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then fought with gloves for draw with Bill
Kennedy and finally defeated Billy Gray,
''the black, who weighed 176 pounds, Mitch
ell weighing 1872, at Manchester, in one
round of eleven minutes These mills were
followed by one with Caryadoff, the Belgian
giant, in Antwerp, for LOCO francs, the
young Britisher beating his opponent in four
rounds and sixteen minutes. His next vic
tory was over Tom Tully, and on June 16,
1881, he fought Jack Burke to draw at
Ascot darkness ending the fight. In De
cember, 1882, Mitchell won the champion
competition The belt which he earned in
which he earned in those contests in mas
sive silver one
Soon after Mitchell's arrival in this coun-
try in 1888 he defeated Mike Cleary, and at
Madison Square Garden on May ~, he
boxed with John L. Sullivan, and succeeded
in knocking the American champion down,
but the police stopped the fight
in the third round. which, it
is generally believed, saved the
Englishman from receiving terrible pun
ishment A meeting between William
Sheriff, the Prussian, and Mitchell at Harry
Hills, on Long Island was decided to be a
draw, and on March 26, 1884, Mitchell de-
feated Joe Denning in four rounds, his next
battle being with Jake Kilrain, in Boston-a
draw.
In MAY, 1884. Mitchell defeated Billy Ed
wards in notable battle at Madison Square
Garden, and in the following October fought
four rounds with Dominick McCaffrey, at
the same place, the referee declaring the
fight draw.
The next match made by Mitchell was
with Jack Burke of England at Chicago, and
at the end of the tenth round. Mitchell was
declared the winner. A "neet" with Patsy
Cardiff at Minneapolis ended in draw, and
in the summer of 1885 Mitchell returned to
England. After his return to America in
1887 he defeated Steve Gallagher at Cleve-
land, Ohio On March 10, 1888, Mitchell
fought his memorable battle with John L.
Sullivan at Chantilly, France, for 95OO
sterling side, the contest lasting three
hours and eleven minutes, and ending in a
draw at the end of the thirty-ninth round.
Since that time Mitchell has given many ex-
hibitions hoth in America and in Europe,
besides playing several theatrical engage
ments, but he has not been matched with a
pugilist of his class in any notable battle.
ToDAY'S BATTLE.
Today's battle is for purse of SIC, 600,
offered by the Duval Athletic Club of Jack
sonville, of which Harry Mason is President
and J. E. T. Bowden General Manager. The
club also paid the two pugiIists $2,50O each
for training expenses and erected in East
Jacksonville building in which to spull
off" the fight, the cost of which,
including the site, privilege, etc.,
was nearly $4,000. Travelling and
office expenses together with attorneys
fees and numerous other items of various
kinds, have brought the total cost of the
affair up to fully 10000. The arena is
arranged to seat about $1,000 people, and
had not the firm attitude of the Governor OF
Florida against the fight from the very be-
ginning operated disastrously upon the sale
of boxes and seats, the profits of the venture
would undoubtedly have reached fully fifty
per cent. on the investment
Corbett went into training for this fight on
December IS at Mayport, small fishing
town at the mouth of the St. Johns River
and about twenty-three miles from Jackson
vile. The training party here occupied four
cottages and has at times numbered as high
as twenty, including Mrs. Corbett and other
members of the American champions family
and his friends William A. Brady, his
manager, has been with him almost con-
stantly from the first, and his training has
been in the hands of Billy Delaney, assisted
| by John McVey, Prof. John Donaldson, Dan
| Creedon and others.
| 1t was nearly two weeks later when
Mitchell went into training on Anastasia
| Island, opposite the city of st. Augustine
and nearly forty miles from Jacksonville.
| His party has numbered less than ten
people, and has occupied three cottages on
| the Atlantic side of the island. The Eng
| lishman has been in the hands of his man
ager, AL Thompson, while his training has
| been done by Steve O'Donnell. Harry Oar
rim, Jack Fogarty, and others. Bat Mas,
| terson, the well known sporting man OF
| Denver, Colo, has been with Mitchell ever
since his arrival in Florida, and has been
| his adviser in many important particulars
preliminary to the fight.