The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-06

son. J would th-re Were more lkc hiIu III
the fstic profession.
"Whon a man ISN'T good for anything
Csc, there are two occupations open t.
hina-atrays openly which ne can make
. living. II he is q Glib t4lk"v. rr can be
come = I,tc-H-sgrHuer g-r.f. and IL Ee
hasn't The sin OF CAB g--iupirE. ne can
start 4 saloon and SOL beer and r.m."
This Was tie statement I heard q know
Ing Oh! cove Ma.;p once upon q time. Well,
Il doesn't 20. Every smooth tJik-r cant
succeed as az insurance agent, and there
are as many failures in the saloon business
as III aH! tth4F- II You don't believe this
ask ihe business manager cf yOJr nearest
bre%,ry. H. caG tell you al about &c.. Ene
latest it!l-te IL the saloon business among
the lighters - George Dixon Only e couple
Of mCathS ago Ia. little cafe az ial- col
orsd feather vei-ht opened a saloon Oh
Sixth avenue, right in the heart OF the
te1derloin. and Us be is one Of the most
popiid. lighters. despite his color hanGi-
cap, tIIt ever figured in tho rims, It was
thought that Hc would surely 10 well as q.
buuI!dcc. lie hasn't done well. and no Is
about 10 chuck up the business and go
back into thu rms The fault with EIS3n
i that mis- heart Is too big for his body.
In tire language Of Tho Epwery. the Had,
wuO fo- nearly fifteen years was the tough
60 proposition IL his game that the world
has ever seen. Tes dead sass when he
had 70 go NJ against the go ames he
encountered 81 q sd!GJnisJ. Any Old hard
luck story would melt his heart and de-
Yllte his p9cketboOk. He can't give the
gang the marble heart" and per cUnse-
QUcHce he has to 80 Ou: % business and
once more put up his hide for humping
IN order 20 iii his belly, lind TainItlt Tor
his body and u bed to sleep on.
Poor Dixon has been unfortunate I'm his
Domestic Affairs. and HOW that he has had
his day As q r-tic champion. his future ia
not at ali bright. He WIS always as fair
and square as Il die Is a fighter, and next
TO Frederick Douglass ha did more 20
make negroes respected than any other
member OF The race America has eve! pro-
uuccI. II there were proper. decent graft
tude among the men OF his color they
would contribute a funu, which, as joan
1. Sullivan said, should DO invested so that
he could have an annuity sufficient 10
maintain MIN cor life. l am afraid, how
ever, Shat gratitude of this Character does
not exist among his race.
George ia shortly TO have n SiN-rouud
bout with Terry NcG0vem In Chicago. We
all know that he is not McCioveUn's equal.
Nevertheless. the desire 10 see these boys
together IN Z genuine contest V:ll doubt
less be great enough to secure a crowded
house a. very re;nUnerative prices.
Those old-time foes. Kid Mccoy and
Tommy Ryan. have at last come to terms,
and they are 10 meet in q short time IN
Chicago Tor a $500 purse. L Is announced
that e Is 10 be e.viied-S 700 TO the winner
and the remainder 10 the loser. This Is all
night L. tel the public, but tiinh the dl-
vision viii b. share and share alike. How
ever, the cutting pf H.: purse won't make
any difference. 70 the public. for each man
VIII 30 his hest without a doubt There IS
no good feeling between the Kid and Ryan
Some years ago. when Mccoy was but Il
fiSfic novice. he was in EyaG's train as a
sort Of rubber and attendant, and they do
say that the Syracuse lad used 20 use the
hic for q uEchIua bag ! am told that
many 4 good hiding he gave him, merely
because he could. ~ and 10y Mccoy i'm
proved in skill and strength and also in
craft and cunning. When re was matched
against Ryan, to meet at Maspeth. be got
even with Tommy IN n manner that was
hardly On the level. He gave Ryan TO UNI
d~erstand that ne WAS in hard luck; needed
money and would let him win merely in or
der to get the losers end of the purse.
Ryan. believing this. did not train properly.
ami when he met tho Kld az NaSueth he
was given 4 most uugodly licking.
Tommy naturally felt very sore over this,
and by and by he got Mccoy 10 give him
a return match, which took place at Syra-
cuss. which = his Owu baruyard-. They
fought five TcgrGs much more evenly than
they had contested at Naspeth. and then
the police stopped The bout. Mccoy claims
that this interference was to save Ryan
from another licking. At all events, Toni
my and Charles entertain for each other
animated the breasts Of David and iona
than and OF Damon erd Pythia9. They VIII
make things hum when they get together
IN Chicago. and the windy Cttyite VINO
doesn't see then! clash will. III my opinion.
miss 4 great fistic treat.
Here Is n fstlc conundrum: Champion
J-ffries says h will whip Jim Corhett IS
easily as breaking sticks. and Billy Brady,
his manager, who formerly nilef N: same
position for Corbctt. announces that the
big boilermaker Will not only whip him
readily. but that he Will OutpOint him
erientficaily'' as we'll. / think that Mr..
RraGr is Grating through his chapsau about
the OutpOinting. Co-bett, VINO * something
Of Il chin whacker himself SAYS that JET
declares that he VIII surprise the wise
guys who think that I am a has-been. "
some of these gentlemen are mistaken. and
It is not for me 10 say. who. Is In erroF-
That Will be shown conclusively after they
have entered the ring.
Jenries, who seems very prone to acci-
dents while training, met wi;h CDs last
week while riding his bicycle in the vicinity
az Long Branch. IN order to avoid Il COX
Iislon with two approaching vehicles he had
TO jump from mis- bike, and IN doing this re
go: 2 hard fall, which bruised and jc,ted
him up quite severely. I can't sec why any
fighter should use a bicycle i'll training.
Jack NcAuliffe, while preparing for his
meeting with Young Critic, took a bike
rida one day when he had more Of oh, he
jayfui' on board than was conducive 10
clear vision and perfect control OF his mus
cIes. \ big husky tree GJt in his way, and
when he. the remnants OF his blk and the
tree were disiDtegratej II was found that
the fighter was considerably crippled lie
was suffering from the results and injuries
cs this collision when he faced Critic, and
have no doubt that these injuries pre-
vented him from being his perfect self on
shat occasion.
For an Industrious fighter commend TIE 20
Oscar Gardner. the DDl4tlA f!U- BN lnn
time this reachers my readers eyes ne viii
have fought four iirst-ci9Ss men within a
fortnight and have Travelled nearly 20cl
miles to do so. He is q marvel in more
WAYS than one and probably the best sec
ou!-rater in his class IL the land. When
Joe Bernstein Was disqualified for throwing
Gardner In the last round Of their bout be-
fore the Broadway Club a good many
thought that Referee Charley White had
treated him with undue severity, because
he clearly had the better Of Gardner at that
time. Both men had irfracttd the rules,
hut Bernstein had once before resrrted "a
wrestling tactics. II he intends to continue
- Il boxer he should try to- forget his
wrestling tactics. That he does nor intend
TO do this, however, is shown BY the fac,
that he has issued a challenge 20 wrestla
ANY feather weight in the bus ness" Terry
Afcf:overn and Oscar Gardner preferred. and
will bet $40 that he can down Ell her or both
.f them. Charley White evidently knew
his little book when no disqualified 'tht
/ Pet Of the B0Nery."