The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-01
Hn IS No BETTER OR NO WORSE raAN oRrNrIse MosQuro

shall take trip to England and enjoy
myself all l know how. My entire FAM
lily and my manager will go with me.
After bit of sightseeing and recupera-
ton l shall probably give some exhibit
tions in England. have received plen-
ty of invitations to do so. j may fight
some good man over there; but that, of
course, is problematical, as the chances
are no man over there could get my
strong backing, now that Peter jackson
has retired from the ring.
When l have properly rested myself
and had a thoroughly good time, shall
return to the United States, which is
now my home and where am citizen.
l will, after such reasonable rest as l
have mentioned, be ready to meet any
honorable challenge for the worlds
championship. l do rot regard James
Jester Corbett as an honorable chal-
lenger. In fact, l know he is a fakir,
an arrant pugilistic humbug who never
means to fight anybody unless the body
be soft mark, sick man, an old man
or a cripple. He wants to make an al
legged match with me now solely for adj
vertising purposes. His show on the
road has met with a cold frost, under
stand, and this actor (Heaven save the
ma1k!) is rank failure. Matched with
the worlds champion his show would
get boom which would materially aid
him financially. In the end he would
never fight me. AS the date of the con-
test drew near he would begin to make
conditions 1cf hQ did in
our late match.
L will give him no boom, nor permit
him to advertise himself at my expense.
He treated me too shabbily for that. He
tried to hold me off as he did Peter Jack
son.
When satiricalIy answered one of his
latest advertising blasts by telling him
to GO and get Il reputation, some people
were inclined to criticize me. They for
get that this is precisely the way in
which he treated me. am no saint to
get one cheek smitten and then turn the
other for jolt. return tit for tat. Be-
fore agreeing TO fight me he told me to-
90 and whip } i'm Hall, Dan Creedon, and
then Joe ChoynslSi, and then he would
do battle. When / bested them all he
put up another stone wall in the person
of Steve O'Donneil, whom Peter Maher.
my latest opponent, whipped in punch.
Oh, yes; this oratorical pugilist was al
ways great on buffers.
l now simply give him a dose of his
own medicine when tell him to go and
whip Choynski, Maher, Jackson or
Slavin before he talks to me.
He talks about his record. Why, this
counterfeit never met full-grown man
or ,vell-conditioned man of the cham
pioaship class in his life. Joe Choynslli
was a mere boy when he met him. That
lion-hearted pugilist, John L. Sullivan,
was a mere wreck of his once magni-
ficent self when Corbett faced him. He
had been sick for long time before.
Charley Mitchell was practically the
same. and 40 pounds lighter and five
inches shorter than this t.alkative fight
err (?) when he corralled him. AS for
Peter Jackson, whom he danced to for
draw (hc certainly did not fight, we all
know his condition. Peter had a
sprained ankle and could not chase Cor
bett after few rounds were fought.
| Corbett kept away from him, and der
| rick of 1000 horsepower could never
drag him into ring again with jackson.
Briefly summed up, the record OF this
| boaster is that of q champion who has
defeated or drawn with sick men. old
men and disabled men. He could never
be induced to meet Peter Maher, Frank
| p. Slavin, Joe Goddard or any strong,
husky young man of the championship
class. He fed like the brave man he is
from Peter Maher when be saw the
I Irishman whom he had insulted coming
| into the Illustrated News Office IN New
York. Editor Arthur Eumley vainly en-
| deavored to restrain him.
MY record is that of a man who has
conquered healthy, strong young men,
l twice took and defeated Maher, whom
he twice lodged. l met Joe Choynski,
whom he fears to tackle. expressed
my willingness to meet either Joe God
dard or Frank Slavin in New Orleans