The herald., 1898-03-07

Monday night when Jeffries whipped Cod
dard because the latter would not fight,
but raced around the ring in most cow
ardly manner.
1t was stated after this so-called contest,
and seemingly with truth, that the Los
Angeles Athletic club could not foresee
what was going to happen and that they
supposed that Goddard would do his work
as he was known to be in the best of con-
dition. One official of the club went so far
as to state that had the directors had any
idea that Goddard would show such yell
low streak they would have called the
fight off and substituted another or more
than one until their patrons were satisfied.
This may have been true at the time
and the club was in no way blamed for tie
tiasco until the payment of $500 was made
to Goddard. By making that payment and
announcing that it was for training ex-
penses the suspicious of lovers of honest
sport was reused against the club and
when later the proposition was made to
give another fight with the proceeds of
the last one and guarantee the people sat
isfaction, it was received with no enthusi-
asm whatever. There will, of course, be
other fights here, but it will be long
time before the Athletic club can command
S17OO house again.
O O O
INeu L HilllpS OIL ludnO, VINO claims to
be the lightweight champion of the Pa
cific northwest, has sent The Herald a
challenge to Bob Thompson for a fifteen
round go for the best purse which may
be offered for the fight, the match to take
place four weeks after the signing of the
articles. Phillips agrees, in event the fight
he makes is not entirely satisfactory to
those who witness it, to donate his share
of the purse to any charitable institution
~ To f- do
sufficient to insure his presence in the ring.
O O O
Bob Jones has quit the gridiron and
will hereafter devote himself to the prize
ring. His victory over Dan Long. whom
he knocked out in 2 minutes and 35 sec
onds, has not exactly spoiled him, but
has decided his future course so far as
sport is concerned. The blow which set
tied Long was chance one, but Jones
claims to have been waiting for that
chance, and, like Fitz at Carson City, took
advantage of his opportunity. Many per-
sons who saw the fight last Monday night
thought Jones was the man who appeared
in the ring here several months ago and
was knocked out. The men are not iden-
tical, however, last Mondays victory be-
ing Jones first appearance before a large
audience.
The movement on foot in New York
among sporting men to form new rules
fr the benefit of the boxing game should
be pushed vigorously. One thing that is
an absolute necessity is new classifica-
ton of weights. The weight limits of the
different classes should be readjusted
We have now bantams who are really
featherweights, feathers who are light
weights, and so on up to the heavies Kid
Mccoy, Dan Creedon and Jack Bonner
are three fighters who style themselves
middleweights, but are really heavy
weights. These men could not do them
selves justice in the ring at 15S pounds.
Mccoy and Creedon fought at Long
Island City for the middleweight cham
pionship. yet the former tipped the beam
at 1G5 pounds, while the latter has ac-
knowledged that he weighed 40 Tommy
Ryan is the welterweight champion, and
it is extremely doubtful If he can now do
las pounds He fought Green in Frisco
last Friday night, and both men were
near the 1853 mark Dick OBrien is an
other wclterweight who prefers the middle
division. Kid McPartland and Charley Nc