The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-24
COrbett Is Modest.

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AS for Corbett, he is just now as full.
or championship aspirations as he evea
was and the sooner a match can he
arranged between himself and .Jeffries
the better he says he will like it. He
came out of the fight almost without a
scratch. He received just two hard
blows, one in the side of the head and
the other on the jaw. The punch he
gave me on the jaw" Jim says, was
just about as hard as | ever want to
get hit. That Jared me clear to the
heels, and just for a second | felt my
mead swimming. 1t was certainly a
terrific blow and had | not seen it COM
ing and been moving backward at the
time 1t might have put me down"
Corbett declares that first of all he
wants to perfect a match with the
champion, and If he fails in this he
wants to get on a bout with Fltzsim-
mons. Corbett's manager will post the
necessary forfeit money for a match
with Jeff les first.
Il do not wish to interfere with the
theatrical plans of Jeffries,' Corbett
said, "if he thinks he can make some
money on the road for a little while.
The law will make it impossible for US
to meet in New York for some time
but If he will agree to fight me out
side the state | will go into training
at once. | firmly believe that | can
beat Jeffries. l know that | can heat
Fftzsimmons. | have profited blythe
experience | received in the ring with
both of them. and if either one o.
them goes up against me again he will
find that an a new man entirely.
I'm my fight with both of them I had
all the best of 1t until Twas put out.
Jeffries has promised to fight me and
| shall hold him to his promise"
Feels His Defeat Keenly.
or all the men in New York city to-
day kid" Mccoy vas the most mo.
rose. He would sooner have been
been whipped by any other pugi list In
the world. There has been a long
standing grudge between the men and
q rivalry. so intense that it bordered
upon absolute hatred. Each knew
that, the other had a following
that considered him the greatest fight
er in the world and in consequence
the ambition of each was to lemon
strate that he was the best. These men
stood in a class all alone. They were
recognized as the pioneers of polite
tisticuffs and each had a system all his
own. Corbett proved to be the master
and that is why Mccoy now feels as
he never felt before. He RECOGNIZES
that his downfall was complete. and
that his c%onqueror's victory has seen
correspondingly great. He admits he
was fairly beaten down. but at the
same time he attributes his defeat to
a lucky blow of Corbett and t. the i'll
fate which has been following him OF
late.
Knew He Was Beaten.
Il knew that | was BEATEN said
Mccoy, with a slight tremor in his
voice when Corbett landed that first
terrible lefthand swing in my stomach.
1t took all of the wind out of me and
l felt weak. The same blow could have
beaten me even if it were landed bv
a woman or a child, the spot on which
it landed is Sc sensitive.
at was due to my bad luck. Why.
l have not picked a winner in a prize
fight for the past six months, and |
have hardly beaten the races once this
summer. The only thing l feel sorry
about is that that fellow Corbett beat
me. l would o mind it so much If
other fighter had defeated me,
for I hate Corbett and I always will.
Says He Wa Too Heavy.
Il think the weight at which /
ITO pounds, seriously interfered
With my chances of winning" continu-
d the kid" for it made me too
leavy, and to tell the truth my stom-
oh felt pretty much like a load of pig
on.
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