The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-23
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match like that. Let him come on now
or shut up"
suLLivASs HACKER vEnY SICK.
Charley Johnston'a forfeit Of s., 500 is
is still at the Herald office 10 insure the
match. for $4,000 a side between Sulli.
van and Slavin. called at Charley
J.ohnsstons saloon in Brooklyn last even.
ing, but ho could not be found. Ills
barkceper assured ine that Mr.. Johnston
had spent the last two weeks at home
laid up in bod with rheumatism. His
feet, tho man said, aro SO swollen that
no cannot walk. 1t Is impossible for
him TO zee anybody.
Mr.. MITCHELL MAKES MERRY.
"Will you fight james Corbctt?" I
asked Charles Mitchell. Mr.. Mitcholls
calm blue eye twinklcd merr;ly. All OF
his fine white teeth showed in bril-.
linnt smile.
Dear me-" said Mr.. Mitchell, what
q TODD thoro Is about tins man Corbett.
lie claims 10 be anxious TO fight poor
little me because | once called him n
dub Why, that's a--lie! l
never called him anything OF the sort.
| read in this mornings newspaper n
lettcr he is alleged to have sent me, in
yiting me to. meet him and talk abou.
fighting. Isn't he too polite for any.
thing?"
Didn't you say before leaving Eng
land that you were going to New York
to force Corbett to fight you?" I in.
quircd.
Never said anything OF the sort, my
boy. That's a--l lie, too. l can't
imagine why Corbctt should DO after
me. But, by gosh !"-hcro Mr.. Mitchell
became facotious and dropped into
fearful and wonderful imitation OF n
Yankee drawl, "by gosh! FL 'e's a'goin'
to iorco me, I'm bound to trot i'm o
couple o eats, by ginger.
MITCHELL Is WILLING.
"Corbett has $1,000 deposited with
the Herald to bind mattel! with you"
"Why, I'll fight him, then. Which
style? My handsare crippled and can't
stand n long fight. III fight to finish,
London rules, or I'll meet him in ten
round bout with gloves anywhere in
New York. What's the matter with
Madison Square Garden? Let us box
ten rounds there. Quecnsbcrry rules,
the winner to take all the gate receipts,
the loser nothing. We can easily agree
upon referee. | suggest Mr.. Johr B.
Mccormack. But stipulate that one
man or the other must be knocked out
or the decision must be draw In
that case We would divide the gate re.
ceipts evenly. | don't want the referee
to say, Mr.. Corbett wins BY one point
There's my proposition. But | can't
sec why Corbctt is after poor, crippled
little Mitchell. After all I've heard OF
his great height, his tremendous reach,
his marvellous agility and his ferocious
right, it seems to me that he is guilty
OF cowardice in challenging one man at
4 time. He ought to fight two men in
the same ring"
"Never you mind, Charley, he'll
make your head weigh seven pounds
less when he gets ut you," clIuckled
Slavin. Then we all smiled, Mitchell
happiest OF the lot.
CORBETT WELCOMES TIE NEWS.
us Mitchell going to meet me after
all" was Corbetts joyful exclamation
when l related the foregoing converse
ton to him. lie was talking with his
young and pretty wife in the drawing
room OF his manager, William r. Brady,
in West Thirty-iourth street.
"This is the best news I've heard in
long time. Mitchell Stands are crippled,
'eh? And in one breath he proposes
finish London ring fight and ten
round glove match. Well, l won't
handy words with him. lie is fonder
OF talking than fighting. I'll accept his
proposition. We will box tell rounds,
Queensbcrry rules, in this city. His
talk about o prize fight with bare
knuckles is besh. lie stands indicted
now in Louisiana for his participation
in the Sullivan-kilrain fight. He knows
he wouldn't DO allowed to fight with
bare knuckles anywhere in this coun.
try. Well, we'll have it out with the
gloves"