Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-22

half inches.
IL is questionable II there is a mar in the
world whose wrist measures ten inches.
Twelve and q half is a large forearm. A
Clyd esdale draught horse that took a hrst
price at a horse show had tremendous
broad, fat bones at the fetlocks, and the CIR
cumferance given was twelve inches, an
inch and a half smaller than Charles wrist.
Boshl
A day or two before Corbett met Sullivan
n Corbettite said she weighted" Gentleman
James Jay, land in his shoes and trousers
only he weighed l9l pounds, and that he
was in superb condition and would enter the
ring weighing not less than lSS pounds
Then his Official weight was given out as us
pounds. Which are we to believer
Corbett, when he read JackSon's measure
ments, said Peter had the advantage in
reach, but. said Jim complaccutly, II am
heavier than he is aud expect to enter the
ring weighing 200 pounds" Tine fighting
weight Of Big Ben Count.) James Jay said
II he could not beat that wind bag he did
not want anything. MITCHELL" quoth he,
is an imposter, but the public has been a
long time in finding II out" James Jays
alleged reason for taking on Mitchell before
jackson was because Mitchell was an unde-
feated man and the champion of England.
Jim's latest concerning Mitchell IS that he IS
a more dangerous man TO tackle than Sulll-
van, and thinks the mill will probably last
forty rounds The gentleman with the up
right hair is rather changeaDle In MS
opinions, eh2
Although Charlie Mitchell's middle name
is Watson, an eastern sporting paper, IN
speaking of the coming mill" insists in
calling Corbett Champion flames JAY but
declines to call Mitchell Charles w. Is 1T
only Irish-American pugilists that are to
have their middle names in printl l suppose
the Jems, Jacks and Toms are all gone, as
far as they are concerned. How would 1t DO
to speak OF the coming contest between
Charles w. Mitchell and Jimmy Corbettl
If Corbett does not succeed with his adj
vantages in youth, height and weight in
beating Mitchell it will prove that he is an
overrated man and that his conquest OF
Sullivan was because the latter's day had
gone by. / notice a paper complains that
John l.. says in one town that Corbett will
win and in another that Mitchell Will make
cold meat of Corbett, and attributes John
LIS conflicting assertions to a change OF
drinks. f>'i
Perhaps John l.. is like Charles III. A wit
wrote the kings epitaph as follows: Here
lies King Charles, on whose word no mar
relies on, who never said a foolish thing and
never did a wise one"
Charles replied that that was easily ac-
counted for, because "His sayings were his
own, but his actions we're those of his minis
ters.'
Probably old Jack Sullivan's set-spread-
eagle Observation-Disclosures are pre-
pared for him by his theatrical manager
and his private speeches, when in his cups,
come from his heart and are his own. John
l.. said he is the only. man who has fought
both men land who should have their
measure better than me-" He said he
knew from experience that Charlie was
twice as hard q hitter as Jim and equally as
clever. gr
Peter jackson evidently feels sore because
Mitchell was pulled forward in place of him
self by the Brady-Corbett OUTFIT and says
should Mitchell win he won't be champion
of the world until he beats bin. According
to tistic history drawn battles have always
been fought out to decide a championship.
Corbett's assertion that ''the niger wants
none of my game" is preposterous. Peter
did everything that a man could to meet him
again first.
You gave us the correct tip on the Dixon
Solomon p. fight. According to The BEES
report of the Eitz- Hall contest Bob was the
aggressor and did the best work all through.
Hall asserts he lost it by a f1uke. Bob, from
his previous performances, fully j~ustifies the
confidence of his hackers. James jay would
have q tough job to beat him; he is a far
harder hitter. and could stand as much
punching and has better hands.
When Jack killian alias Jake Kilrain,
fought his long draw in France t1O6 rounds)
with Jem Smith, whom Ted Pritchard sub
s%equently vanquished in three rounds, a
New York illustrated sporting pink sheet
flooded his paper with puffs and slobbers of
Kilrain such as: 'Jake Is King 'Our
Champion Jake, Stake as Banquo's Ghost
Soaring Macbeth Sullivan Jake Illus
UraJeu, TdrtahluB Ol WIG WIFI Ine MARQUIS
of Queensbury, - etc.
Should Mitchell win, will he AVE his
paper illustrated with the conquering hero
returning as ''Bonny Prince Charlle,'' and
the big pipers playing: The King Shall
a whit more ridiculous or exaggerated than
the fulsome beslobbering of Jake. Mitchell
does not seem to be of "a revengeful nature,
but it is barely possible that in the near fu-
ture he may be in a position to give certain
parties their dues.
A popular American writer of fiction. who
was consul at Liverpool during the admins
tration of President Pierce, said that dur
ing the four years Of his official capacity he
never encountered full blooded American
seaman. His test of nationality was the pro-
nunciation of the word been" All born
Americans, he said, pronounced it bin y but
all English speaking people elsewhere pro-
nounced it as it is spelled. "beep." Fifty
years ago there used to be plenty of Ameri-
can ships manned by Yankee sailors, but at
the. late naval review the papers stated that
the American men-of-war had nearly all
foreign crews, and now comes the astound-
ing news that The Vigilant's crew are all
Swedes, Notwegians and Danes, and can't
speak English.
The Valkyfie, although beaten, made the
best attempt to recover the cup of any yacht
the bold Brltons ave thus far sent over.
The gallant Norwegian captain and his
70 49, 80 WV" hao
a narrow escape from being beaten in the
last race. Although he alkyrie split her
spinaker at a critical jnncture, the Vigilant
only succeeded In coming in forty seconds
ahead.
However,a miss is as good as a mile, as
the Britishers promptly owned up Up 10
date the Americans have been more success
full in yachting than In rowing or sculling
with the British coionists. Hanian, who
used to be thought invincible, said Soarle,
the Australian, was the best man who ever
sat ina boat, and in ocean steam navigation
the Briton has the pull. However, il it
should come to a contest, the American, such
is his wonderful powers of skill, strength, IN
genuitya and intelligence, must certainly come
out first best, let the contest be III any lines
IL may. Will he do this in the coming great
international prize iighti
was surprised TO learn In reading Mr..
Wakeman's journeyings in THE BEE thai in
the south of Scotland the wooer and author
OF the immortal "Anpe Laurie was a native
OF the parish Of Carsephairn-my birthplace,
n wild and mountainous district among tho