Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-24
coupnrr ,nyInws rllnM.
somethinR About the rugiiis,s OF III,
prrscnf md ThcIr Mcrltn.

cOnDETr nnNInws THEN.
Something About the runilists OF the
Present and Thcir Merits.
Chicago. H.. Nov. s2.-"I have been
often asked my opinion on p,aiglsts OF
the present time, On boyars outside my
own, the heaviest class, and ON their
relative ahlliuos." said Champion Cor.
bttt to The World correspondent today.
but have never gouu on record uutil
now may Judge men wrong bu,
think not
10 begin with the little fellows,
Barry and Commons, tho smallest OF the
lot have never seen ConnoH rght,
but sa's Barry once, and was struck
with his general appearance. know
Leon whom he defeated. TO he clever
boy, aud therefore consider Barry
leader IN his divinlon,
''As 60 the feaiher-weirhta, can only
see one In the lot-Gcorge Lavlgne. lilo
c,n whip any man in the business at
his wcight-Grino OF any ulhcf--and ~
my Ideal i25-pound fighter, IL ycu call
The feather-wclgni limit 100 pounds,
| Dlacm raukA as tile best there IN no one
TO touch him Of HIS slze.
THIN comes In special class by
| himself Young GrinO, too heavy Tor the
fCsthcrs and too llght FOR the light
| weisht class. He bcsted MeAulife. but
Jack IN shape and trained down, can
hnieh him, while LavlEnr can beat him
al l25 pounds. jack AieAuiiffe. all de-
| tractors Notwithstanding, Is fho best Or
| liRht-Ncluhta, AMI, down 10 49, puuaids
and behaving himself, Is Etlll Ut 10
thrash any challenger Horace Leeds,
ftantou Abbott Anay Bowen and Jack
l3Verhardt are all q long way below
him IN every lighting quality
when trainiuE and fighting down
south nave had good opportunities tc
study the sOuthorn Rhtwoiehls--Iipw-
IN, Everhardt and jack liurlSe-And
can not see that any of them arc quail.
ned 70 fiHht McAulifc. | may say tina,
as scientific lightweight as / over saw
IN my NE Is my little namegako
Young COrbOtt tCreet), and az hard II
hitter "a ever lived In his oiugs IL
Young Corbett'a victor Paddy smith
"Wolterwelghtgg Tom Ryan. lie mas
not knock out many men, but there u
nobody IN the wclterweight claga thai
can whip him. lie " scientific he hlti
fairly hard, ana IL one OF the best gen
erals NOW IN the profession. Jaci
Dempsey ap he waH six years age
could HAYS done II. but Dempsey Is O
slcil man and ne Longer cnpablr-of hii
former deeds. I would like TO zee Jnci
win az New orleans. but fear he Lacks
the strength and speed.
Joe Mnlcott IN hard 10 place.
think he 10 wonder, but 1 shall al
ways believe that Tom Tracey ough
to have whipped him. and can II thel
meet again ana Toms handle hold out
Tracey has unreliable hands, which
would give out from the piightcat blow
when he spared with me IN Florida
but for that weakness Tom would b'
a top-notchcr at the wclter limit,
"NliddlcweightB are scarce lust now
There are almost no middleweighiB left
thoy arc al either hcayy-welicra' ui
light -hea.lea.' Take Fitzsimmons gu
az the class, aud who ~ ieft2 Just DaI
Creedon. lie Is the best OF MI IN /
class that NOW hus few feprehen ihtiYeH
Hoine critics think Frank Craig. 'Th'
HH.Sm coffee Cooler a coming cham
pion, CreedOu would simply HlAughte
him IN nnlfh fiEht
"rhe light heavy weights are numcr
Gus. with chOynaki HAL. Smith an'
Aiaher ha the leaders. think Hal
ana ChDynfki simply outclaa1 Sinitl
ana Nnher, but / honestly can not dc
eide between doe md jim. They ar
both gfont men and 80 equal IN thel
lncriia that fight between them shout
be At even betting and should be
magnificent struGBie Jim, however
may be going back. II his work ~ Tat
tofanila lnat week IL anything 10 judE
by, while Joe has crippled hand 4
count against his chaneeM Stew
, Op6nncii VIII Issue a challenge thi
weel, 10 Maher HAL or amy boxer, an
my money shall be htaked on hi
chances.
~ am occasionally questioned aboii
, peter Jackson Peter Is but II fnemor
Of the past now, and ] seldom think Q
, him. lie Tx In England and VIII. per
. hama. fight Slagin again. " they NEE
, Jaekaon win WIN but Il VIII be prcttl
. near MS last victory. for Peter IL tow
ard the farther Ind OF his life, an
Z tbers are hut few fights LETT IN HIN
, success 10 him, anyway
now IiIIinn climbed iii. Ladder.
! Admirors Of LILLIAN Russell will not
the stoady advancement in art ana II
; remuneration made by thln lovely crea
: ,,,re during n comparatively short De
, ,iod The highest salary LILLIAN Rus
ncl received from Tony Pastor was y
! a week James c. Dun WAS paying he
I 5000 4 week when she broke her con
6 traot with him, The caclno gave he
Z ssoo a week. r. Henry French coaxa
+ 80 \, me Garden thehter with sal
! ~ ~ $500 Canary a. Lederer CAV
Z bcr $1,000. and now Abbey. Scnoffel
Z et,at, have made contract with he
, al Sfsoo 4 week. During this entire pe
Z go n fourteen years Lillian Russo
/. 49, t,se,, constantly finding new hue
: hsnda ana increasing her weight an
, ner aalary Verify, Lillian IL a bird.
! Mr.. Barrie has been Obliged 20 CIV