The herald., 1893-02-05

tween Pat Kerrigan of Boston and Danny
Needham of Los Angeles. 1t ended in a
draw. On the 21st of March WAS fought
the most scientific battle ever fought in
America, in my belief. in the city of San
Francisco, when j Jack McAuliffe whipped
Jimmy Carroll for $4,000 stakes and
$4,000 purse. The fight embraced AT
rounds, and lasted hours and 13 min
utes.
1t was about this time also that George
Dixon (colored) beat Johnny Murphy,
40 rounds, at Providence, and Paddy
Slavin put Joe McAuliffe to sleep in Just
two rounds at the Ormonde club in Lon
don. Almost contemporary with this
was John l.. Sullivan's debut as an
alleged actor in the play OF Honest
Hearts and Willing Hands. The open
ing fight OF 1891 was at New Orleans
January IA, between Jack Dempsey and
Bob Fi;zsimmons, the latter winning in
IL rounds and 40 minutes. There never
was such an overmatched battle since
Heenan's fight with Snyers at FarnbUr-
ough in 1860. On the 18th of March
Jake Kilrain whipped the negro God
frey after as elovenly fight 40 l ever
saw. 1t lasted A rounds, aud it took q
good deal of "legging" to win it for Kill
rain. George Dixon and Cal MCCARTHY
net for the second time on the 31st OF
March at Boston, and the little darkey
beat him again. May 10 Andy Bowen
and Billy Myer fought draw at New
Orleans which lasted an hour and shalf.
Joe Choyinski whipped Mick Dooley at
Melbourne, Australia.
On the 21st of May at San Francisco
Jim Corbett and Peter Jackson met in a
glove contest. in which jackson was
favorite at 100 to 70. Corbett and he
fought 81 rounds. lasting over four
hours and yet the referee, Hiram B.
Cook, decided it as "no contest" This
club is composed largely of Hebrews
and More Gunst is one of the pillars of
it. His fine Italian hand could be seen
all over that decision. Had Cook de-
clded it a draw, the stakes would have
been divided $85 to each, which would
have left the Jackson men short just
SIS on every 500. 1t was decision for
which Mr.. Cook owed an apology to
every square sportsman in the land. On
the 9th of June, Paddy Slavin beat
Jake Kilrsin at Hoboken in nine rounda
and went out of the ring without q
scratch. July 2Sth George Dixon mop
ped the floor with little Abe Willis.
September let, Jack McAuliffe beat
Austin Gibbons in six rounds, %
minutes. And the last great fight OF
the year was at New Orleans when
Jimmy Carroll lowered his flag to Billy
Myers after As desperate rounds, lasting
two hours and 81 minutes.
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This brings US down to the year that
has just closed, the first battle of which
WAS at New Orleans January 9th, when
Cal Mccarthy beat Tom Callahan in IA
rounds. March I'd Bob Fitzsimmons beat
Peter Maher at New Orleans in IL
rounds, AZ minutes. May 10th Godfrey,
the black man, whipped Joe Lannon at
Coney island, and two weeks later Peter
jackson whipped Daddy Slavin in Lon
don. June 9th George Dixon beat
Fred Johnson in II rounds, and on the
30.h, at San Francisco. Joe Goddard
whipped big Joe McAuliffe in Is rounds.
At New Orleans in the first week of Sep
tember there was perfect boxing
carnival. s62 600 being given for three
fights. The first of these came off on
| tho 9Th, when lack McAuiiffs beat Billy
Myer in Is rounds that lated over one
hour. On the 9th George Dixon beat
Jack Skeliy in eight rounds and on the
9TH James j. Corbett beat John L. Sui
livan in 81 rounds.
The only fight worth recording eince
that time was the one at Coney island
on the Sih of December, when Joe God
dard whipped Peter Maher in three
rounds, after being the worse cut up
man of the two. OF Sullivan's defeat
by Corbett there can be but one opinion
that Corbett whipped the mere shadow
of great man. He was in the ring
four rounds before he found out that
Sullivan could not fight bit. At the
same time there is grave doubt
whether Sullivan ever met first-clsss
man in his life till he met Corbett. Kill
rain was physical deformity from sores
of scrofulous nature on his legs, and
Paddy Ryan was 30 badly ruptured that
he had to wear q truss, which was mis-
placed three times in the fight. l saw
keynote to the fight in Peter jack
sons defeat of Slavin, and advised all
my friends here to back Corbett, as l
was satisfied he could whip any "rusher''
in the world. The "no contest" fight in
San Francisco was proof that Jackson
and Corbett were about on par, al
though it must be remembered that the
big colored man literally fought 80
rounds of that fight on one leg.
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Looking the whole ground over, I do
not believe America ever had better
man in the ring than Tom Hyer, unless
Corbett is that man. Corbett is trife
larger man than Hyer was and a shade
smaller than Heenan or Sullivan. And
while Heenan was better boxer than
John l.. ever began to be, he had bad
hands and used to batter them to pieces
whenever he went into the ring, while
Sullivan's hands were much harder and
better made. Taking the question of
ability in proportion to size, and consid-
ering it without prejudice, and 1t is very
doubtful whether England ever pro-
duced better fighter than Tom Sayers
or America one superior to little Jack
Dempsey. The latter was the very ccll-
centration of courage and innate Irish
honesty. He said to me one day, IT
never epoke coarse word in the pres
ence of woman nor hit man that
didn't call himself fighter" And /
believe he told "the frozen truth" There
is lots of good material in that little fell
low, even though his days as a fighting
man are well passed away.
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