Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-13

the purse of $6,Ooo offered by the In- ternational Athletic club of Fort Erie for twenty round bout between him. self and "Philadelphia' Jack OBrien, to takesplace before the club on Febru- ary g for the middleweight champion ship of the world James Dolan the champions brother-in-law who resides in Syracuse, received letter from the former Syracuse fighter, in which the latter stated that he expected to accept Matchmaker Jack Hermann's terms, in which case he would make Syracuse q visit before returning to the west.
 That Jim Corbett means business in getting Champion Jeffries to fight him again is shown by his promptitude in posting 8 forfeit-according to the champions wishes. Lawyer Emanuel Friend of New York has been delegat- ed to look after the famous cham pion's interest in the matter, and MT Friend said yesterday:
 "Corbett has telegraphed me from Toronto, where he is now playing, to arrange match with Jeffrfes for him. He has placed $2,5OO in the hands of Sam Hall to go as q forfeit, and de- clares that he stands ready to meet the champion in June
 Ut seems to me that it's up to the champion now. Jeffries has repeated ly stated that he would give Corbett another chance and he has given out the statement that the only thing ne cesSary to get on d match was for Corbett to post a forfeit. We'll, Cor E1 HNn 4H.- Hayes Valley A. c. of Oakland, Gal, of 8 $20,000 purse for twenty round bout between the two men seems to me very liberal, and I have no doubt that the champion will come forward and clinch matters at once"
 Tom Sharkey, accompanied by Jack Mccormick, the heavyweighr pugilist of Philadelphia, has gone to West Ba- den, Ind, to get into condition for a fight with Jack Munroe if possible. Be- fore leaving Sharkey to'S his manager, Barney Reich, to post a forfeit of $2,- 600 to bind a match with the big mi her.
 Champion Jeffries and Mexican CLO IVCISIt, C14C I1ldu WHO Sttlu -IllS big boiler maker was afraid to meet him, came across each other few days ago i'll Salt Lake City, and, in- stead of jumping on the champion, the Mexican was as meek as a lamb. Ac- cording to Salt Lake advices, Pete has scarcely been able to reach the earth since his aerial flight on account of the incident at the Jeff-Fitz exhibition in that city, but Jeffries saw him first, and after one or two words were spok- en by the champion Pete suddenly found himself back on terra firma Pete has had several interviews pub lished since the exhibition, all of which attempted to belitt1e Jeffries. One in particular told how Pete chased Jefries all over the streets of Salt Lake in an effort to force him to fight, E As the champion, accompanied by Billy Armstrong, was returning home from the theater, they ran into Pete.
 'I want to speak to you minute, Pete" said Jeffries, and instantly the Mexican was all attention. e
 What do you mean by telling all these stories about meT' asked lief fries. "I understand that you are looking for me. We'll, Pete, you know where I am stopping, if you want to see me, and I promise you I have made no attempt to dodge you on the street."
 ''I am not looking for you and who- ever said was is a liar." replied Pete.
 well, such statements have ap- peared in the papers," said Jeffries
 'I never read the papers," said Pete. "But, honestly MT Jeffries, did not say anything about you, and, MT Jef- fries. am not looking for you."
 "Oh," replied the champion, and he quietly walked down the street