St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-25
CAN CORDETT FIGHT?
The Champion Pugilist Is Now
a Very Sick Young
Man,
Laid Up With a Cold on the
Lungs Which May Be
Serious.
His Trainer Gives 1t Out That
the Match Has Been
Made,
And the Fight With Mitchell
Will Come OF in De-
cember.

Champion James j. Corbett is very
sick man, slcker than his friends care
to admit, and there are chances, remote
at the present time, of course, that the
angel Of death. who has never lost a
fight, may enter the ring with the
champion before Charley Mitchell has
his match, which is scheduled for next
December.
A reporter for the GLOBE called upon
Mr. Corbett last evening in his rooms at
the West hotel i'll Minneapolis. The
man who whipped Sullivan did not APP
pear to possess sufficient energy to
take a fail out Of a cat, and
his appearance would create the i'm
preston that If Mitchell never had
n harderopponent his road to the cham
pionship OF TIE world would be made
very easily and without much danger of
personal injury to HIM. C0rbett was
wrapped in his heavy Overcoat and was
reclining in a couple of chairs in his
room. His face had a worn expression,
md his color was rather inclined to the
yellow. He was languid, had bad
headache, and seemed in a condition
calculated 60 soften the heart of the
most fierce prize fighter on the face of
the globe.
COrbeu Very HI.
at has got me-" he languidly said to
the GLOBE man as he shook hands and
coughed TO relieve his throat. II have
got the worst of it for the present, but
hope 10 be all right in the course Of
few days. You see, | am very soft now.
Since the time fought Sullivan have
not taken much outdoor exercise and l
weather 1t looks as though | could not
sYen stand going out Of doors. | have
been inside of buildings all of the
time riding on railroad trains, and in
a carriage TO and from The depot.
The other morning | took iiVe-mile
walk in company with Bud" and | did
not wear any rubbers. l thought that |
could 90 around in the same manner as
I formerly did. When L got back to
the hotel discovered that | was i'll. or
rather on the verge of it. | felt hot and
cold by turns, and began to cough. |
at once called in doctor and had him
examine me. You may not believe it.,
but | have not eaten thing for the past
three days. | have lived on medicine
and | have been unable to hold it on my
stomach.
Il feel as weak as it is possible for
man to feel. l have never taken a rest
since the day l had my fight in New Or
leans. and the result has got me now. |
cannot 20 to the theater now, and | will
not even attempt to. | will show at the
matinee tomorrow afternoon, but | can
not work hard. | will be compelled to
cut down the work which | am accus-
toned TO do, but [ will try to give the
people good show, as usual. l hope to
be in condition in few days, and |
probably will be. | am very sorry that
it has come in this manner, as it not
only knocks me out of considerable
money, but it also takes money out of
the pockets Of the management of the
theater."
The champion said he had been be-
sieged by callers all day, and that his
throat was very sore. He told several
anecdotes of his experiences on the road
and with his various contestants, and
seemed in the best of spirits, consider
ing. At the conclusion of the interview
with Mr.. Corbett, as the reporter was
going out Of the door, Mr.. Delaney, his
trainer, came out and said:
The Match Made.
"The GLOBE has treated us in the fair
est manner possible, and l am going to
put you onto something. If Mr.. Cor
bett was in a condition to do so, would
let him tell you, but he does not know
of it yet. | have just received a dis
patch from Mr.. Brady, who is on his
way west again, stating that the articles
of agreement have been signed. and
that everything has been arranged for
the match between COrbett and Mitch
ell. They were signed last night,
lSSIt Brady did not care to have the fact
ESec0me known until after he had been
IgiYen Il chance 10 get out of the city
Eand thus avoid an arrest, in case the
police OF the city of New York wished
10 make one on him. He wired me this
.morning, and said for me to keep it
mum until the evening.
ia HE had meeting with Mitchell and
Squire Abingdon last night at the Ged-
ney house at o'clock. Howard Hack
fett was one of the witnesses. The pa
perS were signed in the proper manner
and the only thing left to do was the
placing Of the money in the hands of the
stakeholder who was not present at the
meeting. Both of the men agreed to
this and stated that the money would be
put up at the earliest possible moment.
Mr. Brady went at once to Boston where
he placed a certified ci:eCk for the sum
of $4,000 in the hands Of Dave Blanch-
ara, Of that city. 1t is probable that
Blanchard will 90 to New \ DIRK tomOr-
row foT the purpose Of getting the
Mitchell money, or else Mitchell. or one
Of his representatives,, will go to Boston.
FERNS OF The Fight.
The fight Willtake place in December
1888. 1t will be in the second week of
the month, and will be on Friday even
ing of that week. This date can be
changed, that is, the night of the week,
in case it is the desire Of the club at
which the contest takes place. Corbett
will be compelled to weigh in at 1876
pounds, or less. Mitchell cannot weigh
will not. The winner is to take the en-
lire purse offered and the side bet.
Blanchard is only the temporary stake
holder, as Phil DWyer, who is now at
Hot Springs, Ark, will be the final
stakeholder. Mr.. COrbetJ wrote him a
letter yesterday, asking him if he would
act as final stakeholder, and stat
ing that he had been decided upon for
that purpose. The articles are the same
as were agreed upon in New York.
The conteStWill take place at the club
which VIII give the largest purse. 1t
will probably be in New Orleans, but it
nav be at the C0ney island club. There