The evening times., 1895-08-29

On several occasions recently when Cor
bett has been approached reg arding his COM
ing encounter with Fitzsimnions, he has
been credited with saying that he could not
| be beaten because no one could hit him. II
lie hard to believe that even Corbett, witt.
all of the lofty notions he has about his
| own greatness, would make such a state
ment His performances don't warrant
il, If tho truth hae been told about him.
| In his meeting with Kilrain, the former
champion hit him often enough. but not hard
| enough. In his contest with Peter Jack
/ son, Peter hit him about every time Jim
went close enough to be reached, and II
was the fact that he could be hit that evi-
IDENTIFY prompted him to etcer clear or Peter
| for tho last ten rounds of that meeting.
Even diIa pidated old Sullivan hit him.
A tabulatcd statement, made by-Jimmy
Connors, who was at that tine boxing
instructor for the Buffalo Athletic Club,
and who attended the New Orleans car
nival, is resting because OF these al
legged claims OF Corbctt. Conncrs was
fromcrly a ring fighter, ard later trainer
of fighters He claims that Sullivan
landed forty-two head blows on Corbett
and thirteen body blows. Corbett landed
141 head blows and As body blows on
Sullivan The tame table gives statistics
of the McAuliffe and Meyer contest, and
it indicates McAuliffe TO have put up
much more rapid ard telling fight than
Corbett did.
Corbett and Sullivan fought twentypne
rounds, McAuliffc and Meyer fiftween
rounds Sullivan was fat, T!abby, warn
and unfit Meyer was in the prime OF Con-
dition. McAuliffc hit Meyer 1O3 timesin the
head and 16 times in the body. Meyer
hit McAuliffc As times in the head and
eight times in the body. This would GER
tainly Indicate that Jim is Lot 70 clever
as TO be beyond being hit. Another and
interesting thing that Conners' table
shows to be well founded is the claim of
Corbe,t's critics that the champion for
a hig man is a weak hitter. In the last four
rounds, Sullivan being almost helpless
and utterly incapable of defending him.
self, Corbett rained blows on him when
and where he pleased. During there four
rounds he hit Sullivan fifty-one tinics in
the face and head, and nineteen times in
the body During the first of there four
TO strike Corbett eight timcs In the last
round Of the battle Sullivan could not de-
liver a blow ard dropped his hands from
sheer exAaustion. Yet Corbett hit him
twenty-one times in the face, head, jaw,
and four times on the body before he got
him off his feet. =
Billy Madden, the famous manager OF
pugilists, is in New York after an absence
of nearly two years.
II the meeting of George Dixon and Johnny
Griffin OH Tuesday evening had lesson
in it, the lesson is that Dixon had better
keep clear of Kid Lavigne, a least for
while yet. O'Rourke has, it is said, been
thinking about matching the colored boy
with the Michig ander. The desire for a
line on Dixon as against Lavigne, was No
doubt what made O'Rourke consent to
allow George to box Griffin at the weight
he did, and he has got it, though it has
several kinks in it, that Tom may find
rather difficult TO satisfactorily straighten
out. Something like year ago Lavigne and
Griffin came together for a fifteen-round
bout. Lavigne failed to put Griffin out
or stop him, though he had the best of the
go. In his bout with Griffo, Griffin was not
in it. Griffo has boxed Dixon to a draw
twice, and now he comes along, and after
twenty-five rounds of hard work, he
manages to get a decision over Griffin,
though accounts of the contest say draw
would have been fair. 1t will be observed,
therefore, that things looked fairly well
for George as against the Kid until Tuesday
night. They do notlook SO encouragingnOw.
The Wilmington boxer, Frank Hoffecker,
is looking for match for some q 2-pounder.
An engagement may be scraped up for him
in washing ton.
The Eureka Club entertainment tonight
has stirred up unusual interest While the
bout between Daily and Dooly is billed as
the cheif attraction, the meeting between
Pat Raedy and jim Brown is uppermOst
Brown is an unknown quantity, but he is
in the minds of many who will attend.
Brown is an unknown quantity, bat he is a
big, broad-shouldered, good-natured fel-
low, who believes he has something in the
boxing way in him, and he seems confident
Raedy will be easy for him. Raedy, OF the
other hand, is anxious to put himself in
with Mcmillan, and he will, his friends say,
put up q strong mill, and feels sure he will
defeat Brown in short order. This bout can
hardly be looked to for much skill or science,
but it will no doubt be quite vigorous.
The Dooly and Daily meeting should be a
good one from a scientific standpoint.
Daly's cleverness ia well known. II IS said
by good judges of skillful boxing that
Dooley is not behind the Wilmington man In
this respect.
Charlie Kemmick, at one time one of the
very best welter- r-weight pugjlists in Amer
lea, died at Denver few days ago Of con-
sumption. Kemmick was only 25 years old
yet he claimed record of thirty-three win
ning fights. Among the men whom Kem-
mick met, II memory is not at fault, was
Hite Peckhaln, now of this city.
Joe wolcott defeated Dick O'Briep for
the second time at Boston last night.
O'prien. who has fought some pretty good
men, and who has been making bid for
middle weight honors, was very easy for
the coiored man, though he had twelve
pounds the best of Joe in weight. The
match was for twenty-five rounds, but
W9lcott went at his man hand and fist and
ended matters before the first round closed
by knocking O'Brien out cleanly and neatly
after he Ind been knocked down twice.
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