The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-29
WHIP ANY MAN ON EARTH.
So Boasted the English Champion
Boxer When Under the Influ-
ence of Liquor.
Ills Bibulous Habits and Boastfu]
Tongue Have COST Slavin's
Friendship.
The LATTER Very Confident of His Ability
to Whip pJAckson-Corbett Has
No Show. 81

New YoRK, March 28.--If what Howard
b. Hackets says of Slavin and Mitchell is
approximately true. the entente cordiale
between England's boxing champion and
Slavin is somewhat strained. If not abso-
lutely fractured. Hackett hsd q talk with
the pair Thursday on tho steamers deck
just before the vessel left for her trans
Atlantic trip.
II shall come back here in the fall,'' said
the English boxer, "and il Sullivan viii
Corbett, as ! candidly believe he will. why
will be ready to fight him for any amount
Of money he may name. When ii comes to
fighting | am Johnnie on the spot I can
lick Sullivan or any other man breathing.
and don't make any mistake about that.
Az for Slavin. he is all right. but oan lick
him and he knows it. We have made con
siderable money in America. and We are
taking homo some $4,000 or moro. So you
will see that in spite of ali the roastings
We have had We haven't lost any great
amount OF the coin of the realm.
'Slayin will lick jackson to certainty,
and in my opinion Sullivan will punch
holes through Corbatt, who is nothing more
nor less than great big looking glass
fighter. I think I can lick the pair Of am,
but that does not matter
Slavin, who had been talking to some
friends. came up at this moment and heard
MltchelPs last words.
r,s.le; YGa mustn't t, pny any attention to
The poor boy has been in his cups for q
time, and he is talking through his hat
Mitchell looked very wicked after he
heard slavin's criticism of him.
II can lick you or any man living" he
cried.
"Wsll, we will be week on the boat"
responded Slavin, with the same goodna-
tured smile, and you will have plenty of
time to whip mo it you can. | will tell you
right here it we ever get into fight you
will be entitled to second money. / have
just awakened to q realization of thu fact
that you have done me no good in this
country, and for my part you can throw
yourself in the blooming ocean,
The exchange Of pleasantries continued
for some time, and it was not until the big
steamer started that the foreign pugilists
stopped their wordy warfare. What will
happen before tho steamer arrives at
Queenstown nobody can say, but there ia a
to tistic show without paying a cent for
admission. Mitchell and Slavin are not on
the very best terms by any means.
Slavin is thoroughly convinced that he
made mistake in joining forces with Eng
lands boxing champion. A certain sport
ing man had long talk with the Austria
liam on this subject early yesterday morn
ing, and Slavin admitted that Mitchell was
too much ofa rowdy to be of any value as
I sparring partner.
"When I come over here after licking
Jackson" said he II will come alone, and
I'll make some money, you can gamble on
that"
'And what if you shouldn't lick Jack
son?" suggested Mike Donovan.
"Oh, it's a olneh that l will whip him.
because know the man l am fighting, and
also know that he will not be in the
fight