The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-15
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WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
James ]. Corbett will soon be seen in the
ring again. in all probability, as he IS
scheduled to fight the winner of the Root,
I Carter match, regardless Of the hitch OF
last Friday which prevented the bout
taking place as scheduled. Corbett was to
meet the winner about June 81.
Both Roof and Carter are big, powerful
fellows. who should give Corbett all he can
do to keep them away, so long as they set
near enough to trouble him. But il the for
mer champion retains even 4 portion OF his
former agility, he should easily o%utpoint
whichever man is selected for his opponeHt
in a six-rouHd bout. As a box=r he is far
ahead of Root and Carter, and it was I'M
doub eddy with a knowledge of this fact
that he took up the match.
COr5ett is undoubtedly sincerely anxious
to meet JeTfr.eS or titZSinmous again tor
the championship. And as such 4 fsnt,
ait. his recent stage career and long az
sence from the ring, would be regarded
with some doubts, patrons Of the ring fear
ing that it might prove i iascO should he
not be in ccnuition. he p~.obably Is anXloIs
10 show that he stili IetaIns ability as II
boxer. On MS account IL Will b. Slfc TO
assume that he will De in good condition
AID VIII show to advantage when he faces
either Root or Carter.
Good showing against either man would
do much for Corbett, and he would easily
rsSain his reputation as a tighter should he
defeat one OF the paIf. Corbett knows This
as well as anybody a1d selected, for Jnis
very reason, Il pair q men from whom
his opponent should be taken, VINO, while
powerful and well Known in their class, are
Sill OF q SiyIe OF fighting which Should en-
able JIM TO win easily in a ilmltea-rouid
fight.
Carter, for instance, is a rusher and
slusger, who depends upon getting 10 his
opponent and landing hard and often. From
past records it appears as though Corh2tt
should be able To evade his rusneS Tor the
six rounds and to jab him desperation
while doing so. No decisions are rendered
In philadelphia. but he could so clearly
best his man as to leave no doubt in the
minds of spectators as 10 VINO won the
battle.
Last Friday evening the Sheriff stepped
in and assumed possession of the gate re-
ceipts at the bout. From accounts o. the
amount in the box office, Philadelphia
must be rather a poor fight town, or else
the sport-ioving public are Disguised with
some of the alleged fights which have been
shown them the last year. This last prob
The club certainly will make strenuous
efforts to retain Corbett as an attraction.
however. and he should draw Il house
which will compensate tor any purse tat
may nave been promised him. Incidentally.
the former champion is said to be in rather
sIraitened circumstance at present. in
spite of his high-salaried tour as a mono,-
ogist. and The purse he Will receive
probably will be prorortionately small.
ence to Corbett nowadays as "PGmpadnur.
Jim. The reason why is easily understood
from his photographs taken IN the last Two
or three years. which show his hair smooth
ly parted, but the name was so identified
with him in his championship days that
he is still referred TO by the title in some
cases.
At present he is, doubtless. waiting for the
Philadelphia club to straighten out its af-
fairs and put on his match. 1t may be re-
marked, en- PEASANT, that the manage OF
the club is the same Mccarthy who endeav-
OF ed to conduct a walking match in the EN-
position Coliseum in this city last winter,
only TO abandon the project and leave a lot
of pedestrians stranded here.