The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-01

weekly paper is overlooking the
chance to participate. Heavyweights,
mlddleweights, light heayyweights and
heavy lightweights, bantams and feath-
ers, champions, second raters and plain
dubs are all entered and endeavoring to
tell it at the same time.
1t is high time that an organized at
tempt to separate the limitations from
the real fighters be made in these Unit
ed States. Someone should offer a re-
fighter.
James ]. Corbett, better known as
Gentleman Jim," and sometimes re-
ferred to as the former champion. has
been bowling loudly for match with
James Jeffries, better known as the
Boilermaker, and seldom referred to
as the champion. Young Corbett has
declared that until he meets Terry Nc
Govern he will not waste time on live
ones and is fighting dubs, and Jimmy
Britt, who thinks he has the champion
ship punch in him, refuses to fight col
Ored men.
The entire bunch has learned the
value of publicity, and the bunch to
the last man is not wasting a single
chanee. 1t would be different if they
were willing to make good, but they
want the publicity without the fights.
and 1t is admitted, with regret that
they are getting it.
Jim Corbett wildly shrieked an offer
OF 81, 800 bonus to the man who would
make it possible for him to meet JEFF
RES, and the moment the bluff is call
ed he points out that the conditions
named by the challenged one make 1t
impossible for him to accept
Young Corbett refused to meet Ben
ny Yanger because he was engaged in
chase after Terry McGovern, and did
not care to lose the scent, but Croclxy
a u1 OH a.
able to command the attention of the
featherweight champion.
In California Britt is touted as the
man who is real champion, and yet
ne refuses to come forward and take
the title that belongs to him from Joe
Cans, who is holding it, because Cans
is a colored man. ssf
Britt, by the way, may be able to
explain why he and the other "Iilv
white" fighters object to being matched
against colored men. AS the colored
hghter is on an equal plane socially.
there can be but two reasons. Either
the colored mans head is too hard. or
II is a d1sagreeable task to carry on the
nght IN the same ring after the colored
man becomes overheated If Britt
Delleyes he has the more powerful
punch, he might meet Cans in a cold
storage plant during the winter months.
The entire collection, from champion
to dub, is now talking fight and dodg-
ing the subject of the conversation.
MOI one pug appears to have escaped
an attack of ocheritis.
On to Chicago.
Though George Lennon has won his
night to retain the st. Paul franchise
of the American association. tbe talk
of the Hickey organizations Invasion
OF Chicago will not down. Hickey and
other American magnates insist that
the association will be in Chicago next
season, and Milwaukee is now finding
what pleasure possible In denying that
1t will not be in the Beer city.
1t may not be Milwaukee, but, if the
present plans carry out, the American
association will be playing right in
town belonging to the National and
American leagues before the season of
1903 is we'll under way, and when this
condition is, the St. Paul fanatics will
appreciate for the first time that the
threat to take the Saints from this citv
park. -
The American association has an on
tlon On the Congress street grounds in
chicago, and President Hickey may
nave signed the lease, for the plans
are now far enough advanced to make
this investment possible.
The association has the grounds ana
1
on these grounds. Some town now in
| the circuit is to lose is franchise In
/ the Hickey league. The town has al
! ready been marked. 1t was definitely
marked when President Hickey failed,
| during his visit to st. Paul. to secure
! Lemons permission to transfer IT
was St: Paul or that town then; it is
| that other town now.
But one thing is delaying the an
| nouncement of the transfer. The
! ! A: a association is playing safe
IN It's relations WITH the big leagues
The National and American leaeua
magnates, at least a number of them.
nave insinuated that the American as
ISOLATION would not be permitted a
| place in the Windy city Hickey and
| ms followers are determined to make
! the move and are only DELAYING lone
enough to assure themselves that the
| change, when made, will be a perma-
lenl one Billy Mac