The evening times., 1900-05-12
ALL TALKING OF CORBETR
His Wonderful Fight Against Jeff
rieS a Great Surprise.
Anxious to Meet the Champion Again.
Good Feeling Between the PugiI-
Gate Receipts Not as Large EN-
pected-Thr Opinion of the Victor.


talk Of the town To-Day His wonderful fight
against Jefries furnishes the biggest sur
prise of years in pugilism. Those who had
believed COrbetta physical wreck By reas q
Of his fast living since he beat the great
John L. Sullivan, are amazed at his mas
terly showing. lie hit Jeffries when aid
where he pleased almost up To the hEish.
He insists on fighting Jenries again. Only
s .OG0 people saw the hght, and only S34.-
OOO was taken in at the door. Jeffries re-
ceives Sl53O0 and Corbett gets only s.. leo
which is not enough to pay his training ex-
perses.
Corbett today is anxious for another fight
and a match with Kid Mccoy is talked
Of
JefIries today. in discussing the fight
says: 4 was never SC surprised in my life
as was at Corbett's boxing.
Il had been warned tine and again that
Corbett had not dropped his old clevernezs
and that he was still one Of the most dan
gerous men In the ring. and l viii say
that, if ii had not been for this repeated
warning, / might not have trained so di i
gently for this fight. and The result might
have been different.
Il tried al least a hundred times a GER
tain blow. a left hand hook and missed
each time until the last and that put him
out.
He got under my hand repeatedly even
when I aimed low to catch his duck The
best ! could do was to cut his back up.
Early in the tight / hurt my left hand,
the old injury over again. / believe ] could
have licked Corbett earlier but for this.
don't believe in waiting too long between
fights, and shall be glad to give any good
man a chance as soon as possible. l don't
mind saying that l got the worst fight OF
my life last night and that Corbett is the
best man / ever went up against"
Referee White says Of the battle: 1T
was q great fight Corbett never fought
better II he had put Up the same fight
with 'Fitz' at Carson City, he wouldn I
have lost the title. His cleverness aston
ished me. Jefries fought well and was al
ways there
The throng that pressed for admittance
20 Corbetts dressing room after the fight
last night proved that the defeated man mad
suffered no loss in the popular esteem. In
deed, COrbett in his defeat was more popu-
lar than ever Few were allowed to enter
the dressing room. The space inside could
GOT have accommodated one-tentn Of the
crowd that surged about the entrance.
Corbett's face did not show a scratch
and he appeared as fresh after the fight
as when he entered the ring. He was
cheerful. too. and not in the least cast
down over the outcome Gus Rubin and
Leo Psrdello rubbed him down in alcohol
and dressed him while Corbett chatted
freely 10 those in the room. They incIud-
ed Billy Lester, d. J. Tobin, Charles Saun-
ders and John and George Considine
Il thought I had the fight said Cor
bett. i was going 10 make a good finish -
AT this juncture Jeffries entered the
room with Billy" Brady. Jeffries advanc-
ed toward COrbett with his hand out
stretched.
Jim, I fought the best I knew how
said Jeffries
Yes, and you are a strong fellow" re-
piled Corbett taking the others hand in a
warm clasp. Il gave you some punches. -
added Gentleman jim, as he noted JEFF
fries discolored face. Il have no kick
coming Jeff" Corbett wert on. II an,
your friend. l don't know how II happen
ed. Some said it was the right hand and
some the left
corbett was putting on his outer cloth
ing as he made these remarks He ther
passed through the front of the building
and entered a carriage. A cheer went ur
as he left the building In the carriage
with Corbett were John Considine. Man
ney' Chapelle. d. J. Tobin. and Frank E
Dwyer, the lad whom Corbett called his
mascot. He was in the ring before the
fight.
The carriage bowled rapidly TO Patten's
Hotel. at Sheepshead Bay. arriving there
at l a. m. Apartments had been reserved
on the first floor, and Mrs Corbett was
there to welcome her husband Mrs. Cor
| bett was in The best of spirits. The fac
that her husband had suffered defeat did
not weigh in her mind with the splendid
showing he had made with the champion