The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31

the performance, the sailorman grab
bed the referee and Corbett and threw
the pair over in one corner of the ring
while he was discussing the weather
OUTLOOK with a squad of policemen who
had entered to rescue Corbett and the
referee from the now thoroughly
warmed sailorman. Corbett recovered
but he is taking no more chances.
Sharkey is too rude to meet in the ring.
He really means it when he strikes
out from the shoulder, and that is dan
gerous for the other fellow
RING GOSSIP.
Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons
each have a cottage at Asbury Park.
n. ]. Corbett says Fitz drives by his
place frequently to 'rubberneck." Fttz
says Corbett does the elastic with his
thorax. Pity they don't get together
some day and settle it without rules.
Tom -O'Rourke is nothing if not sar-
castle. Some one asked Tom how long
the Corbett-McCoy fight would last,
and the eX-Boston carpenter replied:
"Tll the film in the veriscope runs OUT
Sharkey is now playing the role of
Commodore Schley at Santiago: Wait
ing for some of the alleged fighting
craft to sail out where he can get to
them. The sailorman is a regular
Brooklyn. He doesn't mind how fast
they come. so long as he can get the
range on them.
How many of the heroes of the
ring volunteered for service in the war
with Spain?' has been asked. 00O,OO0,-
100000
When the white winged dove of
peace" has quit lowering. and settled
to roost between the land of the free
and the home of the Spaniard, Senior
Sagasta will be out of a job. There's
another in sight for him. Billy Brady
and George Considine are on the sus-
pected list, and Jim Corbett needs q
new diplomat, who can talk fight and
never get his meal ticket into a real
battle. With Sagasta as manager,
Blanco as buffer and Admiral Camara
as chief adviser, Corbett ought to do
pretty well. Sagasta could fix it with
the mayor of Buffalo, Blanco might
scare Sharkey, and Camara could coach
Corbett on how to not get within range
Of the enemy's projectiles. What a
combination that would be- Even the
"bogie man" couldn't phaze It,
An effort is being made to arrange
an exhibition boxing match between
John l.. Sullivan and Jeffries, the Pa
ciflc coast giant. The match. if made,
will occur in Boston.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says
that none but members of the Haw-
thorne Athletic club will be permitted
to witness the Corbett-McCoy match
at Bunalo. And then ADDS: but the
Hawthorne is not exclusive. All it
costs to become q member is to buy a
ticket to the fight. And recommended
lions are unnecessary"
kid" Lavigne has signed to meet
Dick Burge. Burge will be brought
over to America by Tom ORourke, and
the match will be pulled off before the
LennoX Athletic club the later part of
October
Bob FitZsimmonS says he will fight
some more, and adds that he will give
Jim Jeffries first chance.
1t is said that Brady and Corbett are
''broke." Not long since, so the story
goes, a st. Louis base ball player was
sold to Brady for $500, and when the
day for settlement came he announced
that he could not pay the six hundred
that he did not have the money. 1t Is
also said that Corbett's ventures in
the theatrical line have not been re-
munerative since his defeat by Fitz-
simmons. and that both he and Brady
are now at the starting point where
they began when Corbett was matched
to meet Sullivan.
Willie Green.
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