Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-09
THE HERO OF THE HOUR.

| Corbett Has No Lack OF Worshfpers Now
He Starts Out Right by Refusing &c
DrInk-Hs VIII RejoIn His Theatrical
Troupe at Once.
| NEW ORLEANS, Sept 8.-After the fight
last night Corbett and his party entered
carriages at the door of the Olympic Club
in the midst of perfect ovation, and in
company with representatives of the South
ern Athletic Club, drove to the uptown
gymnasium, where there was an enthusiastic
crowd of club members and guests number
| ing close to 1000.
Corbett was taken into the immense hall
of the club and wildly cheered. At one end
of the hall there was an immense photo
graph of the new champion. Corbett re-
sponded to the ovation and made modest
speech.
IT started my career in the Southern Ath-
letic Club, gentlemen" he said, "when I
was scarcely known here, and now I have
got to the top of the ladder. Your courtesy
and attention have been sincerely appreci-
ated, and I am profoundly grateful for
them; so thank you all from the bot
tom of my heart Wherever 1 may be
shall always remember your kind
ness, and you will always have my very
best wishes know can never repay you
for what you have been so kind as to do for
me-"
The New Champion Refuses to Drink.
There was wild cheering when the cham
pion concluded, and then the members of
the club gathered around the handsome
young fighter and shook his hand till it was
sore.
At the conclusion of the informal cere-
mony at the club Corbett went in triumph
to his room at j. j. Runners, and there
opened the kilograms that began to pour in
from all parts of the country. Then the
champagne corks began to pop and the
health of the new luminary vas quaffed in
flowing bumpers Corbett himself declined
to drink. He said he did not want to be
like other pugilists; that milk is good
enough for him. The party remained up
until 1 o'clock. Then the visitors with
drew and Corbett went to bed
His rest last night was refreshing and he
awoke this morning feeling as happy as a
lark. When he got up a splendid break
fast was awaiting him, and he sat down and
relished it with the vigor of winner. Dur
ing the morning, with big Billy Delaney,
he walked over to the Southern Athletic
Club and was overwhelmed with congratu-
lations of his friends. The champion re-
manned at the club for some time, and his
handsome face was burst of sunshine to
those around him.
He Gives BIS Adversary His Due.
In clear, legible hand he wrote inter
esting letters to his wife and parents, and
in them he gave report of the battle of
his life. When he had time to chat with o
newspaper man who called on him, he said
he felt better than ever before in his past
"a years He was surprised at the result,
because he knew when he went into the
ring that the big fellow was not equal in
skill or endurance. He was ready, how
ever, to accord Sullivan all the credit that
was due the e1-champion for his fair contest
and his manly bearing.
Corbett will here join the travelling troupe
with which he has been exhibiting himself,
and tonight there will be performance in
one OF the city theatera The check of the
Olympic Club for $45, 900 viii at this affair
be handed to Corbett upon the stage.
Corbett this morning was exuberantly
merry as kilograms in numbers came in upon
him, all congratulating him upon his vic
tory. Members of the athletic clubs of the
city called upon him, and many of the
talent who yesterday absorbed Sullivan's
breath as they would sweetness, were to-
day "How-de-do Jim," as if he had been
their divinity always 1t was sharp COM
mentary upon fame-the young champion
of to-day amid flowers, while the disfgured
and swollen champion of yesterday lay al
most alone in his disordered apartments