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

Monsieur Corbett, premier lie boxe,"
as one OF the Paris newspapers called
| him, stood at the starboard rail OF the
truly majestic Majestic this morning
and worked VI little more muscle into
his strong riga arm, for he was kept
busy for nearly an hour answering the
salutes OF half hundred of his admir-
ers, who went to the lower bay in the
big tug c. f. Evarts to welcome the
champion home.
Jim is bigger and looks stronger than
ever. He is sallow, as usual. but his
eye Is clear and the hollowness has gone
out of his long cheeks and there is
more flesh on his bones than ever be-
fore He Is as goodnatured as OF yore,
and as delightfully."- boyish.
The fact that he was met down the
bay by tug with a band of music on
board seemed to tickle him immensely,
| and he shouted his good wishes and
greeting to the party. but even his
| strong lungs could not overcome that
| awful band.
| With Bobby Gaylor on one side and
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
who had been out all night and the
band. Between the pier and staten
Island the band had three attacks OF
sweet Marie and the man who had
There was a halt of Tompkinsvllle to
serenade the cruiser New York. The
band seemed loath to leave Marie" but
were induced to take a try at the Star
Spangled Banner" The officers and sail
ors Of the New York acknowledged the
compliment by doftiing caps and cheer
ing.
The Majestic was met below Swim
burne Island at DIS o'clock. There was
great connection on the tug, when
the morning mist moving up the chan
mel. The band was playing and the
crowd was shouting long before the
some Of the most ,excItable were cry
ing: There he Isl" although no one
could recognize a soul on board the
Finally Jim was seen at the rail- with
his wife and Gaylor by his side. He was
dressed In gray. and had on a brown
derby hat He looked smiling and happy.
another on the tug he waved his hat and
pointed them out to Mrs. Corbett.
The tug was soon left behind by the
tug got alongside again, and between
some more Sweet Marie" spasrns by
the band Corbett managed to tell the
that he had fine trip across.
There was some good -natured bad
image between those on board the tug
steamship got tired of the cheering for
Corbett and yelled:
How about Vigilant?"
She's all right; how about Jim Cor
hAt ls IA a a A m q N
Hes all right" the party on the tug
and the Americans on the steamship
Then the sportive actors in the tug
party began to guy Bobby Gaylor. He
wore Phil Dwyer chapeau and some
body . trlea 10 brios the bandmas,er to
But the bandmaster wouldn't. or
compromised on sweet Marie,
!, Manager W a: BRADY boarded The
trip to the city In her.
The tug and the steamship reached
was more cheering and more music
There was 70 much noise that the man
who had been ont all night woke up, He
had talfen ASLEEP after the escape he
had from getting "A duCking.
The band playing and cheering down
the bay was az nothing compared with
the reception torbett got when he walk |
ed down the plank from the Majestic.
Tho pier was TANNED with people and
crowd OF nearly 5000 was in the street
beyond, held back only by ID squad OF
police.
There was wild shout. and then
three times three for Corbett and con
GGisrted rush TO shake hands with him.
crowd, and had i to fisht his way through,
everybody trying 10 seize his hand. |
Counting those-oi the pier there we're
nearly 5000 persons present, and 1000
Of them seemed to be crazy to shake
hands with the champion. No fighter
who ever landed on, these shores ever
Got sIG ,nr,a r"GeEii1n, The Home
band We're drowned in the shouts of the
throng on the pier, while the roar from
tho crowd out on the street was still
greater.
II was absurd to try to have Corbett
walk through such mob, and carriage
was hastily secured. He was bundled
passage, and with hundreds of men and
boys tagging after it, fighting with each
other to touch the clothes or shake the
hands of the champion, the carriage Was
driven out on to West street the tnou-
sands yelling and cheering at ihe tops OF
their voices.
Eighty-eighth street, the new home of
the champion.
An, Evening, World reporter rode a
few blocks with Corbett, Jim said:
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
think I'm popular, after all? Goodness,
| never expected such reception.
What about Jackson? Say to the
public that | will fight him IL he will
fight. It's the ambition of my life to
meet him, and III so to any length to
make the match
In the party that Went down the bay
on the EvartS We're: Fred W. Bert
Harry Elmer. James Peacock secretary
to W. A. Brady; i, Carey, Peter Done.
Ian, jr., James Moorehead, Al Smith.
q. VI. Welty, j. H. Springer Ed Cooke,
James r. Grismer, Al Bang, Prof. At
John Fox, OF Conroy & Fox, Charles
7. Vincent, W. A. Brady, Ross O'Nen,
l.. r. Stockwell. Gus Levick. j. c. Far
rel. Fred McCloy: Peter Donln, jr.,
OF Jacksonville, and others.