The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-14
SPORTING news.
COrbett Appears Before the
Chicago Footlights.
Says He VIII Force Jeffries to
Fight Him.
HE DENIES ALL FAKES.
Declares the Battle With Nc
Coy Was on the Square.
Wants % Round Bout With
Champion This Winter.

Chicago, Nov. 14-Mr. James Corbett,
the much accused ex-champion heavy
weight, arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon from New York just in time
to begin a weeks engagement at a
Washington street music hall He is
looking as well as ever, and as usual
was entirely willing to explain his posi-
ton in the pugi1istic world to the public.
He claims that he will yet get a fight
with Champion Jeffries and that within
a month.
At the initial appearance of the former
pompadour one he was greeted with a
decidedly generous burst of applause,
and at once was called upon for a
speech He responded with a clever
curtain talk
In the course of his remarks he said:
About that Mccoy fight, some say it
[ don't believe that Mccoy faxed, and
know that did not. do not want, nor
do deserve any credit for that fight
anyway, as Mccoy was practically a
middleweight compared with me. There
IS one that do want the credit for, and
that is for giving Jeffries a good pun ch-
ing for twenty-three rounds at Coney
Island. Every body who saw that bout,
and all the press reports agreed in say
ing that made him look like a novice
until the twenty-fourth round, and yet
he turns me down for Fitzsimmons, a
man whom he knocked out in eleven
rounds without even getting a scratch,
and this in the face of the fact that FitZ
has retired from the game besides
I do not care to so to the newspapers
for this challenging business, but the
first time that I see Jeffrfes viii chal-
lenge him in such a way that he will be
forced to accept"
The speech of the actor pugilist was
we'll received, and at its close he INDUCED
in a short imitation bout with a young
man from PHILADELPHIA. who weighs in
at the middleweight limit and appar-
emily knew very little about the boxing
game. The bout, however, showed that
the ex-chanpion had lost none of his
old time speed, and when he stripped
after the argument looked in perfect
health, although not in training condi-
ton.
In his dressing room after the even
ing performance he said that within
month he would be in a position to offer
Jeffries a match that the champion
could not refuse. Then I viii name
place. surprisingly near Chicago, where
a twenty-five round championship bat
tie can be successfully arranged if JEFF
fries dares to fight. The purse can be
made for any amount, and any terms
that he names will suit me. Winner
take air Is good enough. think Jeff
is now practically matched with Rubin
for a fight at Frisco, but my PROPOSE
ton will be much better than the coast
game
About the recent statements of George
Considine, he said: THAT talk is all
due to a private misunderstanding which
we had while in England over a. private
matter. The charges of fake have all
been made by my enemies, and are
false. My relations with John Considine
are still unchanged, and our business
was never better. My domestic rela-
lions are now of the pleasantest, too, in
spite of the many charges made by the
troublenakers. I will get a fight and
be champion again yet, and all will be
right The reception which I received
here today shows that I still have
friends that have not lost faith in me-
and I will yet prove that deserve their
confidence"