Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-25
OSCAR TOOK LONG CHANCES.
Wheeling Friends Of Gardner Not
SURPRISED at His Defeat
BY HAMILTON IN NEW YORK.
VIEWS OF HIS TRAINER-CAMP-
BELL DRAWS THE COLOR LINE.
RESULTS OF SUNDAY GAMES
IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
BOWLING AND OTHER SPORT
ING MATTERS.

Oscar Gardeners carelessness, his dis
position to hold an opponent too cheap
~, and his lack of care and training,
long ago caused his Wheeling admirers
to express the fear that he would go
against some strong fellow who would
put him out of the business. Hamil-
tors decision over him in New York
last week was not a surprise, therefore.
Nearly every lover Of the boxing game
in Wheeling, and thousands of compe-
tent judges throughout the country as
well, regard Gardner in condition as the
best man at his weight in the prize
ring. he Omaha Kid has been meet
ing all corners, and winning nearly all
his battles. The ease with which he
disposed of nearly all Of his opponents
made him careless.
1t is a notorious fact that Gardner
has not been taking proper care Of
himself in Wheeling. He aspired to
the championship, yet he has virtually
thrown away a chance to reach the
highest rung on the pugilistic ladder
He has always been hard man to
train, for the reason that he is inclin-
ed to be indolent. The only man who
ever succeeded in getting him into any
thing approaching fit condition is
Hugh Arnold, and it is a significant
fact that Arnold has been in Wheeling,
while Oscar has probably entrusted his
training to Harry Fischer. When he
left this city for the East, he weighed
141 pounds, and was heavier than at
any time in his life.
Gardeners defeat is due to his care
lessness, says Hugh Arnold. He has
Just about gone into the ring hog fat
without more than day or two OF
training, holding Hamilton cheap be-
cause he was not a top notcher. He
gave away weight, too, as Hamilton
went into the ring at 1875, and every
body knows that Oscar can fight at ia
Hamilton was probably a strong fellow
and in first-class condition, and the re-
suit is Oscar got the worst of it from
fellow he had no right to face IN
ring. He is very careless about his
training. The only actual work he did
for most of his fights in the last year,
was done on the day before and the
morning of the battle.
"The people who think Oscar is stale
because he has not fought for several
months, are mistaken. The weight he
took on would do him world of good,
If he would go to work right, and reduce
It, If he would work himself down to
116 pounds, he would be in as good
form as at any time in his life 1t is
the constant drying out of the stomach
that makes a boxer go stale, and not
taking on weight in a natural way.
81 have not the least doubt IN the
world that Gardner can best Terry Nc
Govern. McGovern is a good man, but
he has not whipped any fighters who
could punch. Wait until he goes
against Dixon, before you rate him as
a world beaten If he would go right
into Gardner he would find a man who
relished that style of fighting, and after
Oscar jabbed him once or twice he
would stop his rushes. 1 never saw
Oscar back away from any man, and
I've been with him for seven years. If
he gets match with McGovern within
the next year, and trains properly for
it, he will win"