Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-12
CHAT WITH THE BOXERS
Glimmeriug Goes the Last Hope for Charlie
and jim.
A BATTLE. ROYAL ON THANKSGIVING DAY
Death OF Longfcnow-Gossipy Horse Talk
The Geese and Ducks-Anateur Attn
I.tics-continuous Pool aud the
Usual Weekly Local Sport.

W ith mum -
and ,Jem Corbett is to the effect
that this precious pair of worthless have at
last agreed to adjust their differences in the
historic arena at New Orleans for the paltry
sum Of 90, 1000.
They might Just as well agree to pull of
the affair at Philadelphia, Kokomo, Zip
silanti or Kalamazoo. One place is as avail
able as the other, and the advertisement
would be Just as effective and the agreement
just as binding.
The truth of the matter Is the great com
monwealth Of the United States is surfeited
with the bruiser, and there is about as much
chence Of this alleged international battle
being fought under the auspices of any in
corporatcd club in this country as there Is
that IL will snow in hades on the Fourth OF
July.
From the start | took no stock in the
Mitchell-C orbett fight, as all my readers
will bear me out, but I did say that in case
/. was mistaken and the big mill did come
off, that it could only be in New Orleans or
on the turf. II was not long after this
declaration, however, until the clergy Of the
Crescent City made an onslaught on the
cohorts of Fistiana, aud tho result was to
DlOJ OuJ lit luob uUpf VI cNcE again ilhSS
ing anything like either one of the previous
calnivals within the confines of the Pelican
state. Consequently | included New Orleans
in my list OF interdicted cities. Now Gov
ernor Foster comes out flatfootod and says
that II there is any power on earth that will
prevent the Mitchell Corbett fight from
taking place in the metropolis of Louisiana,
that it will be invoked and that the parties
who are now presumiug to negotiate for the
same might as well desist first as last.
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In this connection the States says edito-
rally: Observation-Disclosures of the brutes
who make big money by prize fighting, and
whom the country disgraccs itself By lifting
into national notoriety, indeed, in, after n
fashion, apotheosizing, are personal towards:
men utterly destitute Of that noble and gen.
erous spirit which fires the heart of a truly
brave man, who is ever ready to stake his
life in de 'ense OF his honor orc the wronged.
Nor Is this to oe said only of modern prize
fighters. 1t Is stated by all the historians
that the prize fighters who took part in the
Grecian and Roman games were notoriously
unfit for soldiers. being generally devoid of
the courage to encounter the dangers of the
battlefield. And yet, it is the proud distinc-
ton of New Orleans that, of late years, she
has become the arena wherein these crea-
lures meet to engage in their brutal contests.
We trust, however, the last of these de-
PRAYED and disgusting exhibitions has been
witnessed here. The Legislature of Louisi-
ana should enact a most stringent la w against
prize lighting, and one that the New Orleans
clubs, rs they cali themselves, cannot cvade
under the p%rctense that they are giving
glove contests; and, in the meantime, no
good citizen of New Orleans should give his
counteDance to any future exhibitions of this
sort that may take place in a New Orleans
arena"
While the above goes to show how the
great moral engines of New Orleans
stand on the question:, thes attitude Of the
States is quite funny. / well remember the
night OF the Suliivan-Corbett fight, and how
met at the ring side the whole staff of the
States from the proprietor and editor down
10 the counting-room boy-in fact, every liv-
ing soul connected with the shop, but an
extra paid force, who remained at the Office
for the purpose of getting out the very full
and very complete extra midnight edition.
which they had on the streets in less than
ten minutes after the Big Fellow hit the
sands Tor the last time. For one, and there
arc n whole lot of good people IN New Or
leans who will endorse what | say, | think
the Olympic club has done incidentally more
good for New Orleans than Il humber of
other institutions which the States has so
capably championed in the past, and whose
memory it still revcres.
see that the Metropole club of Proyi-
dencc is endeavoring TO match Billy Smith
and Tommy Ryan, and Notwithstanding
there is little more than cigarette money in
the purse. it looks as If it might be a go.
Ryan Is willing, in fact, more than Willing
as he agrees TO fight the Mysterious for
training expenses, il nothing better is forth.
coming. but Smith demurs. He freshly
claims that he is Il card second to none, and
must have the ducats or he won't fight. Sec
Boston Billy, however, found himself in a
position a few days ago where he had 10
fight, Notwithstanding the fact that there
wasn't even u beer in sight. He and Dick
ly,,a h. nn@ 3 "al.A. III
Ryan was AS good as matched whilo in this
city Il year ago, met on Washington street
ana began discussing their chances of facing
each other In the ring. What grew out OF
this discussion is best told in the following
clipping from Il New York paper which d
friend enclosed in 2 letter to me: LAS
usual, Smith clustered and used prorant
anguage aud applied some indecent epi
thets TO O'Brien und aroused the ~latter's ire
O'Brien then started IN to chastlse Smith
and, according To eye witnesses, succeeded
admirably.
He punched the Mysterious one to q
standstill, closing one eye, 'and severely cut
Ting Smiths mouth. The latter then, so i
is asserted. bit O'Brien on the neck. III,
affair was disgraceful, but was all the fault
Uf Smith, who could not refrain from usinl
vile language, Approaching tho fact tina
Smith had provoked the light and that b,
was getting what he deserved, the SPECTATOR
refused to interfere, and let the men battl,
until one or the other cried peconyi, whlcl
! am Informed Smith aid when they la,
fought for t.irty minutes. This wonld indi
cate that Billy hau none of the qualities o
n porker, and knows full woll when he ha
had enough, something | suspected ate
his contest with Tommy Ryan. at Coney Ia
land. Like many other men possessinl
great strength and a knowledge OF boxing
smith is " greal fighter as long as the lid
of battle is In his favor, but he seems /
have Il stopping point. While this indicate
lack of courage, IL certainly shows goo
sense, which latter quality Billy was nc
suspected OF having"
j.. j. Quinn, the Pittsburg sport who wo
u pho on Denver Ed Smith ia his fight wit
Joe Goddard at New Orleans last spring.
going 10 Take Ed over to Australia, so IL
said, for the purpose of tackling the Barrie
champion IN his lair. Oh, my. oh, me!
this be true what's walloping Denver has /
store for himself, for Of all the flukes
fstlc annals his getting the best OF I'll
rugged old nero of the silver fields down
the Crescent City last March was The hi!
gest
In reply TO my sporty friend, T.. W. T.. q
have got TO say is that IL is cxceedingl
cheeky IN him to ask mo W assume his tria.
and fluctuations. | also inform him tina
these columns are not open 10 HIM or an,
ono else 10 air their venomous opinions
sssnebody else. Ii you want to call SON
body n hOrse thief and ASSERT that his natl