The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-01
CORBETT HOME AGAIN
Five Thousand Persons Meet Him
at the tier.
Tug Down the Bay to Welcome
the Champion.
Greeted More Like q King than n
Pugilist. .... ..ss

monsieur Corbett, premier lie boxe"
as one OF the Paris newspapers called
MN, STOOD at the starboard rail of the
truly majestic Majestic this morning
ana worked up little more muscle into
MS strong right arm, for he was kent
busy Tor nearly an hour answering the
saiutes or half hundred of his admir-
ers' who went to the lower bay in the
Dig tug c. E. Evarts to welcome the
champion home. -
Jim Is bigger and looks stronger than
ever; He S sallow, as usual, but his
eye Is clear and the hollowness has zone
OUT or his long cheeks and there IL
more nesh on MS bones than ever be-
fore. He is as od-natured as OF wore.
and as delightfully."- boyish. -
, me fact that he was met down the
board seemed to tickle him immenSeiy.
and ne shouted his good wishes and
greetlng to the party. but even his
strong lungs could not overcome that
With Bobby Gaylor on one side ana
Mrs Corbett on the other, and the thou
sand or more passengers cheering and
waving handkerchiefs. and the crowd
on the Evarts doing all they could to
make themselves heard, Corbett surely
had warm welcome home,
The Evarts left the White Star pier at
A. NJ. with forty-eight sports, one man
who, had been out all night and the
band band, Between the pier and Staten
Sweet Marie" and the man who had
been out all night nearly fell overheard.
There was a halt of Tompkinsville TO
s sand ,se o s1s ter s New The
were INDUCED to take try at the Star
Spangled Banner" The officers and SAIL
ors of the New York acknowledged the
compliment by dofiiing caps and cheer
Ing. 4
The Majestic was met below SWIM
burne Island at BIB o'clock. There was
the big liner was discovered through
the morning mist moving up the cham
mel. The band was playing and the
Majestic got alongside the Evarts. and
some Of the most excitable were cry
ing; There he Isl" although no one
ocean steamship at such a distances. "
Finally Jim was seen at the rail with
his wife and Gaylor by his side. He Ma
IN aad naa on
and as he recognized one person after
another on the tug he waved his hat and
pointed them ou, to Mrs.. Corbett.
ocean steamship, but at Quarantine the
some more Sweet MARIE spasms by
boys he was never better in his life and
that he had a fine trip across
There was some good,natured bad
nd be hese On as
steamship got tired Of the cheering for
Corbett and yelled:
How about vigilantT"
"She's all right; how about Jim Cor.
bett?' was the answer.
He's all right" the party on the tug
and the Americans on the steamshiD
Then the sportive actors in the tug
wore a Phil Dwyer chapeau. and some
play Where Did You Get That HatFs.
But the bandmaster wouldn't, or
couldn't. 50 for for the stesnth time he
Manager w. A. Brady boarded the
Majestic at Quarantine and made tho
trip to the city. in her
The tug and the steamship reached
the pier at the same time, and there
was more cheering and more music.
There was 70 much noise that the man
who had been out all night woke up. He
had fallen asleep after. the escape he
had from getting ducking.
The band playing and cheering, down
the bay was as nothing compared with
ed down the plank from the Majestic.
crowd OF nearly 1900 was IN the street
beyond, held back only by squad OF
There was a wild shout. and then
three times three for Corbett. and a CON
crowd. and had to fight his way through.
everybody trying to seize his hand.
C01ntns those on the psr there were
of them seemed to be crazy to shake
hands with the champion. No fighter
who ever landed on these rs shores ever
Sweet Home" and "Home Again" Of the
band were drowned In the shouts of the
throng on the pier. while the roar from
out thA Qfr az
1t was absurd to try to have Corbett
walk through such mob, and carriage
into It. policemen ran ahead to force .
passage, and with hundreds Of men and
boys tagging after it.. fighting with each
hands OF the champion, the carriage was
driven out on to West street. the tnou-
sands yelling and cheering at the tops Of
The driver was told to go to 1lS West
Eighty-eighth street. the new home OF
the champion. .
An, Evening World" reporter rode .
I'm so dizzy from the sea and from
the awful crowd that I'm hardly in pos
session Of my senses. Say; don't you
/ never expected such a reception. -,
What about Jackson? Say to the
public that | will fight him u he win
make the match"
In the party that went down the bay
on the Evarts were: Fred w. Bert,
Harry Elmer. James Peacock. secretary
to w. A. Brady; p. Carey. Peter Done
Ian, jr., James Moorehead. Al Smith.
G. NJ. Welty, j. II. Springer. Ed Cooke,
James X. Grismer, Al Bang. Prof. At
tia II. Rosenberg, sam and Mark THAI.
John Fox, OF Conroy & Fox; Charles
T. Vincent, w. A. Brady Ross % Neil,
l.. r Stockwell, Gus Levick, ]. G. Far
rell, Fred McCloy, Peter Donltn. tr..
OF Jacksonville. and others.
The champion remained at home only
long enough to look around at the new
furniture his wife bought shortly after
the purchase OF the house. and then
went downtown to have his pompadour
trimmed and to buy a new hat.
To an Evening World" reporter who
found him as ne was leaving the bar
ber's chair Corbett said: Ht AZ 9
II have come here for the express pur-
pose OF putting stop. to all this talk
and making a match with Jackson
He has talked so much / am tired Of
II. He said he would follow me to
Europe and make me night. but all he
sent over was more talk.
Now. l shall remain In New York for
a week before starting with my show to
do the Summer resorts, and IL JackBo1
wants to fight me this week Ia the time
for him to arrange II. ss,.. -tet4
IT can't afford to fight anybody but
champions now, and that's why shall
not bother with Fttzslmmons, He ac-
knowledges that Jackson Is his superior.
Why, then, should fly at the smaller