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

of these conflicts are to find scenes of
action is not clear. Talk of re-opering
Greater New York to the "pUgs'' may
have something to do with the unusual
activity now on. California is open, but
the clubs are trying hard to strangle the
industry in the Golden state. Kentucky
has tried the twenty round business, but
the returns have not been encoura cling
Nevada is still a field for tho promoter
with a big fight and the ability to paw
the $1,000 license fee, but, since the de-
cline in the moving picture novelty it is
doubtful If any sort of battle could be
made profitable investment in the sage
hen state.
OF the pugilistic stars now trcadine
the boards, only one, the mighty Terry
McGovern, is laying up any money i'll
play acting. Jeffries and Rubin have
both failed as attracting stars Fitzsir1-
mons is doing very little better, and the
reports are had that his theatrical ven
ture will soon terminate. What with
the alternative of going back to boiler
making, The smithy the shipping room
and the forecastle, there is small Won
der that Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Rubin
and Sharkey should be forced forward
IN the public eye. With the fighting
game in full blast, and with the game
shut up tight are different boX-offlce prop
Ositions to the fighters who take to the
footlights.
The signing of Jim Corbet+ for a bout
in Chicago against Champion Jim JEFF
fries was readily enough accomplished,
but after a positive authorization from
Brady, on behalf of Jeffries, the big
boiler maker is inclined to side-step Cor
bett. The latter has deposited with the
writer, M,000 as a forfeit The articles
were signed by Corbett Thursday night
Immediately forwarded to New York and
are row in the hands of Brady Insofar
as the TattersalPs club ard Corbett are
concerned, the match is clinched. 1t is
up To Mr.. Jefrries now, and If his man
aSer erred in seeking the match with
Corbett, that is a matter which will have
TO be settled between the champion and
his manager The latter must not how
ever. question the authority upon which
l preceded in making the match.
have his positive authorization to go
ahead, and. While it was confidential
communication, I shall be forced to make
1t public if he repudiates my actions.
Confidential or otherwise, if there be any
blame attached, let Mr.. Brady shoulder
1t. l won't.
I have never been able until recently
to figure out Jim Con belts popularity.
and the grip he has on his personal
following, larger probably than which
treads i'll the trail of any former cham
pion, barring john I. But during his
engagement in Chicago the past week I
have been afforded more opportunities
to see the Pompadoured one than have
been granted me in many a long year.
and the problem is solved
Before Corbett battered the once NIGH
ty Sullivan out of the championship he
was an Idol out on the coast. He came
from a banking house to the ring
nj h
graces that go with the first named call
ing and with youth and rather ar abund-
ance of good looks to his credit He
trounced the once ipvincible Bostonian
fairly, squal ely and thoroughly, and the
man who COULD do that was necessarily
elevated to the top niche i'll the pugil-
istic gallery. He of the high front hair
followed up this victory with many
others, until FitzsimmCns at Carson City
discovered a srOt In his anatomy that
Co-bett did not previously know he had
concealed about his person. After that
Jim went wrong. He fought the type
writer and ta!ked-and talked-and
talked-but carefully kept out of the ring
and danger. His personal following de-
creased bit, but it all came back after
his last meeting with ,effries. Now 1t
is as big as ever, and where the former
champion appears, ii is there with bowls.
of approval and shouts of JOY. Indeed
on or off the stage Corhetts personal
following is in evidence.
I undelht it all now, however. jim
is the greatest handshaker on earth. No
one, even when he was at his worst,
ever disputed his cleverness with his
hands in the mitts. Well, he is just
as clever with them mitts Off He car
ries his ready hands and nimble feet into
his social affairs and he can prance
through group of friends with a lot
of handshakes that are of as great va
riety as the jolts and swings, crosses
and uppercuts and corkscrews and such
that he uses in his professional work
With speedy footwork he can nimble
through a bunch of admirers with an
agility and thoroughness that are only
equalled by Chicago footpad in full
opera ton.
And Corbett continually wears an inn