Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-01-21

he is the light weight champion of America, and even if he had to spend a month of Sundays at the Hot Springs 1t would not interfere with bis whipping all the mushroom fighters like Billy Meyer that the land can produce. The same windy city gentleman had also the nerve to say that John l.. Sullivan was oveTtrained when he fought Jim Cor bett. Sullivan did not do ore single days good hard honest training all the time he was at Canoe Place, Inn. Good Ground. Long Island, and ,was in no more condition to fight 8 championship battle when he came back, than the corner hummer whose only ambition is to drink mixed ale and get into curb stone scrap. Sullivan was soft fiabby and hog fat when be came in from his training quarters, preparatory to start ing for New Orleans, and his neglected condition made all his most intimate friends feel fairly sick at their stomachs. Still the Chicago man lays his defeat to having been overtrained.
 Peter Maher IS now set down as a marker and whenever a fighter wants a I champion as an opponent. Since Joe Choynski said he would fight Maher, several clubs have commenced to bid for the contest and the chances are that if the match is made the scrappers will get fairly good.sized purse. Choynski
 IS now in California, while Maher left
 this city Saturday last for the Hot Springs, where he is in hope of throw T L A and strengthening it sufficiently to en- able him to muster up enough courage to again enter the ring. The heart is Peters only weak point and fl it was not for that he would be one of the greatest pugiiists in the world. That member of his anatomy, however, being extremely tender and sensitive it seems to effect his whole body. It is not what is commonly called heart disease, but a
 sort of a fear thst tEe other fellow might hit him a blow that would hurt Paddy German and Con Riordar are the only pugilists in this vicinity al
 present who seems to be running ir hard luck. Both have been making
 untiripg efforts to get on fight, but neither man seems able to find man
 in their class. German has been after every man in the business who can fight anywhere from 140 pounds to 150 punds
 while Riordan has exhausted bis own
 resources and all the efforts of his friends in trying to fad a man to fight him from 165 pounds to TO pounds The Coney Island Club has agreed to hang up a for each of them as soon as they can find acceptable opponents.
 Martin Murphy of California, the well known trainer, Is making his home Tn this city at present, where he is patiently awaiting the arrival of Aus tralian Billy Murphy, whom he will take charge Of and tram for his battle next month with Johnny Griffin, of Braintree, Mass, These clever featherwaights are matched to fight Feb. and the con- test Is already attracting no little atten- tion.
 The troubles of Steve Brodie, the bridge jumper, have just begun. Steve heretofore has lead an easy listlsss life with no care on his mind but hIs little gin mill on the BOwery and it about run itself Brodie made money ID his little joint and he had just head enough on his shoulders to bank 1t as fast as it came iu. Recently he was given a good up OD the races and he won SS,000. The man who gave him the tip also pursuad- ed him that the proper caper was to invest hls mOley in real est1te. Steve did as he was told and purchased two houses in East Thirteenth street, Nos. POS and 2l0, for S30,OOO. They are both four story bToWnstOns English base ment houses. BrOdie HOW knows what 1t is to be a land .Oard, as hs IS pestered to death from morning until night by tenants chasing him tO make repairs or alterations all the way from the cellar to the roof. 4 couple of very pretty charming actresses, with their bewitch- ing smiles worked landlord Steve to paper and calcimjne their room and since then all the tenants have been yelling murder and bounding landlord Brodie to death for playing favOrites Steve to get a little peace Ond comfort has promised to do so much that he is in a quandary as to whether 1t would not be cheaper to tear the houses down and build two new ones according to the views of all his tenants, so that he could rest in peace during the remain der of his days.
 There ara ambitious men in every branch of business and baseball is DO exception. Unfortunately however, the for glory on the diamond field IS man who has the least practical ex- perience, but one who nevertheless knows it all. He wants to do something to bring him into prominence and not only make him famous throughout the land, but have his name go down to posterity as the man who made radical change in our national game. The gentleman IS opposed to moving tue pitcher back five feet to increase the' e'batter's chances, because everybody else favors it. His brilliant idea solely his own, is to in- crease each base line three feet, making it 93 feet between bases instead of 90. It is a wonder he did not add ten feet instead of three and make the distance between bases an even hundred feet. It is hoped tha, the National League mag mates are possessed of too much good common Sense to interfere with the game any furthe- than is absolutely necessary, and that if any changes are made 1t will only be to move the pitcher back five feat. If the magnates were to listen to the suggestions of every half witted crank that imagined he knew something tn y would have all our crack professional bal payers iu ths lunatic a-y ium Os fore tbe clCse of another sea- son. 1t Is hoped a. q expected that baseball wji again be lOokel upon with favor by tie VutliC and that each city will take d .O.al p.i5e m their represen | tatIye team. Baseball Is one of the ;!eaue-t a8d most interesting of all our outdoor sPo t. and there is no reason E1y it h 'rld not occupy prominent D si ion in the estim ztiCn of the Amer can pubic.
 JUNE RANKIN.