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

monsieur CorDett, 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 up little more muscle into
his strong right 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. Il. Evarts to welcome the
champion home.
Jim Is bigger and looks stronger than
ever. He IL 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 good-natured as OF yore,
and as delightfully."- boyish.
The fact that he was met down the
bay by tug with 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 Oaylor 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 a 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
Island the band had three attacks of
sweet Marie" and the man who had
There was halt OF Tompkinsville to
band seemed loath to leave Marie" but
dpssa to take try at nea ss
ors OF the New York acknowledged the
compliment by doffing caps and cheer.
Ing; ,.- ~
burne Island at S.l5 o'clock. There was
a great commotion on the tug when
the big liner was discovered through
mel mel G The BAND T' w S playing '% and the
crowd was houting long before the
Majestic got alongside the Evarts. and
Fl the he Eer ne
ocean steamship at such a distance.
Finally Jim was seen at The rail with
derby hat. He looked smiling and happy,
and as he recognized one person after
another on the tug he waved his hat and
pointed them out to Mrs. Corbett.
The tug was soon left behind by the
ocean steamship, but at Quarantine the
s oE got more aonFsas ana s
the band Corbett managed to tell the
boys ne was never better in his life and
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 the Visilant?'
"she's all right; how about Jim Cor
bett?" was the answer.
and the americans on the steamship
Then the sportive actors in the tug
party began to guy Bobby Gaylor. He
body tried to bride the bandmaster TO
play Where Did You Get That HAITI"
But the bandmaster wouldn't, or
somaromsea f on Sweet ss s'ssarh
| Manager W. F. Brady boarded the
Majestic at Quarantine and made the
trR to the city atty in an ser steamship reached
| the pier at the same time. and there
| was more cheering and more music.
There was go much noise that, the man
| who had been out all night woke up, he
had fallen asleep after the escape he
had from getting a ducking.
The band laying and cheering down
| the bay was as nothing compared with
the reception Corbett got when he walk
ed down the plank from the Majestic.
The pier was TANNED with people and a
|
beyond, held back only by squad or
police. III, .o
three times three for Corbett. and con-
he was nearly. thrown by the crowd. and
had to fight his way through, everybody
trying to seize his hand.
| Counting those on the pier, there were
nearly 5000 persons present. and 4,QW
of them seemed TO be crazy to shake
hands with the champion. No fighter
who ever landed on these ms 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
the crowd out on the street was still
Ii was absurd to try to have Corbett
walk through such mob. and carriage
was hastily secured. He was bundled
into ii, policemen ran ahead to force q
passage, and with hundreds OF men and
boys tagging after IT,, fighting with each
other to touch the clothes or snake me
hands OF the champion, the carriage was
driven out on to West street. the tnou.
sa nds yelling and cheering at the tops OF
'"The driver was told to go to l46 West
Eighty-eighth street, the new home OF
IA An evening World" reporter rode 9
few blocks with Coroett. Jim said
the awful crowd that I'm hardly In pos
session OF my senses. say don't you
think I'm popular, aiter AM Gooohess'
J I never expected such reception.
what about Jackson? Say to the
public that / will fight him II he. VIII
night. It's the ambition OF my NE Ia
meet him, and III go to any length to
NAN In the party that went down the bay
on the Evarts were; Fred w. Bert
Harry Elmer, James Peacock, secretary
to W A. Brady; +. Carey, Peter Done
Ian. ir., James Moorehead. Al Smith
q. N. Weity,, J. II. Springer. Ed Cooke
TIA n Rosenberg, Sam and Mark Thai
John Fox, OF Conroy & Fox Charles
r. Vincent, W., A; Brady, Ross oNeil
rell, Fred McCloy, Peter bonlin. jr.
Of Jacksonville. and others.