The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-10
AUSTRALIANS LATEST
PUGILISTIC WONDER.
Tim Heggerty, the Invincible Light Weight,
Coming to America to Fight Terry
McGovern at San Francisco.

are over. I am told that, like Jack Fall
stan: he has "waxed fat and scant OF
with any Of our present-day giadiators,
though he and John 1. Sullivan. who is
draw a crowd for zone night only were
they to appear In a four-round contest.
There will be no chance of such . meet
ing, however.
Mitchelrs course after his bout with Jim
Corbett down In Florida was 20 manly and
ne has behaved so decently to American
mostly against him, which existed here
some years ago. has died out, "a It should.
There II no use In holding spite forever,
himself worthy Of forgiveness. Gitcheirs
advent into this country Will be quite .
feature In pusilistic circles
The Irish have several very witty max1ms.
One is, Hills are green far away" and
another is. Cows have long horns in Com
other day when I read a paragraph telling
Heggerty. the Australian light weight II
flstc wonder. indeed. It T j. 8 said os that ' he ,s
has had over 100 fights. many of them with
middle weights. and that his record Is un-
beaten all the men he has contended With,
but he has made stand-off with all that he
has not defeated.
skfllful boxer AustraliA has ever produced.
and also with being the hardest hitter Of
his size In the Antipodes. Now. when you
has sent to this country, we must almost
hold our breath in admiration Of Mr.. Heg-
gerty. whom It is proposed to pit against
our own especial hstic pride and wonder.
Mr.. Hegeerty may be what report credits
him with being. and yet think he Will fnd
When Abe willis came to this country from
Australia. just as wonderful stories were
told about him. AID yet George Dixon made
fought In San Francisco. I think Young
Critic the greatest fighter of his weight
Australia has ever produced. He certainly
hitting s AFFINITY aSility. He % posed % a. a = u feather i
was = ten-stone welter weight. II Heggerty
McGovern's scalp to his collection OF
trophies, he viii bo able to make more
money In this country than the mines OF
can hardly get myself in the mood to be-
lieve that he IL the invincible warrior that
Long before George Dixon met his water
loo at the hands Of Terry Mc0overn. had
q talk one night with Tom ORourxe about
him. Tom told me that the marvellous little
mulatto was dissipating terribly. and that
he had found II impossible to check his
carousfng career.
'If he keeps on as he II going" said
O'Rourke. 'it won't surprise me to learn
that he will be whipped inside Of a year"
That prophecy came true. for In less than
a wear the same ORourke had to toss pp
the sponge for him in token OF defeat to
keep him from being absolutely knocked out
by McGovern.
Since that time Dixon's career has been
steadily downward. He was to meet Harry
Lyons. a smart colored boy Of Chicago. Mt
Buffalo tonight but soI, a, write rite, It I. re-
a ring and that his old manager. Tom
O'Rourke. is doing his best to have the
light called OF. II IL reported that Dixon
aDesd aDd that % he is % really more s at for ward
in hospital than the ring of sporting
arena.
to gain respect for men of color than any
negro that ever lived In America. barring
only perhaps. Fred Douglass and Booker
washington, years shas,ae age AL suggested & mat
and its members by raising fund and
properly invest 1t 50 that he could be main
tanned sSs Sl1e ter ring assin@so o foT pxon Wnai
the English people did for Tom Sayers aft
er he fully fought with John c. Heenan.
Ny advice was ,,r uunaeeded . and poor Dixon
fear that lis finish Is not far on. His life
will point a moral even II It does not adorn
a tale
A correspondent writes me to ask
Isn.9 w9ass ss afraid fra Of Tom sSarkey There !.
an old proverb which says: "A fool can
ask questions which wise man cannot
Now without any intention of intimating
that my questioner Is a 'foor' or assura-
ing that am a wise man." must say.
n,a M the Mcoy siipp:d ons Of match With
sharkey on the ground that he had not
suficient time to train properly and meet
snarfsy at tce spI6in'e Course
ever. seems to have disgusted 9harkey. for