The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-24
SPORTING NEWS.
Pugilists Are Laughing at
Latest Fistie Match.
Sports Amused at the Jeffries-
COrbett Agreement.
NO CHANCE FOR JIM.
Men That Jeffries Has Defeated
Easily Whipped COrbett.
Seeks NOtoriety to Aid Him In
Saloon Trade Perhaps.
sATURDAY SPECIALS.

St. Louis, Nov. 24-The Post-Dispatch
says:
jim Jenries and Jim Corbett were
matched in New York on Tuesday.
They have signed articles to fight"
25 rounds before the Coney Island Ath-
letic club on September Is, 1900.
The fact that they have named
date so far in the remote future makes
it appear all the more probable that
they Will never face each other in the
ring and that the match" has been
made simply for the purpose of adver-
Using COrbetts business in New York.
When Siler rendered his now famous
decision in the Jeffries- Sharkey fight,
the Post-Dispatch prophesied that the
Chicagoan would never again referee
another fight for the worlds champion
ship.
The specials from New York this
morning say that neither Jeffries or
COrbett want Siler to referee for them,
so that this early Sier's unfair action
IN the big fight IS bearing fruit
As a matter Of fact. however, it
should not make much difference who
referees the Jeffries-C orbett affair.
According to all the signs Jeffries
should have a cakewalk from the first
sound of the bell.
Fitzsimmons beat Corbett badly and
Jeffries, while in St Louis, told of how
he had whipped FitzsimmOns without
getting up a sweat"
Sharkey really whipped Corbett twice
and Jeffries twice gained decisions over
Sharkey.
With only these events to draw
line from COrbett should have no earth
" show against Jeffries.
Add to this the fact that COrbett is
running a saloon in New York and each
day leading a gay life and the match
between Jeffries and himself looks like
roaring farce on the face of it.
Jemr1eS appears to have entered
heartily into the scheme to advertise
Corbett and he is quoted as saying:
Now, in regard to the opinion which
some persons have that Corbett viii be
the easiest mark which I have had in
some time, let me just say that Cor
bett will give me a more troublesome
and harder battle than any fighter has
yet given me, not even barring Fitz-
simmons and Sharkey. COrbett is a
remarkably clever man. a good ring
general and extremely lively on his
feet. Sharkey, I think, is an easier man.
for me to beat than COrbett. Ny rea-
son for saying this is not for the pur-
pose OF undertaking Sharkey as &. pug
1lsI-Tor he IS a wonderful hghter-but
Just because I have fought him twice
and know his style thoroughly"
St. Louis experts laugh at the sug-
gesttOn of a mill between the two Jims.
On the other hand, as high an author
tty as Referee George Siler appears to
believe that COrbett will really have a
chance against the other fellow. Siler
Now. Corbett has not been drinking
anything to speak of or dissipating the
way many defeated champions do, and
II IS not unnatural for him to think
he has a chance against Jeffries. He
always thought he could defeat Fitz-
simmons in a second meeting, or at
least protested to think so, and Fitz
stiH cIamors for a chance at his con-
Queror."
Among most followers of fstfc form
Corbett is not considered to have much
chance against the champion. The lat
ter, as already stated, has defeated
both Sharkey and Fitzsimmons. both of
whom had previous victories over Cor
bett- Now. unless Jeffries goes back,