Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-02-03

will perch upon the banner of the
Briton. After the contest Billy was
somewhat dispirited but still able to
appreciate humor. He wired his friends
the following message: Brandy not
Old enough" Thompson lost heavily
on the fight.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 26.-All
parties to yesterdays fight were present
in the court this morning. Corbett and
Mitchell chatted pleasantly. The
latter showed but few marks of the
battle. In fact beyond slight abrasion
of the left side of his face, there was
nothing to indicate the punishment be
received. Corbett was unmarked but
his left hand is soaked in linament. The
trial of the case was postponed to the
| February term of court. Both gave
bail in the sum of $1,000 to appear
February 2Sth.
| JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 26.-Cham-
pion Corbett and party left Jackson
| Vile for New York at ii 20 this morning,
| in special tram. A great crowd as
bled to see him off and the train
drew out amid deafning cheers, the
| champion standing on the rear plat
form bow ing his thanks.
Before Cortett left be expressed S1S,-
| 000 to a Benton Bank. remaining $1,000
he had changed into 500 bills which
he presented to his trainers, seconds
and friends. AS he stepped aboard the
train the champion was presented with
a gold watch and chain in the form of
globe representing the world. On
| this was inscribed so James j. Corbett
| champion of the" the last word being
supplied by the globe itself. Corbett
| Was Ggreeably pleased with this token.
Mitchell left at 2:25 for Savannah on
his way to New York. Quite crowd
| greeted him. Il was in hard luck this
time" he said "and l guess | am done
with the ring as far as getting inside of
| the ropes are concerned"
LONDON, Jan. 26.-Is is announced
| here that Corbett has arranged to come
| TO England and that the fight between
BIN and Jacks will probably occur
before the national sporting club In
June.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan. 25.-As
Mitchell and Corbett left the grounds
they were both arrested charged with
breach of the peace. Both gave bail.
| The seconds, time-keepers and several
others prominently connected with the
fight were arrested.
The fighters were in the court room
together this evening and thought the
efforts of Joe Vend;g, the long-cherished
animosity of the two men toward each
other was buried. Though they had
not exchanged the usual handshakes 10
the ring, either before or after the bat
tie, they cordially shook hands 10 the
court room.
Mitchell made little speech in which
he acknowledged having uttered many
bitter sayings against Corbett, bat said
he regretted them and was glad he had
been whipped by man worthy In every
way to wear champions hCnors.
There was general applause in the
room over the reconciliation. 1t is not
thought here that the court proceedings
will be more that formal.
Los ANGELES BIG OFFER.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 25.-A num-
Der of the wealthiest men of the city
today formed Santa Catalina Athle-
tic club and agreed to offer a purse of
$4,000 for fight between Corbett and
Jackson, the fight to take place on Cata
lima island, which is situated twenty
miles from the mainland.
PETER JACKSON TALKS.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 25-Peter Jackson,
when asked mis- opinion of the big fight
replied: II do net want to say too
much about the battle, but let me say
emphatically that Charles Mitchell has
proven himself to be one of the most
courageous men that ever entered the
ring. After today nobody can say
Mitchell was a coward. Why, be is as
game lite man as ever stepped. |
will have to fight Corbett next June
and sincerely hope will beat him. He
was the better man today. 1t was not
the question of rounds, but simply a
case Of better man winning.
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-Great interest was
manifested here in the Corbett- Mitchell
fight. In hotels and at the sporting re-
sorts crowds gathered aud though there |
was much speculation as to the result, |
there was very little betting. Frank |
Slavin was the center of a group OF |
sporting men in his saloon during the |
afternoon, v hen ne was heard to de |
clare that Mitchell does not mean to |
fight and that he's simply trying to |
get money from the Abingdons WILL"
FIRST ROUND.
Corbett, at the call of time sprasg TO
the center of the ring with his man Just |
emergi G from the corner. Corbett
fought with the same style guard en-
ployed to successfully in his combat
with Sullivan. Mithelrs guard was
low, with the left hand tending down
ward. The Englishmrn was forced
south of the ropes by feints and for a
iull minute the men stood or pranced,
'eiDting shout. Mitchell finally shot
)ut his LETT for Corbett's body falling
short in the effort. They came togeth-
,r in a cliuch. Mitchell then after a
couple of efforts got in with his left on
be stomach of the American, COrbett
with his right on the ear
bringing color to the Britton's face.
SECOND ROUND.
Corbett, as during the first round,
,ept Mitchell up against the ropes all
the round. CorDett led with
is left, reaching the face with a jolt
which shook the EuglIshmaD. Corbett {
rought his right I'D over Mtchelrs
cart. The b ow was powerful one
nd had much to do with the speedy {
uccess that came TO the champion.
1t was at this juncture that Mitchell I
an away from Corbett Corbett kept t
p his pace ana sent 10 his left and i
ght by turns.
COrbett once more upper cut his man 7
nth his right and was handling him
ow as he might novice. Corbett !
gung his left short and then began to
low down his antagonist. He led with
is left and caught Mitchell on the Jaw
-e did not resch the vital part aimed n
!, hut the force of the blow was suffic- n
mt to send Mitchell to the ground and =
nder the lower rope. Full eight sec a
Ids had elapsed from the time when =