The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-26
H)UgENAN'S RING GOSSIP
JACK O'BRIEN's SUCCESS In ENG
LAND HAS SOMETHING OF A
STRING TO 1T
HOGAN AS A HOME DESTROYER
Tommy, the Feather Known in the
Twin Cities, Mentioned as
the Man in q Divorce
Suit

CHICAGO, May 5.-(SpeciaL George
Chrisp, Engfands new heavyweight
champion, did not hold his title very
long. AS predicted in these columns
some time ago, the Britisher met defeat
at the hands of the first American boxer
with whom he ventured to try conclu-
sions. Jack O'Brien, of Philadelphia
was the Yankee pugilist who laid Chrisp
low last Monday night. O'Brien conse-
quently holds the middleweight cham
pionships of Great Brian. Two rather
barren honors in view of the fact that
England has not for many years pro-
duced pugilist in either class worth
feeding on orange peel.
This same George Chrisp, who was
loudly routed by the British sporting
fraternity as the coming wonder of his
class, was jatbed, jolted and pummeled
to a standstill by Frank Craig, the
Harlem Coffee Cooler" in thirteen
rounds before London club on Nov.
%, 1898. Three years previous to the
Craig hrisp affair, Dan Credon visited
London and defe ated Craig in twenty
rounds before the National Sporting
club. Credon wound up his English
tour by knocking out Jem Smith, the
then heavyweight champion of that
tight little isle," and sailed for home.
Like O'Brien he established his claim
to the title of king pin Of the British
middle and heavy grades.
But Credon's glory was short-Ived.
After returning to the States he met
with defeat after defeat. He was
threatened by Mccoy, Walcott, Benner,
Green and several lesser lights
Heavy and middleweight champion of
England, Ell! In the words of one-eyed
Jimmy Connolly, "wot a bloody joke"
O'Brien is a good lad of his inches, a
clever boxer and wise ring general But
the longer he stays in England picking
up easy marks the better it will be for
his pugilistic aspirations.
In the first place he is none too heavy
for the mid 1leweight class. He can fight
comfortably ct 152 pounds, which is
just six marks below the legitimate mid
dleweight limit. And just at the present
time there is a multitude of good boxers
ranging from $50 to 15S pounds, who
would be only too pleased to try out
O'Brien. The latter is best known in
the West through his victories over
Walter Nolan, Shorty Ahearn and
couple Of minor boxers all of whom he
whipped with comparative ease before
Chicago clubs
Young Peter Jackson knocked out
O'Brien in San Francisco. jackson is a
colored 145-pounder, who has shown
clearly that he is a false alarm, having
been beaten by several boxers of little
or no ability since he scored his win over
the man who now poses as heavyWei ght
champion of England. It is claimed
that Jackson won from O'Brien with a
'f1uke" punch, which is probably true
in view of the wretched showing after
wards made by the negro.
But the fact nevertheless remains that
O'Brien was put to sleep by the colored
man, and fuke or no 1uke, must wipe
out that stain on his record before he
can claim recognition among the star
American middleweights In EnSIand
the Quaker City boxer is perfectly safe.
He can walk around the streets /. Of
good Old Lonnon" with a large-sized
chip on MS shoulders and dare the COCK
ney pugs to knock it OF. None of them
will attempt it. They have had all they
want Of American boxers. But Jack
would not have to stroll very far in the
'land of the free before meeting some
muscular Christian who would be willing
to flop to the floor with him on short
notice
May all good angels attend O'Brien dur
ing his campaign abroad, and incidental
ly, keep him from making a large sized
Jackass of himself when he returns
" ONE" For the reason that whipping
foreign fighters and putting Uncle Sans
boxers to the canvass FOR the count-out
IL.
is rumored that he intends to study art at
a Partisan college,
Well and good! I don't know what
particular branch of the fine arts PhiIa-
delphia Jack intends to shine in, but [
would recommend him not to forget the
manly art of ''hit step and getaway il
he means to hold his own with his
fistic brethren Of this country in the near
future.
Bob Fit@simmons has lost another
sparring partner. This time 1T is Sandy
ferguson, a Boston heavyweight for
Whom Bob prophesied great things. It
seems that while sparrirg the other
night Sandy happened to punch a
"leetle" too hard and aroused the ire
of the gentleman with the scantv auburn
locks, whereupon Bob sailed into hi,
man for keeps, broke his nose, closed his
eyes and inflicted other dire damages
that it will take many weeks to efface
Sandy, not being lax in discretion, con-
cluded that he had had enough of the
pleasant game. packed his grip and
started for home
1t looks as though there were pleasant
err things in this sad world than acting
in the capacity of a human punching
bag for Fttzsimmons' benefit His first
boxing partner, Dan Hickey, of
Australia, quit his job because of the Sc
we're poundings he was subjected to.
Con Riordan met his death in Syracuse
during four-rouud exhibition bout with
the gaunt Australian. Yank Kenny, big
and husky, furnished a target for BolJ's
smashing drives during many weary
months, then called it off, and has
since rested in seclusion. Ed Dunkhorst.
The Human Freight Car" filed Ken,
ny S place and exposed his huge hamfat
carcass to Fitz's lungs for a given
period, then wilted and handed in his
resignation.
Dec Payne, the ex-CIcveIand dentist
ard former sparring partner of Kid Me-
Coy, took Dunkhorst's place. PAYNE
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