Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10

thousands of years ago, Job, DESTROYS Of
having him on record, exclaimed: "Oh,
that mine enemy would write a book"
He wanted to be able to quote him, page
and paragraph, and to cOnfound him
with his own words. When Jim Jeffries,
at the Gayety Theater, in Brooklyn, a
week or so ago., in esponSe to the query
whether Immediately after Corbett's
bout with Kid Mccoy, he regarded the
fight as a fake responded: Il didn't
say anything then. 'but 1 came mighty
near expressing myself at the ringside.
During the first two rounds 1 thought
that they really meant fight, but when 1
saw Mccoy purposely swinging a foot
above Corbett's head and Corbett MAX
ing no attempt to duck, I drew my con-
illusions right then and there, and I came
mighty near expressing them. I think
the public feels satisfied now as to the
character Of that fiasco." He evidently
forgot that he was on record. He was
employed that night by a big New York
newspaper to attend the contest and to
give his opinion of it in print next day
over his signature. He did this, and in
that statement he said that it was the
fastest and most scientific bout between
big men that he had ever witnessed, and
there wasn't a word in his signed arti-
Gle that even intimated that the bout was
not on the level.
Corbett called attention to this fact IN
a speech made to the audience of the
Toward Atheneum, in Boston, where he
was showing, and he also declared thai
he intended persisting in challeng-
ing the big champion all over the coun-
try until he either compelled him to fight
him again or proved that he was afraid
to do so. No one can blame Corbett for
trying to get another chance at the
championship, but he won't help his
cause any by calling Jeffries a Coward
or by talking of his being 'afraid.''
Calling hard names is a weakness of
Corbett which he would do well to
eschew. There are better ways of fore
ing the ex-boilermaker into a ring than
by falling into the ~billingsgate habit of
"cursing ike a drab." One of tn, better
ways would be by issuing a challenge
worded something like this:
To James J. Jeffries: You are the fis-
tic champion of the world, but 1 am firm
ly of the opinion that I can wrest that IT,
tie from you. In order to get the OPP
%portunity to test the truth or fa,sity of
my opinion, / will fight you. either a. lim-
AN> Va = " Altl191y
to a k all the purse and fighters share
of the receipts, and In the event of your
! being defeated I will guarantee you the
sum of $40. 900. The contest to be fa,,~ht
under the Marquis of Q~ueansberry rules,
and to take place o later than July l.
1901.-The Sporting News.
Tom O'Rourke and the ex-sailor boy,
Tom Sharkey, are "out" and the former
asserts that Sharkey is faint-hearted. He
says that the sailor "quit" with Fitzsim-
mons the last time they met. and tina
Fitz had the life nearly scared out of
Tom before they went into the ring. or
course, Sharkey denies the charge and
asserts that it was made by O'Rourke be-
cause he refused to continue under his
management.
ORourke now wants to pit Joe Wal
colt against Sharkey. and intimates thai
if the Irishnlan persists in drawing the
color line against I'll Barbados Da-
mon," the latter may assault Sharkey
and whip him on the streets. This i.
very foolish statement to make. Once
before O'Rourke threatened to have VOL
colt assault Mccoy on the street because
the Hoosier would not fight him in a
ring. Mccoy, for purposes of self-de-
Tense, armed himself with a bludgeon and
a revolver, n had Walcott carried out
o'Rourke's threat there is very little
doubt,that Mccoy would have killed him.
A gentleman who recently returned
from England says that the Johnny Bulls
are still mystifled over the easy manner
Terry McGovern made way with Ped
lar Palmer. The Britons regarded Pal
mer as inyincible, and that anybody of
his weight should be able to onque him
in two rounds passes their comprehen.
sion. They "cawn't understand it" at
all.
There Is a probability that Terry Nc
Govern and Frank Erne may meet again
before Christmas. Erne, who has re-
Gently been to Chicago. claims thai Lou
Houseman will offer such large financial
terms for a six-round bout at Tatters-
ais between him and McGovern that the
latter will not refuse them.
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