The evening world., 1894-03-13
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Corbett Talks About Himself and
His Affair with jackson.
a Pittsburg Writer Comments on
New York's Chances.

What do I think of Jackson's meas
urements?" said Jim Corbett last night.
We'll, to tell o the truth. I haven't
read what they are yet. jackson stripped
bigger than I am. | hear. lie and l are
built on different plans. My development
does not show up big. am developed
underneath. I'll show you" Here the
champion gave some idea OF what he
meant by drawing his fists up under his
arm-pits, his shoulders and chest ex-
panding like Il balloon. lie seemed to
have suddenly grown several sizes. II
was apparently musclc-not initiation
that caused the increase.
Il expect TO be heavier wher fisht
jackson than l have yet been In the
ring " said Corbett. II shall probably
weigh over 100 pounds. When ] met
jackson before l only weighed 1Gs. l
weighed is when fought Sulli-
van, and lSS IN ms fight with Mitchell.
so. you Sc, l ave been putting on
weight each time. AS TO the m ra
tive height of jackson and ne. am
under the impression that he is a little
,aii.r., corbett expects to sail for Eng
jack" Company will open at the Drury
Lane Theatre, London IT Is very i'm
PROBABLE now that the fight will AXE
ment, the men must wait three months
after signing articles.
\ Pi:tsburg baseball writer. who Is not
afflicted with the jealousy s,hich seems to
critics because New York is trying to
get a winning team this year. has this
to say Of the New Works:
K,aA, ala .ll. -
both, ,Plttsburg. and Boston are in for
trouble VITA Wards men. The expendl-
ture Of 10000 cold collars to purchase
not been done for nothing, and the Giants
will give a hard fight. In Farrell, Rusle
win find what he has been looking f5r
s lSr ye delivery man snnS MSo fSn h ,ssm w hi.
handicapped by this greatly last year.
Milligan could stop .Rusie, but he
couldn't throw, while other better throw:
the Hoos!er boys awful speed"
! Pugilistic lovers in and about this city
are much interested in the coming con-
test between Frank Craig and Fred Nor
G Gsre snGCa rssps sna SR as the cyadisoTn,s'%H
The men are to meet in private the latter
part Of this week. Craig and Morris
have met twice with honors even. and 1t
tied this time. Warren Lewis has charge
Of the tickets for the contest.
Sport and Play: an English cycling
PaGer' says: nMessrs.; n; r p,rnoergsr'
known American riders. are packing their
trunks preparatory to coming to England.
understand they are coming as ANA
strongly protest against their being H.
censed by the n. G. L.. Fair play comes
before hospitality. and anything more cal
r re1ate' than "a p to allow we Americans privileges Iii,ii gees
imagine"
The latest out-of-town entry to tbs
Garden, March 10 and q, is Michael ]
Reilly. of the Michigan A. A. OF De.
troit. Reilly is a lightweight, and Is
A. G. sends the entry of John McGrew,
Its best 125-pound boxer.
A Denver despatch says: The Quinn
Maher-Marshali boxing combination ar
rived yesterday from San Francisco,
Saturday to offer to match Jerry Mar
, shall against the winner of the Griffo-
Dixon fight for n reasonable amount
Ike Weir says he will surely win his
his eye on a bread-wlnning horse which
the long end OF the purse-N. 5o0--will
just purchase. "".
Charley, White left, for Boston las,
Green at the Crib Club tonight.
Princetonians have in Zelglcr a man
who they think is a worthy successor
to .Qttley and Borcherling for, the mile