The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
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az might have said in a ioshing way"
remarked Corbett, '"that l could stop
Sharkey, you know, but, heavens, can't
person crack joke once in awhile with
out having his meaning misconstrued?
Possibly, in q contest with Sharkey, [
might stop him in punch, and again it
might take several punches to accomplish
the trick.
''Oh, no, am not making any of those
so-called stopping matches. but if Sharkey
or any other man will meet me in a limited
contest, with the proviso that the fighter
who has the better of the argument at the
finish wins, then l am ready to talk bust
ness with any of them. l am looking for
hard coin, and the way 1 expect to get it
is by whipping my men,"
Sharkey's hacker, Dan Lynch, had
long consultation with the managers of
the National Club last evening. He at
first refused to listen to any proposition
other than the one accepting Corbett's
alleged challenge to stop Sharkey in four
rounds.
When Mr.. Groom, director of the club,
explained to Lynch Corbett's feelings in
the matter in reference to stopping
Sharkey in four rounds Lynch agreed to
match his charge against the champion
under the following conditions:
IF Corbett can stop Tom in four rounds
we do not want cent of the receipts, but
if Sharkey will he on his feet and able to
resume the contest at the expiration of
the fourth round we must have an equal
90 int Of OF
count in this game, because l am we'll
aware that Tom would not be in it with
Corbett scientifically"
Corbett and several of his friends dined
last evening, at the invita- ton of Porter
Ashe, at one of the prominent rotisseries,
and when he learned at late hour of the
proposition agreed to by Sharkey's man.
ager he smiled and remarked, in the Ian
guage OF Parson Davies, "Well. let it go al
that"
The general opinion of sporting men
about town is that Corbett will have his
hands full if he attempts to put Sharkey
to sleep in four-round contest. They
argue that if Choynski cannot stop
Sharkey in eight rounds, the sailor should
stand good chance of fooling Cozbett for
four rounds.
But there are others, and I'll ose others
who have backed Corbett in all his fights,
who say, with wink thrown in by way
of no HARM" that poor Tom will surely
have picnic and may the best man win.
1t will be no discredit to Sharkey if he
should fall before the king of pugilists OF
the present day, but so far as Corbett is
concerned chip will be culled from his
credit block if he fails to put the pride of
the navy INTO dreamland in four rounds.
If Fitzsimmons can stop the hard-hit-
ting Peter Maher in one and half rounds
it looks, on the face of it, that Corbett
should find the point of Sharkey's chin in
anywhere from one to four rounds.
Corbett's wife has been very sick since
her arrival in this City, but her physician
stated yesterday that she will be thor
oughly convalescent in a few days, and
that all she needs is quiet rest.
Barney Farley, the hacker and trainer of
Joe McAuiffe, has written to the sporting
editor of THE CALL challenge to Jim
Corbett which is self-explanatory:
Hearing so much talk of late about fighters,
I cannot understand why McAuliffe is not rec
ognized by the boxing clubs of this City
Now, l will match McAuliffe to meet Jim
Corbett at any time that the champion is
ready, and if Joe cannot stop Corbett in ten
rounds we do not want cent of the gate re-
ceipts The fighters one and all fight shy OF
McAuliffe, because they know that he is
dangerous game and can whip any one of
them. What has Corbett to say in the matter?
Yours, ETC., BARNEY FARLEY.
McAuliffe had scrap last night with
Lacey, an old-time feather weight, in
Turk-street saloon, but before any damage
resulted the pugilists were separated. 1t
is said that McAuliffe struck very wild
and his opponent, Lacey, hung onto Joe's
coattali for dear life.