The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05
THE PUGS
AND IN THE RING
Gossip Of Fighters and Dope "
on Their DOinss.
WHAT IS GOING ON LOCALLY
COLUMN OF THE LATEST DEVEL-
oPMENTs IN PUGDOM.

The story published Ia these columns
/ last Friday morning I'm regard to the
match between Caesar Attel and
/ George Baker. scheduled to come OF
I az the old armOry under the manage
I ment of Jack McGlnnis, appears %
/ have created considerable talk among
/ the local fight fans and The Herald
l has been congratulated on every hand
/ for giving a fair warning that fake
/ fighters had better give this town the
/ go-by. There is no better sport IN the
/ world than good clean boxing and men
/ who take part in this game and enter
! the ring 10 night on their merits deserve
l all the boost" they can get from every
/ body, and il can be truthfuny said that
/ these columns have always in the past
/ been ready to help clean sport along
I and VIII do so I'm the future. However.
/ takers and meal-tlcket prize fighters
| might as wen understand now as any
! time that whenever the opportunity
/ presents itself they viii be shown up in
/ their true light.
/ There are several thousand lovers of
/ clean sport who daily read these coli
umns and they are entitled to an
| honest opinion on all sporting events,
/ ana what's more. they viii get IT, Every
/ nsht ian Ia this city is aware of the
I Iact that this town was served a num-
I Der Of the worst fakes ever. penetrated
I on an unsuspecting public at the same
I ola armory building last year and III
I was carried 20 such an extent that the
sport was killed In this CITY for nearly
a year one Of these contests this man
haker TOOK part in and now the man
/ aBement OF the same club asks the pub
nc again 70 pay their coin to see him
I fight
In regard to Caesar Attel. the other
principal Of the proposed slight. he is
an honest boxer TO the hest of the
knowledge and belief of the sporting
editor of The Herald and lit is unfor-
tunate that the management OF the
locai club induced him TO come here
and meet Baker.
The ten-round boxing contest sched-
uled 70 come on at Murray on April
between "Deafy" Thompson and
Aoung Gibbs has been called of. III is
sven out mat "Deafy'' Thompson had
already agreed to meet Jerry Mccarthy
az Eureka, and not hearing from the
Walkerville pet had supposed the Fure-
ka match TO be off. Jerry. however.
came 10 town yesterday and informed
the mute that he was ready for him
ana the Eureka fight was given prefer
ence over the Murray bout.
Young Corbett Is one of the few
PuslllsIs in the ring who tries to rattle
ms man by continually talking 20 him
curing hight. In doing this the Den
yer champion hurls all kinds Of remarks
az MS adversary In an effort to yet him
70 forget himself for a moment. He did
thls In his first tight with McGovern.
ana repeated these tactics in the recent
san francisco fight. Several times the
brooklyn terror flew into a passion over
CorDetIs remarks, in spite of the fire.
quent warnings of his seconds. I'm
speaking Of the incident Referee
Graney says:
I never saw two men blackboard
each other In the ring as did Corbett
and McGOvern. They called each otbeA-
everything mean and low. Ii was GER,
talniy a grudge fight
'Corbett had the better Of McGovern
IN wit and repartee. He was perfectly
cool, even when he appeared to be
physically ali in,' and guyed Terry un-
iIlef elIully- Terry's seconds kept coach
ing MIN not TO mind what Corbett said.
Ihey were afraid McGOVern would get
LaItled as result of the kidding and
hsht Wild. During the .inhghting' they
accused each other of holding the
gloves. want TO say that the body
blows were something awful When
Corbett Knocked McGovern down in the
hrst round with a punch I'm the stomach
he laughed heartily at Terry's distress.
Corbetts mirth got McGovern awful
sore.
Terry said Corbett I'm the fifth.
You came long way TO be licked
McGoVeru gritted his teeth. After
rally Ia the eighth round. Corbett said.
with a sneer. Terry, why don't Won
quit. as you did befOreg
Maybe you think that did not Get
Ierry's Irish a-boiling. I'm the tenth
round Corbetts seconds shouted 10 him
20 shift Why don't you shiftg queried
McGoVern. Because / don't have to-
replied Corbett. just TO show that his
repartee was stiH on tap
During the ninth round Corbett an
peared TO be a little tired. He resorted
10 joilying tactics
Terry he said, you never were a
champion Youu never be a champion.
You can't lick postage stamp
When Terry went TO the floor for
good and an in the eleventh round. Cor
Dett looked at him. saying: oh, YOU
won't come back. Terry
1T was a great fight. and anybody's
nght up 10 the time Of MeGovern's fin
ish."
see
Judging from the reports coming
down from Butte, Mont. the match be-
tween Aurelio Herrera and Jack Rich
ards, scheduled 90 come off tomorrow
night, viii be postponed. Herrera has
had slight attack of pneumonia and
is still in the hospital While it is said
the Mexican Isl IN no danger, vet he
viii be confined 10 his room for a few
days more. and win not be able to fulfill
MS contract with Richards. Herrera
posted $500 70 knock Richards out in six
rounds, and viii have to be I'm good con-
dition 20 carry out his agreement.
Joe Cans has designs on Young
Corbett,' as Wen as a dozen other fght-
ers. A challenge was sent the winner
OF Tuesday nights battle, but for some
reason IL was not read when the other
kilograms were. The following message
from Manager al HerfOrd win interest
the champion as well as Britt.
WIN match Joe Cans, the lightweight
champion Of the world DO tight Young
Corbett." and agree for Cans 10 defeat
Young COrbett" inside of ten rounds
or lose all of nay share in the purse. OF
course the match 90 be made at the
limit. Now as "Corbett"
has stated this win be his last battle
ln the l2l-pound class, he surely cam
not refuse. both contestants to weigh
iu at o'clock on the day of the con-
test, and if "Corbett" won't accent /
win make a match with Jimmy Britt