The evening world., 1894-07-27
Mr.. CoRBETT'S PLANS
Brady Says a New Proposition Is
y. to Be Made to jackson.
He Also Tells Soma Stories About
Kings and Other Persons.
Including One In Which the Distin-
guished MIR. McVey Figured.

William A. Brady. Champion james ].
Corbetts manager. arrived from Eng
land on the Britannia this morning. He
was seen at his home. 1850 West One
Hundred and Twenty-third street, by
an Evening World" reporter. and gave
full account OF Corbett's trip abroad
and of his intentions when he gets back
to New York next Wednesday.
THE most absorbing topic about Cor
bett just now said Mr.. BRADY lis,
1 suppose. his long contemplated and
much-mooted fight with jackson. Now,
the true inwardness OF this matter is
simply this: jackson is growing lou old
for the ring and wants to retire before
his laurels are plucked by Corbett. He
KNOWS well enough that the stripping
Corbett OF five years ago. who fought
him at that time to draw, would now
be UNNECESSARILY too much for him.
sorpett mas since then gained twenty
nve pounds, has met and vanouished
the greatest fighters In the world and
| Is ~ the very zenith of his prime
True, the National Sporting club OF
London Offered $1,000 for a fight between
s S3Srbeit and Jackson In the Clubs ring
The money was actually put up by Lord
Lonsdale, being held by the London
sporting Lie, ana Jackson accepted the
oner. Corbett declined it. Whyr Be.
III
fact, OF every club throughout Grea,
Britain, no night can exceed the limit OF
twenty ROUNDS. such Limitation would
result inevitably in an unfinished bat.
popularity In England would make II
fair play.
"Much has, indeed, been said of Cor.
can II be denied that 1t exists. But Cor
Detts popularity Is among those classes
That admire him mainly for his delightful
not be represented at a fight.
- Lord konsdsle's offer was made Jun,
30 last The next day the Jacksonville
Ella; Sporting Club put up an ofrer o
pugiiists in Jacksonville,
This time Corbett accepted and Jack
son declined: Jackson being colorec
down South would initiate against hi
ponted out that deosse R Bison G W6o i
Also colored, was fairly treated in New
declension.
Now. as a matter of fact. neither
champion had right at the time tc
accept the offers rendered. as ther,
England and any point south of the
Mason and Dixon line in this country
as the scene of a battle between them
posit OF $4,000 by each Of them. Thi.
contract and the deposits are in the
hands of Mr.. Davis. OF Chicago. The
contract expired June 80 last.
I have preceded cerbett by a weel
in coming home in order to confer with
Jackson. who. we had been led to sup
pose. was now in New York. Wher
gets here he VII make IKE Jackson
framed that II Jackson is really SINGER,
In his claim to be looking for a con
test with Corbett he will not find an!
Gently. What this proposition is 1 an
not at liberty to divulge.
| "Corbett's last appearance on the stag
in Europe was last Monday At Balm
formance was for the benefit of tn
Corbett. an uncle OF the champion"
xss whom the yars as
ciined the offer OF the King OF Belgium
70 fight for the edifieation Of the Cour
dOte which illustrates what q good pres
when we arrived in Birmir CHAM.
said MT; Brady. the populaee took Con
the champion. Connie was riding alon
in a carriage and as he somewhat re
sembles what might be considered tn
cluded that he was the man with who's
acclaims the whole world was resound
ing So. without much more ado. the
unhitched the, horses from Comics car
riage, which they then dragged amid lou
shouts to the hotel. Connie proteste
that he was not the man whom he wa
taken to- be, but his voice was browne
by the cheers, and his wild gesticulatio
was construed to signify recognition fd
the great ovation. In the mean Will
the real champion sat modestly in ar
rockety rise into fame. The same IL
dicrous mistake was repeated at Be