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CORBETTS MISFORTUNES
ihere are none who know James T
CoIDe but will sympathize with hin,
III the great misfortune that has coma
10 MIN. He is in no wise to blame for.
what any OF his relatives have done mr.
may do. Mccoy did a gracious thing
When he voluntarily agreed to ralieve
Corpett from paying forfeit for non
appearance at Buffalo on the date fixed
LOT their meeting. 1t would have been
unreasonable to have asked Corbett to
go on with the match at that time
under the circumstances. McCov will
lose no friends and no money bv doing
as ne did. 1t is probable that Corhett
and Mccoy will meet between now and
the LIST OF October. They will ukeIv
meet at Buffalo, too. The Horton law
peiLl1ls poxlng, under certain restric-
tlcns, within the state of New York
All the men have to do is to adhere to
the letter of that law las Well az the
spirit. '--o
MCCOY AND RYAN.
Tommy Ryan SHES his caster into
the ring and offers to take Corbett's
place at the middleweight limit. That
SOUNDS a bit like a bluff, but RYAN
may mean business at that. He can
not realize that the man who was
once ms sparring partner, and who
he used as a punching ba while in
training, has developed into a fighter
OF the first-class. There is a way for
Mccoy to discover whether RYAN
means business. There would be good
money for the men in a contest AFT the
middleweight limit, and Mccoy ought
to win He is bigger and stronger
than Ryan, and has become a bit clev-
er. Mccoy should avoid falling into
t that ora habit of the dodgers-saying
that ne Will pay no attention to this
or that man-that he is looking for
bigger game" The American public
is weary Of that sort of talk. He
should meet any man who is willing to
Go business with him. The decadence
OF boxing Is traceable to the fellows
VINO are always ready to not meet any
man save the one they designate.
IMPROvIDENCE OF BOXERS.
Corbett admits that he is in need of
money, and intimates that but for that
ract he might not agree to go on with
Mccoy after what happened. All of
which goes to show that he, like the
majority of boxers. cannot keep the
money that comes to him so rapidly
and easily. Corbett was at one time
reputed to be worth in the neighbor-
hood of 100000. Now he admits that
1T is time for him to re-enter the ring
to get money. John L. Sullivan was
perhaps the most iInprovident of all
the boxers. But Sullivan was a phil
anthropist in his way. What money
he wasted went largely into the pock-
cts of people who were in need. No
friend of the big Fellow ever suf-
fered while John L. had a cent Jack
McAuliffe was another spendthrift
But then Jack followed the races and
that is sufficient explanation of why
he is broke at time in his life when
he cannot re-enter the ring and re-
coup his losses. In Colbett's case the
situation is decidedly peculiar No one
seems to know how he managed to
run through the fortunes he has made
in the ring. Possibly the show bust
ness is responsible. And how about
Brady? Is he. too, broke. Yes-like
the old lady who kept tavern down in
Arkansas.
RING GOSSIP.
Frank Hayes, the Duluth fighter who
is defying "One-Eyed'' Connolly, is
perhaps not aware that the famous
John L. Sullivan had mortal dread of
Connolly. John once remarked to the
writer: I'D rather fight a buzz saw, in
private, with no one to stop the ma
chinery within call, than to enter the
ring with a novice and get one peep at
that other eye Of Connolly. If ever a
man had such a thing as a 'hoodoo,'
that's it for me-Connolly.'
The Duluth newspapers editorially
sympathize with "One-Eyed'' Connolly
in the hour of his bitter persecution.
While admitting that macadam is d
good thing for the streets and that
Connolly is an expert in the prepara-
ton thereof the press is as usual with
the downtrodden. The newspapers of
the Zenith City say that Connolly
should be released and permitted TO
leave Duluth-when his twenty days
are up.
Jimmy Murphy failed to get Johnny
Van Heest and Henry Lyons together
on a lake excursion out of Chicago.
Murphy says he will try again.
Several of the Eastern clubs are will
ing to make it an object for Mccoy
to meet Tommy Ryan,
There is little doing in boxing circles
lust now, owing, likely, to the all-ab-
sorbing interest in the proposed meet
ing between Corbett and Mccoy.
Willie Green.