The times., 1898-10-17


than Corbett.
There is prospect the Ben Jordan the
English lad. who bested George Dixon,
when they met last Spring. will return to
this country some time this Winter. He
is matched to fight Darkey Wallace in
London early in December and II he
wins, as he probably will, he may be seen
here shortly after Christmas. Tommy
White would like to meet him provided
Jordan will scale at l26 pounds. This he
will hardly do. he can fight well and
fit at 100. English fighters are much more
careful about weight than their true
American confrere. They will maggie and
dispute for weeks over a pound of diff
ference but White made but an
Indifferent showing with Jordan in Lon
don, Ben may be induced to specially
favor him in the matter of avoirdupJis.
! Billy Madden, who is now Whites mana
ger. says that Tommy can no longer
fight at less than 126 pounds and be
strong.
Oscar Gardner, Notwithstanding the
fact that he is to box Sammy Kelly at
the Lenox Athletic Club on October IS,
is hustling around the country boxing
every man he can meet at equal weights.
When asked why he fought SO many
times, he replied: The best practice. ex-
perience and training l can get are the
results of my method. l run only one
danger, and that is in damaging my
hands so that my boxing will be i'm
paired This idea of waiting around a
city for three months to get on a bout
does not appeal to me. l will box for
slOO or 500 when / can't get $l,0OO. am
In the business to make money, and there
is no money in idleness.'
Robert Fitzsimmons is persona non
grata at the Gilsey House, New York,
where he was recently refused meal
by Boniface Breslin. Fitz entered the
hotel by the Broadway entrance about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, so the story
runs, and walked into the mems dining
room. He was looking over the menu
card when the hotel owner approached
/ him.
- do not wish you 10 dine here said
Mr. Breslin. al shall be obliged If you
will leave. ] cannot permit my employees
to serve you.
trace of color flew TO "Fitzs" checks,
but he kept his seat and answered stead
ily enough: 81 am now an ordinary citi-
zen. There is nothing in my conduct
at present to make me objectionable 10
anyone here Why do you bar me?'
II do not wish your trade" said Land
lord Breslin: you will oblige me by leav-
ing"
Fitzsimmons reached for his hat. walk
ed into the corridor and out to the main
entrance, where he stood for a few sec
onds, and then strobe down Broadway.
Joe Walcott has the following to say
of Tommy Ryan: Tommy issues a chal
| lenge to anybody under 15s pounds, but he
draws the color line. and a good reason
why drove him out of the welter-
weight class. My manager tried all he
knew how to have him make a match for
| five years, but cunning Tommy could not
see me. 1 will meet Ryan at any weight.
and will agree to weigh not over 40
pounds myself and will undertake to stop
him He may offer the old. stale excuse
that Lavigne has two decisions over me.
What of that? He would never meet
Lavigne. He knows he will draw the
| largest crowd he ever played to if he will
| agree to meet me.
The Lavigne-Tracey fight is what every
| one is looking forward to now in San
| Francisco. The chances are that the
| National Club Will have such crowd OF
| spectators as has never before packed
| Woodward's pavilion. Lavigne will start
! in the betting at about 10 to favorite,
| according to the present outlook. The
| Kid is now on his way to San Francisco
| as fast as railway train can carry him.
The wordy quarrels between Corbett
| Fitzsimmons and Kid Mccoy have done
as much as any other cause TO bring the
ring into disrepute. The bad names and
| the insulting epithets they have applied
| to each other, to say nothing of the
/ charge of cowardice and currishness they
have made, have left a bad taste in the
mouths of the American sporting public
| which it viii take many cachous of per-
formance TO remove. The lesser lights of
! the ring seldom berate each other in this
| reprehensible way. Why should the big
guns be so jawsmithy? AS Hamlet says,
they should reform" 1t altogether
Tommy White Is now the undoubted
126-pound champion of America-they call
1t nine stone in England. White is Billy
Madden's man, and 1t was on Madden's
advice that Tommy went in with his
| right on Monday to finish up Danny Nc
Bride. The New York boy had been
thinking that he had an easy thing when
Madden, as Whites adviser told his man
| to go in with the right. This was in the
second round. White had never before
| been known to be possessed of a right
| hand. His former efforts had been gen.
| orally in the way of jabbing with left
| and defending himself Madden, Some-
| how or other, discovered that Tommy
was carrying a forcible right with him.
| Go in with your right said Madden.
| Thomas went In with the right, used it
| with all power. and there was no more
| Mcbride. 1t may be that there never
| was case of care taker in a corner
winning a fight better illustrated than in
that event on Monday night. This state
ment is nothing in the way of disparage-
ment to Tommy White. On the contrary
| 1t shows how apt and smart White is.
Tom was told to do a certain thing by
man who has been in the business for
years, and Tommy had the horse sense
to appreciate the judgment of the other
man. White went in under instructions
and won. White had never before been
known as a hitter. All of a sudden he
learned that he could hit, and he did.
And he put his man out You have got
to admire the generals who lay out the
plans.
Young Griffo who isn't by years as
young as he used to be, is fast going to
pieces physically and mentally. He is an
other example of the folly of undertaking
to fight John Barleycorn. Critic had an
iron constitution and he Thought no. ing
could undermine 1t, but he was mistaken.
He dearly loved blooming good g'ass
of ale," and his affection for the wine
and malt was SO sincere and constant