The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-25

Re- f.h JACNSON , POWERFUL BACK.
fornian wanted no more of it. He even
went so far rs to peremptorily refuse to 70
on with II match which his hacker Phil
Dwyer, had entered into with ''Parson"
Davies OH behalf of Choynsk.
The victory over Choynsk was Corbett's
entering wedge to fame. Note his marvel.
Gus good fortune from that date First he
meets poor old Jake kilrain ut New Or
leans III Il six round bout for -, 600 Kilrain
WAS suffering from n chronic malady and
had not recovered from the fearful beating
John l.. Sullivan had administered to him :;
short time before. OF course Corbett won
That victory served as IL further herald to
! rcnown. Corbett journeys north. and TO
Keep his hand III engages in II limited con
Test with Dommick McCatl'rcy in Brook
Ign. McCail'rey had once btsted Charley
Mitchell and stood mp eight rounds before
john IL. Sullivan without being indicted
INTO state o! sOmnolcnt QuietIide. Nc
Cailrcy had been i'll II physicians hands for
long time, was pudgy and clumsy in
| movement and VIGOROUSLY unfit for a con-
test of any kind. Naturally the Califor-
MAN whipped him with scarcely an effort
Now we come to the only time in which
CorDctt ever made what sport smen call
dangerous match and one in which he in
vited Il Waterloo. That WIS the famous
fornian was getting near the top of the lad
der then, and despite the advice of friends
he resolved to "chancc it," and give Peter
battle and get step higher. Here again
his Clevclandlihe luck stood him in good
stead. Jackson spraincd his right leg Il
short time before the battle, and after fight
ing for an hour or more that leg gave way
and was practically useless. Corbett dis
played great geIeralship and kept out of
harms way. The result was n draw of CT
| rounds after four hours and four minutes
of lighting.
That battle afforded Corbctt the oppor-
tunity Of lifetime, and he was not the
man to neglect it. 1t put him in the cham
pionship class, and he went cunning for
champions, not for sturdy, youthful ag-
gressivc fellows of the Frank Il, Slayin or
even Joe Goddard order, but for champions
who were either broken down by dissipa-
ton or disease, or both, although they did
not know 1t IN champion never does) John
H. Sullivan or Charley Mitchell would do
to n nicely, but Slavin and Goddard must
be avoidcd-at least until their strength
had been Slapped by dissipation or other
wise. To Jackson's opportunities for an.
other battle Corbctt turned deaf ear He
wanted no such game until it had been
thoroughly seasoned. '1'll take on Suli
van first and then Mitchell, " he said with a
laugh, to Macon Mccormick, land after
chat Jackson can be accommodated Mean
while Peter won't be growing any younger
or any better" and the big Californian
chuckled complacently over what he rightly
adjudged to be an exhibition of cunning
1t Is I'M English maxim that n match well
made is half won. Corbett can give the
foreigners cards and spades ut that game
and beat them out. That was demonstrate
ed in his two greatest matches those with
Sullivan and Mitchell. He would not have
any part OF either of the Australian giants.
Slavin or Goddard, while they were still
nnbeaten men, rugged and strong, but he