The Washington times., 1903-01-30
AND CORBETT
MAY MEET IN THE RING
Champion Willing to Fight
for $4,000 Side Bet.
CARSON CITY IS PREFERRED
Big Boilermaker Stipulates That the
Bout With "Pompadour Jim"
Must Be to a Finish.

ROCHESTER. Jan. 9O.-Jim Corbett
received the following telegram from OF
TO C. TIoto, Of Denver. last night.
'Jenries will sign articles to fight you
TO finish at Carson City for SIC. 900 side
! bet He viii make time to suit you.
What is your reply to such a proposi-
tion?"
! Following was CorbeJt's reply:
! Conditions named by Jeffries are RI
diculous Two clubs have made offers for
/ a bout between he and myself These
( purses amount to almost twice as much
! as We could hope TO draw at Carson CIV.
I stand ready 10 sign articles to meet
! JEFF before the club Offering IN largest
purse Bluff and braggadoclo do not
go"
/ In recent years there Lave been no
championship battles fought to finish
/ but have all been limited TO twenty or
/ twenty-five rounds Jenrfes never has
/ fought for side bet in his life. but
CoTbett viii waive this pot.l, and post
money at once If JeTrfes will sign ar
ticles to NEE. before the club Offering
the largest purse There is $500 posted
here II the champion means business
he can cover it and the money will be
transferred to Al Smith. of New York.
Should Have & Chance.
4 don't see Why he shouldn't give me
another chance" said Corbett. so far
as money IS concerned. Jeffries probably
needs it worse than / do. and I don't
know OF anyone in the DugiIistic field
who has a more consistent claim to meet
him than myself
When ! met -Jeffries before landed
enough blows to knock out half dozen
men. bat they lacked the necessary
steam. and consequently came out sec
ond best Another match would tell a
different story ! have a punch now
that has plenty of steam behind it.
i have been exercising with five
pound dumbbeIls. and, while this may
make me trife slower. I viii gain
enough strength TO more than even
things up Ny legs viii be as fast as
ever, of course. and am certain that II
/ should meet Jeffries again could put
him out as / had no trouble before in
getting 70 him all over
II the mill comes of. I think Fort
Erie would be the best place for it.
There We would get big delegation OF
sporting men from New York. Chicago.
Detroit, Buffalo. Philadelphia and other
thickIy populated cities. and 1 think we
could pull lot Of money"
Game Dead in Gotham.
DO you think that law will be
passed permitting boxing contests to be /
given in New York; was asked.
4 am afraid not. am afraid the .
boxing game is dead there II such a
law were passed, I would re-enter The +
ring. for in the metropolis the gate re- /
ceipts are something enormous. Under T.
the Old conditions I could clean up
$10o. coo in year About the biggest /
crowd under the Horton law was at the .
fight between Mccoy and myself. when
the receipts footed up close to $50 00q.
Corbett is becoming quite proficient al
golf 1T keeps a person in the open
cir" he says, prevents the muscles
from stiffening, and promotes deep
breathing. 1 don't know of any other
physical exercise that gives one these
benefits that is not so violent as to ex-
haust a person in ordinary condition"
\ New York publishing house is neg0-
tiating with Corbett 10 publish com
pilation of the anecdotes he uses in mis-
monologue. He does not draw on his
imagination for his material. as all OF
his stories. he says, are founded on fact.