Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-26
ANOTHER SIDE OF IT.
Charley Mitchell States His Views of
the New York Scene.
HE WILL CONE BACK THIS YEAR.
Pitcher WOOdcock Very Artistically Asks for
His Release.
ALL THE SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

Those who have been interested in the
recent escapade of Charles Mitchell at New
York and his conflict of words with ]. j.
Corbett will probably read with as much in
terest what Mitchell has to say about the
matter Just before leaving New York for
England, that is, on Wednesday morning,
he wrote the following letter to friend in
this city:
"DEAR FRIEND-Doubtles you have
read of my alleged goings on with Corbett,
but do not believe all you bear. did not
conduct myself, perhaps, as well as might
have done, or as well as should have DONE
but / he'd Just cause for acting as l did. l
have been in America for several weeks and
almost everybody has been trying to down
me. / have been abused and slandered on
all sides and the most cowardly attempts
have been made at all stages to ruin the
business of Slavin and myself In our
boxing exhibitions we were only doing
what other people were doing, and probably
doing it better, and we were called fakes,
etc
That Man Corbett.
"But this man Corbett, who has not in
any shape or form proved himself fighter,
went around the country calling me
coward All newspapers were ready to
print whatever he said about me, and when
j offered reply, it was either garbled or
not published at all. The New York papers
stated / dare not come TO New York.
Slavin and came only to find that Corbett
had all the press arrayed against me and he
was declaring me a coward. l was to leave
the next day and what could do to let tins
man know that there was no cowardice In
ne? Only one thing, that was to go to him
and demand satisfaction there and then.
Il did this in a noisy way, L admit. 1 de-
manded him TO fight me there and then, and
he declined; he declined, although l called
him worse than any man has been called be-
fore. wanted to fight him, but he proved
the coward, and when 1 was about to sail
into him the police pulled me away. This
is the true acccun: of the affair. But / will
return, and then Corbett or anybody can
have try to knock me out. "
Ready for Any MAJ
After mentioning a few formal matters
Mitchell goes on to say that he is not afraid
of any man on earth, and that there are
more dangerous men for him to meet than
Corbett The writer Of the letter also adds
that he received a telegram from Mr.. Brady
stating that Corbett was sick and unable
TO 60 on with the Madison Square
contest Il was in Chicago then," saws
Mitchell, but now Mr.. Brady says he sent
no such telegram. Who sent it? That's
what / want TO know. l want the public to
understand that when had pluck enough
10 face Sullivan when nobody else would
face him l am certainly not afraid of a man
like Corhett. i NAV add that the reports
about Savin and / being bad friends are
Just as true now as they ever were. We are
together vet, and will remain So. !"
The letter puts different complexion on
many things to what newspaper reports
have stated. 1t certainly shows that Mitch
ell has side of the matter as well as Cor
beUt