The evening world., 1893-10-31
SPORTING NEWS ANO GOSSIP.
Pugilistic Circles Excited by the
Corbett-H Hal Episode.
New Orleans still After tho Big
Fistic Affair.

The news that Jim Corhett was on a
stu hun for charley Mitchell, with the
lyoNcl intention OF thrashing him ON
sight. has put sporting men into a fever
of excitement. The hotels frcquCntCl by
thu hiy Iugilis;s huy" been haunted by
AN army Of sports. all eager and cN-
pcctantly awaiting the meeting Of the
champions. 1t would have been a rough
ana tumble iiEht had the pair come to-
grth,r. ana there would nav been no
call for tlmckcrpcrs. referees, handlers
and other accessories Of the prize ring.
Corbctt is sail to nave visited nearly
every place where it was likely that he
would meet Mitchell His quest up to
yesterday was fruitless. Corbett, his
manager W. \. BRADY, and Trainer De-
lanoy sauntcred into Martins restaurant
early Yesterday morning. \ big
crowd of sports wandered in after thus
celebrated trio, and their hearts gave big
thumrs of delight when they saw Jim
Hall and a couple of riends enter the
restaurant. Here Mt least VS. a chance
for a scrap, for Han had been abusing
Corbett ever since his 0lall's) arrival In
the country.
More than this. there were many In
the restaurant who had heard Hall say
that he would punch "~PompadOur Jim"
the frs. time he came across him.
When Hall saw Corbett seated at a td-
BILE he sauntrred over. TIT sports were
disappointed when they saw that Halls
face was illum!nci by a smile. Han
thrust out his hand with the saluta-
ton: "Hcllo. Jim! I'm glad to see
OH"
Corbett replied with ii stony, stare.
The hopes OF the sports scared high.
Corhett then rose in his chair and called
HAN down in most emphatic terms. He
ordered him out Of his sight, and the
Mnik%d Back T To- his f Sni4 a Eor6stt, oI it
could be seen. was mad clear through.
He was disappointed at not finding
Mitchell. He expressed himself as be
ing most anxious to meet the English
man. and offered to 20 to any part of
the United States and fight Mitchell any
number of rounds frCm one to a hun
dred, the. proceeds to 20 to charity.
Mitchell escaped meeting Corhctt by
the ,merest accident. lie went home di-
rectly after the theatre. Mitchell boxes
in Boston tomorrow night, and Cor
There is. therefore, little chance of the
pair meeting for a few days at least.
a despatch from New Orleans says:
Strenuous efforts are to be made to get the Cor
hott-Mttchell fight on in this city, whether the
Governor opposes it or not. There is no doubt
that he will nc, allow 1t to come Of II 1t lies in
his power TO- prevent 1T, but certain parties in this
scheme which Will circumvent the Governors OPP
position. Their proposition is to hire a commo-
dious steamboat and move 1t either up or down
n" river. which will take them out Of the juris-
li"tior Of the state, and let the fight come On in
that way. OF course. there will only h" room for
u limited number Of spectators, and they would
have TO pay high for the privilege, but there would
undoubtedly be NOR" applications than could he
accommodated. The parties who are engineering
this scheme are responsible. hut, for obvious rre-
sons will not allow their names to he used.
Supt. r. L. Flthian. of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md. has given
naval cadets and West Point cadets,
on condition that no time is lost from
reC,tatiOns or stud es for the purpose
e practice. Saturday, Dec. 2, is tbs
day set for the match, which will be
played at Annapolis this year.
German. OF Cleveland. and Billy Muir
ply, the Australian welter- weight. will
light near East Liverpool, ,. The arti-
Giles are. for "A pur @ of s. 1000, and q side
bet of 5000, some day between Nov.
and 10. German has been in East Lily
orpool for nearly a f%ortnIght, husily
training in charge of I'd. Davis, of
cleveland. Murphy arrived in the city
Sunday evening. Both men are in the
best condition.
The following comes from Indepen-
deucr, la, this morning:
John $. Johnson made four new worlds records
yesterday. as follows: Flying start. quarter mile.
- % seconds; flying start, half mile, % seconds
flying start, ~onc-thIrd mile, % 10 seconds. stand,
Ing start, quarter mile, 20 seconds,
T.. G. McClelland. of P%ittsburg. and
James Smith, of Albany, will run a
Park on Thursday afternoon, Nov. >.
Harvard men are almost unanimous
in their denunciation of what they
term Yale's unsportsmanlike conduct
in regard to the undergraduate rule and
its substitute. They declare that Penn
sylvania has been ~outrageously treated,
and much contempt is expressed for
Princeton Tor her humble submission
to Yale's dictatorship. Tine latter's sin,
certify in pleading for purity in athlet,
believed that this latest move OF Yale
Is directly antagonistic to the spirit OF
the undergraduate rule.
Cornell Is said to be showing phenome-
nal form in practice.
Joseph F.. DonoGhue, the skater, has
consulted Receiver Freedman regarding
the flooding of the grounds at Mrnhat-
tan Field this Winter, and holding n
series Of skating races for the amateur
ana professional championships. Mr.
and will offer a purse for DonOghu" and
Hagen and a gold medal for a race be
tween the NeNburg boy n John $,
JohUssn. 1t IS probable that Manhattan
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