Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23

Mitchell, who IL thirty-two years Of age
was born Of Irish parents. In Birmingham.
England, and for over ten years has occu-
pied q prominent position a boxing cham
pion- He weighs somewhere In the neigh
borhood Of 1s4 pounds, and among his most
notable battles was his contest for the En-
glish championship in London, December,
1882, as Billy Maddens competitor, open to
all England Amongst the numerous COM
petitors were entered such formidable an
tasonists as Jack KnIften, the forty-tonner,
Bill England and Jem Goode, but Mitchelps
performance was a complete surprise to
the fancy" scoring victory after victory
with the greatest ease and at a single bound
springing to the top rung Of the ladder Of
pugilistic fame. When Jake Kilrain was
about training to fight Jem Smith. Mitchell
Travelled with him as a sparrfng partner,
and when Smith was negotiating for a bat
tie with John l.. Sullivan, Charlie perform
ed the same service for him, though the
merest tyIo in boxing could see that Nit
chell was master of both of the two cham
pions" he escorted around During this lit
tie tour the writer, then retired champion
Mitchelrs skill On the occasion of their
appearance at the Star Theater. Dublin, the
writer and protege. graduate Of Trinity
College from whom great results were look
ed for, spared three rounds in public with
the two Englishmen, and though a man of
much superior physique to Mitchell and
possessed Of considerable intellectual abil-
ity. the big Irishman seemed but a dummy
In the hands of his more experienced an
tagonist, Mitchell seeming to have hypnot-
lied his man as in the case Of Billy Ed
wards. In this country Mitchell has proved
his superiority over such men as Mike
Cleary. Sheriff, the Prussian. Jake Kilrain
and Billy Edwards, whose well-known sci
Snce he rendered completely abortive in
their contest at Madison Square Garden in
May, 1884. McCaffrey, Jack Burke and
Patsy Cardiff had as little luck as their
predecessors. nor was the great John L.
himself, then in the heydey of his career,
able to do much more with Mitchell than
keep the plucky little Englishman from de-
feating him. Though weighing but 1873
pounds as against Sullivan's 200 pounds,
Mitchell knocked Sullivan clean of his legs
with blow, thereby scoring the only knock
down the American champion ever received
till his decadence and fall at New Orleans.
1t is a universally acknowledged fact that
had their subsequent fight with bare
knuckles at Chantilly, France, been fought
out Sullivan would have suffered defeat
the oyertures for peaceful settlement COM
ing first from his corner Of the ring This
latter memorable battle. which will always
rank victory for Mitchell, lasted three
hours and eleven minutes. ending in a
draw"
Corbett, who is built on a totally different
plan. longer limbed and finer drawn, should
be possessed of great powers for speed and
endurance. His physical proportions. though
not so largely developed MitcheTs, are
still of a very high order. and his great SUI
periority in height and reach ought to win
him the fight il nothing else should. He has
demonstrated his superiority as crafty,
skillful and powerful boxer times tunumer-
able, reckoning amongst his many victims
Buffalo Costello, Jack Burke. Mike Bren-
nan. Joe Choynski. Jake Kilrain, .Dominick
Mccartney and Joe Lannon, his contest with
Peter Jackson being looked upon more in
the light of a blemish than otherwise, as
both men were turned out Of the ring by
the referee of the California Athletic Club
after sparrins sixty-one rounds with no