Show I Of RG U 4 h q F t lg Of Ot all al the boxers hoxer and fighters tighter who ho climbed to the tho top of or some somo class without attaining championship honors the greatest In the middleweight and heavyweight hea divisions dl was WI undoubted undoubted- ly hy Charles Mitchell of or England AY lene er the tho names of Lighters fighters o of the thc time of ot John I. I L. L Sullivan Sulivan arc are mentioned mentioned men men- toned Mitchell must be bo associated with them for Cor ho fought the majority of or them and his prowess as a boxer was seldom discounted Ho lie was handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped h by a lack of ot weight weicht in his hi untiring untiring un un- un- un tiring trinG quest for tor premier laurels and his Jound poundage e unquestionably kept him from realizing his ambition Inco Ince retiring from th the ring he has haa been engaged engas-ed In Sn tho the theatrical business bush busi ness nes and successfully too Immedi Immediately after laying aside his ring costume cos cos- tame tume ho Joined hl his law father law ln the late and famous Pony Pono Moore in his present vocation A few tew years ean ago ao Moore died and Mitchell has lias been conducting conducting con con- ducting dueLing the enterprise alone Ho lie le is what Is known as an all allaround allaround al around sport sport Interested in horse horle racing football cricket boxing and the other branches of athletic activity o popular popular popular pop pop- ular In England Mitchell Is a promInent prom prom- personage at all events of ot any Rny in importance po r I a n Ce al Whenever American boxers visit England Mitchell Is 11 solicited to look att after r their Interests and he ho always does so 80 rend readily I for Mitchell always was as an admirer and friend of oC nn anything A American in C ri can In hl hI his time he has made money money- heaps of It it-bt it but I-but but ho ha has not been beon tl the kind hInd of oC financier to mal make e each penny penn produce It Its full rul and lasting worth Money to Charley has been more moro or orless orless less hess valued b by him only a as 31 a a means with which to Lo acquire pleasure Not to Suffer Suter However Ho Mitchell lt h 1 will wi never ne er want Ho lie is prosperous and Is moderately well to do Ho He owns some properly property In England He lie Is no now 51 years old While hUe always maintain his al 11 al- al lc to England as ns a a boxer Mitchell Mitch Mitch- ell el was more of or an American than thun he heMas was M-as an I Englishman The majority of oC his moro more prominent battles batles were contested eon con on- on I tested on this side Ide of or the lie ocean with the exception of ot his famous thirty-nine thirty round draw mw with John L L. L Sullivan at nt France Sul an Mitchell was Mas born In Birmingham England November ember 24 4 11 Ills Hla first Job as ag a youth was wa al aa ns a nort sort of ot superintendent superintendent super super- of 0 tho the funeral department of oC Queens Queen's hospital Birmingham He lie le wa was employed to carr carry the bodies hodle of ot the tho lead dead from the hospital to the lie death h house o us a. a For pastime hp he hp boxed Ho lie was a Rood good amateur but few tew of hl his Intimates over ever believed belo cd that he ht had hod a chance of or i winning both holh the middleweight and heavyweight tournaments conducted b by Billy Madden In his quest for tor a man capable of or defeating John I. I L. L Sullivan In a championship fight Mitchell l. l however cr was alwa always confident confident con con- and although weighing less leAs than 10 10 pounds pound he insisted upon competing competIng competing ing for tor the hea heavyweight weight tournament winning the middleweight tournament And nd he n again aln was successful Thereby he was reco recognized a as tho the amateur middle and heavyweight champion champion cham cham- pion piort of oC England He lie never fought for Continued on Page 4 4 I IDOLS OF PRIZE RIl RING G Continued from tram Page 2 either professional title Jim Jim S Smith ith being the professional proCessional he heat heavyweight title itle holder Notwithstanding this tact fact the tho English authorities conceded that hat Mitchell was ryas the tho best five Ive boxer of or that country countr but Gut a distinction was made between boxing and fighting to ao that Smith was Has re regarded regarded re- re aarde ns ba tho the best fighter Pro Probably n ly Mitchell was waa content with tho ho boxing honors honora At an any rate contrary con- con to general opinion Mitchell never R won on either cither the tho professional or heat heavy y- y weight championship of England E gland Flynt KIr t Appearance lu A America merlon His first bout ut In ln country countr was as with Mike silks Clean Clean- Cleat of ot Philadelphia at Square tt which Charley won In n three rounds A more than n a m month nth later or April 14 14 1883 when 22 years year of ot ago c. he ie boxed Sullivan n at Madison Square Garden den ha hd tad l the tight fight started before o Mitchell rushed the tho champion and I catchInG Aching Sullivan in an awkward position tion floored John L L. L tt with a n punch on oft the ho jt ja Sullivan's Sullivans s ire fro was aroused and he hu rushed his lighter opponent all around the ring finally in the third round knocking Mitchell ll through h the ropes Then it was teas that Williams Illiam a police pollee inspector In Inspector In- In 81 stopped the fight tight The outcome of this meeting was ryas so unsatisfactory that It was Has five years lacking one ono month before Sullivan nn consented to meet moot again Franco Fance was as as the rho place and It was Has to be he a finish fight under the old London prize ring rules March 10 10 1888 1885 was a cold bleak rainy day n winter Inter just about succumbIng succumbing succumb succumb- ing to the advent of or spring Thc They Thep battled bat fled on the wet and slippery turf for thirty nine nine rounds and then the fight was wae called a draw Mitchell has alwa always s 's m maintained that he was Has sold a out t b by one of his seconds second sec sec- ond The Tho Englishman also always has claimed that he ho would havo hac defeated Sullivan had the fight progressed much longer Ho lIe said afterward that Sullivan vasso was vas wasso wasso so arm wear weary escarp that he could not raise ralso his hands to protect himself Mitchell was later Informed that his second received money mone from front the AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican lean side and some years later upon meeting the man In London Mitchell hit him t with a bottle boUle Fire Fhe Burke Prior to that fight Mitchell boxed a n Kilrain round four draw with Jako Jake at Boston and lost loaf a fout round four round bout boutto to Dominick McCaffrey at New York During Daring his career he te met Jack Burke a countryman of his on no less than five occasions and each meeting resulted In Sn the same came way a tray a draw Brats These were ware the more important of his matches preceding January 25 26 26 1894 1834 when he ito fought his last Jast battle of any account being knocked knocke out b by James J. J Corbett at Jacksonville Fla FIn in thre three rounds tl That affair was also 1150 made mad the tiro theme of ot adverse criticism m. m It was Bald that it was wan a up frame and that Mitchell did ld not train tho object being to defeat the hotting botting proclivities of oC an English nobleman named Squire S J Baird Soon thereafter Mitchell retired from tram the ring |