The morning call., 1890-09-27
CORBET1'S COMPROMISE.
New Light Cast Upon the Ways of
PuSiliS!S.

The sporting editor of the New York Sun
in recent issue Of that journal muses. like
modern Polonius. but selects pugilStS for
his subject rather than the heavens. Inc
knight of the "all-round" sporting pencil
moralizes as follows:
Here for months | have been thinking the
banker pugilist, Jim Corbett, the Cheyalier Bay
ard or the Apolnaris Bevedere OF the ring.
when, 10 and behold my idol Is shattered, and l
find that after all he Is but common clay. 100
bad, too badl 1t came abou This way: Inc
night that Tom Mccarthy and Mike Brennan
had their very amiable meeting IN H0D0ken,
met Jack Dempsey aud Dave Campbell; Saia
the Nonparell TO me; . You are mistaken III
with Jim C0rDett In Portland or that there was
any agreement between them that there should
be no knocking out Corb II was willing to
make such an arrangement. but Dave wasn't.
They boxed len roundS, aud Campbell rushed
him during the ninth ana tenth, aud good judges
tell me that lie should have had the verdict
Have you CorbeIrs letter with you, Dave" Dave
had, and showed 1t 10 me. II was In Corbetps
wel.kuown fist, and ran as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 90. 1889.
Friend Dare: / suppose you Will be SURPRISED
10 receive a letter from me- but have met lot
of people from Portland. and among them IS
Harry Bethune. the foot-racer, and they all tell
me that you and can make big money II we
box ten rounds. Now, Dave, II you are anXions
to make money know you and L can pull IA big
crowd. will box you ten rounds, or more or
less, and fix II at draw, or II you don't want IL
that way, why, let II 20 on its merits bull II we
box draw we can 20 10 seattle ana ldcOud anu
make some good stun. Now. answer this right
away and tell me just what you Will do. Ii you
say "All right il goes. will send harry BeIh-
une up there and Work II up. Now, Dave, what.
ever you say goes. i want to make some money.
and know you and l can DO II. All want You
to do Is to stick TO your word Whatever you
want TO do say II in your letter. then we VIII
understand each other SO good by for the pres
ent. Yours tIuly. JIM CoRBErr.
A more compromising letter 1 never knew
fighter to write. Fancy John l.. Sullivan writing
awning of kind. The big fellow has been
gailty OF a good many faults, but he never for
moment contemplated hippodromipg the pubic
or of putting up job on 1t. MI. Coibett VIII
have hard time explaining this letter. ln fact,
IL admits of no eXL laiulng. Said CampDeli: -
had no acquaintance with the man. and yet he
calls me Friend Dave The referee was Aleck
Donaldson and We boxed in The Pavilion In Port
land / thought then, and think now. that 1
should have had the verdict. Every paper in
Portland said that Corbett is now working in
black smith shop In San Francisco hardening his
muscles for Sullivan. He can get an easier job
in me- [ would like very much to meet him
again" Campbell goes TO PiItsburg this week.
aud then 10 Youngstown, Ohio, where he used
70 work IN org nm A tne ' Pacin ne Gnasf
as none OF the lighters heIeabouts seem inciined
to tackle him.
Did you ever box with jim Corbett?" said
TO Dempsey that night. Yes, once" was the
reply. :" The Olympic Club OF San Francisco
rendered me the right to work in Its rooms, and l
accepted. One afternoon some OF Its members
asked me If | couldn't put on the gloves 10
oblge them and box few rounds with Corbett.
uluu JdllCy uOlus So lOi hDc" L huit
my bands, and was preparing for light; but l
was afraid TO refuse, for fear they might say
that was afraid OF Corbett. Well, we put them
on. Pretty soon Corbett began swinging 1t me
with all his force, and L had 10 duck pretty
lively, for il any OF his rgbt-handers landed they
would have knocked my head off. One OF them
old glance along the top OF my head, and II was
corker. Presently my chance came and let
drive with all my might The blow landed along
side of his nose and the blood spurted out In
streams, splashing over both Of ns he at once
held out his hands and had the gloves taken OH.
One night afteTward, when we were In company.
he SAID: Dempsey hit me the hardest blow
ever GOT Any good man that can rush Corbett
can whip him. If lie ever meets Sullivan ne VIII
be the worst whipped man you ever saw" Or
dinarlly Jack is very reticent, but when he does
talk lie always has something TO say.
The foregoing screed from an Eastern
source will not alone recall to the local sport
ing fraternity the ''fake" between C0rbett
and Campbell, but also the fight between
Choynski and Corbett. In his interview with
the sun man, Dempsey says: Amy good
man that can rush Corbett can whip him."
Dempsey was behind Choynski in the fight,
and yet when the latter, who is a rushing
| fighter, attempted in one of the rounds to
force things" Dempsey assumed to become
very angry and threatened to leave his man
if he did rot stop that style of procedure In
short, he ordered ChoynSki 20 make walt
ing fight, until he had him knocked out.
And now he says "any good man that can
rush Corbett can whip him." Consistency,
thou art not in it when Nose Gunst and
pug!llSt hold the short end.