The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-26
TOMMY JACOBS
SAYS HE DIDN' T
Local Boxer Accuses Others Of
Trying to Butt In.
WHAT The SPORTS WILL MISS
DEcoURsEY ONE OF THE BEST
FEATHERWEIGHTs IN GAME.

yesterdays developments En- the sud-
den calling Off of the Young C0rbett-
Decoursey match which for the past
week has been the sole topic Of COM
Fersation among the light fans, would
lead one. Co believe that someone had
been doing some "buttin IN" AT least
thls isl the version of the affair given
by Tommy Jacobs the local fighter
who was selected to meet Young Cor
pett. jacobs called at The Herald Of
ice last night and said he was entirely
innocent ln the matter and that he
h1d positively not given anyone per-
mission 10 use his name I'm connection
with Young Corbett in regard 90 the
match. said Jacobs.
'It looks 20 me very much as IL
someone had wired COrbett for "a match
with myself. and i'm doing SO spoiled
what would have been one OF The best
bouts ever seen in this city. I have
no idea who did it, but the kilograms
received by Mr.. MulVey which i have
seen. look very suspicious and some
one has evidently implicated me In this
without my approval OF consent Jack
Maginnis came to me today and asked
me it 4 would meet Young Corbett ln
siX-round bout. and I told him no,
not under bis management and I wish
YOU would so state 20 the public
Tommy Jacobs also visited Mr. Null
Vey yesterday and explained that he
had nothing 20 90 with the turn OF
affairs the proposed match had taken.
Mr. Mulvey received another dispatch
from Pollock manager OF Young Cor
belt yesterday, which read as follows
Much prefer Jacobs TO Decoursey.
How about Itg'
0Iulvey wired back that there was
Hsf u nj a. uH
cerned unless Corbett met DecOursey
as previously agreed Co.
Many of the local fight fans are not
aware OF the kind of fighter this tel-
low uecoursey u.s.. All that is necessary
10 mention is the fact that he has
decision not a knockout. against Her
rera. and that Haul0n, Attel. meow
ern and Young COrbeJt all sldestepped
him ON the coast. The sports in Butte
are trying TO match him against Her
rera. but So far Biddy Bishop has not
consented 20 the go. In speaking OF
the match, Billy Lavigne, the well
known sporting authority on the coast,
in "a letter TO the Inter Mountain says.
Cant see how Bishop can anord 10
De too eNactiug I'm his dlckering win
DecOursey. This boy has beaten his
man and is willing 90 meet him half
way iu the matter of weight. De-
coursey feels certain he can repeat his
victory. and from the amount of con-
ndence he has shown in trying TO secure
matches with Herrera heretofore and
from the way the Mexican lodges him,
Il think he has it on Herrera. DecOur-
seq has had a hard row 10 hoe in the
last few months trying TO secure
matches with these little fellows In his
class. And the only reason why he has
that trouble is that they are all afraid
of him. I know what I am talking
about. for the reason that / have tried
to get fellows IKE Hanl0n and Neil TO
meet him before my club You can't
find any one OF them willing 90 hitch
up with him. Now, then why tort
He has hosts of friends around these
parts and draws WeM one reason why
he has not been on the cards more Is
that he has nobody 10 act in any ca
pacity for him. The boy can night and
night well. any time he goes on, the go
Is worth seeing. and the one who meets
him has TO make good. Bishop knows
what Herrera can do; he also KNOWS
what DecOursey can DO Do the matter
of weight. and there isl little use nag
Cling over that Biddy writes as part
of his excuse ln not agreeing 90 Britt s
terms that Herrera can easily do ~
pounds ringside up there in the high
altitude. Now, then we VIII let Her
rera weigh m az 12S rlngside; that's
the weight they fought at before.
All this only goes 20 show what the
fight fans of this city missed when lne
bout between Decoursey and Corbett
was called or.