The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-20
IN TaE SPORTING WORLD.

| 6av6nn ah VIII Receive Telegraph
Accounts OF Each New Orleans Fight.
While many Of Savannah's sporting men
will go to New Orleans to witness the mills
OF the first week in September, there will
be many who will be unable TO get away.
| To accommodate these and the many others
| who feel an interest in the contest MIR.
| Ebbs will have a wire run into the thestsr
| and will receive detailed dispatches OF the
| fights as they progress. This will be the
| very next thing to seeing the fights. Tickets
| for the three nights will be placed on sale
| soon.
Pugilist Jim Corbett was a much puzzled
man after he read the papers the other
morning. On Saturday Coroett issued an
| open challenge TO Dominick McCaffrey offer
| ing TO give him 81, 600 IL he would stand be-
| fore him for four rounds at the Madison
| Square garden on Sept. IL. Corbetts rea-
sou for making this proposition was on &C
count of McCatfrey charging that Corbetts
victory over him was due to a scratch. In
answer to this challenge McCaffrey
| says in one paper that he will accept the
| challenge, but in another he says he will
not meet the Californian. These conflicting
| statements are pulling to Corbett. IF |
| only knew what McCeffrey wanted" said
Corbett, 81 would know how to an
bW0T DuL no plhC66 nLlnSSlA ia SuCu q
funny position that no one can understand
him. If he wants to meet me why don't he
come out fat-footed and say so. This beat
ing around the bush don't count.
"You can say for me-" continued the pu-
gilist, that will only be too glad to meet
McCaffrey and will make this proposition
to him: On Sept. H. five days after my fight
with Sullivan, l will meet him at Madison
Square garden. and will undertake to do
him in four rounds. but IL he prefers | will
meet him at the Manhattan Athletic Club
and undertake TO do him up there in the
same number Of rouada. II neither OF these
propositions suits him and he wants a ten
rounds go or fight to a finish, Twill meet
him before the Coney Island Athletic Club
on any date he designates before Oct. l."
Corbett said he was too busy training to
bother with any more of McCaffrey's idle
talk and the only thing that he would recog-
nize now was an authentic statement that
McCaffrey had put up his money to meet
him.
The report comes from Canoe Place inn
that Casey has decided to take little more
weight or OF Sullivan before he puts him
IN the ring on Sept Z. The weight desig
mated by Sullivau's trainers all along has
been from POS TO 210 pounds, and to bring
the big fellow down to 200 pounds is looked
upon with SUSPECT on by many, who think 1t
very doubtful whether sullivan Will De aoIe
to step into the ring at 200 pounds. Those
who have Sullivan in charge may, for rea-
sons of their Own, put his weight at that
figure, but it is generally believed that his
real weight will be concealed. Sullivan
seems to be putting the knowing ones in the
shade by the manner In which he stands
training, and If he leaves Canoe Place inn
only weighing 200 pounds the bettors will
have q ne " item to calculate upon.
John L. Sullivan is putting in most of his
time at very hard work now. He travels
over twenty miles a day on che roads. His
feet are giving him some trouble, being very
much chafed. He has not reduced his
weight much 10 the last few days.
Twenty five thousand invitations have
already been sent out for the Manhattan
! Athletic CLUBS big cycling carnival at
| Manhattan Field. on Saturday, Aug. 81
and if the club is favored with good weather
the capacity Of the grand stand should be
| tested. Everything is being done to have
the track in first-class shape. Zimmerm n,
| Taylor, Tyler, Windel, Taxis, Banker and
all the crack riderE will be on hand 20 CON-
| test for the rich prize offered.