Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-02


weathe" was also against him. The GOA
| rain Which prevailed during the fight
| chilled him to the marrow. ana after
| avn Jte he was unable 10 do any very
effective work against Mitchell, who
| awaited himself of his right to sprint all
over the ring until he had Sullivan leg
weary.
Men who saw this figk'. have tcti me
that for a long time before it ended
Mitchell Twas fuzzy as aggressive as Sui
livan. ana that bu, for :he fact that his
hands We're puffed up and swollen he
would have Won the fight. Certain it is
that the overturSs TO make it draw
came from Su,l.van's pactisans. who
bribol MitchsN's second to induce him
to consent to its being made a draw.
The full reconciliation between Sulli-
van and Mitchell was brought about by
Jack McAuliffe in st. Louis. Sully at
tla time was exhibiting in A local thea
ter. and when he and Mitchell came out
on the stage and shook hands Sullivan
then stated that Mitchell was far and
away the best man he had ever encoun-
tered. Mitchell seconded Jake Kilrain
against Sullivan when they fought at
.Richburg. In one of the early rounds
Mitchell, coaching Klrain. said: Go to
him Jake! Don't be afraid of him. He
cant hurt vou.'
Sullivan angrily retorted: Il wish it
was YOU instead of him that was before
me. Id show you whether l could hurt
yo-.''
To this Mitchell sneeringly replied:
You had me before you several hours
and YOU were glad to get away from me.
weren't you. Jcanny?" TO this taunt
sullivan made no reply.
~
Though Mitchell fought bare knuckle
fights with Jack Burke and John l.. Sui
! livan and was matched with Jem Smith,
| he never claimed to be champion of Eng
land. What he did assert himself to be
was ''England's boxing champion" He
4 was wonderfully clever with his hands,
hsi fact and his head but as sparrar
| he wasn't the equal of Dominick Nc
| Caffrey, and he wasn't one-two-three-
| four with Jim Corbett, whom l regard as
| the most scientific man that ever donned
glove in a boxing ring. Mitchell was
almost sick man when he met Corbett
! in Florida, but in my opinion he never
/ would have more than a 1-to-5 chance
| against Corbett in a Queensbury en-
| counter.
If he and Corbett should be matched
! and both go in the ring in good condi-
! ton feel certain that the eX-pompa-
| dour champion would make good this
! assertion. l should like to see them
! meet at Carson City or ir San Francisco.
! and l should like very much to see their
! encounter mutoscoDed. / don't think
| moving pictures of the contest would
| be of much value for eXhibitory purposes
| in England
Johnny Bull is very patriotic He
wants his man or his side to win and
| he won't give up his good money to see
/ pictures of the defeat of either no mat
] ter how life-like and accurate they NAV
| be.
BY the time this reaches your eyes.
! that Kid Mccoy will again be in Amer
ica He and Mitchell may double up
| for exhibitory purposes. / don't think
! however, there is the slightest chance
OF their figuring as opponents. Mccoy
! told me that before he went to South
/ Africa he tried every way possible to in
! duce Mitchell to meet him in London,
but Mitchell would have none of his
game and all his efforts were futile.
If Mitchell and Mccoy We're to box, on
| the level. I think the meeting would most
wildly impress on Charley's mind the
fact that pugilistic skill has increased
wonderfully since he was a fstic star.
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! . Apparent misfortunes are sometimes
real blessings in disguise. 1t is probably
| fortunate thing for Jim Jeffries' fstic
reputation that Judge HOLSTER perpet-
| ually enjoined the Saengerfest association
! from pulling off the bout between the
l,s h.,S1
the bout been permitted Jeff's injured
knee might have gone back on him dur
ing critical point of the fight and if it
had there would have been a new cham
pionship coon in town as sure as eggs
is eggs.
Terry McGovern, the greatest of all
American boxers, is planning to take
things easy this season. He will spend
the warm months on the race tracks
! looking after the string of crack flyers
| which he is interested in with his clever
manager. Sam Harris. McGovern and
Harris will have quite an array of turf
performers. and while Terry will simply
be in the game for pleasure. Harris. who
/ is quite plunger, will make things
| lively for the bookies. The stables sad
/ die work will be done by Phil McGoyern.
a younger brother of the champion. The
boy has had considerable experience in
the riding line. as he was for years en-
ployed by Green b. Morris, one of the
most successful horsemen on the Ameri-
can turf. Harris and McGovern have en-
tered the best of their string in the big
stake events of both the eastern and
western tracks. and they hope to land
few of the rich prizes the coming sea-
! son. While on the turf McGovern and
his manager will figure out their plans
for next fall. and it is quite likely that
one of the big boxing clubs in England
will secure the wonderful boxer for an
exhibition in England before he starts