The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-25

was open for John L. Sullivan and Charley
Mitchell Mt any time. These two men he
finally caught in his web. Sullivan was
the first victim. He was utterly broken
down by his numerous excuses, slow,
clumsy and unweldy. Besides he was
prematurely old man, fat, gray and griz-
zled He had been at DEATHS door II few
years before with typhoid fever, pneumo-
mia, liver, kidney and even heart troubles
His legs, too, were subject to. paralysis and
liable to give way at any moment. In fact.
they did after an hours use at the battle
in New Orleans. What credit is Corbett
entitled to for whipping such a man9
Looking into the question fairly and with
out bias, what credit should be given to our
champion for defeating Mitchell? Corbett
was six years younger than the English
man, lowered over him 10y five inches and
outweighed him by nearly 40 pounds 1t
was giant heavyweight going against Il
middleweight What credit would Sulli-
van have received had he defeated, when in
his prime, Jack Dempsey or La Blanche,
The Martinez Yet that is just about what
Corbett did i'll crushing Middleweight
Mitchell, who tipped the beam at just l54lI
pounds. Besides Mitchell, by reason of his
years and his social ndul gences, was not as
speedy or us strong rs when he met John l..
Sullivan IL years ago i'll Madison Square
Garden or six years agoat Chantilly, France
Corbett's next battle will. however, prove
whether or not he is the great world bcater
his friends claim he is. In June next he
meets Peter jackson, and that contest will
be for the worlds championship. Corbett
is not the champion pugilist of the world,
as is fallaciously supposed He is only the
champion Of America. That title he gained
by defeating John l.. Sullivan. To win the
title of worlds champion he must defeat
Peter jackson, who is both champion of
Australia and England He earned the
former title by defeating Tom Lees in the
land of the Kangaroo, and the latter by
vanquishing Jem Smith, the real champion
of England, In London.
The contest between jackson and Corbett
will be the battle OF century, and the
winner will be the unquestioned cham
pion of the world. Corbett has whipped
all American champions and Jackson the
English and Australian champions, includ-
ing the redoubtable Paddy Slavln
Which will win? That depends largely
upon the conditions of the men when
stripped for the fray, they are so evenly
matched in point of size, strength and skill
AS practicng physician have taken the
keenest possible interest in the magnificent
animal, man, and have thoroughly examin-
ed John l.. Sullivan, James j. Corbett and
Peter Jackson, all of whom have Mt various
times been my patients. Corbett know
now to be i'll the acme of condition Jack
son has been ailing, but is himself again
He has not, contrary to general suppose
ton, any constitutional alment He was
simply suffering from the effects of one of
Slavin's terrible body blows received in
that famous London battle That caused
slight arrangement of the liver, which
brought about bleeding at the nose Peter
paid no attention to the matter for time
and partook generously of the good things
OF life. This accentuated the trouble Then
he came to me, and was enabled in n short
time to regulate the liver and check the
nose blcedings. Jackson is now leading an
exemplary life and by June next, when he
and Corbett are matched to- meet, am alb
solutely confident he will be in better con-
dition than he ever was in his life He real
ICES fully what is ut stake and will make
that the last and greatest battle of his life
"A glance Mt the physical makeup Of the
rival giants may not be amss. The Jack
son figures l personally took March of
this year. The measurements of Corbett
were taken just before his battle with
Mitchell. The figures consequently show
Corbett trained and jackson untrained:
COrDptt. Dimensions InckSop