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Show IN FISTIANA FIELDS. A Sport-Printer Who Witnessed the Galveston Gal-veston Battle and Came Out With a "'Pied" Purse. CAP. LAKGE'S NEW CANDIDATE He Proposes to Spring a Surprise on the Sports Champion Williams is Anxious. Dave Argylo, who discarded the printer's print-er's stick to back his judgment on the merits of the "champion" came up from Galveston yesterday where he was spectator of the late unpleasantness un-pleasantness between Jack Dompsey and Bob Fitzs'unnions the antipodean wonder. Dave who has extended bis avoirdupois to over two hundred since he abandoned the case and took to the rash extravagance of eating three meals a day, found himself in somewhat of a demoralized condition after the trip. Dempsey had not only pied his form but bad pied Davis' ducats to the extent ex-tent of about $7000. "Dempsey died," said be, "as game a death as was ever witnessed. He was over-matched and that fact was perceptible the moment the men put up their dukes. Fitzsimmons was a heavy-weight simply reduced for the moment and the occasion to a middle weight. It was evident in the fifth round that Dcrapsey's name was Dennis and notwithstanding the possibilities accompanying any blow I was willing to lot go of my money. So were others. Fitzsimmons has laid the foundation, in the defeat of the greatest fighter of his class the, arena ever developed, for a future of surprises. sur-prises. He has satisfied me at least that the big ones will yet have his prowess prow-ess to overcome and that with development devel-opment he will class with the particular stars. I would back him against Corbett or any of that class and be it said to the Nonpareil's credit that he made the hardest fight against one of the hardest men that ever stepped in the prize ring." Mr. Argylo is on his way to San Francisco and declares that this will not be his last visit to Zion. Captain Charlie Lange lias a new candidate in the field for pugilistic honors hon-ors and while he is not prepared to spring him on the public or perfesh at this time, there Is a probability that Salt Lake will furnish the next champion of champions. For some time the fact has been recognized that ex-Officer Sullivan, Sul-livan, whose stalwart form is well known to those that stalk the thoroughfares, thor-oughfares, had the metal and the timber tim-ber that fitted him for the arena. It remained for Captain Lange to call the atteution of the giant to this fact, since which time Sullivan has been under the captain's active tutorship. Three months will bring him to the front and it is a fair bet that even as a sophomore he could defeat big Joe McAuliffe in any kind of an engagement the latter might elect. The new candidate is a man of tremendous physical resources and should make an excellent showing for himself. Champion Williams and his backer, Colonel YA Kelley, are anxious to get on a tight for the former, the latter believing more than ever since his favorite's meeting with La Blanche that he has the material that has made tho "best-of-'eru." They have not heard from Kessler, the Butte champion, but there is a probability that a mill can be arranged between them. Colonel Ed Kelley is in receipt of a letter from "Parson" Davies that indicates the arrival of that Nestor of all sporting men in this city, with Fitzsimmons the new wonder in the Armament of tistiana. In the communication commu-nication the Parson says he will be here about February 20, at which time all comers will be offered an opportunity to test the staying qualities of the Australian. Aus-tralian. The Parson, always wary, was very lucky in this catch, as there is a fierce desire to see the man who knocked out the greatest fighter of his class in tho history of pugilism. .a. |