Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-02-11
When Oorbett Meets Mitchell he
 Will Know he is Fighting.
Tom O'Rourke a Sleek Article at
 Matoh-Making.
NEw YoRK. Feb. l. 1893.

l extensively advertised that Jack Nc
 Auliffe, the Lightweight champion oi America, would undertake to knock out
 three first c.ass men. at Madison Square
 Garden, last Saturday night, in four | three-minute roun1 Is, and m casa of fali-
 ure he was to forefeit S250 to each man who lasted the four rounds. Knowing | that the authorities would not permit
 any such thing as a deliberate prize fight in so prominent place as the
 garden and believing it 10 be merely a ! hIppodrome, thousands of people stayed
 away who would otherwise have been present The fact Is that an entertain
 ment of tn It sort, strictly on the level
 would have filled that mammoth struc-
 turs to it's utmOs capacity As it was
 about three thousand sports asssm blsd
 with the vague hope of really seeing at
 last fa'rly good exhibition of scientific
 boxing, even if there was no knOck-outs.
 There were any quantity of bouts in ad-
 dition to tue three in which McAuliIe
 figured, but as bis contests were what
 they wanted to see, the others were on
 ly tolerated as "fill in." McAuliffe's
 first bout was with Tom McManus, of
 Boston. From the style in which they
 went at each other in the fist round it
 looked as If they were going to make a
 rattling fight, but when time was called
 there was general murmur over the
 shorLness of the round. It was not
 until the end of the second round, how
 ever, that the spectators realIzei tha
 tha rounds vere only of ore minutes duration instead of JhreO. The crowd set up Il owl for their fnli three min
 utes, but they were eco iy informed that the men were ODiy srarrng for scienti- ! lc points, and as Mir. McAuhffe had three men 10 meet all the rom Is would |
 Je lnlted 10 ODs minute. Tn re were crIsls of "ls tIet the way We are 10 be | bunC Osd?' "Ihe snow Is a fake:' vOu ! nave got our money and what are We | going to uO about It;" Give us chance | for our money etc. etc. There WAS nO- thing sald ab ut the rest between rounds l put nevertheless, fully three minute,
 We're allowed instead If one. The bout with McManus was very go. q, what lit- there wac of IL, but 1t was far from being 1 On the knockout order The contest ! with Billy B4rEOn, however, was simply d sgracetul. It was expected that the dangerous OTlcS maker, who Is noted | Tor his hard hitting and shifty work. would m ke matters exceedingly inter e5tlug for McAulIife, but the crowd
 were once more doomed to dIsapDOlnt- ment. Had the two men ,been covered WIth an armor of rotten eggs there would have been no danger of any of them being broken by the blows that were struck. The crowd were wild 1 over the deal they " re get ing and many of the sport left the building lit ,raily yelling murder. The tbird bout was with Patsy Kerrigan, of B s.on ,, and while they spared three verg pretty l )ne minute rOuhds, there was nothiag i6OIt their efforts 10 warrant any man l giving up a dollar to see tbe.r friendly efforts.
 Although Charley Mitchell is one of he mos. unpopular men who ever set
 oct on American soil, hIs arrival m this .Ountry Is nevertheless looked forward | O with great anxiety. Jim C0rbett has
 hOwn such an extremely selfish desire Y o hold or to the title of champion of ' America. apparently for the sole pur- ,Ose of an advertising card for his the trical business that the American pub . ic have become disgusted. They do not : want their tistlc representative t. hide '. behind mask in the form of theatrIcaI as d barrier against de
 ending his fitle. If he aspires to b,- E ome a champion millionaire actor. lat lim retire from the prIze rIUg and stick
 O his acting, and not keep 2 cd men nn waiting until their teeth drop out, for
 lim to get through with his sta busi- . esS. The amount of money COrtett r xpects to make ont of the theatres | z business does not interest the sporting {. in the least. What they want 5 to see every man get fair show and r he best man win, and not any oUe man " 0 hOggishly tie up championship in
 is pocket and run away and hide in
 heatre, where the people have 10 pay to
 se him. There Is TO que ton ss to
 }Orbett beng one of the greatest fight
 rs ou earth, but that Is no excuse for
 is squirmjng out of meetisg men who tand req " Hnd willing tO fight him for ny amount of money and at any time The idea of man posing as champion nd persistently refusing to defead his '
 te against legitimate chIllengers is II he most absurd thing t at has ever U ,een sprung upon the American public IOrbett has been hiding b h nd Mitch s II ever since he defeated Sullivan, but u ow since the bold Charley has decided II 0 come over to this country and fig o 'Orbett, the gentlemanly actor will e ave no hole left to crawl !. trough. A game of bluff W Il 0 for little whils. but it will not last u 1r ever, as the buffer win get called Oener or later. Mitchell is a pretty a nifty fellow and IS by no means the '' asy mark COrbett takes him to be. v harley Mitchell is not only one of the ] H lost scientific boxers in the world, but si ne of the greatest generals who ever s' ntered the ling, besides being a clever l yo-haudsd fighter and a good hard 1 s' itter. There is scarcely a doubt of ! p orbett not winning, hut you can gam u le Shat Mitchell will keep him guessing U I the time and COrbett will know that c' g is fighting. r'
 As a match maker. Charley Norton. i
 ngland's ex-hghtwe ght pugilist, now
 acking Billy PhmU CT, cannot hold 8 i andlestick to the astute Tom O'Rourke. z. orton undertook to match Billy Plim- - er, the champon 110 pound pugilist, IF4 yainst George Dixon, the featherweight t at 1l3 pou-d-, to a finish, for 4.L, 5000 a side. Tom read the D5claratlCn Ii Independence to Charley an1 then v ave him the song and dance act and
 ound up by making 1t a SIX round "go" ,,,C : 11S pounds, the winner to take 80 and "; le loser 20 per cent. of the gate ereipts. 7a
 was dead open and shut game for '' iXon, and although O'RoUrke kept a ,rious expression on h's face, you coulo " ear him laughing away up his sleeve ;n T the possible chance Trimmer had 'I as buried deeper than McGnty ever L'