The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-24
I'm THE WORLD
OF PUGILISM
Notes of the Ring and the
Mat.
SPORT is DEAD LOCALLY
PROSPECTS FOR GAME HERE
RATHER UNCERTAIN.
SPORT is DEAD LOCALLY

7 OCAL sporting circles have not
fully recovered from paroxysms
of joy over the Root-Gardner con-
test and probably will not for son,e
time to come. Those who were up on
the game of fsticuffs tried in every
way to inform their friends of what a
match between these two men meant
in the sporting world at large but in
spite of this hundreds remained away
who are now kicking themselves for
doing so.
The small attendance at the fight will
put a severe damper on the pulling
off of big contests in this state in the
future. The small amount of money
received by the fighters will cause
others Of their standing 70 fight shy of
the town unless guaranteed a purse of
sufficient size to warrant them coming
here. Promoters viii be very chary
about Offering big purses, knowing
what a hard proposition it is to get
their money back
Root and Gardner will undoubtedly
fight return match and there is not
single person who saw the go Monday
night that would not be willing to put
up a good price for tickets TO see it.
However, there is not one chance in a
thousand of them coming here. Messrs.
Hynds and Mulvey could not be in
duced to again tackle the proposition
and as yet no other angel has come
forward who is willing to part with his
good coin for the benefit of Salt Lake
sports.
this city is hard to foreJell at the
present The Root-Gardner contest
ought to give it a new lease on life
and undoubtedly would if properly han
died. 1t was killed last spring by the
action of a lot of fake fighters and
their fake fights. A good club backed
by people whom the public have con-
fidence in should be able to again start
the game and keep it going through the
winter months. AS yet no one has
made a move to open the game here.
on account Of the general opinion that
the sport is dead. However, this re-
mains to be seen. but it is better that
it remain dead than to give the public
a dose of what il got last spring.
The first wrestling match that has
been seen in this city for some time
was the one between Thompson and
Mclaughlin, pulled off in connection
with the ROot-Gardner contest last
Monday. A greater part of those pres
ent never saw the sport before and
those that did admit that they never
saw better contest. Both Thompson
and Mclaughlin are good men at their
business and evenly enough matched to
make the outcome whenever they meet
a question. 1t is understood that the
defeated man is anxious for another
trial at the local wrestler and the lat
ter says he will be accommodated
whenever he desires to set the date.
Mclaughlin, however, wants to take a
good, long rest before tackling Thomp-
son again and probably will not ask
for the match until some time this fall.
Meanwhile the success of Thompson
Will travel all over the country and it
will keep him busy for the next two
months lodging challenges
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett
are matched to meet at Louisville on
the 22d of next month for the feather
weight championship of the world. This
fight will be anxiously awaited and
promises to create almost as much in
terest as the Jeffries- Fitzsimmons bat
tie. McGovern viii without doubt go
into the ring a favorite, although he
has met with defeat at the hands of
the Denver boy. The latter was her
aided as a wonder after the last bat
tie, but since that time the public has
lost confidence in his ability. \ ma
jority of those who follow the game
pick McGovern to win and Will back
their judgment. Corbett has done
nothing to speak of since his victory.
which leads many TO think he is afraid
to take any chance of losing the cham
pionship title. However, the Denver
boy seems confident of winning and if
he does he win go many days before he
succumbs to a better man.