The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18

Abilities neck and wasted its force on the mid.
j night air. Again they squared On." and the
lightweight champion thought that most
favorable opportunity was offered him 10
knock piece of cuticle of MitchelPs 'cauli.
lowered" ear. He swung that famous right
which has won him thousands of the good
"long green,' but the blow went wide of its
mark, and 10 avoid return McAuliffe clinched.
Wrestling followed, at which game the lighl-
] weight was more than match for Mitchell,
who was thrown heavily TO the sidewalk
When falling Mitchell held on to McAulife's
coat and as he landed the latter held nrm
grip on MltchelPs ears and was pounding the
weter-welghts head Oh the sidewalk when Off
GERS arrived.
From men who had seen the impromptu mill
1t Is learned that Mitchell was not kicked and
that McAuliife's friends did not appear upon
the scene until the officers arrived The con-
test was between Mitchell and McAuiffe, ana
from all accounts the latter had the best Of iT.
faith IN Mitchell from the fact of his having
caused the arrest of his opponent, which they
contend is breach Of ''pugilstic etiquette"
Joe King and Dan Murphy have been
! matched TO fight TO finish on Inc 9th of March
al Eureka, Humboldt County, for a purse of
| $780,
II there is the least chance of procuring a
/ place where police interference can be avoided
Marshall, the colored pugllist, and Sweeny,
| both OF Australia, Will decide a difference of
opinion relative 10 their lighting abilities which
1 VIII De worth going long ways To see, as they
are both "crackerjacks" who are aching for a
mill.
/ sporting editor OF the Chicago Inter Ocean hit
\ the nail on The head when lie stated that the
! greatest mistake prize fighters make is holding
/ on iOr Dig purses He picks out FitZsmmons
as being one OF the class of fighters who wants
more than lie is entitled to, aud says:
Nothing has detracted from interest in the
sport so Pluch as the payment of the $4,000
! purse TO FitZsimmons and Hail. This size of
! purse has raised the price OF admission and al
tracted the adverse comment OF those who
might tolerate the sport when viewed from the
standpoint of physical superiority. When the
preacher or Governor considers the fact that a
! pugilist may win In a few weeks of preparatiOn
more money than the salary of the former would
amount 10 in several years. their attention is
! quickly awakened. There Is a great difference
IN such fight as that between FltZsmmOns
and Hall and that between Heenan and Savers
/ who fought for $4,000 side. In one greed for
/ gain completely oversbadOwed pride for physi-
! cal develOpmr mt, science and love of country
This greed Tor money was well illustrated
recently In the negotiations between Dan Cree
! don and FitZsimmons. The former was anxious
match fell through because lLanky Bob re-
I fused an offer Of $4,000 purse, claiming
| that $4,000 was about his size.
i have been lighting many years. said Fitz-
simmons, and have won over $4,000 liz
! purses. To-day l am Just as poor as when /
Landed III San Francisco from Australia. |
have been robbed right along by INSCRIPTIONS
managers and L am now clean broke
"Thosr who have noticed how hard the cham
Di0n middle weight will squeeze a dollar will
! be greatly amused at the above quo alton IN
| Immediately ratified a match with DICK Moore.
and the Two Will meet near Boston within three
| weeks"
Two great fights have been arranged for
I June. The first will be a second meeting be-
! tween Tile kingpins OF the heavyweight III
vision. namely. jackson and Corbett and the
| second The first meeting between the feather
| weight champiOns or Australia and America,
| namely. Critic and Dixon
jackson and Dixon are the brilliant stars of
the cOiored army OF pugilists and If Critic is at
all near The man he was few years ago when
| he electrihed Australia by his many brilliant
performances, the chances are that the whites
VIII win the day. Jackson, Notwithstanding
! what me smO0lb-tongued Davies has stated In
regard 10 bis condition, is far from being the
Jackson OF old. Peter has refrigerated pnysi.
cally 10 an alarming extent within the year
past, and his very best friends have acknOwl.
dged that he will not "be In t'' wien be again
! faces the native son. COrbeti, on the other
hand, has improved wonderfully since he fought
draw with Jackson, and being the equal OF
lie colored man In cleverness. what hope has
jackson OF winning when &c must be acknowl-
edged Corbett Is his superior in every other
particular? =
Jackson has been a wonderful pugilist; there
can be no gainsaying this fact. His day of
Drllliancy Is. however, OH the declinr. and 1t is
feared that when he again faces he Western
representative his lights will 90 completely out