The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

perialistic smile that makes the Wanted
one of Chauncey NJ Depew look like
half grown shipper off on sick leave. In
deed, If the New York statesman at
tempted anything in the way of a grin
half so expansive as that which Corbett
continually wears with ease the effect
would force the famous senatorial side
whiskers so wide apart that they would
not be able to communicate with each
other by any system short of wireless
telegraphy.
And SO it goes. It is Jim's great pro-
ficiency in the art of handshaklng and
that smile that have won and retained
for him throngs of personal admirers
wherever he goes.
The custom of kissing an opponent In
a ring of any kind is not one that has
obtained in America up to this time
/ do not know just what Kid Broad's an
cestry might have been, but he certainly
displayed an European bent of thought
when he kissed Terry McGovern after
his defeat last Tuesday night. The fight
was a good one. and Kid Broad certain
ly did the best he knew how to win his
fight with Terry. He floored him twice
and fioored him we'll, and the crowd ap-
preciated the fact that there was a man
among them who could do such a trick
with the mighty Terry. A fight such as
him towards the top He may not be as
clever as many would wish, but he is a
fighter, and while he is fighting he gives
the onlookers an idea that he knows
what he wants to do, and from his per-
Torrance against Terry McGovern he
proved that he is q conner. He has met
most of the best men in the East and
comes on with an Eastern manager and
nearly makes good with a man who is
known as the topnotcher of the feather
weight men. The Kid acknowledged his
defeat manfully, but still has hopes of
being able to make q showing that will
put him on the upper shelf. He was
we'll coached and had the best of advice,
but there is still much that he can learn
in meeting men like Terry McGovern.
Terry worked hard for his go with the
Kid, and when he entered the ring he
was in better condition than he has been
for some time past. His theatrical en-
gagements have kept him in fairly good
condition, but the work necessary to put
him in shape for a man like Kid Broad
required something more than the ordi-
nary bag punching, road working game.
The Kid had nothing else to do but train,
and had no ''Bowery After Dark to look
after. His training, however. showed that
he can take a gruelling, and he gave
Terry the best kind of a proposition ever
put up against him.
That there is no antipathy to colored
men fighting with colored men was
shown by the fight of Klondike against
Jim Bradley. Although neither of the
men are crackajacks, and although
neither showed up as men who could
do effective work as fighters, the crowd
went wild with enthusiasm over their
bout. They came into the ring with all
the confidence Of ring generals who had
been defeating the best of their class
Bradley was not, and probably never
was, intended to be a candidate for a
prize beauty show, but he did know
something about fighting Klondike
however, was an older man in the ring,
He has had experience enough to war
rant the pitting of himself against some
of the best men in the heavyweight
ranks. He fought Bradley once before
and put up good fight. Bradley, who
had never before faced an opponent in
big game like TattersalPs, put up a
tight that made him a marked man. and
when he came up against KIondike
whom the notorious Kennedy manages.
it was more than expected that he would
beat the colored man who walked back
from Philadelphia.
New York ring followers and pro-
motors are living in hopes that early
next spring relief Will come to them
oiu lhdI the game Will be reOpened in
Gotham. A successor is to be chosen to
Mayor Van Wyck next fall, and. of
course, almost everything that pertains
to New York will be made a local issue
1t is declared now that some of the Re
publican members of the legislature, in
spired doubtless by their bosses, favor
some kind of a law that will admit of
ring engagements in Greater New York,
and, on behalf Of the Democrats. SEN
ator Tim Sullivan is said to be already
engaged in preparing a bill to meet the
emergency. There will certainly be-
bills to this end offered to the legisla-
ture in January, but there will be SO
much politics anent the municipal cleo
ton that it is little hard to foretell
what will be the fate of such meas
ure, no matter by which party 1t is Of
fered or cnampioned
Il. NJ Houseman.