The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-07-11

have been the case with C0rbett. To
knock q powerful young man out in
four rounds requires a tremendous
hitter Corbett in the first two rounds
hit Sharkey when and where he liked.
and failed to knock him out But Cor
bett evidently lost his wind. ] am not
surprised at that, for he was not In
condition for such a tremendous task. :"
At FIRST even the Californians them
selves lost all stock in Corbett. but his
friends are gradually coming back to
him. The San Francisco people are
noted for their fairness in matters of
this kind. and ii is said that they in
variably favor the outsider. 1t was
these people that started the story
that Corbett had been virtually
whipped by a mere novice. Sharkey
knows abou. as much about boxing as
any ordinary tenth rater. and he did
not display even that much In his last
fight. II Sharkey Is to win renown as
q boxer from that fight then the whole
science Of self-defense is a fraud. and
brute strength Is It's superior. There
are twenty middle-weights in San
Francisco alone that could outspar
him. and At boxing he would not afford
ordinary amusement for such men as
Choynski. Corbett entered that fight
with the idea that he could knock him
out in two rounds and he fought ac-
cordingly. He had no trouble at all
in hitting Sharkey and defending him.
self from Sharkey's blows. He had
not trained for a wrestling match,
while Sharkey was in his element at
that. 1t Is generally true that one
gets nothing without some sort Of pay
ment and Corbett's lost prestige Is the
for . gate money show. In this con-
nection 1t might be well to say that a
match with Denver Ed Smith would
be even more ridiculous. He would
stand only q fair show of winning and
even then he would make more
enemies than friends. The hackers of
Smith would set up a howl about him
whipping a man not In his class and
all that sort Of thing. There is fun
ahead for Sharkey IL he should sue
coed in putting Corbett out. Then
Fhxsimmons, Maher. Choynski, Smith.
Slavin end any number OF other am
bilious prize fighters would descend
upon this unlucky tar like a ton of
brick ard Sharkey would be using two
boot horns instead Of one in putting on
his hat. The site has not been decided
upon for the coming fight Nevada is
mentioned and Mexico is being con-
sidered, but Nebraska has not even
been thought of. The new republican
January l and that would be about
the right time. He is rather sporty
himself, but there are several reasons
why he would be opposed to a fight in
Nebraska. Should he consent to II
he would insist on making q speech
and this would take well with the Wis.,
iting dead games" He would make
q very acceptable referee. He could
tickle the necks of the principles with
~ - Al ali
know. and that would serve the pur-
pose very well.
They had a high old time up in Min
neapolis last Monday night. The
trouble arose during a female bicycle
race. The management, without pre-
vious announcement, raised the price
of admission from Is cents to $1.25,
and when the time for starting arrived
the star attraction. Dottie Farnsworth,
the champion woman rider of the
world, was not visible. but was de-
tanned at her home as a result of ILL
ness. The crowd refused to let the
race proceed and demanded their
money back. The treasurer had, how
ever. departed with the receipts and
when this fact was ascertained, the
riders were pulled bodily from their
wheels. the track was covered with
glass and tacks and the Office was
broken into by q couple of thousand
enraged and defrauded people. When
they discovered that there was no
money in sight they took their revenge
out by taring up the track. raising
the grand stand. ripping fences down.
smashing several buildings into kind
ling wood and doing all the damage
possible. During the clearing of the
grounds several people were badly in
jured including three policemen. who
were struck on their heads with bricks.
Here il the way the Sporting News
sises up Fitxsimmons: III Bob really
thinks he Is . match for Corbett, he
need worry no longer about the dis
credit that would attach to him for
a physical wreck. He had
no fear of the kind when he met Jack
Dempsey. who was. in reality. a phys
Ical wreck" when Bob won the