The evening times., 1895-10-03
SPORTS Are DISGRUNTLED
Governor Culbsrson's Knockout
Spoils a Feast for Them.
Local Talent Believes Both Jim and
Bob Are Entirely Satisfied That
There VIII he No Fight.

far as Texas is conc erned, is done for The
action OF the legislature Of that State yes
tcrday was discussed everywhere about
tow II Today, and il had freezing effect
oil the boxers and their friends.
The question that was on everybody's
tongue as, will Corbett and Fitzsinmons
fight. Some thought they would, others
thought the. wouldn't, and the ''wouldn't'
" ing no doubt are nearly right.
II is a well known TACT that Corbett did
not " ant 10 make a match with Fitzsim
mons He insisted that he should not be
asked To fight IA man W To was not in his
class He said hc " as imposed upon when
he was forced into the fight by newspaper
and other hard hearted people.
Fi;zsinmons has been saying he was
spelling Ior a fight. He probably thought
he was when the match was first made.
He seems, how ever, TO have changed his
miud If lie had not he would not lave
made the kicks that have been heard from
him % la;c. Men " ho really want Ia fight
do not lay wake at night watching for
things To iurn up that they can use to keep
them ircm fighting.
The present status Of things gives hoth
Corbe,t ard Filzsimmons a chance that
il is entirely safe 10 predict they W Ill will &.
ingly accept. That is to say. I've wanted
TO fight, but the law stopped us" That is
about hat they will say, and there will
be 10 fight.
The defeat of Erslish Arthur Valentine
at the hands of Carley Mckeevcr last night,
blasts the Foreigners hopes for an inter
national championship battle. Though
the fight " as not a great one, II proves that
McKecvcr is a promising candidate for
pugilistic honors that the top notchers
will have to recognize hereafter.
Johnny Giynn ard Joe Baicman v i'll be-
gin training regularly this week for their
bout, " hich s set for the night OF the 18th
This promises 10 be very interesting al
fair. Glyrn and Batcman have faced each
other Tvs ice before in The roped arena, ana
neither meeting was wholly satisfactory
10 either of them. They we're especially ulf
satisfactory to Batcman, who thinks he
got The " orst of the decision both times.
In the coming event both men promise to
be in prime condition, and clipping mill
should and doubtless willbe pu up by them.
GIynn and Bateman are Il very evenly
matched pair.
The talk that is being made about
match between Joe Choynski and Bod
FitZsinmons " i'll no doubt cEd i'll smoke.
Ii looks like an advertisement for Choynski
and nothing more II the fight betw cen
Corbett and FitZsimmons falls through
III
Texas " i'll keep them from fighting, and
because they can find no other place 10
fight and il Corbctt and Fitzsimmons can't
fight it is not likely that Corbett and Mahcr
car. fight OF that Choynsh and Fitzsim-
mons can fight, either in Texas, Indian
Territory, Mexico, or any other part OF
the country.
And now the governor of Kentucky has
set hinisclr against prize fighting. He has
notified the mayor of Louisville that the
bout between Billy Murphy and Johnny
Griffin must not be allow cd to come OFT
The pair were matched to meet on the 1th
of this month. Louisville has OF late been
holding her arena wide open 10 the boxers.
1t was there Kid Mccoy beat Dick Moore
only few weeks ago, ard many fights or
minor importance have been pulled off
there within the past year or two. The
outlook for the boxers at present has blue
tingc nearly eyeryw here.
The governor of Massachusetts has con-
graduated Gov. CuIberson on the deter
mined stand he has taken against prize
fighting. and Eends him the encouraging in
formation that in his State prize fighting
is a felony, punishable by ten years impris-
onment in the penitentiary. There is
prize fight or two in the very heart of Bos-
ton about every week III the year.
The good bout put up by Howard Wilson
against Jack DAILY last Monday night has
inspired the colored boys friends with
even more confidence than they had in him
before. The decision was against Wilson,
but the man of his pounds and experience
who can give the clever Daily as good
set-to as he did certainly has the making
of a good one in him. When 1t is remem-
bered that Wilson has no one-to look after
him, as nearly all good fighters have, but
that he runs along entirely on his own
hook, it can be more clearly seen that he
must be pretty likely young fellow.
There is good deal of disappointment
among the short hairs that there is no
prospect of Fred Morris getting go here.
Morris was formerly a Washingtonian, but
is now making Philadelphia his stamping
ground. He was considered a good man
before he left this city, but has improved
greatly in the past year, and good judges
of boxers here and elsewhere believe him
to be capable of giving any 150-pound man
now in the fighting business in this coun-
try a very stiff argument. In fact, some
of his more enthusiastic supporters declare
that none of the 150-pounders are as good
as he is. Morris is much disappointed at
failing to get on match with Mccoy. He
saws he believes he can best him, and as
the Kid has made quite a name recently
Fred says such a victory W Ould be the max
ing of him. He says about every man he
has tried to match with of late has drawn
the color line on him.