Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-09
MITCHELL WANTS FIGHT.

New York, May 9.-Several sporting men greeted Charles Mitchell the pu-. gilist, when he arrived from England on White Star steamer Majectic yes terday. Mitchell returns to this colln- try to go on q sparring tour with Kid Mccoy. He looks the picture of health. He will remain here six months His family, including his father-in-law, Pony Moore, will join him in few weeks.
 While in the city he will stop with Tom ORourke in the Deleyan, but he expects to go to Buffalo in few days and spend several months at the Pan- American exhibition, giving sparring exhibitions with Mccoy. He says he will try to get on a match with James J. Corbett after he has had talk with Mccoy, who, he says, knows all about the ability of the former cham pion. If Mccoy advises him to try Corbett, he will challenge him. Speak ing about his plans, Mitchell said: My reason for coming back to America is to take in the helPan-American exhibition and give sparring exhibitions with Kid Mccoy. At the same time I will talk to Mccoy about Jim Corbett. The Kid knows a whole lot about him, and if he thinks I stand a show of whipping Corbett I'll issue challenge. But if my plans fall through won't worry, as am not bankrupt and can have four and sometimes five meals day if I feel so inclined. Seriously he con- tinued, .'I'm here to make money. If Mccoy is willing to go on sparring tour with me Pm ready. intend to stay six months, and as soon as find a place for my family I'lf send for them and my father-in-law, Pony Moore. Pony is as well as ever he was in his life and his interest in sporting matters. is keen. think I'm as good as ever and would like~to have go with Corbett, but, as | said before, that rests with Mccoy, who will be my .ad- yiser." Kid Mccoy, the best, fighter of his inches that ever wore a padded glove, looking bigger and better than he ever did when in training, also is in town. The Kid now is established at Cedar Bluff Farm, Saratoga, where he expects to make more money than he ever made in the ring. The Kid was at the Morris park racetraek yes terday. He says he came to town just to. take in the races. and that he will remain here about two weeks, return ing to Saratoga in good time to pre- pare for the seasons business. The Kid is popular with sporting men of all classes, and there is no doubt that his Cedar Bluff farm will be favorite resort of many of them while at the Spa this summer. .I don't know what Mitchell and I may do,'' he said. 'FThe fighting. business is pretty well run out. Of course, if there is any, thing ip it for me I'm willing to go ahead, but if there isn't, I think I'm pretty well fixed in my Cedar Buff farm. I have nice place in Saratoga, and think the horsemen and others who may go there this summer will like it. I'm not worrying about the fighting game, although think that if I went into 9 mill could give bet ter account of myself than I ever did before. Some of them are bigger than I am, but none of them are any better. I've had more than one hard knock in my career in the ring. but I've al- ways come back. and made good. If I do well in Saratoga E don't think I will ever enter the ring again, certain ly not with fighting in the condition ie,y