The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-05-11
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II Absut Is Fight
THE BATTLE WITH THE KANGAROO
VIII Show Whether tho 9 californian Is
Really tho Stuff ofWhioh Cham-
pions are Made. ....

Now that it seems probable that Cor
bett and F'itzsinlmons, the foremost pui
gi1ists of the day, Will fight within the
next six months, an analysis Of the two
and their capabilities in the line for
which they are FAMOUS will not be out of
place, says the New York Sun. !. There
has been a disposition In some quarters
| to regard Fitzsimmons as an easy prey
| for the Californian and C0rbeJt himself
scoffed at the pretentions Of the long,
lean Australian, until almost forced by
public opinion to take up the gauntlet
which Fitzsimmons had thrown down.
| That nothing succeeds like success is
| Illustrated most forcibly in the case of
James j. Corbett. He came into promi-
nenee, as a pugilist ollt of an &atrtlos-
phere which has furnished few gladiators
of the prize, ring, and the fact that he
was a young man of education went
long way toward placing Aim upon: the
pedestal he occupied almost from: the
| first day When he blossomed forth like
some of the flowers of his own native
state. His battle with Choynsky, fol
lowed by his draw with Peter Jackson,
sent him to the foremost ranksof pugil-
ism with a rush that was meteoric; yet
he had accomplished nothing that Fitz-
simmons has not proved himself capable
of doing, and when he defeated Jake
! Kilrain, John L. Sullivan and Charles
Mitchell he did not add one whit to his
reputation with those who gave the sub
! ject any study. Two Of the men he CEN
ouered were long past their prime, were
burdened with fat, and ssscant Of
| BREATH and were unfit for such work
as the prize ring .emphat-
| ically Of those who would he successful
within its confines. The third, while
III better physical condition than Kill
rain or Sullivan, was. some forty pounds
lighter than the champion and the top
most curl Of his round head did not wave
higher than tie chin Of the man who
knocked him down and ont fourteen.
| months ago at Jacksonville. ~
There is no desire on the part Of the
writer to beiittle Corbett;' in fact, he is
friendly to the Californian. :Corbett is
a great .pugilist, and has shown clever
ness of hand and foot that would have
seemed remarkable a decade ago. He is
a fighter cf the new school Of which he:
himself and Fitzsimmons are the lead:
ing exponents. But In: all truth heshas
not yet whipped a pugilist Of the first
class, and he should not be|heralded as
the fighter of the age until he. defeats
Fitzsimnlons. who. has by the Hardest
kind ,of work battled upward and on
ward until he merits the right, OF fight
ing for the championship. The writer
has seen most of the ring encounters in
which Corbett and Fitzsimmons have
taken part, and in none Of them, has
CorI,ett exhibited more skill than the
man who will soon face him in contest
that will mean everything to- both OF
fhap m ma GQrhAff.
Sullivan fight at New Orleans will never
forget how slow the one-tinle idol Of the
fstic world was A school boy could
have avoided most. Of the PUSHES and;
swings he made, and there was no great
| amount of. skill necessary to go in and
put to sleep man who, when thorough
ly tire Of his exertions- and burdened by
thirty pounds Of surplus fat, was almost
| too weak to keep his hands on guard.
Nobody who saw that fight: doubts for
one moment the ability Of Jim Hall, Joe
Choynsky, or any other man Of their.
class, to have defeated John l.. Sullivan
on that night. and there were tears in
the eyes OF those who recalled the man
who pulled off his shirt in the ring at.
Mississippi City with Paddy Ryan, ~
even the man who defeated Jake Kilrain
at Richburg. It was 8 lamentable apol-:
| OSF lOl LilS IL. .outlItdll VI w iliCA
days that, bruised and bleeding, chung
|. to the ropes and told the throng that he.
| had fought once too often, and there
wasn't Ii heart III that big arena that did
not ache Tor him. :: Charles Mitchell,
| middle weight, who never should have
! fought out Of Ills Class. would have been
. victim for Fitzsimmons, but .CoEbett
was fortunate enough to- be. the cham
pion, and be- caught the. prize, Sand no
money was ever more easily earned than
the purse offered by the Florida Athletic
club for this contest. The disparity In
the size of the men was ludicrous, and
nothing short of miracle could have
robbed Corbett of victory. Towering
above his British adversary, he had "a
great advantage in height as we'll as
reach, and theresult was foregone con-
clusion when the men sat in their cor
ners waiting for the call Of time.
With Fitzsimmons' long line of VIC.
tories the public is familiar. The only
stain on his. character as a. pugilist Is
the confessed. lay down for Jim Hallin
Australia That F'itzsimmons has, never
ceased to- regret this; he has shown re-
peatedly, and that he Is superior man
he demonstrated to the satisfaction Of
all at New Orleans It has been fire.
quently said that .Fitzsirnnnons beat Hall
hy getting in a. chance blow but is it
not remarkable that this long antipo-
dean should get in a "chance' blow on
ali OF the men he meets, and that they
should all 20 down and out in much the
same fashion when that ponderous fist
Of his finds resting place OH the jaw or
chin? Choynski, Hall, Maher, Demp-
sey, and all the rest of thea, have had