Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

When Charley Mitchell comes back
 to New York to take out his naturali-
 zation papers, he may be able to tell
 something about the present heavy
 weight champion of England, who
 was trimmed in two rounds by Jack
 O'Brien some time ago; and this
 brings to mind the fact that Mitchell
 was the last of the great, big men England has turned out since the
 days of Tom Sayres, who was prob-
 ably the most renowned fighter that
 the tight little isle ever presented. It was Sayres who said: "A man
 at 165 pounds is big. enough to beat
 any man in the world" This was before Tom fought Hee-
 nan. He must have been thoroughly
 convinced in that battle that good big man could defeat good little
 man any time they clashed. We over
 here, of course, shouted ourselves
 hoarse at the doubt that he was pre- vented from winning by the actions of the Birmingham toughs" that
 were there in the interest of Savers.
 But just the same, little Tom was giving away some forty pounds in
 weight and, taking all things into consideration, his performance even on that day was a wonderful one.
 Jem Mace was another world beat CT given to us by England. Mace, or "The Gipsy." as he was called, was without doubt the cleverest man with his fists that lived in his time. and in all his battles all over the world he demonstrated this fact of super iority.
 The modern fight follower is, how ever, more familiar with the pugi- lists that followed Sayers, Mace, AL len, Goss and that bunch. The last bunch of really good fighters that Englapd gave to the world were Charley Mitchell. Jack Burke, Jem Carney, Spider Weir, Tom Smith and Jem Burge. They were all 6rst-class men in their respective classes. We afterward had Owen Moran, Jeb White and fighters of that caliber, but they never were really great.
 Mitchell and Burke, however, were a couple of "darbies." They came to this country about the same time, in 1883, and, outside of John L. Sulli- van, they met all our best men and gave us trimming. Both fought Sullivan, and he failed to knock either one of them out.
 The fight between Mitchell and Sullivan took place at the old Madi- son Square Garden. and 1t was in this bout that Mitchell knocked SuI- livan down. Then John came back like bull and rushed Mitchell through the ropes. It was. at this point of the contest that Inspector Williams jumped through the ropes and stopped the bout. although Mitchell had not been hurt in the slightest degree. We must remem- Der that Mitchell weighed only 14s pounds that nieht, while Sullivan weighed over 200.
 Burke fought Sullivan at the old West Side Driving park in Chicago. and 1t was as fast a five-round bout as Sullivan ever had. When he en- tered the ring he had two big boils on his neck, and in the very first round Burke plastered the big fell low so hard he broke both of those boils. This made him the roaring lion he was when angry. and he started at Burke like a maddened hull. Knocking him into the corner. Jim Moran. who was in Burke's cor ner. called time" Sullivan walked back to his corner. when Arthur who was seconding him, discovered that the round had just minute longer to go. By the time Sullivan again got out of his chair the round was over. That trick of came in the right time for who was in an ugly corner After that Burke held his own and lasted the five rounds.
 Of the little fellows, Ike Weir was the best, but he was eccentric, and he spoiled his good performances by | some fool trick immediately after the 1 battle. Carney was the best light 1 weight England ever produced, and | his greatest battle was with Jack ucAuliffe at Revere Beach. near Bos- on. that lasted all night. and was hen declared on by Frank Steven ,on. the referee.
 Burge was another good light weight. but not in Carney's class. He | $ at present doing a "ten-year jolt" m England for some racing trouble ie got into. Jem Mace. Enelands asst heavyweight champion of any | account. was never really a great ] - rrt. h..s .x~~f,~vx. unrx xrae his