The Washington times., 1894-09-13
GOES FOR PETER JACKSON
Champion Corbett Ventilates His
Opinion of the Colored Pugilist.
STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
Jackson Charged with Having Evaded Every
Opportunity for Getting on Match by
Resorting to All Manner Of subterfuge-
Corbett Willing to Fight Anywhere.

Champion James J. Corbett last evening
gave to The TIMES representative the follow
ing personal statement, which will prove in
teresting reading:
"In answer to the cowardly misstatements
that have been circulated by Peter Jackson,
and the subterfuges that he has resorted to in
order to crawl like cur out of the proposed
match with me, desire to make the follow
ing statement. 1 have stated emphatically
all along that this niger docs not want to
fight me, after the punching 1 gave him in
San Francisco, where he was saved from
defeat by the dastardly actions of his Cali
fornia Club friends. You could not get him
into ring with me with q hawser, and no
one knows it better than this same Peter
Jackson.
He has stated that he would not go south
of the Mason and Dixon line on account of
prejudice existing against his color-he has
thrown slurs upon the fairest people in the
world-the Southerners, who gave George
Dixon fair play there-aId he proved himself
rank gutter when he refuses to go and meet
me in New Orleans, when ne knows If by any
fiuke he should happen to win it would make
him famous and independently rich Tor lie.
PETER EvADED THE ISSUE.
"When l was in England he and his friends
tried to take all sorts of scurvy advantages of
me, and on my return here had to chase
| him all over New York In order TO bring him
down to business. The moment that the
| Sioux City Athletic Club came into sight and
posted their money he Immediately jumped
| to Chicago and moves heaven and earth to
| prevent these men from making this match
| successfully.
Il know no one connected with the Sioux
| City Athletic Club. have never met any OF
| the parties said TO be interested. L have
never had any communication with them fur
ther thanto accept the purse they offered. l
| do know this, however, that they have gone
! at this matter in a business-like way. They
have posted $1,000 for our training expenses;
| Jackson never received any such offer before.
''They have agreed to post $4,000 with the
! referee, twenty-four hours before the fight,
the amount TO be paid TO the man he decides
the winner, and they also agree tnat If the
| contest should be interfered with after 1t has
| started. that the referee shall have the power
| TO pay the amount to whatever man he may
! consider had the advantage up to the time OF
| interference, even If the contest lasts only
one round.
They have agreed TO allow the men to
pick the referee, who must be satisfactory to
| Jackson. Now if this niggar wants to fight,
| l will name the men satisfactory 10 me, now.
| The following are the acknowledged referees
of this country:
''P. J. Donohue, of New York.
John Eckhardt, OF New York.
"John Duffy, of New Orleans.
George Sier, of Chicago.
"John Kelly, of New York.
| al Smith, of New York.
| "Any of these men are satisfactory TO me.
TO PUT JACKSON on RECORD.
81 want to put this fellow on record-does
he dare to insinuate that any of these men
would stoop TO give him the worst oft?
He talks about fighting in three
months, when he knows that this club has
shown him that it is impossible Tor them to
! bring it off in that time. and he himself
| stated Ill the presence of twenty witnesses in
New York city, two weeks ago, that ne
would not fight inside of six months. If he
is so anxious to fight why don't he come to
| where / am, and he can get all the fight he
wants al twenty-four hours notice, or l will
meet him secretly at once, any place he
names, and show this cowardly niger up
plainly for the sham and hypocrite that
ne is.
1.-The truth Of the matter is this man hates
Americans because they do not consider him
| as good as they are and because he is not al
lowed to pose and strut about and be looked
up to and worshiped as he is on the other
side of the water.
when he sails for England he will never
| return here ana WDlle o,UOU miles away WILL
| keep up his wordy warfare on me and try 10
persuade the public that he is on the level
when l know his purpose in going to that
country is to engage in a fake fight with an
other broken-down fighter like himself, Frank
P. Slavin.
WILL FIGHT IN HACK.
'He says that he is not an actor, and that
his theatrical contracts do not interfere with
him. No; because his attempt to appear on
the stage was a dire failure, and the manager.
throughout the country now refuse TO book
him again.
In conclusion, Mr.. Peter Jackson, tell
you plainly that l will fight you privately oil
openly in one week, one month, two months
or three months time, for as much money as
you can raise. purse or no purse, in club or
barge, in hack, in room, anywhere in
America"