The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

spring, in fact, several have already done
so, 1t is true good many of them
were always hard working boys, lighting
being but a side issue with them. but
they are the exception to the general
rule. Most OF them would rather dress
in good clothes and lounge about the
various sporting resorts and receive the
plaudits of their admirers. Most of the
fighters usually had a retinue of these
same admirers, who lived Upon their idol.
until he got broke and then they
changed their allegiance to some other
moro fortunate pug. 1t costs money to
be sporty fighter, and most Of them
being unused to the possession of thS
large sums they at times earned let 1t
go with no thought for tomorrow. Alas,
like Othello, with their occupation
gone" they must either seek other fields
for their livelihood, or sit quietly down
and walt for brighter skies.
Many of them are running up into the
country and pulling off fights on specula-
ton, but from all accounts the COM
monwealers have not thus far met with
marked success. They are a CHEEKY lot,
however, and bear up under adversely
with commendabIe cheerfuness with a
few exceptions similar to one of the
boxers who is we'll up in the ranks who
a few days ago, with an oath uttered
this dire threat: IF 1 don't get a match
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He has not gone to work yet, but may
soon.
There is at least one place in the vicin
fly of Chicago where the officials are
bold enough to say that boxing will be
permitted This may, however, look
something like a justice of the peace
everything a decision of the supreme
court. If the governor chooses to inter-
fere he undoubtedly will The officials Of
Lyons in this county have granted per-
mission to the Lyons Athletic club to
bring off boxing contests in that town,
and the club has been thoroughly organ
lied with full set Of officers and Tommy
White, as matchmaker, has gotten up
a programme for the near future. The
question of gubernatorial interference
with this club is a mooted one. That he
can interfere goes without saying, but
he has said that he believes the sheriffs
of the different counties of the state are
men who are perfectly able to keep the
peace within their territory, at least If
they are not they should be- and only
when a. sheriff calls for the governors
aid will be interfere This practically
means that if the sheriffs of such coun-
ties as are sufficiently we'll equipped
with the machinery of the law to require
no outside aid see nothing which calls
tor such aid boxing may be permitted.
Few of these officers however, are likely
to fly In the face Of the statement of
the states chief executive, and it is
very unlikely, at present at least, that
boxing will be conducted in a very open
or on an extensive scale. The sheriff of
Cook county i'll fact has declared that
he will not allow prize fighting in this
county and will put q stop to it at
Lyons, if notified by the town marshal.
Lyons Is easily accessible from Chicago,
and would be an ideal spot for boxing
tournaments, and the influx of visitors
from Chicago would be of great benefit
to the town in a financial way The PEG,
pie are willing, and it only remains to be
seen what action will be taken by the
higher officials
Now comes Louisville with a fighting
club row. A new club has been organized
in opposition to the old Southern club,
which in the past has pulled off all the
important contests in the city. 1t is
called the Louisville Athletic club, and
has announced its programme for March
4, Tommy Ryan and Tommy West in a
twenty-round go, while the older organi
cation has killed Kid Carter and Billy
Stiff for March l. This is sure to bring
on a fight, and will undoubtedly eXem-
plify the fact that has been so often
stated in these columns that the man
responsible for killing the game. Louis
vile cannot support two clubs If such
cards as these are given three days
apart. 1t will be the same old story,
squabbles over dates, competition for
the fighters, Quarrels between the man
ayers, and then underhand work to stop
each others exhibitions and then the in
reference Of the civic authorities, put
ting q stop to the game altogether.
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strange that the promoters of the game
are so short-sighted as to see that by
clash Of dates they are spelling their own
game. Fight seems to be in the air, as
far as athletics are concerned. Baseball
magnates are battling with each other,
horsemen are wrangling over dates and
rules, and boxing promoters are snarl-
ing at each other, while the public is
getting rapidly tired Of the whole lot.
The defeat Of Johnny Hughes, the
lightweight champion Of England by Pat
Daily, the American, came as something
Of a surprise to fight followers on this
side OF the pond, as Daily was compare
lively unknown, while Hughes was re.
garded as topnotcher in England.
DAILY is a New York boy, who, finding it
improbable to battle around Manhattan,
worked his way to London, and there
has come to the front within the last
four years, until he has reached the high
est pinnacle Of fame in that country.
While in New York he was looked upon
as a cheap preliminary fighter, with no
prospects before him of ever reaching
championship honors. Some Of the Amer
lean fighters who have been in London
Of recent years have met him, and say
that his reputation has been steadily
growing since the day he first began his
career as a boxer in the various music
halls of the British metropolis
There is something unaccountable in
the manner in which Yankee boxers are
able to clean up the Britons, and there
appears to be but one way to account for
1t, and that is that the English fighters
are an inferior lot. OF recent years nu-
merous mitt artists from this side, and
few of them topnotchers, have gone
abroad and secured some easy money.
The Coffee Cooler was looked upon as
a wonder on the other side, yet Dick
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