, 1892-03-28
A JAW FIGHTER.
MITCHELL ABUSES CORBETT AND
THEN RUNS FROM HIM.

Siavim and Mitchell, Both Full OF
liquor, Create a Scene i'm "a Rar-
room Next 10 a Theater, ana are
Compelled 10 get Ont OF the way.
New YORK, March 28.-Slayin and Mitch.
ell before sailing for England, painted the
town red. Among other places they Wis
tied Miners Bowery theater They were
to have spared there but broke their CON
tract, probably because they feared that
their reception from the Bowery young
man would not be very pleasant. and Jim
Gorbett was given the opportunity to make
some money. Mitchell was feeling very
sore at the thought of the good American
dollars he was to lose, and in his usual
style began blackguarding Corbett and
Sullivan in the choicest Billingsgate he
could command. And Mitchell is an adept
at Billingsgate. a crowd in tie barroom
listened to him and trenbled lest Sullivan
or Corbett should stumble into the place
and be annihilated by Pony Moor's SON
in-law.
jim Corbett suddenly appeared on the
sceene. AS soon as Mitchell saw him he
called him "stutf' and told him he was
no fighter. Slayin stood by and said moth
ing. Mitchell poured fourth torrent Of
abuse until Corbett could stand it no long
Ter, and moved toward HIM The two men
were kept apart by those in the barroom,
and Mitchell slipped out of the side door.
He came back again in a short time and
continued the abuse.
I'm a gentleman and not a baTroom
| fighter" said Corbett. "You had a chance
to meet me in a ring once and YOU did not
i fiji N To Ypsit I Xp9Ilit ioi,t
YOU'RE a big stuff snd no fighter at all,''
shouted Mitchell i'll an excited way. ~
can lick you here-right here among your
frlends-or any place else"
Corbett tried to reply but the irate En-
glishman went on. @You're a big faker.
You never intend TO meet Sullivan, and
are onfy working big advertising scheme.
Sullivan is big stuff, and you're another.
| can lick both of you in one ring. A fine
champion OF the world you would malze.n
Corbett, angered beyond endurance, and
forgetting his resolution not to take part in
barroom brawls, made dash for Mitchell
Corbett's friends barred the way and told
him to keep his temper, and that he would
gain nothing by engaging in a fight with
the blackguard Who was Yltuperating him.
AS Corbett came toward him, Mitchell
stuck his hand in the right-hand pocket of
his oYercoat and, when he saw that Cor
bett was held, took it out again. A by
stander in the crowd put his hand in the
pocket and pulled out revolver.
Corbett when he saw that Mitchell had
been prepared to shoot if attacked, COM
pletely lost control of himself, and made
mad rush for the Englishman, tossing to
one side the persons who stood in his way.
Mitchell however, showed his sprinting
ability again.
1t was we'll for him that he could run, or
~ woaid have gone III with hinfi for Cor
bett was simply furious. He ran out of
the side door Of the barroom. across the
street and jumped on an uptown car that
was passing. Slavin, who had watched the
trouble, quietly followed and the two were
soon lost sight Of
Corbett was very indignant. He said:
III am no barroom fighter but have always
acted as gentleman. I can whip Mitch
ell, and to show that can do so, / will
fight him for $4,000, the fight to take place
before | meet Sullivan. Mitchell WON'T
fight. He will find more excuses He had
better leave this city before it gets too hot to
hold him, and go back to his English
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