired effect, and Maple
gave last grunt, went down, rolled owe
and was out. And yet Billy Smith told m
over in Chicago n couple of months ago tina
Johnny couldn't fight fast enough to get up
respectable perspiration.
Jack McAulitfe, says Macon. has had
hard summer of II. He failed to get on wit
either Jem Carney or Dick Burge in EnglanC
and now on mis- return To America he find
his match with Jimmy Fleming Caro-
knocked into u cooked hat. BY the wa,
Clrney's dissemination TO trouble McAulifi
shows that he knows Jack is his mastel
lie caught Jack wholly unfit to fight a lon
battle at Revere Beach. and IL was only b
the Intervention Of Jacks warm partisan
that the American champion was saved frol
defeat on that occasion. Carney made niue
of the fact thar the ring w;
broken into by Jacks friends an
he saved by their Intervention
He Threatened tn smash Japl on siubt ~ b