The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17
ARE SURE TO FIGHT
Corbett aud jackson Twin Battle
in England, So Sayss6uiiiven.
The Amsrfsea WA w1a-Hs sKas the Ad.
vantage IN Age, L. Better ut Duck.
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HIS Feet.
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G1sxjkH ~ ch s'm pionship
/EuT&8 D between James
A q J. Corbett, of
California, and
Peter jackson, the dusky antipodean,
will never take place. They base their
belief upon the peculiar Tactics that
the American champion is parsulng.
It seems edd to them that Corbett
should post money (which was prompt
" covered, to fight Jackson In June
and; then preeDpterily decline TO meet
tho big Australian until September.
They also look upon his most, recent
deci,uataon that jackson must battle IN
Ame,ica. where he (Corbett) won the
chamx vionship, as an evident, distncEna-
tioa IN on the Californian's part to face
the sabA giant in the magic circ lie; thls'
In view IF the fact that no northern
rl1fb eouA pull off such a contest. and
that jack on, by reason of the preJu-
dice exist ing against his coior IN
southern "a .ates, will not fight below
Mason and i0ixon's line Then, too. the
excessive an, 3unsrsortsInanilAe demand
af Ccrbett's. manager, William A.
Rrady. that purse Of forty-fve thou
sand dollars must be put up by the
club which sec ures the fight ana gfVen
IN It's entirety to the bo.2eTs In the
.vent of maCist .rial interference, APP
nears to them tine browning reason for
d;sS,elieving the Aincesity of the cham
pion's professed d.asire for battle
am not one of those doubting
Thomases. I believe that the battle
will take place, but 1 fear 1t VIII not
he fought on American soil. England,
7 think. will secure the fight. MyTea.
CONS for so believing are, first that,Cor-
bett cannot afford to shirk conflict
with the only man al present IN the
ring who is constant menace to his
fstic supremacy, and. secondly that
England is the only civilized country
In which glove contests between cham
pions can be surely pulled OIL In
America the game is dead-as far as
champions are concerned. The law
has set the seal of its diSapprovas'a upon
1T. and for this state of affairs the boys
ERE themselves to blame. When they
saw that the public was enasnored OF
the sport they asked too much foritheiT
services and they talked. teo much.
They attracted the attention of the
pulpit and the religious press. That
did,the business. The parsous;and the
editors preached and wrote against the
manly art. That settled the game.
Parsons and editors are harSspair to
beat. Indeed, you can't tie them, let
aiope beat them.
Now, regarding the discussion going
en6etween JaclSson's manager. Parson
Davies and Corbstt. think the latter
has a shade the better Of the argument.
A.champion has the right toname the
time $50 long as itsbe within reason
able time) and place Of battle. don't
iblseae Corbctt for wishing to tight in
his own country if he possibly can.
But can he? / am afraid not, for the
reasons Ishave already stated. But he
xankly adds that he viii fight in an
cthar country If he finds that he can
nsthsttle Ii his own His suggestion
about Soing to Mexico do not think q
asoA one. The miserable ''greasers" Of
that pcvertysstricken country haven't
pennies to buy apple frftters with,
contests. And without the cold. gilt
tering coin in sight. and plenty of it,
neither Cerbett nor Jackson. nor, in
deed, any ether fighter, no matter how
eloeuentiy he may talk about glory"
cares to take or give a pummeling.
Fighters don't 60 through months of
suffering and privatien in the way Of
training and through an hour or two
of mental and physical torture in the
ring for their health.
England. then, as have said before,
is the only country at present where
boxing is permitted within club confines
and where a suitable purse can be OBJ
tanned. The patrons of the sport over
there are the ruling powers, social and
political, and the local authorities do
not care to interfere with their pleas
ures rs long as they are enjoyed behind
club doors and not in public.
Corbett and Jackson will then, I am
confident, meet in England. Corbett's
peculiar actions of late do not, think,
indicate any Discrimination upon his
part to face the ebony-hued fighter.
He Is simply actusted by desire ia
make hay while the sun shines. He
wishes to enjoy TO the fullest extent
the fruits of his recent victory over
Mitchell Were he to fight Jackson in
June he would be obliged to go into
training right away, and thus lose
thousands of dollars in the show bust
ness. This would be especially true
regarding England, where the Cali
fornian is shortly to exhibit. The
people of the tight little isle are eager
to see the man who first overthrow
sour humble servant and then Charlie:
Mitchell. and well does shrewd Billy
Brady. Corbctt's manager, know it
Therefore, tae twain want to reap q
rich harvest over there before com
msrcing preparations for another bat
tie.
Corbett's and Brady's talk about a
forty-five thousand dollar purse and
tnsistenoo on . battle in America, Is
simply for effect. They rush to get the
biggest purse they can and nobody ear
blame them for it. II Bob Fitzsim
mons aud other foreigners who are not
half as good an attraction as Corbett
demand small fortunes TO fight, why
shouldn't the boss of all the fighters a
present in the business take hand IL
the game, much as we may personally
dislike II? Cor5ett and Brady simply
wish to play American against British
clubs Should an American club offel
forty thousand dollars or fifty thou
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