The evening world., 1894-03-13
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Corbett Talks About Himself and
His Affair with jackson.
A Pittsburg Writer Comments on
Now York's Chances.

What do ! think OF Jackson's meas
urements?" said Jim Corbett last night.
We'll. to tell you the truth. / haven't
read what they are yet. jackson stripped
bigger than i am. l hear. He and l are
built on different plans. My development
does not show up big. 1 am developed
underneath. I'll show you" Here the
champion gave some idea OF what he
meant by drawing his fists up under his
arm-pits. his shoulders and chest en-
p~anding like a balloon. He seemed to
have suddenly grown several sizes. 1t
was apparently m~uscle-not initiation
that caused the increase.
Il expect to be heAvicr wher fight
Jackson than I have yet been In the
ring said Corbett. II shall probably
weigh over 100 pounds. When met
jackson before I only weighed 1853. l
weighed 17S when I fought Sulli-
van. and 1888 in my fight with Mitchell,
so. you se'. 1 have been putting on
weight each time. AS to the
tive height of jackson and me, l IN
under the impression that he IL a little
taller, Corbett expects to sail for Eng
land about April 7, his father and mother
Jack, Gompany, viii open. at the DrIry
p haae Mne now thaf 3ne n 1T is very i'm.
place In June. rs, according to agree
ment, the men must wait three months
after signing articles.
a Pittsburg baseball writer. who Is not
ai1llcted. with the jealousy which seems to
be troubling some OF the other Western
critics because New York IL trying to
get a winning. team this year. has this
to say OF the New Yorks:
'Thpy moan hnsinaga fbia saaaNf, md
both rnh PittsSnrS and Boston are in fer
1are # h ! f Fa1re fO'i sns I, %es 5s1ITchha base
not been done for nothing. and the Giants
viii give a hard fight. In Farrell, Rusle
viii find what he has been looking for
swift delivery handiiy, The team was
handicapped by this greatly last year.
Milllgan could stop ,Rusie, but he
couldn't throw. while other better throw
the Hoos!er boys awful speed"
Pugilistic lovers in and about this city
are much interested in the coming con-
test between Frank CRAIG and FREQ Nor
Coffee Cooler" and ''Black Cyclone"
The men are to meet in private the latter
part of this week. Craig and Morris
have met twice with honors even, and it
Is expected that the question as to who
is the better man will be positively set
tied this time. Warren Lewis has charge
OF the tickets for the contest.
Sport and Play. an English cycling
]. p. Bliss and T.. c. Bald, three we'll
known American riders. are packing their
trunks preparatory to coming to England.
] understand they are coming as anna
tours, and II this is the case, must most
strongly protest against their being IL
censed by the n. C. Y. Fair play comes
before hospitality, and anything more cal
repute than to allow Americans privileges
not granted our countrymen ! cannot
imagine"
The latest out-of-town entry to the
A. A. L.. boxing championships at the
Garden. March 10 and p. Is Michael j.
Reilly, Of the Michigan A, A., of De
troit. Reilly is a lightweight, and is
A. G. sends the entry of John McGrew,
Its best l25-pound boxer.
A Denver despatch says: THE Quinn
Maher-Marshall boxing combination ar
rived Yesterday from San Francisco.
Saturday to offer to match Jerry Mar
, shall against the winner OF the Griffo-
Dixon fight for any reasonable Mount
Ike Weir says he will surely win his
coming COIlteht Win pTlIIO, as lie HAS
his eye on a bread-winning horse which
the long end of the purse-sl .J0O-will
just purchase.
Charley White left for Boston last
night with Mike Harris, who fights Jack
Green at the Crib Club tonight.
Princetonians have In Zeigler q man
who they think Is a worthy successor
to Ottley and Borcherling for the mile
walk intercollegiate championship.
There have been over 200 men In train
ing this year for the Harvard athletic
team. 1t IL thought the brunt OF the
work will fall on men who were not bet
ter than second or third last year.
Jim Corbett intends making his wife n
before he goes abroad. The pugilist and
his wife had selected a. a house in West
End avenue. but at the last m the
price was raised $500 and the deal didn't
go through.
The London Sportsman says II has
been all but settled that Corbett and
Jackson will meet at the National Sport
ing Club.
The project of the Yale University
Tennis Association for securing proper
6 'ounds has apparently been abandoned.
Election Fight in Biddeford.
INV Associated Press)