The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
Leu HOUGNAN'S GOSSIP
ALL OF CORBETT'S EFFORTS TO
GET A MATCH WITH JEFF
RIES HAVE FAILED
CHAMPION TURNED DEAF EAR
Terry McGOvern VIII Have to
Change the Inscription i'm One of
His Autographs Since His
Wife Get After Him.

CHICAGO, Nov. q. - Especially =. The
passing of the Horton law in New
York has revived a custom, more
hCnored in the breach than the
Cbservance,' perhaps, but clo-ely
allied TO the boxing game. While it
wa possible to bring off fights wi h
some degree of regularity in Gotham, but
Eule wa heard of the bicker ngs and
wrangles between rival managers. They
we're all content to get their share OF the
money in sight and all undoubtedly re-
celVed their just proportions. The fight
ers. too were content with reas enable
purses and conditions that were not un-
reasonable. Now this is all changed, AMI
return to the period antedating the
passage Of the Horton law is in sight,
with ali the customs then prevailing.
Those who have watched the game
pugiistic have discovered that where left
jabs, counters and hooks were in vogue
during the palmy fighting days, of which
New Workers will talk in days to come
correspondence, Vituperation and INJECT
i've have stepped in. The efforts to make
matches now are accompanied by the oil
style of quibbing which prevailed prior
tC the opening of the game in the En-
pire state. Where matches have, during
the past two or three years been made
over night, it now takes as much CORE.
spondenCe to bring two pugs together as
does diplomatic nego citations for the pur-
chase of a foreign possession. This state
Of affairs, however, will undoubtedly 5000
be rectified. The boxers have money
now, at any rate those who have been
pToVident enough to have held ont some
of the sunshine winnings. But boxers
and sporting men generally have never
been regarded as particularly thrifty,
and while the money lasts they live as
suits their taste. When the bank rolls
are finished, unless another piece of leg
lslation similar to the Horton law comes
to relieve them. boxers galore will be
seeking other cities in order TO replenisb
their stock of the long green.
1t is peculiar, however to notice how
fnicky the Eastern manager is when it
comes to making a match In the West
Of course, every one who knows anything
about New Workers knows that there is
nothing in the opinion of the Knicker-
booker that is not inferior to the product
Of that burough For this reason when
the Eastern fighter wants a match out
this way he writes demanding all sorts of
terms that would never be dreamed of in
making a match in New York He wants
railroad fare for himself and trainer; he
wants purse about three times as great
as he could ever think Of securing III the
East, and in general looks upon the
D." estern manager as an 'angel," and a
particularly soft one at that Perhaps
things will change ere long.
one of the events Of the week has been
the effort of James ]. Corbett to obtain
a meeting with James J. Jeffries Corbett
certainly did all that was possible to goad
Jeffries on TO making a match He post
ed a forfeit and used all his persuasive
powers to induce his big confrere to meet
him in the squared circle Tattersalls
Athletic club tried to secure the match,
and fearing that there might be some
misrepresentation as to the status Of af-
fairs IN Chicago with respect to it's abil-
lty TO bring off fight between heavy
weights, posted $1,000 forfeit as a guar
tee OF its ability to do so. 1t seemed nat
ural enough to think that, after his ex-
perience last spring, Jeffries should feel
a bit doubtful of the possibility of any
one securing the consent OF Chicago's
executive to the bringing off q contest
of the kind contemplated. Jeffries. how
ever, fatty refused to meet Corbett, and
the foIfeits were pulled down. Corbett
certainly put up the best fight against
the big Californian that any one of re-
cent years has done. and that too after
an absence from the ring of several years
Corbett is still young man and clever
one at that 1t is to be hoped that JEFF
fries will reconsider his determination not
10 night Pompadour Jim, and give the
chicago public an opportunity to see the
two premier heavyweights in action That
such go would prove a paying one goes
without saying, as the interest is keen
and each man has q big following II
is foolish to talk of any fakes that NAV
have been charged up against Corbett In
the past Corbtt denies any sort of par
ucipat1on in fake, but be that as II may.
Corbett Is willing to fight now, and it
would undoubtedly be his endeavor to
refute any imputatiOn In regard to fake
N1epl I'M HI liz,
with the champion in six fast rounds, for
fast they would have to be in order to
re-establish himself in public esteem.
This Of itself should be enough to insure
"a good fight and Jeffries' manager seems
to be missing an opportunity to pick up
good piece of coin If he thinks his man
Is able to defeat Corbett
Tommy Ryan is again booked for an
appearance in this city. He will be Seen
at the big Tattersalls building next
tuesday evening against Kid Carter, of
BROOKLYN Tommy has been accused Of
all kinds of crooked work in the past.
and now means to show the public how
greatly mistaken it is in supposing he
would be party to anything that was not
strictly on the level He was said to
have failed to do his best when he met
Root some time ago. This Ryan denies
and his denial is certainly borne ont 10
JEFF Thorne is any criterion. He dspos-
ed of that gentleman after more than
vicious fight In which lie laid himself
open to attack had his opponent been
as clever as he. He won in a. decisive
manner and showed that he has all of
his old-time fire still in him His wears
Of experience have made him the clever
est boxer IN the ring today, and what
does not know about ring generalship
is hardly worth bOthering about His
next opponent, however, is more than
an ordinary one.
But little is known of Carter In Chi
cage except from hearsay He defeated
Australian Tim Murphy at the Star the
alter short time ago, and proved then
that he is conner. Murphy is a dam
gerous customer at any time, and mas
a punch I'm either hand, but the youth
and skill OF Carter proved more than q
match for the Australian champion. I'm
the East the Kid had been moving
down his opponents with wonderful reg
ularity. EIe is but boy, but in his short
career in the ring has shown the maxi