Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1895-11-30
Cnrhatss Wrong Plar.

| In letter on current ring GONG
Macon Mccormick has his to say:
And COW let US Invest gate the val
dizzy Of jim Corte;t's git CT the cham
pionship to Peter MaheF. Let u begii
with the greltest Of English champ N
Tom Crb0. lie defeated Tom No y
neux, lie second tune, sept. IS, ISL
| For dearly ten years after he er JOY ed
tie championship without beng ohal.-
engej. The match was proposed be-
tween aim aud BIZ Nerte, the Bristol
Butcher" i forfeit Of ft0 vas put up.
Neate did not make IL good and the
match fell through. Crib than an
1ounceu that be would fight any man
| IN the world. There was 10 response.
He formally retired from the ring on
May -, 1922, when his son II law, Tom
Spring, mounting the stage, sGlo:
"Gentiemen, I Onre more present myself
70 YOU notice, but dc ny old dad his
retired from be stage and sTIBg altOk eth
er. Gnd g. | have eiood next 10 him for
some time past, | mean 10 stand IL hla
place iii | am Ueils out Of L." You WIZ
observe that CrI0b Odd not regard the
title Of champion ~ EOg land as his per
soma prot erty TO deed, bequeath or give
away, as ile night z house, horse or z
dog. On, nc; Spring assumed hi. title
announcing MS WI! ngEees 10 deieEG l.
aud WAS Immediately MATCHED against
Bill NsGts.
The Champions Of american Lave
been lpni1ee SullvAa, ION Hyer,
John Morri5sey, John c. ieenen, doe
Cobuin, ice Co.'s, Johny DTyer, Ped
81 RyUn, Jake kiirain, John l.. Sal
Ivan nd .Iim Co-Ueit Sullivan Wa
bs ten by Ryer, who failed l. defend |
Ii title aga nst MorEissey, Who Assun- |
ID IT, after BIS tight with Yankee sui |
hvan. He beat Heeuan for the lite,
but wouldn't fight agar. Then ii en-
an assum-d l.. While he Was ID Eng |
land there were several claimants,
amcng them DcmIlick Brad ey, Nike
AIcCo.l aud J,e Cuburu. This iatttr
pair fought for it and COburH wen.
They were tO have fought second
tins but Cohuru had himself arrested,
and then MCCoul assumed the title and
was recognized ts champion. lie beat
Tom Allen. but 10y and br the rinY had
no real chan, ptoD unul JoAnny Dryer
beat Jimmy Elliot for the lille. Dayer
went i1t1 uui,tics AID Tom Ain claim
ID thu honor, ard joe Goss vas import
Il to whip blm. Cos aud his mob scar
I'd Allen 20 tha: be parposeiy les, the
DattIe nv fouling hs man. Then Paddy
RYAN beet Goss, ard he in tnrn WAS
beaten 10y John l.. Saliva. who lfter
9reakinr ms arr OF Patsy Cardiff, suf-
cred the mortilicaticn Of eeeil g the til
lie default fer z short time 20 hllTeln,
hcush the public never nSld red
lake 4 genuine chGmTion. EEen Sulli-
IAN got veil b. b at X Train Tor the title,
md be in turn lost the ;it,e 10 JIM Cor
,ett. None Of {! esa mcn but Corbett
yer attempted to m8ka q present OF the
it!e to any one else. C1rU-tt's attempt ,
@ give IL 20 Maher was rtic1 'ous. That
oet.r 10 regarded it was shown by the
act that be has since challenged any {
nan in the world TO tight min far it.
! he fact tuat C0rbett had asked Ma
Ter not u name him in tti5 challenge :
viii not KEEP him from lighting Eim :
veutuaily, 10 my opinion. a : chan plon :
I the world. Cotbett had great draught
g & theatr.csi star. 10 viii only take
few weeks TO determine whether be ;
ill b profitable star IS an ex-cEam-
iCn. H. vii. remember that John l. 7
the trical career ended as eX I
ham pion. | think | know JIM petty 5
-ell. and that am aware Ct the cause ,
I his present step. [ think, too, that {
e will see coon that he has male ; mis- &
ke, ana that when be does Q VII: be s
OF foot after the iFish champion. Here ,
another OF nay bsliefs: think barring i
III CGIbctt that Peter M4her has I
inch On whipping cry mar il the ring Z
ebay. IL lie meets COrDett within ayeaT
think he viii fad that class tells in :
zen as well as ic horses. | regard Cor |
EFT as toe greatest pugilist the ring has
yer known. I think. too, hat be has 8
display ed his hand lately.
Macon MCCORMICK.