The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20

big fighters whom Sullivan whipped
rather handily, were OF the old school OF
pugllists who were taught to swing their
! dukes and take chances on landing a
Knockout blow.
| Corbett and Mitchell punched straight
| from the shoulder, and, of course, they in
| variably landed, while the swinging blows
of their opponents reached only about
halfway on their journey to face or body.
Corbett proved, in his battle with Sulli-
van that straight-arm punch, although
| probably not as dangerous or as effective
| as swinging blow, is in the long run the
winning style. Jackson proved the same
| thing in his fight with Paddy Slavin who,
by the way, is reegated to the shelf if the
result of his fight with Peter Maher on
Thursday night is to be taken as line
on his present fighting ability,
Apropos of the once great fighter Slavln,
Jim Corbett's old trainer Billy Delaney,
recently received a letter from old Jem
Mace, who is now 65 years old, which
stated that before Slavins departure from
the land of good old roast beef and stout,
Mace put on the gloves with Paddy, and
was surprised to find him such an easy
mark to hit.
The letter terminated with "P. S." in
which the old English champion said:
"Billv, on the dead, Slavin is gone
ROOS0. ne can lSuL duN nOIoy duu, II
Maher is any good, he will certainly put it
on him"
Corbett should certainly whip Sharkey.
The only chance the sailor has of winning
public favor is to mix it up with jim, and,
instead of Corbett chasing Sharkey, the
latter's only hope is to chase Corbett,
and-''catch him if he can"
The following letter from a Stockton
correspondent is self-explanatory:
The boxing exhibition of the Stockton
Athletic Association was the best thing OF
its kind that has been seen in this city
since the palmy days OF boxing when
Charles Turner was in his prime and de-
lighted Stocktonians with his cleverness.
Every seat in the big gymnasium had
been sold long before the opening OF the
doors. The first event was not announced
until after 9 o'clock, and before that time
nearly every seat was occupied. Billy
Armstrong acted as master of ceremonies
and announced that the first event OF the
evening would be a two-round bout be-
tween Billy Scott, acolored boy, and Billy
Mcmahon.
The contest was for points and lasted
two rounds. Scott donned blackened
gloves and Nc Mahon fought with a pair
dipped in chalk. The first round was q
hot one and, while the white boy landed
more blows than his opponent, Scott had
him covered with SCOT before the round
ended. The second round was repetition
OF the first and caused much merriment
among the spectators. Armstrong de-
clared the bout draw. Armstrong
next introduced Danny Mahopey and Joe
Sullivan, both well known in their class.
The event was to be a six-r round contest
and it was promised that the decision
would be given to the man who did the
most aggressive work and made the most
points. Mahoney certainly scored the
most points, but the contest was declared
draw by Referee McCreedy.
The event of the evening was 10-rou nd
go between Ben Lewis, a colored lad, and
Jim Lawlor. Both weighed in at 125
pounds.
The contest was declared q draw, al
though the best and most aggressive fight
ing was done by Lawlor.
The crowd cheered both fighters and