Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-13
SOMETHING ABOUT CORBETT.
A Man in Every Way Far Superior to John
l.. Sullivan.


Man in Every Way Far Superior to John
L. sullivan.
CorresI ondence OF The Evening Star.
New YORK Sept. H. 1892
Champion Corbett is dividing attention with
the politicians here now. His reception at
Madison Square Garden was an ovation. The
STAR correspondent met personal acquaint-
ance and friend of the distinguished pugil-
Isl today and asked him something about Cor
belts personality.
'COrbett,' said he, lis very gentlemanly
and intelligent young man. He is an emf
nently worthy successor to John L. Sullivan.
for he Ii much his superior mentally and
morally he is physically. He WAS, as is al
ready well known. bank clerk in San Fran
cisco and has had good business training and
has good business sense and judgment. He
has been accustomed TO association with gen.
tlemen and Is gentleman.
How did he ever come to get into the prize
fighting business
That is a very natural question and easily
answered. He was something Of an athlete and
had taste for athletics. He became a member
Of an athletic club there and took boxing les
sons purely as a matter of personal amusement
and development. without any thought of any
thing else He soon became handy with the
gloves, however. and before he became aware
IL
made himself quite proficient in this line he
asked 10 instruct some others. He did 30.
and afterward asked to take charge of the
instruction in boxing and fencing in the ath-
letic club in San Francisco. This de-
veioped his taste i'll that direction
and in the work of the club he
became quite expert in the fstic rounds, which
are a feature Of all athletic club organizations
and entertainments made up for the amusement
and entertainment OF its members and their
guests. He soon became SO much Of an expert
that he defeated everybody pltted against him.
but when he fought with jackson, the colored
champion. that a little too much for the
blue bloods of the club and he Was removed
from his position as instructor"
''Hns he ever been defeated in any of these
bouts?''
Never: he Was in one fight, think. in whic b
il was a draw but aside from that ne has been
successful in every battle which he has had. "
What will be the result of his great success
at New Orleans and the adulation now being
heaped upon him!"
That is hard 10 say. hope he will keep
level head him, and belive he will. He is
"a very sensible. quiet, gentlemanly young man,
not a drunkgrd or given TO excuses of any
kind; gentleman by instinct And hope and
believe that this racket will not turn his head :"
He must have made n lot of money out Of
this ovent?"
He has made something but not as much as
many people suppose. The men are supposed
To have put up 80. 600 apiece on each side, but
In point of fact that was put up by others
their hackers. Then his expenses of training,
the trip and the long preparation for the fight
have been very great In proportion 10 those
which would attend the average individual.
SO. while he will get nice lump of money out
of il. II must not be supposed that the entire
$4,000 which was at stake i'll the fight goes
into his pocket. He will make. however. a
, good deal Of money out Of it undoubtedly"
And will he take care of it!'
Il have reason to believe that he will. He
has GOOD business sense and having been as
sOciated with financial people knows something
about investments and the wisdom of the
proper use OF money i'll Z business way. He
will UndOubted continue to make money from
this time forward Us the result of his success.
He has been getting from 800 to 81 900 a
hight for his appearance on the stage, and at
Madison Square Garden the price named is
sail to be $4,000. so 1t is easy to see that he
will be able 20 accumulate some money i'll what
ever role be may operate in the future"
DO you think he will continue at the prize
, fighting business
- hat Is hard To answer. i do not think his
taste runs III tLat line. and my impression is
that he viii not do any more fighting for some
time az least. Perhaps he may retire alto
gcther, having made good record, though
. /; i hard To say what circumstances may de-
yelOp."
Is his wife n Californian. like himself?''
YES: he married her III san Francisco. She
Is a beautiful intelligent young woman, with =
handsome face and figure. and he has u right to
be proud of her. suppose she was about the
happiest woman in the United States the night
OF ner husbands victory. though. l think, she
has no desire 10 see him enter the ring again"
Fear and Cholera.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
A striking example of the effects Of fear in
times of cholera is the following authentic fact
which il recorded in the newspapers Of that
time; In 1858 or 1854. l now forget which, we
ors at the great general hospital in the Alser-
strasse had their hands full. A man by the
name of Franz Holriegi was then awaiting
sentence Of death for murder. and the director
Of the hospital psesented petition to Emperor
Francis Josef TO grant full pardon to this
/ man providing the culprit in return would
consent to sleep in bed from which . corpse
/ OF cholera victim had just been removed.
/ The emperor granted a full pardon under the
aforesaid condition and the condemned man was
only too glad to comply. He WAS taken into
7 the hospital and ordered to lie down at once in
: the same bed from which in his presence the
| corpse removed. The man undressed and
went to bed. In less than half an hour he
began vomiting and in six hours he died from
| cholera.
/ The man died of cholera, which he took from
| fright. The corpse removed from the bed was
not that OF cholera victim, but Of q man who
/ met his death from q gunshot wound. Tho
| exp<rimeut did not take place in the choler RI