The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-07
ABOUT HARD FIGHTING.
Science" Is Useless Against Cyclone
Boxers.
Welter-WeightP Philosophy Champion
Billy Smith Talks Interestingly.
He Expects Soon to Meet Jack Demp-
sew in the Ring.

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He Expects Soon to Meet Jack Demp-
sey in the Ring.
. Copyright, 1899
New York, May 6.-As welter-weipht
champion of the world | presume | should
bear my newly-won honors modestly l
am constrained, however, to say some
thing in view of the criticism which some
experienced judges of pugilism have
passed upon the hurricane" style of
fighting Tom Williams, the Australian
and myself employed at our recent meet
ing. Not that | mean to turn critic or
question the findings of competent judges
but rather as the politicians say when
confronted with conditions not to their
liking, ito explain my position"
Moreover, it has got to be fashionable
| for champions of all classes, from jim
Corbett down to Jack McAuliffe, to take
a fly at literature, and why shouldn't
| be in the swim with the rest Of the
boys3
'PEPPERY AND SCIENTIFIC"
The majority of the press critics were
kind enough to say that the recent battle
| between Williams and myself was one of
the most peppery and satisfactory ever
seen at the Coney Island Club house. A
few, and not without reason, complain
Very true, but circumstances often com
pei pugilists, like men in other walks of
life to change plans already formulated
When your antagonist is as lithe-limbed
and as strong as a panther, and goes at
you hammer and tongs, you have no time
to do pretty work. and show your
science You must meet him at his own
game and mix it with him. Especially is
this true when the man before you is
busy chap, and keeps right on top of
you all the time
All the Australians, ! notice, have this
faculty, and IL is impossible TO keep away
from them They go at their adversaries
like tigers, and the American, or English
man, or Irishman who faces them has to
fight for all he is worth or go down in the
onslaught
Science, maintain, in a case like this,
is of little avail, unless man is extraor-
binary shifty on his feet, and can keep
out of harms way. Such a man is Jim
Corbett, and he is about the only one I
know of who possesses such marvellous
quickness that he can keep out Of reach
of danger But here again, another fac
tor operates TO Corbett's advantage: that
is his great hight and reach. Hardly any
antagonist he may face, unless it be Peter
jackson, has these advantages, and Cor
belts long left would bother the worst
rusher in the world.
CoRBETT's MARVELLOUS RALLY.
Mind you, ] am not saying that clever
man cannot hold off stiff" no matter
how fierce a rusher he may be, by left
hand iabs, but. other things being equal,
strength, skill, determination, hight,
weight and reach, IL is next TO impossible
to keep away from your adversary If he
! 10 bound to get at you, You must mix
it' with him. Even so clever general as
Jim Corbett was once compelled TO lin
fight" for his life. That was on the oc-
cassion OF his memorable conflict with
Peter Jackson, in San Francisco, three
years ago. AT one stage of the game
Peter had forced Jim into his own corner,
and the Californian's chances looked any
thing but bright, when suddenly, 10 the
amazement of the 5000 people present,
jackson included. COrbett commenced to
fight like demon. II was fierce work
at close quarters, bin, bang, whack, each
OF them got IL about the head heart and
body Finally Peter was forced 10 yield to
the shower OF blows rained on him and
break ground. Corbett fought his way
out Of danger, and when the bell sounded