The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-06
CORBETT HOME.
= Wretched Health, but Hopes
20 Defeat jackson.
= s.sEERs At JOE M'AuLlFFE.
Devses Thinks Jake Kl1rain Wnl
1svs Hard Time Beating Gedfrey
on the 18th.

10 FRANCISCO, March 5.-fSpeciall.-
- oorbett and Parson Davies arrived
4 - he East this afternoon Corbett
- anything but the picture Of health
sS5S ~ s1euped OF the Oakland boat. His
]. ~ had very haggard appearance. He
31,pd ike . man who was faded and
: 50. out from travelling. Not having
8 - used to the Eastern climate. he was
s5 80 mark for malaria to take hold 81.
I lbetf admitted that his appearances did
- belie his condition. He said:
e IA . fne trip. but must comics that ny
81 80 90 NOT improved by the change Of eli
- Ihe xew Orleans climate knocked me-
- When arrived there weighed 81 pounds,
go began 10 lose flesh rapidly. Why. on
- nip have lost just ten pounds. nov
- SA0ut 49,
- -. ~ stomach is . little out Of order. but
fhnt after have got . few hreafhs Of Cali
!: 49, ~ ID ne III be ali right intend 10
7in . eansalito, and John Donaldson md
- psanDey viii assist me. ] viii go over 70
4 - tumcrrow 70 select my quarten, and
i Nm work ut once. At Denver I boxed
1G Ieady Gallagher, and can fell ron that
- = mighty clescr fellow. He, however,
8 Idi6 @ hpx Mitchell instead of Han. and
- - ee8 match for him"
e1nw - ron and NcAu1i6e getting aloux.s
IN - dcnt ki0 when We meet He fried
p - hlnF On me a. thester one nighf In
i'm TEX. bat fooled him"
- - the unknown that you prumised
an1ch with 81
II 10 tell the truth, ! had no unknown
ucAnlife footed his horn in the theatre.
om informed me that be had IN nm
Nno would fight MeAuliffe, % got mp
Dunced that would match man with
When the time came 70 produce nv
killed to show mp Thnt'x al there wa
R EAen get through with Jackson, and I
- ofher engagement, win be ready to
6k11EeAnlife-
Gulte3t's wife accompanied him on his
En trip.
Isrson Davies made better report Of
nef He looked rs slick rs ever, and
! 1I5sas1 glad to be once more ia San
ti1co. To reporter the pareon told
- BE knew about the pug11istic situa-
1A He said:
81 ~ weeks ago received lefter from Char
r. N3tcheil, in which ne said that be and sia-
- expected soon to visit this country. He
3e Guccess Of his trip, financially, to America
e1no aid that Stavin was coming here to talk
- md that Frank would back himself
- auybody. / don't think their recent
E71 amounted to anything. An effort is
- made 10 have Mitchell and Slaxin fight,
- thtz quarrel wAs probably exaggerated Tor
A4Yafpose- viii probably have something
- - With their Appearance IN this country.
A1no4 0Aer has been made to me TO take charge
tn athletic exhibition 10 be given during the
Arg31ss fair, and another good offer from num-
82 prominent Denver sports who win hack
~ The organization Of boxing club there,
- % the California club. Denver already
UDA1e club buS il Il strictly amateur.
- olD0 the third offer Of the management OF =
- f1eGfze In Chicago. and OF the three II ID
~ Ton me to decide upon which 70 accept"
Anf about FitEEimmons' contract with
- M. Fituimmonk with what little tnteIii-
- he possesses, believes he can do better
some one else, 1t Is his privilege to 90 with
man. but I'll wager that the public VIII take
al the money can make. but always get
snestfy. and slways keep my word: As an
nksement of what have just said OF Fitzim-
-, viii refer to the action of the olympic
tn which has barred him from any and all
1gf3e&ex- viii be very well pleased to zee or
IN of him being defeated honestly, and
vi help 20 defeat him in q thoroughly
1uifimate way. You can say that ] consider
1UDeH fortunate that he did break faith with
-. for a. = matter of fact ] can't see much
unit in handling freak, anyway.
There Ii q great deal of talk about the God
&ey-Kilrain match, on the 18th, in the East.
There is . difference of opinion Many think
Godfrey viii win, owing to his record, he hav-
Ing only been defeated once. think II viii be
: very hard contest. and don't go q cent on
lhese stories about Godfrey being a gutter.
they always say every tighter is . gutter.
Everybody called Jem Mace q quitter, but he
hns not quit yet"