The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-01

the rourngc Of their convictions was
Amply shown by the mpnncr ia which
they made the other man a strong favor
tr, vet jackson mtdo the eight of his
lie lie WINS rs spry and rs supple as
u panther, aud he wulloped his old Aus.
trHhNn rival In the most artistic man
nor pOSaihlu thut's no hid either Re-
momherng all those things Il isn't safe 10
assume that Peter has outivcd his use
iulncse ns n ihuwpcr OF his fclluwmen
until Valentines statements are amply
Carrohornted, 1t Is MI old sporting hdage
that n lighters opinion of n Fighter isn't
worth the breath It takes To place 1t on
record, aud for the present Intending
chalrnpers of Jackson had better keep
an sl,lmlating that some plncu south oi
Mnson and DiNon's line must be the
scene of the battle
The history of the prize ring does no,
afford parallel 10 tho career ot tho
worlds champion frNthcr-wcight, George
DIXON. ilo has met mere good men IN
hil clase thnn nny other fighter that has
ever figured within the magic squire. and
successfully, too licsidrs tho good mon
he has faced he has gone Mp against Ill
Z knds of sNffs, who thought they were
/ Fighters and tried to Withstand him for
| four rounds when he has been on tours
Injecting ALI Corners" His hands must
the work yet he has never complained.
II IL II wonder TO me he has sound
knucklo on his hands hut the Chnmpinn'S
dukes nfa all right. His manager Tom
O'Rourl,c IL hustler although Il Is
hut few days since he went up nEaihSt
the "ioAther.' Young t,ri0o, ! am told
that ho has two other matches on hand.
Houston a, the present timo has the
honor of entertaining Jack flendorNon,
tho clover Philadelphia lightweight
Henderson has brru in TeAns some six
Wnoks. aud brought with him excellent
testimonials to his cleYerness ~ the ropod
nrrnn mud llH manly bearing In private
no The shifiy bruiscr from tho town
~ Qunkers did not expect to find much
for hia hands to do in Houston and *
gimpy hiding his time hero while his MP
Intention for 4 match with Young GriWo
Il being considered by the Eastern boxing
clubs,
Roddv Gallagher. n fcnthor weight
bnrer of some note, who Inns been In
Houston for the past month. left last
Thursday for New Orleans whore he ex.
poets to gel ON with some Eastern crack.
Kctldy h all right aud will surely make
good butllc With the best men IN his
class
| had the very extreme pleasure of
seeing MIR. Roach in practice the other
dny. Mr. Roach " the gentleman who
will do the twirlinR for the Houston base
hnll team this coming sen son. THIS prne.
tice game | speak NJ WAS at the old
grounds ont on Travis street. Roach
was IN the box. Manager Carson DONG
tho hack sion work. while sam Tauh held
down second | don't think have ever
snnn a prrtticr worker than this man,
Ronph Ilc hns perfect command over
die ball and If he don't keep whole lot
Of those 'rexae longners mp queer street
breaking their backs reaching for the
groceries he deals out then I'm very
much on the bum IN my judgment 81 n
bah player, Our genial manager, MI.
Carson. did some very nice catching
too he Inns lost none OF bis old time cley.
eruess IN handling the sphere and In prac-
tice with Mr.. Roach he doomed UP Ike
n silver knob on two story tenement.
There H. Of course. little necessity of
dwelling on the brilliant playing Of sam
Tauh, be played the sccoud bag for NIL
there was in IL. and was never Idle u
moment-it was either n chase Hfter the
hill or n rub NJ tho pcrsprati0n which
seemed 20 accumulate in rather largo
quantities al over Sans classical coun-
icnance. Manager Carson win see 20 II
that sam has one. or ono md hall or
two email boys TO rub him down at the
Bddy Bishop.