The daily sentinel., 1903-05-12
Young Corbett Visits Denver and
Makes More Friends.

Denver, May 1.-TWO packed
houses greeted Young Corbett, feather
weight champion of the world. yester-
day on the occasion of his reappear-
ance in his native city after an alb
sence of over six months. The cham
pion ON each occasion was cheered to
the echo, when he appeared ON .he
stage for his three-round bout with
his sparring partner, Kid McFadden,
the we'll known San Francisco scrap
per. The champion has his own
troupe of vaudeville stars with him,
but is of course, the main attraction
at the show. The company itself is
composed of a number of very clever
people and the class of entertainment
provided is much above the ordinary
Those who visited the Curtis theatre
where Corbett and his company are
appearing, and expected to see a show
nothing more than ordinary, We're
agreeably surprised.
The entertainment is divided into
two halves, the last half being made
up of athletic features, almost entire
ly. Eddie McGlade does a stunt in
the bag punching line, that is easily
one of the features of the perform
ance. He uses number of new tricks
never before seen in Denver. and
in the business.
The regular bout between Corbett
and McFadden is the real thing. The
boys go after each other as though
they were really fighting for good
sized purse, and put plenty of steam
behind their blows. After the go last
night McFadden had pair of beau
tiful lamps caused by poking his head
in front of couple of fast ones de-
livered by the kid. Three two minute
rounds are boxed at each performance
and at the end both boys are pretty
we'll winded and tired from their ex-
ertions. The stories circulated about
the champion that he has been going
"a fast pace since his last fight with
McGovern and that he is hog fat. are
not bothering him in the slightest
His present condition. bellies the suo-
ries. that he is badly out of condi-
tion. He appears a trifie drawn about
the face, but this he attributes to the
continuous travelling necessitated by
making one night stands.
George Memsic, the Chicago boxer,
whom it was reported fioored the
champion in a bout in Portland, Cor
bett characterizes as a frost.
Honestly said the champion
last night when seen in his dressing
room, HE never knocked me down
any more tn an Munroe knocked down
Jeffries, and everyone knows the Butte
miner never even had the big fellow
bothered. The whole truth of the
matter is, the floor was covered with
sand and can never keep good foot
ing when there is much sand on the
floor. When 1 went down Memsic
WASH within ten feet of me, and Ref
cree Jack Grant. if he would spea ak,
would substantiate what say.
will 1 pay any attention to the
challenges for fifteen round or finish
fight that he is hurting at me? Most
certainly not. Why should 1? l
could lick him in one round with one
of my hands tied. There's one hun
dred boys ON the coast that are reck
oned as second and third raters that
can knock him out in six rounds.
Tommy Jacobs is another who
couldn't lick washerwoman. The
night boxed him, one of the members
of the company did some dancing just
before we came ON and the sand she
used was not swept off the floor. 1t
was the same thing as in Portland. L
slipped to the floor, but did not go
down from any blow Jacobs gave me.
In fact, he had not hit me for some
time when 1 went down. Why if L
had really wanted to put Jacobs out. |
could have done so at almost any
time during the four rounds, as he |
was almost like baby before me. 1t
is enough to make one tired the way
some of these scrub fighters make
mountains out of mole hills, but they