St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18


write your name oh, yes I said quite
cool, 1 guess l can write well enough.
saw right by the lock OF him he was
there for no good purpose, and he had
his
CROWD WITH HIM,
Brady, his manager; Joe Corbett, his
brother, and his heller, McVey. Then
he said, What have you been saying
about me tonight% Nothing at ALL L
replied; I haven't mentioned your
name so far as l know. Then he
rushed forward TO pull my nose, and l
pushed his arm away and said, Now,
you can't do that and then l backed
away bit and said, Jim, don't let's
have any fight here, it's our friends
house, and you can wait till October,
but if you want to fight come out and
fight on the square. At that his broth
er gave me the strong arm, that is,
like this (and EItZSimmOnS got up from
the sofa and, putting his arm around
my mouth, pressed my mead close 10
his breast, holding 1t so l could not
move), and Brady got my arms tight
to my side, and then the miserable cur,
Corbett, spit in my face. Why, l
wouldn't spit in a dogs face, and, of
course 1 got mad and. with my lips
against my teeth, [ threw my head
back and butted Joe Corbett in the
nose, smashing his nose to his face.
Then the police and others interfered,
thing to eat. 1 had not been in there
more than a minute when Corbett fol-
lows. and said: Say, you're cur,
and 1 got up and walked right up TO
him and his gang, and 1 said, I'm a
cur, am [? Well, you wait till Oct. 81
and I'll knock your pompadour head
off you Then Brady picked up a
chair to hit me, and l threw a water
bottle at him. That's all there is, but
I wish I'd hit him just once. Oh,
HE'S A GENTLEMAN,
Corbett is-nit. But he'll not act that
way again and not suffer for it I'm
going to spar on Wednesday for the
HeraId's free ice fund, and Corbett is
going to ride a bicycle, they say. There
may be a fight then and there, for I'll
not get out Of his way, and III see
that l, too, have some friends to back
me up if he is looking for trouble. But
I don't want to talk about that any
more. He's a. miserable loafer and a
coward
Then ''Fitz'' told me something about
himself. He is thirty-three years old
and was born in Cornwall, England,
though he is a naturaliZed American
citizen. His mother was English and
his father Irish, and an officer for
many years in the Enniskillen dTa-
goons. When in his teens he went out
! to New Zealand and became black
| smith and worked at that trade till
ABOUT ulIlS years dSO. ne QSCO u AictN =
at that time SparTing matches with his
mates in the trade. His first public
! fight was when he was eighteen years
! old and Jem Mace came to New Zea-
land and offered q. prize to amateurs.
! After that he began TO appear quite
often in public, and in Sydney, New
South Wales. he defeated the champion
of all the middleweights, Billy Nc
Carthy. Then he fought and defeated
Jack Dempsey. Peter Mahar, Jim Hall
and Joe Choyniski- In fact, he was
never defeated in the ring, and, as
Corbett has always been a victor, the
usual spectacle will be presented at
Dallas of two men meeting who have
successfully fought scores of men, yet
never faced each other.
81 think Peter jackson the best
prize fighter in the world today and
| he's a gentleman, too, with as white
| a heart,
BLACK AS HE IS,
as ever beat in any mans breast. I
| think Sullivan, too, is a good man even
now, and though would advise him
not to think OF challenging the winner
! Of my fight with Corbett, he can lick
| twice the number Of men today who
/ can lick him Sullivan has always had
| to do his fighting early in the game.
| He was a hard hitter and no scientific
| boxer; he got tired quickly. Corbett
! is clever with his hands and quick in
| the ring, but that won't help him with
me. The reason have confidence thaS
! shall come out on top is because /
! believe I can hit harder than he land
| this seems to be generally conceded),
! am just as strong, am a better ring
| general, cIeverer with my hands and
! feet. and then I think Corbett is a
bloody cur, while am at least not a
| coward.
How do [ train? Well, I've always
| been my own trainer. and began to-
day. 1 always punch the bag every
| day, run and walk ten to twelve miles,
| and today when I got home from my
| twelve miles of running and walking ]
| was as fresh as If had been training
| for weeks. 1 never felt better in my
life. I row, play hand ball, or bowl OF