Salt Lake Herald | 1892-02-21 | Page 6 | Sporting Splinters

SPORTING SPLINTERS It is now agreed on all sides that George La Blanches star set permanently when the Marine was kno ked out at Los Angeles t An-geles on Friday evening by an unknown colored amateur in three rounds There isnt a third rate fighteria tho country who would take the trouble to meet the Marine now And so Pompadour Jim the flossy Cuhfornian has degenerated into a fakir Ccrbetts New York hippodrome undoubtedly undoubt-edly surprised a good many people not personally per-sonally acquainted with him but it did not surprise any of the Salt Lakers who saw Jim exhibit his ability as a faker with Duncan Dun-can McDonald and Smith a few years aeo And then when Corbett reached Now York a few months ago he had the gall to refer these exploits as great victories Tho fact is that Corbett is one of the most scientific sparrers in the world but ho is not a fighter and should he ever bo unfortunate enough to be forced into the ring with Slavin this will be demonstrated inside often of-ten rounds I Ogden is already organizing a baseball team and the admirers of the national game in bait Lake should follow tho example Both cities will have a chance to enter the I InterMountain league this year