The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-14


after L left the ring and said: Well,
| George, we lost, but we've got no kick
coming as we lost fairly and squarely.
I lost about $4,000 and must say you
handled the fight better than anything
1 ever saw
ANENT MITCHELL FIGHT
''The veriscope pictures will show
me talking to Harry in the lower left
| hand corner. [ do not know, neither
| do L care, what Corbett's idea of q
square and impartial referee is. I do
| know that when he fought Charley
Mitchell at Jacksonville, Fla, he stood
over Mitchell and struck at him and
that his seconds, Delaney, Dempsey,
Donaldson, McVey and even Billy
Brady jumped into the ring and pulled
Corbett to his corner to prevent him
from striking Mitchell when he was
down and thereby preventing him from
committing a foul, not thinking that
| they, his seconds, were committing the
most palpable foul ever committed in
fight. They did this twice and by all
rules Corbett should have lost the
fight. | might add that the fouls were
so palpable that Jim Colville. of Bos-
ton, who kept time for COrbett at Car
son, who sat next to me near Mitchell's
corner at Jacksonville, said: George.
down $4,000 if he wins. but 1 would not
give cents for my money if you were
in there refereeing the fight | do not
wish to say anything sderogatOry to
Honest John Kelly, who refereed the
fight, but to give the public an idea of
what COrbett considers a fair and i'm
partial referee [ will state that when
he and Fitzsimmons signed to fight at
Dallas, Tex. which was afterward
changed to Hot Springs, that one of
the first men Corbett named to referee
the fight was Honest John Kelly.
AT THE QUARTERS.
Regarding my going to his training
quarters at Carson, / will say that my
business as correspondent for a half
dozen or more newspapers took me
there, and if I was not con-
| nected with any publications
L should have gone there any
how. What harm was there in it?
Can he or anybody else show where I
did wrong? Was there ever anything
said about Honest John Kelly visiting
COrbett at MaypOrt, Fla. when he was
training to fight Mitchell? Has there
ever been anything said about any
referee calling upon or talking to one
or both of the principals in the con-
test in which he was to referee?
Reports went to Fitz at Carson that
1 was seen talking to Harry Corbett
upon three or four occasions Did h.
think there was anything wrong in
that? If he did L am not aware of it.
Is 1t necessary fer a man who is slated
to referee an important fight to bury
himself months before the contest,
then dig himself out just before enter
ing the ring?
"Corbett admits there was job
afoot to prevent him from defeat I
was aware of that when I entered the
ring and was expecting it. He knows,
and so does number of others, that
he had men there ready for business.
DIRE PLOT ARRANGED.
rs the public aware of the fact that
[ was taking my life in my hands when
l entered the ring? I was aware of it,
and knew that the first mistake I might
make to wrong Corbett my life would
not be worth two cents. Taking these
things into consideration, is it reason
able to suppose L would favor Fitz
just for the pleasure of being killed?
l will, now that Corbett has forced me
to talk, for the first time, state what I
intended doing. Had l seen that there
was no possible chance of Corbett win
ming, and had his friends bullrushed
the ring to prevent him from getting
defeated. L would Immediately have
given the fight to Fitzsimmons, and
justly. too, had it been the last act of
my life. l will also say that when I
entered the ring 1 asked Billy Delaney
who had charge of affairs in Corbett's
corner. He said: White and l.
Now, Bill I said, you know what
happened at Jacksonville, and I'll
stand for none of that sort Of thing
today. 1 want you and White to keep
out Of the ring during the fighting
time, and also see that none of the men
behind you go in. because when the
first man that enters the ring to pre-
vent his man from committing a foul
or does anything which is not in strict
accordance with the rules, I will decide
the fight against him If L never do an
other thing on this earth.'"
How about that gun talk you had
with Corbett few days before the
fight. George?"
That's an old story. and I did not
wish to say any more about it. But as
Corbett has forced this thing to an is
sue I will tell you.
ga few days before the fight I saw
Corbett at his quarters and he said to
me: George, 1 want to win the fight
and want to win it fair
GLOW do you expect to win it,? I
asked
You know he said.
No, do not, replied.
"'Well. L tell you I will have 1000
friends there ready for business, and
the first break Julian makes he'll get
the whole top of his head blown off,
"'And 1 suppose the first break I
make I get mine blown off. Is that it?'
oh, don't know he replied.
"'Well. I do I said, but I'll tell you,
there with guns, they won't Tease me
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