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

Monsieur Curbett. premier IL boAe.
as one of the Paris newspapers called
him. stool at the starboard rail of the
truly ma jestic 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 "a hundred Of his admir-
ers, who went tn the lower bay In the
big tug c. f.. Evarts to welcome the
champion home.
Jim is bigger and looks stronger than
ever. He Is sallow, as usual, but his
eye is clear and the hollowues3 hasgone
out of his long cheeks and there Is
more flesh on his bones than ever be-
fore. lie is as good-natured as of yore,
and as delightfully."- boyish.
The fact that he was met down the
bay by a tug with band of music on
board seemed to tickle him imme nsely,
and he shouted his good wishes and
greeting to the party. but even his
strong lungs could not overcome that
awful band.
With Bobby Gaylor on one side and
Mrs. Corbett on the other. and the thou
sand or more passengers cheering and
waving hdndkerchiefs. 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
band. Between the pier and Staten
Island the band had three attacks of
Sweet Marie" and the man who had
been out all night nearly fell OVERHEARD.
There WAS halt off rompkinsville to
serenade the cruiser New YORK. The
band seemed loath to leave Marie" but
were induced to take Il try at the star
Spangled Banner" The officers and sail
ors or the New York acknowledged the
compliment by doifiing caps and cheer
ing.
The Majestic was met below Swim
burne Island at 9.l5 o'clock. There was
great commotion on the tug when
the big liner was discovered through
the morning mist moving up the chan
mel. The band was playing and the
crowd was shouting long before the
Majestic got alongside the Evarts, and
ing: There he isl although no one
could recognize soul on board the
ocean steamship at such distance.
his wife and Gayior by his side. lie wa,
dressed in gray, and had on a brown
derby hat. He looked smiling and happy
and as he recognized one person after
another on the tug he waved his hat anC
pointed them out to Mrs Corbeu
The tux was soon left behind by the
ocean steamship, but at Quarantine th'
tug got alongside again, and between
some more Sweet Marie" spasms by
the band Corbett managed to tel the
boys he was never better In his life an,
that he had a fine trip across.
/ image between those on board the tul
ana the assengers. \ man aboard the
stes mship got tired of the cheering fol
| Corbett and yelled:
| How about Nigilant?'
Shes all right; how about Jim Cor
bett?" was the answer.
! Hes all right" the party on the tul
and the Americans on the steamship
! replied
Then the sportive actors in the tut
party began 10 guy Bobby Gaylor. II,
wore Il Phil Dwyer chapeau. and some
body trieu 10 bride the bandmaster 4
! play Where Did You Get That Hat
But the bandmaster wouldn't OF
couldn't, SO for the 'steenth time h'
c9tmpromised on Sweet Marie. a.,
| Manager W. A. Brady boarded tn
trip to the city in her.
The tug and the steamship reached
the pier at the same time. and Their
was more cheering and more music
| There was 20 much noise that the mar
who had been out all night woke up. II
| had fallen asleep after the escape III
| had from getting ducking.
The band playing and cheering dow
| the bay was as nothing compared witt
the reception Corbett got when he walk
ed down the plank from the Majestic
The pier was damned with people and
crowd of nearly 5000 was in the stree
beyond, held back only by squad o
police.
There was "A wild shout, and the
certed rush to shake hands with hin
lie was nearly thrown down by tn
crowd and had 10 fight his way through
every body trying to seize his hand.
('punting those the pier. there Wer
nearly 5000 persons present and 400
of them seemed to be crazy to shak
who ever landed on these shores eve
Sweet Home and HHome Again" OF tn
band were drowned In the shouts of IN
throng on the pier, while the roar fror
the crowd out on the street was sti
greater
1t was absurd to try to have Corbe
walk through such Il mob, and carriag
was hastily secured He was bundle
into 1t, policemen ran ahead to force
passage, and with hundreds OF men an
hoys tagging after IL. lighting with eac
other to touch the clothes or shake II
hands OF the champion. the carriage Wa
driven out on to West street. the mo,
sands yelling and cheering at 'he tops
their voices.
The driver was told to go to lac IVES
Eighty eighth street, the new home {
the champion.
An Evening World reporter rode
few blocks with corbett Jim said:
I'm so dizzy from the sea and frol
. the awful crowd that I'm hardly in Do!
session of my senses. Say. don't yo
think I'm popular after all" Goodnes
l never expected such reception
What about Jackson? Say TO II
public that ! will fight him II he wi
fight. It's the ambition OF my life
meet him, and IN 20 10 any length
= make the match"
: In the party that went down the ba
= on the Evarts were: Fred W. Der
Harry Elmer, James Peacock, secretai
to w. A. Brady; p. Carey. Peter Don
Ian, IT., James Moorehead, Al Smit
G. NJ Welty, j. IA. Springer. Ed Cook
= James r, Grismer, Al Bang, Prof. A
/, tia H. Rosenberg, Sam and Mark Tha
U John Fox. OF Conroy 4 Fox: Charl
b T. Vincent, w. A. Brady. Ross One
!. l.. r. Stockwell, Gus Levick. j. c. Ia
% rell Fred McCloy. Peter Donlln, ]