The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

make mention of a few facts in regard
to Champion James J. Corbett, champion
| Of the world, as he deems himself l am
! forced to assert that such cannot be true.
The man who is champion must stand
ready to meet all comers- He has nc
right to pick his game. under any cir
! cumstances, as this man COrbett has
\ done. 1t is true he has consented to
meet Bob Fitzsimmons after being forced
to do lie has refused to meet good
men and that Is not the kind of cham
piOns the public is looking for.
James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson
were matched to fight last June, and
COrbett knows that as we'll as I do but
he sneaked off to England and remained
there until the time of the battle had
about expired. Jackson stood all this
and tried TO arrange another match
with him and could not Then came
the Sioux City scheme. COrbett was
very anxious to sign articles which he
knew jackson would not accept. This
was to fight one year from date, which
Jackson refused on the grounds that he
thought COrbett had had enough adver-
Using at his expense, but told him he
would meet him in three months.
After Jackson had made all arrange
ments and set sail for the West India
Isles, Corbett was loud in boasts that
he would fight him anywhere; in a hack
or in the bar room.
Now again, | would like to ask the
public what has Mr.. Corbett done to be
called champion Of the world. In the
first place he met old Jake Kill
rain in a six round 60, when he
was out of condition, and was
given the decision, which, on the last
part of the fight, 11ilrain had the best of
but COrbett got the decision. That is
all right. After that he met Peter Jack
son and succeeded in getting a draw
after jackson had done all the leading.
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to meet aud settle the difference, but
Corbett has refused
He then met old broken down John L.
Sullivan and defeated him, whom Geo.
q odfrey could have defeated at that
time. Next came Charlie Mitchell
second rate middle weight, whom Corbett
jumped at in preference to Jackson.
N Ow is this meeting all corners.
Whenever COrbett fails TO put out his
man, there is always an excuse made.
such as was made when he met Joe Ian
non, when COrbett got the worst of it
Jackson has never refused to meet any
man from any foreign land. and won the
title Of Australia by defeating Tom Lees,
who was champion at that time. He
came to America and met Geo. Godfrey,
better known as '.Old Chocolate" and
bested him IN nineteen rounds, after a
display Of science rarely seen in our day.
He then met big Joe McAuliffe, who
was the champion of the Pacific slope at
that time. He next met Pat Cardiff,
with the same result Next came his
battle with C0rbett which has al
ready been explained. After trying
to arrange a match with Sullivan,
without success, he went to England and
beat Jim Smith, the recognized cham
pion of England. and beat him in two
minutes by the watch. He was then
matched 10 fight Frank P. Slavin, whom
every one seemed to be afraid of, and
compelled him to acknowledge he was
his master. Therefore, Jackson is the
champion OF Australia and England and
COrbeIt the champion Of America Cor
bett cannot be champion of the world
until he meets Peter jackson and proves
himself the better man of the two. IF
there Is really a champion of the