The herald., 1898-04-11
WITH THE FIGHTERS

| SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.
] To the Editor of the World: The report
| that l am to run for congress Is true. l
| have received letters from my friends in
the Harlem district asking if l would ac-
| cept the Democratic nomination next fall.
| / have written that l will accept, and, II
| nominated, will make a personal canvass.
| If elected, my friends will never have
| cause to regret having honored me with
high office.
| If elected, will advocate all measures
designed to free Cuba and speedily retrieve
| the sufferings of her people. think Pres
ident McKinley's course altogether too con-
servative. favor prompt and aggressive
action under existing circumstances.
JAMES J.. CORBETT.
And thus doth conceit make chumps of
us all. The extent of Corbetts effrontery
is astonishing. 1t passes all understand
ing. Jeems is we'll understood. however,
SO far as his abilities as a fighter are con-
cerned, and the public is amused by his nu-
merous foolish outbreaks. Judging from
them Jim would do well as buffoon in
his present profession" of an actorman.
He appears here this week in ''rhe Naval
Cadet"
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The boxing partner of Bob Fitzsimmons
is "Yank" Kenney, the giant whom Peter
Maher knocked out in half round. Bob
declares that he will make a fighter Of
Kenney, and Martin Julian, Fitzsimmons
manager, expresses the same belief. ken
ney Is doing first class" said Julian, land
1 don't see Why he shouldn't come out all
right. 'Yank' started wrong. He had done
no boxing, and yet started right in against
first-class men. Why he didn't know how
to make lead when he Joined our troupe at
Cleveland, and yet he had taken part in two
big fights and been knocked out in each.
He is young, big and strong, and can learn
to be clever, II he will only stick to it. This
boxing with Fftzsimmons every day is
rare chance for him to learn"
Kenney's looks are his fortune in this
case He resembles Jim Corbett, and that
is probably why Julian picked him out as
sparring partner for Fitzsimmons.
An eastern writer says: The setting of
Peter Jackson's star, when Jim Jeffries
hammered him on the ropes at San Fran
cisco, served to boom the stock of his rather
inexperienced conqueror. The sports all
over the country now appear to desire a
meeting between Jeffries and Maher, who
is anxious for fight. The fact that Maher
disposed of O'Donnell, also back number,
like Jackson, within few days of Jeffries
achievement, has brought the Irishman
more prominently to the front as the most
active fighter in the country. A twenty
five-round bout between Maher and Jeffries
In the Madison Square garden, providing
the new boxing bill becomes law, would
be an event of unusual interest to the local
sports, who are growing impatient over the
dearth Of good glove fights. The winner of
such a fight. so the opinion seems to be,
would be far more entitled to claim match
with Fitzsimmons fot the heavyweight
championship than Kid Mccoy.
1t is said that Fitzsimmons intends to
take trip to Europe the coming summer.
He will visit, so 1t is understood Russia,
France. Italy and Germany. and may pos
sibly go to South Africa. Fitz expressed
regret over Peter Jackson's defeat. He
thinks that Jeffries must be a very good
man. "Hes all right II he can whip Peter"
said Bob "for always thought that jack
son was the daddy of them all.''
Tom Sharkey has opened fire upon Jim
Jeffries for giving him the cold shoulder
and signing to meet Mexican Pete. The
sailor says Jeff is coward, afraid to meet
him and lot more. 1t will be remembered
that Jeff said he would fight Sharkey be-
fore the Olympic club; the latter insisted
on the National club. After a good deal of
discussion they found themselves still un-
able to agree, which resulted in Jeff tying
himself up with the Mexican but not until
Peter Maher had rejected an offer. If Jeff
was ready to contest with Maher, it hard
ly looks as IL he was afraid of Sharkey.
Billy Delaney says he will match his man
against the sailor as soon as he has done
with Mexican Pete. Sharkey is now will
ing to select the club by the casting Of a
coin.
Kid McCoy's boxing exhibition in In
dianapolis caused the Rev. Mr.. ]. A. Mil
burn, pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church of that city, to denounce boxing,
saying, among other things, that when he
read of the bouts he felt as If he ''were liv-
ing in pagan Rome. rather than in Indian
apolis," and next day the Rev. Mr.. w. p.
Fishback, dean of the law department. Of
the University of Indiana, replied to Mr..
Milburn in letter, in which he said one
of the causes of the decline of the Latin
races was the fact that they discouraged
manly games in which strength, skill and
courage were prime factors. Mr.. Fishback
also stated that he considered glove fight
ing less brutal than football, and commend
ed McCoys exhibition. which he saw.
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