St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-29
THE PRIZE FIGHT.

Unfortunately for Mitchell, the Flor
ida militia failed to materialiZe-Balti-
more Herald.
1t appears that Corbett wanted to add
to Mitchel!'s weight with few extra
pounds.-Washington News.
Charley Mitchell says he will not
fight any more. This Is one of the most
prompt and complete reformatiOns on
record. Washington Star.
Mitchell weighed 164 pounds, but Cor
bett gave him several more just as soon
as ne got into the ring. Chicago Dis
patch.
The arrest of Corbett and Mitchell
after their set-to was rather singular.
No charge OF fighting could be success
fully made against them.-Pittsburg
Post.
Now let CorDett take; a fellow of his
size. Let him take Pete jackson. Per-
hapS he will, now that Pete is reported
to be breaking down.-Milwaukee Wis
consln.
Gov. Mitchell, of Florida, and his
militia still live, and there is no work
for the ambulance corpS.--Philadel-
phia Item.
: Florida'S treatment OF her militia is
not judiciouS. In turning them around
so quickly there iSdangei of making
some OF the young men diZzy.-Wash
ington Star. rs
Hereafter the courts and other law
officers Of every state in the Union Will
know how to treat prize fighters and
the advocates of prize fighting.-St.
Louis Chronicle.
Governor Mitchell. of Florida, can
sympathize with Charlie Mitchell, of
England The Mitchell family seemed
to get the hot end OF the poker all along
the line. Toledo Bee.
Both Mitcbells seem to have been
good at buster but of no account at
fighting. The governor and the pugillst
were puny opponents when the crisis
came.-Cleyeland Leader.
It's worth noting that although James
j. Corbett is just now the most illuStri-
Gus inanln the country, the crank. who
{ IS the terror of famous men. has let him
severely alone.-Milwaukee Journal
The country would be a decided
gamer should this prove to be the last
of long line of shameful meetings be-
tween class of men VINO are disgrace
to any communicable Dispatch.
The fight was contest of Drawn and
brain, of youth and temperate living,
againSC equal Drawn perhaps, less brain.
less youth and body that is not
stranger to eXcesseS.-New York World.
Maria Mitchell used to tie great
astronomer. but she never saw one-
senth so many stars in so short space
or time as Charley Mitchell did at Jack
sonville yesterday afternoon.-Boston
Globe.
Strange. isn't it, that the newspapers
which printed The longest editorials
about the brutality of prize fighting
gave the most complete news accounts
of the Corbett- Mitchell contest?-Chi-
cago Dispatch.
The contemplate person in the whole
business is the governor of the state.
He has made prize fighters appear re-
spectacle by contrasting them with
such pusillanimouS person as himself.
Philadelphia Press.
Florida has had its first experience in
this sort of brutality, and it is to be
hoped the respectable citizens OF that
it can be enacted that will rigidly pro-
hibit prize fighting Omaha Bee.
We hope the people of Jacksonville
wish them no harm, but we shall not
complain if they will indnce the ''Chi-
cago delegation" of bruteS to remain
with them Chicago Evening Post.
The spectacle was one calculated to
fill with disappointment and dismay
those who have been hoping that the
vices and brutalitieS Of the prize ring
would disappear under the teachings of
a higher ciyiliZation.-Pitts Com.
mercial Gazette.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
flush of victory or the greed of ili-got-
ten gains will not delay or defeat the
necessary measures being taken to ab-
solutely prevent recurrence of the
disgusting scenes of Thursday at Jack
sonville.-Cleveland Herald.
PugilisJ Mitchell is person with
more courage than judgment. The
weakness that induced him twice to pit
himself against the redoubtable Sulli-
van has not been corrected by expert
ence. Ii he could not whip Sullivan,
how could he reasonably expect to con-
Quer Sullivan's conQuerOr.
phia Record.
That Corbett's hatred of Mitchell was
not feigned appeared plainly in the fact
that it would have led the champion to
sacrifice the big purse and nominally
lose the fight. had his seconds and the
referee not restrained him. The brute
in his nature was dominant, and, for
the time. he had all the viclousneSs of
savagery.-Detroit Free Press.
The evidence is strong that Gov.
Mitchell, of Florida, did all in his power
to prevent the fight which took place
within his bailiwick on Thursday.
Public sentiment did not stand by him
as it should have done and there was
nothing for him to do but yield as grace
fully as the annoying circumstances
would permit.-Detroit Free Press.
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