The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-27
WENT THROUGH IN A HURRY.
COTbett and His Party Made a Short
Stop in Savannah.

Meet Jackson in June-A Brace of
Sporting Men Bound North With
Corbett-The Tourists to Begin Com
ing Now the Fight Is over.
Everybody had a little or a great deal
to say about the fight yesterday. Those
who had been at the ring side were ex-
tremely popular, and were buttonholed at
every corner to tell what they knew of the
story to their friends who had seen the
mill through a pair Of opera glasses in
verted.
Each train brought in large number
Of sports who were hurrying homeward,
and the same story was told by all at
was too short" they said, land the time
can't come quick enough to see another
one to pay up
Steve Brodie aud "Corzie" Hughes,
with Jimmy Connors, lightweight slug
ger of Buffalo, passed through on the noon
train.
Billy Delaney, Corbett's principal
trainer and right bower, arrived early In
the morning and left with the Corbett
party after dinner.
A little before noon Corbett left jack
sonville on a special train over the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular, and reached
the junction near the city at 8 o'clock,
where engines were exchanged and the
champion was at once whirled away to
New York
Ed Thurner, agent for the New South,
one of Manager Brady's theatrical COM
panies, Jim Mckay, manager of Corbett's
hotel in F'ordham, N. Y, and Delaney, his
srov I'D 80 "a af ~
depot, and were surprised to learn that
the special would only stop at the junction
CHAT WITH TIRE CHAMPION.
With only few minutes to spare, the
three men and MORNING News reporter
jumped into a hack and hurried out in
time to get aboard. The champion was
sitting in the middle of the car talking TO
John M. Ward captain of the New York
base ball club, when the MORNING NEWS
man entered. To have seen the cham
pion, no one would have thought he had
been in prize fight twenty-four hours
before.
'How do you feel after the fghtl"
81 never felt better in my life" Corbett
replied. "Iwas agreeably surprised when
Mitchell stepped into the ring, and very
soon sized up my man and knew I could
do as liked with him; and, as my friends
had no money up on the number of rounds,
Mitchell was not swift enough" the
champion continued, "and over confident.
He has had enough TO quiet him for
while guess"
''What about your arrest2"
"That cuts no figure, "Corbett laughingly
replied. I am going to appear to-mor-
row night at the Madison Square Garden
in New York and then will go on the road
again with my theatrical company"
''Will you fight again}"
''Well, Ishould say ! would, " he replied
''There are three prize fighting countries
America, Australia and England. l have
attended to two of them and will fight
Peter jackson next June"
HIS DEPOSIT FOR THE JACKSON FIGHT.
81 sent my second deposit of 81 900 TO
Chicago Yesterday, and feel confident of
the result of my fight with jackson, and
but the trains had started and the con-
verSation was brought to an end.
Corbett looks as line as spun silk, and
has not a scar or bruise to show after his
recent fight. His reception in New York
tonight will probably be the largest gath
erlng of all sorts and conditions of men
and women ever held in the Madison
Square Garden.
Jack Dempsey, another star in the Cor
bett armament, didn't relish the atmos-
phere of Jacksonville after the fight and
jumped aboard the train At Columbia.
The following party came up with the
champion:
William A. Brady, his manager. John
McVey, champion wrestler, who trained
with Corbett, John Donaldson, who was
the champions second, Billy Tracy, Dan
Creedon, Corbetts boxing partner,
George Lake, Corbett's father-in-law,
Mike Eagan, and Porter Ashe, Corbetts
bottle holder. Mrs James J. Corbett.
Mrs. Mike Delaney. Miss Howard, Messrs.
Joe Farrell, Daniels, Al Smith, Hop
kins, Weltz and Leary, New York sports
Messrs. Ingliss, New York Herald; Spill.
Ian, Boston Herald; Eaton, New York
World; Mccormick, Advertiser; Mar
tyn, Tribune, and Rankin, United Press
Honest" John Kelly, the referee and
stakeholder of the Mitchell-Corbett fight
passed through on the north bound
Florida special.
KNEW HE HAD MITCHELL.
In telling MORNING News reporter o.
the fight, Corbett said that he knew hC
had Mitchell after the end of the frs
round.
'',Ihe blow I gave him in the temple
was hard one. and he never got over it,
said the champion.
A'In the second round" he continued
1--WE were at it, hammer and tongs, wher
made feint to swing my left and hC
ducked, but / gave him my right full il
the neck, and he went down. After tha
knew hau MIN whipped.
.'What about that alleged foulR" asked
the reporter.
well, Kelly didn't say it was foul
and it was not one. Mitchell started L
jump up and l struck at him and missed
him. He dropped back on the floor. Tha
was clear foul, and he should have beer
counted out"
s'Were you excitedl"
"Well, only a little at the end of thu
second round. recovered in the third. ,
''What do you think of Mitchells fight
ingl"
HE was fighter in his day But i
he were ever a ring general it was year
ago. He is brave and generous"
The trip from Jacksonville 10 Savannah
was without incident. The party re
ceived every attention from Messrs
Alexander Thweatt and S. H. Hardwicl
of the Richmond and Danville road.
THE EXODUS OF SPORTS.
The sporting crowds have not all lief
Jacksonville. A large contingent comes vi
to-day on the Florida special A numbe
of the upper ten in sporting circles pre-
ferred TO wait until the mob had goJtei
away so they could travel in comparatiy,
ease
The hotel proprietors and the people il
Jacksonville have taken in a good man,
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