Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-25

liza ccrbsll Tells OF His schoolboy Flight
to a Reporter.

AtNNi fHNNiN" = ~ fHANANNNNHl
Champion James j. Corbett, hii
faithful trdnur Delaney, aud Post
Dispatch representative were Sitting
lim'B cosy apartment az the Coleman
house. Everybody was hnluod with
cigar smoke aud undor the soothing
influence OF u puriectp jim grow romin.
isOont
"Drlitng Into prlzoAghting Is just
az easy u.s. drifting into amy othor busl-
ness, said Champion james j. Corbett
10 your correspondent
"Ncs,H put IA Trainer Delaney, 'nnd
ite Just az easy 10 DRIFT out again when
the ten seconds are mp, Two soon many
q poor chop 20 out at The hard end OF O
Ilght.hhnacd Hrguinont,n This was con,
mdcrcd u rarc attompi ~ Iorsillnpe on
Dnlunuy's part. The moody looking
trainer usually thinks out his ioltei
aud thon keeps thom TO himself
81 had rathor light In the ring than
out Of 10 any time. said CorbotL ION,
Of tho hardest bouta ever had In mJ
lfo wao when was IA years o
ago, | was attending ~, lgnatina' col
lrge At Tho tima There wore tive
ynrds at this college, called tho big
yard ind the little yard. Whom pupil
reached a certain stage Of proficiency
they were promoted from tho little Z,
tho big yard. Dave Enin, my chum,
and myself had Just boon promoted and
didn't know mary OF iho follows over
tho fence, We chippcd into theit
games Just the aamo and soon rot no.
quainiod. ~ that time FATTY Car
ney, q big btrly hoy, was the reuog
niycd bully Of the yard. He had an UNI
pleasant habit 81 putting heads on pei~
~ I...lHI..I at
had mover made any namo for myself NJ
a lighting boy aud did not want 10,
''Dnr day We wore playing 'prsoncr'a
base Carney was moi "a tho game, but
he took deliberate pains 10 run into my
chnm, kgnn. We had few w0rda,and
he got dead sore ON mo. IN tend "
you after school, said no.
AFTER school was ont ono OF my
friends came N me and sald Fatty
Carney IL layng Tor you outside and Is
going 10 lick yOit ! was terribly
afraid W ilrst and was going 10 run
home but something stopped me.
don't know What ~ wtl1-prdo, maybe.
Anyhow J sAlllod out and found Car-
ney waiting for me with Us coat on.
walked right up 10 him and asked
him what he wanted. 4 am gOln' to
lick yer out OF yer boots, no replied.
| hauled on my coat without word,
and We went over 10 vacant lot.
had no more ldoA OF rparring than q
hog hAs OF Christmas. had seen ono
follow spar, however, and had noticed
him looking at his opponents stomach
and hitting t0r his face Ibid tho Same
thing 70 Fatty and was OyerjOyed AZ he
RESULT The longer we fought the moro
enthusiastic became. I was not angry,
] Wa simply delighted with the SCRAP.
had him almost pounded out, whom
thoio came wild org ~ police Fatty
eified and slfiod Ia the same direction.
We went up 20 another open lot aud
got az Il Agaln | WIS getting tho bot
tor Of u whom he started Ia on q rough
and tumble.
'lio was bigger and stronger than
and he was rapidly duiug mo UP when
o man with gold-hcaded cane inter-
fcred. He pulled 'fatty on, stood MS
both up aud said Nov 70 al him and
II DO docs not fight fair IN warm him
with the cane II waB a long fight,
but ! licked him % last and went home
TIRED out
"rhe nGxt day tho president Of Tho
college called iue up before the thfcao
and asked mo where ! got the brulaed
pyc. Alr and Fatty Carney had q f9ht.'
Ircplled. Who llckedY be- asked. /
told him al about II and he ilrud us
both out Of school That fight Fayo mo
quito a reputation among my school
malcs
"Afierwardsf used 70 box In my faith
er's stable. Efory stable hand who
came there Tor employment had 10 nut
on the gloves With me. There was ono
fellow afoune there called Forty Ken
raly, who was q rather tough nut Ia ths
boxing llne. Ono day Kcnealy and 1
wore present a. an enteriainrnent afvcn
by tho Sullivan CAdeis. The presidout
oi ths Cadets seeing ua both present
e0t up md asked uh Tor boat. will
yen hUxY' ask1d kepoHiy. YES I a.
piled, come on. We got At ID. aud q
regular sluRgiug match followed. Tia
WA = hard customer, and for lima it
was about oyen Mp. Finally DO awnD4
out at mo aud I dnuaol. "A / same %
iay head struck HMM tia Gals aud A. /.