The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-18
CORBETT
Educated Sufficient ito
Write a. Letter.
MAN-ABOUT-T.OWNf
Refuses to Fight the ex-Champion Be-
cause Bob Don't Try 1t First.

1 see Jim Corbet has written am
other letter. In fact, he has written
several. Jim'is great letter writer,
and they say he can write without
sticking his tongue out, too Jim is
educated and also refined. He is so
cultured that he can get himself on
the outside of only enough whisky
to float locomotive every day. He
is temp perate and does not look upon
the wine when it is read and moveth
itself Alright. And, also, he is coll
lcge graduate and wears his hair
pompadour. But he draws the line
at football and he ought to be COM
mended for that. / don't know
whether he has d college yell or not,
but he seems to be dead anxious to
make somebody else yell. i.a3,aoe-
He seems to be very keen to get
into q scrap With fellow by the
name of Fitzsimrlons. He offers to
give him $4,000 to let him punch
him. 1t ought to be worth 1t. Bob
Fitzsimmons knows a good thing
when he sees 1t and he seems inclin-
ed to leave well enough alone. Bob
has no desire to have himself scat
tered around over the parario in such
a manner that even his wife would
not recognize the fragments. He
thinks too much of his wife for that! !
wish somebody would accommo-
date Mr.. Corbett. the cultured gent.
I thought once of calling his $35,00o
bluff, myself. I had about maue all
my arrangements to meet him In the
honored saw-dust' arena ard cover
myself with gladiatorialhonors and
also with several other things so my
friends wouldn'trecognize me. But
when L thought over it the second
time, came to the conclusion that
first impressions were not always
best. reflected on who would run
my business, and upon how sorry
my wife would feel that she allowed
me to start the Kitchen fire every
morning and also to split most of
the wood, and then thought of the
people / owed and how sad they
would be, and the more / thought,
the sorrier became until 1 almost
wep over my sad fate. Il thought
of myself scattered around over the
arena like last years BIZ d nest and
my friends unable to recognize me
except by my, watch charm and !
began to change my mind. " 7"'"'
know it is hard on Jim not to be
able to fight somebody. lis tough,
but he must recollect that we all
have our disappointments. Now, he
ought to know how that is himself,
because when he tried to get mash
ed on all the pretty girls he saw, his
wife wouldn't stand it and got, az di-
vorce. Veryiunreasonable, probably
but she was relentless. ...,
So presume, after mature refiec-
tion Will not meet James In the
ring this year. / am feeling well
enough. Indeed, am feeling bully
but if Bob won't meet him, / won't
either. Besides, have no proper
clothes to wear in the fight. Il un'
| derstand they wear skin-tight gloves
and would want nhusking gloves
and also a good heavy fur soyercoat
Jim probably wants to be dressed il
a pair of gloves and the champion
ship belt. That is too chilly for this
time of year. Ishall have to insis
on being excused. ] am very sub
ject to colds. / know the disap
pointment is keen, but 1t is the way
OF the world. ""Hf 'sreS g"
| Another thing should object tc
is the suddenness of prize-f1ghting
that is to say, the extreme stimuli
J taneousness with which a fight i
carried. on. Like as not while
would be toying with Jim's pompa
dour and other iewelry, he woul'
land pile driver on the point of m.
chin which would SO surprise me
THAT I wouldn't get back until afte
the Omaha exposition.
He will have to excuse me. Keel
as he may feel the slight I canno
help it. Iihave madeother arrange
ments. ~. r.sr.
, ,Prize-flghting should be eneour
aged even more than 1t has beer
Prlxe-fighters are all such fine gen
tlemen, SO genteei, SO cultured, S
Interested In uplifting the world
uplifting it with an underhande
swipe on the point of the chin as
were. .Ithas a civilizing and edify
: ing infiueRGe equal to the SPANS
bull fight and is far more elevatin
since it requires two men instead c
I, a man and bull. The bull occasion
ally inserts horn beneath the fift
, rib OF the toreador to investigat
what he had for, dinner. In prize
I fighting each. contestant is liable a
times, to throw up portions of hi
victuals that he has no more use fo
and also portions of his anatomy fc
which he has no need. 1t is a
elevating spectacle and great man
people would like to see more {
: them If they thought nobody woul
}. find it out. A prize-fighterls fac
after the battle looks like piece {
raw liver stung by humble bees, br
6 he doesn't care SO long.uas, he rs