San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-12
BOXING IN MEXICO.
CARROLL AND SMITH TO BOX BE-
FORE PRESIDENT DIAZ,
And if He Likes the Game, Boxing
Will Be Legalizsd In Mexico.
The corbett- Fitzsimmons Fight q
Conundrum

It may be possible that Mexico
will be the future paradise for
prize. fighters, according to Slim
lmy" Carroll, who is now in the
City of Mexico. Fred. Ross is in
receipt of a letter from "JackD
Sherry, an ex-prize-fighter, who is
now a member of the firm of Nc
Duffie & Sherry, proprietors of the
Ell Paso Boiler Works, of FL Paso,
Texas. The letter is dated Sep
TENDER s, and in it Sherry says /:
"Tve received letter from Billy
Smith and Jimmy Carroll, from
the City of Mexico. They are
going to spar before President
Diaz on the 18th instant TO
show him what the game is like.
If it suits him he will legalize box
ing in Mexico, and then the club
in the City of Mexico will be on a
boom. They have extended me an
| invitation to go there and join
hands, should boxing be legalized.
So you might be surprised to see
me waltzing in the magic circle
again." Continuing, he writes:
''Things are dead in Ell Paso. There
is not pug in town, burt we are
trying to get up a good contest for
the people that are coming here
during the carnival, which will be
held here in conjunction with the
big contest at Dallas. am sorry to
hear of you going against Bob
Ahearn, as he is too heavy for you
by ten pounds, besides he knowSa
lot more about the game than Bill
ly Jordan. Ahearn is a hurricane
fighter from the call of time.
Should you be in good condition
and perfect in wind power, hold
him in the ring for ten rounds, and
then you'll have chance, and a
good one, to win the battle; other
wise you may be a. wiser man
when it is too late. My advice to
you is to make hay while the sun
shines and don't let anyone else
run your business for you"
y -
A dispatch from New York,
which appeared in Tuesdays
LIGHT, in which Parson Davies
gives his views of the Cerbett-Fitz-
simmons fight, is the source of a.
little talk in local sporting circles +,
of this city. Some said that the talk
that Corbett has not the life and
energy which he formerly possessed
is all bosh, and that Corbett will
make FitZ's head swim whenever
he gets him in the ring. There
are some, however, who believe
that Corbett has been "Iffying too
high" since he whipped Mitchell
and that he is ot-tfa same man
he was when he licked Sullivan.
When COrbett was,in San Antonio
last December, his, mode Of living
was not in line with that of an
! athlete. He kept late. hours and
enjoyed all the good things of
life.
The remark was heard on several
occasions then that IT. COrbett con-
tinues this way his, days as a fight
er will soon be over: He not only
continued, but increased the pace.
| Before Corbett was champion he
was never heard Of in such dis
grace as recently i'm Philadelphia :;
on the contrary; he,was always cen-,
sured, as by Mitchell and Goddard,
Corbett made many friends by his
gentlemanly conduct in those days,
but he is losing them now, since
the Philadelphia brawl.. However,
sympathy is naturally. with the
champion, but, unless, he is in fit
condition, the best thing Jim can
do is to keep out of the ring, for if
he meets Fftzsimmons he is, going
against a whirlwind. Fit1 has
been training hard, while Corbett
has been careless. About the fight
taking place, there's no doubt but
what it will take place in Dallas,
if they ever fight, which is hardly
likely.