The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24

apt to place themselves in a position
where hard knocks are to be encoun-
tered Corrupt and hypocritical mean
as a Golfers whelp,' the average re
former and enemy of honest athletics is
a creature to be despised as it crawlS
through life with the avowed object OF
working as much mischief as possible and
obtaining some little measure of un~
wholesome notoriety in the community.
Well, as I said before, we are truly
a self-denying people. We pride our
selves on our liberal views and are
rather inclined to pity the narrow mind
odness of those who groan beneath the
SlaViSh yoke of monal chy. Yet in Great
Britain, where fondness for 'bloOluin'
MILL exists, no opposition is offered to
holding glove contests and the man who
ventured to appeal TO the law to stop
such brutal exhibitions would probably
be held for the purpose OF determining
his sanity. In Dublin there is scarcely
any limit placed upon the number OF
rounds to be fought by a pair of box
lers competing for a purse. Thirty and
even tnirty-five-round bouts have fire.
Cuently been fought in the concert rooms
of that city, and no objection has ever
been raised by the authorities How box,
ing is patrcniZed by the upper ten. OF
London is known to every one who takes
an interest in ring doingS. 1t looks as
though Willie we are certainly very far
ahead Of our British cousins in some
things they are immcasureably superior
to us in Others.
Spike Sullivan, the hard-hitting light
weight from the green shores of Erin,
trimmed Tim Kearns, of Brooklyn in a
twenty-round contest at Louisville last
Monday night and trimmed him in
Leaf conclusive and workmanlike manner.
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one of the best second raters of his
class in the country. He can punch
with tremendous force and is busy from
the moment he answers the signal for
action until his task is finished. In this
respect he resembles his younger brother
Dave who fights in much the same ag-
gresSive fashion, with the difference that
the latter's work is marred by constant
fouling while Spike generally fights
cleancut battle Sullivan lacks very lit
tie of being a topnotcher in his class,
but that little is just enough to keep him
from forcing his way to the head OF the
procession. This was clearly eXemplified
when he stacked up against Joe Cans
before a Gotham club in February, 1900
Spike put up a game and desperate light,
rushing the willy negro in his usual i'm
petuous way, trying every trick In his
fistic repertoire to penetrate the Baltt-
moreans guard but all in vain. Cans
science was a shade superior to that of
the gallant Corkonian, and after fourteen
rounds of slugging the latter was COM
PEELED to acknowledge defeat.
Sullivan has always made his own
matches and made them with consider
able skill If he thought the chances
were against him in proposed match
he always managed to find way out
Of the difficulty. For instance, when
Kid Lavigne was at his best and Suld-
van was repeatedly given chances to
match with the then lightweight, cham
pion the Celt always politely but firmly
declined. Lavigne was too much for
him at that stage of the game, and no
body knew it better than the astute
Spike So he set sail for England and
found easier game than the Saginaw
Kid in the persons of Jimmy Curran
and Harry Greenfield, both of whom he
defeated with comparative ease. Spike
is a cunning f1nancier and unlike most
of his pugilistic brethren has always
saved money The consequence is that
he is well off in this worlds goods ~
day and is reaping the rewards of econ
omy.
The new club at Lyons, which was to
have held a boxing contest on Thursday
night did not carry out it's programme.
Although the local authorities were per-
fectly willing tIAe sheriff and state au-
thorities had other ideas upon the sub
iect. The officers of the club say, how
ever. that it was not through fear of
interference from the authorities that
the fight was postponed, but because all
arrangements had not been completed,
and the contest was merely postponed
until next Tuesday evening. The presi-
dent of the. club says that boxing exhibit
lions have been given in Lyons for the
past fifteen years and no complaint was
ever before heard from any source. The
citizens favor the project and look upon
the threats of the sheriff as little short
of malfeasance in office. If the Lyons
club are able to pull off contests such
as they have scheduled there is no rea-
son why that town should net be the
Mecca for Chicago pugilists in Tie fu-
ture. Tommy White is the nIatchmak-
er and with his prestige and knowledge
Of the game he should be able to secure
matches that would warrant large at
tendance and good returns.
From another section Of the country
comes the voice of a city executive who
has the holiness to say that notwith-
standing the ultimatum of the chief ex-
ecutive of the state, boxing matches can
be carried on. The mayor of Youngs-
town sees no harm in a boxing contest
and avows that the proposed contests
before the Mahoning Athletic club will
take place. Despite the fact, however,
the proposed fight was declared off, and
there appears but little hope of bringing
off any matches in the Hanging Rock
district for some time to come. The
governor is unalterably opposed to box
ing contests, and with the scalp of the
Saengerfest society hanging to his belt
there is but remote chance for any Of
the cities in Ohio witnessing open boxing
exhibitions In the very near future.
Louisville is still open and has good pro-
grammes arranged for the balance of the
winter If the promoters do not kill
the game some good sport should be seen
IL that city. L. M. Houseman.