Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-19

GEORGE tOu1Tby, the bOSlOH tUlOTtu lbhN ~
weight, fought n six-round draw before the
Providence Mctropole club; Tommy Ryan
and Dick Eagan, the montana Kid" signed
articles for a ten-round fight, and that the
mouthy war between Mitchell and Corbett
shows but little signs OF abatement.
That there is to be no fight grows more
apparent as time flies, and it is getting to be
the very general opinion that neither man is
half so anxious as he would have the dear
public think he is. If they were both in
dead earnest and so monstrously eager to
demonstrate to an Indifferent world which is
the best man they would have settled the
question long ere this in private. The al
legged 500 300 stake that each man has posted
and the matchless glory they are painting
for should be sufficient to bring them to-
gether.
1t was a stake, and oft-times n chuck
steak at that, that the boys used to go out on
the green at the peep o. day and maui each
other with the raw 'uns for. in the old days.
But times nave changed. The only stake
champions-and what o raft of them there
are-fight for nowadays is an imaginary one
that has its existence in their minds ana
advertisements only. 1t Is the gate and the
big fat purse they are in suCn ardent quest
of, and nine times out of ten they split even
on this, mauger the way the fight goes.
Happily. however. the days of big purses
and mammoth crowds have gone by. The
egregious demands, the arrogance and dis
gushing copspicuity of the bully and the
Draggart brought this about, and no one
knows this better than Mitchell and Cor
bett. The big clubs were q good thing in
their way, but the brazen fighters wouldn't
let them remain so. They not only wanted
the colossal prizes offered, bat wanted the
lions share of everything that came in at
the doors, and in fact everything in and out
Of sight besides. Is it any wonder that the
game has met an early death?
Insofar as Jacksonville, Fla, is concerned
the big premier thumpers are about as
likely to meet there as they are at Roby or
Coney Island. The country guys who are
Offering the purse, protection and other
etcetera, might as well endeayor to dam
Niagara with their 'stuff." Such an event
would cause the orange blossoms to droop
and wither in shame, and the big green
turtles and the alligators haven't yet been
educated up to a S25 admission fee. They
would simply &c down in the mud and stay
there until the clouds rolled by.
And Charlie Mitchell is to play the hero in
"Romany Rye for $1,000 a week. 1t is
worth more than that. The man who is
coaching the handsome Britisher financially
is n shortsighted individual, and when
Charlie gets his 500, 900 at the end of his ten
weeks engagement he will still be loser. l
thought all along, however, that Poney
Moore's pomery sec son-in-law wasn't going
to get 'trun" down entirely, but if he, with
all his brilliant histrionic ability and didac-
tical powers, sees proper to impersonate
Romany Rye for the pitiful sum of $500 q
night he can do so, that's all. l wouldn't do
1t for twice the figure.
Now that Thalia and Melpomene have
twisted their tlanges in among Charles
blonde curls and drawn him within Thes-
plans fold for an indefinite period, Jimmy
.Corbett, the bruiseful actor, will be twice as
mud as ever. Just as soon as Charlie, with
his bold gypsy band, gets safe out IN SYRIA
cuse, Schenectady or Penn Yam for his first
nights stand, you can look for Jem to put on
his plumes and buckle up his belt and run
down to New York again for the purpose of
killing the audacious Briton in a barroom.
Sporting Editor OF THE BEE: Being an old
Omaha boy and in consequence an admirer of
THE BEE and Its sporting columns, l take the
Oakland Tribune of even date on the great
American buffer, ]. J. Corbett.
l know how we'll he stands with you and feel
that the article viii be appreciated. l might
versal opinion of ali who know him out this
way, Yours truly, -
l. S.-Of course 1 do not wish my name men
TONED in case you comment on this or use 1t,
as 1t is not exactly in line with my business.
Below follows the clipping:
ST Corbett and Mitchell are to fight
wish to heaven they would set about it and
cease from the endless working of their tire
less, ugly, heavy, pugilistlc Jaws. There is
q limit to oil things. and these gentlemen
long ago overplayed the limit Of public pa
thence with their mouthings. Jim Corbett
x.yno N nphf fu ,rnnh aort Of fall1,, 4 H.
before he blossomed out us a full blown
pugilist, and had the misfortune, through
his own merit and through his opponents
being broken down by a long career Of dissi-
pauion, to lick Johu l.. Sullivan. Since then
his head has become so swollen that |
should think it would make HIM tired to
carry 1t around. Certainly it makes the
rest of US tired to see it-and it makes us
still more tired TO hear it. The worst
of the whole business about this wonderful
head is that 1T seems to be loaded and to be
all the time going off without the slightest
provocation, and precisely as though its
owner did not know it was loaded. Possibly
he don't. ! confess to n wcll-grounded sus-
picion that its owner, as q matter of fact.
does not know much.
'There was a time when ! wished Corbett
well and | was glad when he licked Sullivan,
because, like some other foolish persons, /
had fond dreams of the uplifting OF the ring
by the coming Of the gentleman hampio
] can see the absurdity of all that now. The
words gentleman and champion are not,
and in their nature cannot be, SYNONYMOUS,
The passing of Sullivan and the coming of
Corbett meant simply that one sort of brute
had been proven the inferior of another
sort. That was the question thai was set
tied at New Orleans, and the only question.
The Corbett brute may be a bit prettier To
look at than tho Sullivan brute, but that Is
all-and, anyway, that is a matter of taste.
For myself, | confess to a preference to the
most brutal looking of the brute forms when
judging brutes, Inc Sullivan approximate
the typical brute of the ring a great deal
more than does Corbett. That, however
may be because we nave been more accus
toned to the Sullivan sort and SO nave Sc,
up that sort.
'tAs to the pending fight. If it ever get.
beyond the jaw stage, j am free to say tina,
j would like to see Mitchell win il and foi
several reasons. IL is enough, though, Il
state that the victory of the Englishmaf
would bring Corbett down TO earth agar
more efeotually than anything that could
happen TO him-and 80 we would get a rest
80 far as he was concerned. and so would
his jaw. Then L would like to see Pete,
Jackson lick Mitchell-and think he coulc
do IL, too-ard a Chinaman challenge Jack
son and lick him, ana, as a fitting finale,
would like 10 see a dog bite the Chinaman
We could all Kick the dog then, anC
brutality would reach its proper level. o
course, IL Corbett wanted TO ommenc a
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