The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
SOME THOUGHTS ON puG1L1sM.

The termination of the late gladatorial divertise
ment by the sad waves that crawl and wrinkle
the sands of Coney Island leaves the pugstic
field wide open for retrospective comment. That the
result is eminently satisfactory the better element
of American citizenship be truthfully gainsaid
In eleven short tful feversh rounds the ring cham
ponship of the world has been wrested from the land
of the kangaroo and returned to the claws of the
American eagle. The dizzy career of the lean Aus
tralian has been cut short in sudden of
centrated dizziness to which he has heretofore
a stranger Who is the unpatriotic American citizen
unwilling crack his heels together such an
expected, though happy denOuement of the mxup2
Has it not again been proven that, while we
may be trife dilatory in subjugation of the
elusive Filipino, America on her own ground can
whip the world? Alb bora questionis it
that Prof Fitzsimmens UP against the real thing
His time had come. He DUE His
dipping III the West and the great undefeated
compelled to shed his acquired glory all about the
ring in the presence Of 100000 worth of agitated
spectators. Fitz groggy. Fitz, the champion of
two distinct classes. Fz the Lanky. Ftz the Black
smith, Fitz the Kangaroo aut quocunque alio nomine
vocaris, went out in the eleventh round and yester
days dawned upon champion in the per
Of husky lad from the Golden Gate named
Jeffres The pitcher had gone to the well once too
often. In rerum natura 1t was broken. LIE roi est
mort; vive lie roli
Now that the affair ut Coney Island has been sue
cessfully 'puled off" we are given pause to look
around and contemplate the ruins At the time Prof.
Corbett plueked the laurel wreath from the Joyian
brow of Prof. Sullivan. the late Edwin Booth quiet
ly remarked: Il am glad to that the championship
has not gone out Of the theatrical profession" But
now, alas. 1T has. voluntarily, retired the gar
ish glare of the fooghts and the nse of the stage
From the split lips Of the successful pug himself
Prof Jeffries dripping caret from an inadvertent
punch contributed by Prof. Fitzsimmons, we have
the melancholy assurance that he will not aspire to
dramatic eminence The mask of Momus and the
fnky cloak Of Hamlet never swerve the newborn
champion from the path Of pugilistic duty On the
contrary he vaantly announces that he will remain
open for challenge from the wide wide world and
continue to give slug for slug bar none.
And there are other solemn reflections in this ret
respective hour Of triumph and defeat Multa sunt
in morbus dissentanea, multa sine ratione How
chances 1t that Chief of Police Devery proclaimed
In clarion tones that the first knockdown would ter
inmate the MILL and then ngleriousy retreated with
In his official shell? Varnn ct mutabiie! Where
was Deyery when the light went out? And where
was DeEery when the Kangaroo having been Aoored
FIVE times went out altogether? All that can be said
at the present time is that the chief police put I'D
great and let us trust. successful bluff It was
a good stagger at virtue. even If it did miss the
shining mark.
Yhe passing ef the Australian iarrikin mus1.
necessarily excite sympathy IN certain quarters
FftzsfmmeHs is not wholly devoid of some commend
able qualities, The antipodean pug at least never
declared himself gentleman at the close Of every
light nor has 1t ever been positively established thar
he ever swindled fond, confdfng public by hippe-
dromic arts and wiles Eitzsimmons went out as he
came in, fighting for all there was in it. But the
game is up, - -,....