The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14

Yes, Alfonso, it is true that James j.
Corbett knocked out his trainer, Tom
Lansing, broke his brothers nose, split
wood with his fist and wept because
sagasta had cried peccavi - take
Porto Rico and the rest, but let me
up" 1t is true, Alfonso. like the old
lady kept tavern down in Arkansas.
The Spanish press agent has been
getting in his work down at Asbury
Park. According to an unofficial bull
IeIln from the front of Corbetts train
ing quarters, the man who lost his
pompadour cleaned up the ranch the
other day, sending Tom Lansing to
dreamland, breaking his brothers nose
and capering about as nimbly as
March calf III a ten-acre lot. According
to the bulletin" Corbett threw big
jim McVey umsteen times bent strip
OF railroad iron across his biceps and
then put on the gloves with Lansing.
(The stars represent what Lansing
is said to have seen soon after. Not
satisfied with having administered
fistic opiate to Lansing, Corbett is said
| to have proceeded to break his broth
er's nose and tear up things generally
weeping because Montojo and Cervera
had been vanquished and Camara was
afraid to leave. CadiZ.
'tCORBETT IS CONFIDENT"
This is all in direct line with the
claim made that boxers bunco the peo-
pie and repeat the dose, despite the
well-established maxim that a burned
child breads the fire. The story about
z! COrbett's prowess is sent out Of AS
bury Park by special" and is printed
in many papers. The average novice
reads the thrilling account of how Tom
Lansing fell in a sWoon before the aw-
full fist of Corbett, and how Tom Cor
bett suffered a fracture OF his nasal
appendage Just to please Jim and
actually believes it all occurred. Why,
bless your soul, Alfonso, that is all
in the game. Immediately after the
publication of the above story from AS
bury Park the Hawthorne Athletic
club at Buffalo received orders for 6, coo
tickets at $25 per- That's what the
other Spanish press agent at Buffalo
gives the asphyxiated press free. And
Corbett tells the world he is confident
he can do for Mccoy Just what he did
for Lansing and Brother Tom
MAY BE NO FIGHT.
And after all there may be no fight
at Buffalo. The ministers of that good
ly city have combined to prevent Cor
bett from breaking McCoy's nose and
doing other rash things calculated to
disturb the peace of Buffalo. That is
what the boxers get for trying to bun
co the people. They are making it ap-
pear that when Corbett and Mccoy
get together there will be oceans of
blood shed and many bones broken
This is done to swell the gate receipts.
That's all, Alfonso. There viii be no
broken noses at Buffalo. Prize fighters
find it easier and safer to break a
! brothers nose than to attempt such
familiarity with an opponent. He
might hit back, and brother" wouldn't.
you know, Alfonso.
"BROTHER STAUFFER."
Brother Stauffer, of Buffalo, who
leads the crusade against Corbett and
Mccoy, is well equipped for the work
! in hand. Brother Stauffer was once
newspaper man, and not so many years
ago at that, and Brother Stauffer, in
| those days Of aud lang syne could tell
! the difference from "cross-counter"
and a ''half-arm jab." The other
! brothers can depend upon what Brother
| Stauffer says about this matter. If
Nrother Stauffer says it Is a prize fight
| it is. For Brother Stauffer certainly
knows the difference between tweedle-
| dee and tweedle-dum. The writer
knows Brother Stauffer, and will vouch
for his knowledge Of the manly art Of
seif-defense. Brother Stauffer knows.
RED HORSE SCARCE.
AS previously remarked, there are
| two kinds of fish" in the West that
are most plentiful and easiest caught
red horse" and suckers" 1t need
only be added that red horse are de-
cidedly scarce at Buffalo. And tickets
| for the Corbett-McCoy fight are SELL
ing like hot cakes at that. Barnum
was wise beyond his day. 1t was he
who said: The Yankee loves to be
humbMgged. That's why 1 am ia the
show business." No, Alfonso, 1 could
not guarantee that there will be a
murder at Buffalo when Corbett and
Mccoy get together. If that is what
you want to see, Alfonso. better stay
| at home. But If you would like to see
nice. orderly little boxing match. in
which neither man will be hurt much.
tell the conductor to let you off at But
! falo.
RING GOSSIP.
| ''0ne-fIyed" Connolly has not been
heard from on the Oorbett-McCoy
| fight. This is not as it should be. The
man with the minus optic should
speak. The sporting fraternity awaits.
with .'batted' breath. his canning Of
| the. wianec.
Jefrtes. the Ceiifernia bcNerRaaker.
Is net SO big a man as he' was praot..
to naeeting Bob Armstrong;, who was1
easily put to sleep In Chicago 6y an
erdinaxv tafddleweight. Jeffries was