The evening world., 1894-02-07
GORsETT TO BOX MITCHELL.
The Pair VIII Spar for The
! Worlds" Free Bread Fund.
A Treat Promised In Madison Square
Garden on Feb. "a.

Madison Square Garden has been tn,
scene Of man interesting displays OIL
astic prowess, but none as much so a,
the exhibition which will take place Their
the evening of Feb. "a. On that evening
James j. Corbett and Charles Mitchell
victor and vanquished, will spar for the
benefit of The Worlds" Free Bread
Fund. New Workers will be afforded an
opportunity which the residents of nc
other city in the country will have, thai
Of seeing the cleverest man In the world,
and the best boxer England ever turned
out, put up their hands, surrounded by
the same men who were behind them In
Jacksonville-in fact as nearly as posi-.
Bile a reproduction of the surroundings
at the ringside in the Florida metrop.
oils.
In addition to being a rare treat to ad.
mirers of scientific boxing, II will afford
an excellent opportunity for everybody
TO do something for the thous2nds Of
and those who have visited "The
WORLDS distributing bureau at 210 East
Houston street, and seen day after day
the long lines Of pale thin faces and
the charity is needed. Corbett and Mitch.
ell will spar four rounds. Honest
John Kelly will be OH the platform as
aldson. Han. Fogarty. o'ponneii p and
Pony Moore viii ali be on hand.
While the main feature will be the
exhibition, by Corbett and Mitchell, thai
will be a series of bouts between the
most skilful men that can be had In
the various. pugilistic classes. There will
pc no smuggling. or attempts at knock-outs.
on the other hand, the entire exhibition
will be one such DIS the most sensitive
need not hesitate to witness. The AFFAIR
will be under the management of How
ard B. Hackett, who has 50 success
displays In his city. An auction sale OF
seats and boxes will take place within
a few days.
George Slosson left at 10 o'clock this
Schaefer tonight in the opening game
Of the three-cornered billiard tourney.
The student expects to get Jake's sigma
tourney in this city at the anchor barred
game-a game which has never been
seen in New York. Siosson was feeling
don't take much interest in these tourna-
ments away from home" he said. MY
mind is always on my business here, and
] am not able to give the attention to
Ives It is different: They play billiards
all the time, while ! have but little
nance for doing so. / do not think my
game has gone back any,, and am con
tident hat l could play Just as well as
Schaefer or Ives II, like them, l had no
other cares.
For instance. YESTERDAY I retipped a
gets me off my stroke. Besides /! have
played but n practise game since |
returned from Cincinnati. You ask
whether 1 think Schaefer or Ives Is the
better player. Give either a little luck
and the break of the balls and he will
win. Luck is 25 per cent. in billiards.
AT ball to ball play, / mean fiddling
around the balls, keeping them close
together and at the balk-line nurse, Ives
IL superior. Jake can e him at masse
shots, cushion caroms and open table
play for position. / think I can play
open table shots as good as or better than
either of them"
1t took Jimmy Barry. the Chicago
bantam, less than a minute to put Joe
McGrath, the Irish boxer, all but out at
the Empire Theatre, Chicago. last night.
but the boys got to roughing 1t after the
first few punches. Barry showed far
cleverer than Plimmer's partner, and
with a sudden "one-two"-a straight left
and a short right hook on the jaw-he
knocked McGrath down M nearly out.
Az it was, the little Irishman was Just
able to regain his feet only to be knocked
down twice more. Time was called at
the end of a minute, with McGrath SO
groggy that he could hardly walk. The
men were warned to go lightly or the
bout would be stopped, and the second
round was tame. The third round also