St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-01

the contest between Fitzslmmons and
Peter Maher, breaks the record with
contestants and purse of such magni-
tude. ard sets one to thinking. 1t
gives the appearance that somebody.
most everybody. has, been sold and Is
sore. What is the state of these peo-
pies minds that have bee1 chasing
about after the fighters for the last
month or so? Will they ever chase
any more? 1t Is said about half of the
congregation did not see the fight al
all, being engaged in adjusting place
to sit on, ETC.
One disgusted sport writer in a Sum
day morning paper, of Chicago. calls
up the shades OF Bendigo, the Upton
Slasher, Keenan,, Sayers and others on
this account. II when these giants
met" he says, there were veritable
battles, and they were not fought in
minute. either" Then he belittles
the latter5daye exponent for doing a
Knockout so quick, arguing that it Is
another sure sign of the decadence OF
pugiiism. But is 1t? Maybe If there
were more such single-punch affairs
new lie would be pumped into the art.
For instance, had 1t only been known
beforehand that no more time were
wanted for aefinish. Pete and Fitz
could have put up their dukes In the
midst OF Clark street and a squad of
police only one bio ~ away could not
have reached them III time to stop the
new chapter In histology to save their
lives FROM Satan.
OF course a lot of people are Sore.
but f1tz Is an artist, all the same,
and 1t argues poor knowledge of the
striking power Of modern glovemen-
SUCH as Fitz-to compare them with
oId-tlmers who had to pound one
another In the face for hours with bare
knuckles before registering q victory.
Stand such by-gone fellows of the
raw'uns as Morrissey, Sayers, Yankee
Sullivan and the rest In @ row and
they would melt before the stuffed
glove of Fitz like butter-men before
a red-hot rod.
Mighty is the slung-shot rip of the
kangaroo mani
Cooke. in the Detroit Free Press,
writes: Long-range newspaper SPAR
ring will slcken the people and
It will be for the good of
the game that these men, through their
managers, make g. match and fight 20
rounds before one OF the clubs in Lon
don. where there will be protection and
no form of cross-country lodging. The
American public may not like Corbett's
actions, but as a fighter not a murmur
greatest of all Of the men that ever
stepped into ring, and even his
enemies know this. Fitzsimmons is
not only wonderful fighter, but he
must have rabbits foot tucked away
somewhere, as he has had excellent
runs of luck in several Of his battles.
Corbett Is the taller and the heavier
OF the two, but Fitzsimmons has the
greater reach and there is a question
as to the hitting abilities of the two
men. F'itzsimmonS gained the reputa-
ton as light hitter in his match with
Dempsey, but he showed that he could
hit when he fixed Hall and Creedon in
such short order. In his fight with
Jackson Corbett would have won had
he used harder blows, and in the match
with Sullivan he did not hit very hard.
The match with Mitchell came and he
knocked the little Englishman about
like a football, scoring a clean and
hard knockout. Thus. both men have
shown that they can hit hard at short
range, or spar and DO effective work at
long range and they seem to be more
evenly matched than have any two
since Fitzsimmons and Hall were
matched. AS to ring generalship there
is difference of opinion. Fitzsimmons
is claimed Nv some 20 be foolhardy and
a lucky man. while Corbett is the ideal
of cautiousne IS. .tt
Should they meet the battle should
be productive of more science than has
yet been shown in the ring, and
it will certainly be a great betting
match, as Fitzsimmons at about five to
four would have plenty of followers.
AS to the claim of Denver Ed Smith,
Choynski and others, they are hardly
worth passing notice. Smith beat
Goddard and this is the only thing in
his favor oCerbettbeat Choynski with
out much trouble and Fitzsimmons
had him all but out when the police in
terfered. A new one will have to be
unearthed to make more than two in
the championship class.
1t is possible that in the near future
glove exhibitions will be given in New
York as they now are in London. A
bill, which is now before the legisla-
ture and which is expected to become a
law, prohibits prize fighting, but pro-
vfles that sparring exhibitions with
gloves Of not less than five ounces in
weight may be held by a domestic in
corported athletic association in
building occupied by it for at least one
year under a lease, or in a building
owned and occupied by such an asso-
citation.
A match between Oscar Gardner, the
Omaha Kid, and Eugene Bezenah, the
well-known featherweigit of Coving-
ton, has been arranged
Mysterious Billy Smith has not yet
caught on in England. His proposed
match with Ted Pritchard has petered
out. Smith boxed in private and made
a good impression on the Englishmen.
Nels Innes, sporting editor of the
Boston Herald has just issued the 96
edition of his valuable little book, en-
titled Ring Record and Fistic Facts"
which last year was in such demand.
The book is of vest pocket size, 136
pages, and contains the complete rec
ords, with cuts, of over fifty of the
leading pugilists OF the world.
Curt" pugilistic writer of the New
York Recorder, says he is glad to hear
that Jack McAuliffe Is really training
for his six-round boxing contest with
kid" Lavigne, which is scheduled to
come off at Madison Square Garden on
March H. 1t is doubtful If any one
can point to even one contest in which
he has been engaged where he did little
else than do what Sammy Nelson once
said of the general run of boxers, ''get
a haircut and a shave" In Jacks bat
ties with Carney, Myer and Carroll, the
lightweight champion was VIGOROUSLY
unfit, but he VASES much better than
his opponents that he pulled himself
through a winner.
Jack recognizes now that he has one
more chance, and as consequence he
mas Deen WORKING OH MS superhuouS
flesh at Bath, Beach by taking long
road runs and sparrfng with big Andy
Shields 1t isosaidt that he has already
taken off ten pounds, and he proposes
to take off ten more, SO that he will
weigh 140 on1the might o. the coming
contest.
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