The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
sHARKEY CONFIDENT.

| ing, he is AFRAID they VIII indulge IN
little good-natured smuggling and that
| Toms hands will be hurt.
sHARKEY CONFIDENT.
Sharkey has given out statement regard
ing his chances against Corbett. 1t follows:
When I signed articles TO meet James J..
| Corbett IT was with the expectation that I
would win. Since that day have not changed
my mind in regard to the outcome OF our
meeting, and think l will have won the
contest before the limit has been reached:
| II win the battle. which am confident OF
| doing. will then be ready to stop any and
all challengers for the heavyweight champion
| shio.
/ candadly admit that Corbett is more scien-
| tiic than l am. He is shifty fighter and
| good ring general. But have been taught
] met Corbett in Frisco two years ago; and
| am going 20 surprise soma of the people who
| think l have show.
1 have fought over thirty men In my
| career. and they all went down before me.
One blow did the business for most of them.
| Corbett can't keep away from me once during
four rounds, and when l hit him fair he viii
go the same as the rest. If l can get In
| one blow to his three l satisfied l can
| do the trick. When Corbett and l enter the
| ring, the spectators viii get a great fight.
| The rules call for q good, clean cut contest,
and don't think there will be any oppor-
tuntty for fouling. ! am going to hit Corbett.
and am willing TO take what punishment he
can give me while getting to him.
/ rely greatly on my strength and superior
condition. Having never dissIpated | am
IN better shane today than ever before, and
have more bottom as a race horse man would
say, than the fighter who has not taken care
Of himself. l never felt better, and will be
prepared to go the limit, but do not think
we will go the distance for the champion
win never stand what is in store for him.
People who say / have no science WILL.
believe, find that have little bit after ouI
match. They do not take into account my
rapid Improvement. OF late l have mixed UP
with some Of the scientific ones, and. have
h,d ~l,, lrvoy frlai that u
practfced. AS a result / have become more
shifty, and can hit with great precision.
What style l will employ when l meet
Corbett do not know. l will be prepared to
meet any emergency, and have no fear as
10 the result AS a boxer CoTbett has nc
master, but as fighter | am his superior,
and will prove that Nov. %.
Kid Mccoy says in letter to local
paper:
Corbett will defeat sharkey and the fight
will go TO the limit In the first place, Cor
Of agreement. They provide for clean break
Always and prohibit hitting In ciinches. This
prevents Sharkey from using his strength
and roughing It. AS l figure 1t out Corbett
will simply Jab Sharkey until the sailor ts
sight. But don't think there will be .
knockout. II It comes It will be accidental
The fight will go the limit because Sharkey
will be able to stand all the punishment that
Corbett can infiict
Demands for seats at the fight are
being received daily by Matchmaker
try and at the present time the ad-
vance sale amounts to over $4,000
MAHER-MCOY MILL.
According to dispatches from ths
East, Kid Mccoy and Peter Maher
have gone into trairing for their meet
ing before the Greater New York club
Dec. 5. Asbury park has been select
ed by Mccoy as the spot where he
Will do his training, and thither he has
gone, accompanied by Doc Payne
Ralph Carter, and Con Reilly. Peter
Is working off his surplus flesh al
She's pshead Bay.
From this move on the part OF the
principals 1t is evident that the club
people made good when requested to
show that they were there with the
coin nece: sary fer the 70 felt ami purse
II is a cinch that the wise Kid would
take no chance on several weeks OF
| training unless he was shown to his
complete satisfaction that the bout
would be pulled off all right, provided
that something altogether unlocked
for does not turn up in the meantime,
and, above all, that the $4,000 purse
Offering would be there for the winner
| WHEN the mill is over. With the Kid
as with the man from Missouri, It's a
case OF show me- ell the time The
public can rest pretty wen assured
/ nom the I6i(fI LfldlI Adc1Uy mas SLdaASl
to work and says he's satisfied that
everything viii be all right; that the
bout viii come off as sch eduled with
out any Of the veXatious delays and
hzZles that have characterized the
clubs late efforts 20 bring off Their
cardfed events. Just what financial ar
rangements the club has made is not
given out It is understood, however,
that a pot Of fresh money has been
put into its Golfers and new officials
put at the helm. It is probable at the
judgments held by various pugilists
against the club viii be satisfied before
the coming big event, for II they are
not settled the same array OF Sheriff 8
deputies, armed with attachments and
Things. may be expected 10 lombard
the box office. But, as remarked be-
fore, it's a sure thing the willy Kid
has been shown that the coin is in
sight, and everything viii likely now
go along smoothly.
LAvIGNE DENIES.
According TO letter written by
| George Lavigne, the Saginaw kidd
and received by George Siler. Of Chi
&C go. the stories about Lavignes dis
sipating are myths. I4avigne writes
fIcm his training quarters near San
Francisco. The letter reads:
| I am here training at the Six Mile house
for my contest with Tom Tracey, which Will
be decided before The National club on the
| 18th. I have been working the past two
weeks and am feeling in good health and
spirits-in FACT. as good as ever. l have
| taken q few POUNDS OF weight which no
doubt has done a great deal toward fay pres
ent condition. see that some OF the papers
out your way have been saying lot of
harsh things about ne In referring 10 my
late fight with ETne- Now. / hardly think
they are treating me right Theg do not
credit Erin w,;h being e capable fighter and
ALL ali ma he -fv~, ~f.