The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-02
C0RBETT AT LAST
TO FIGHT McGOYERN
Men Will Battle Before the Hayes
Valley Club of San Fran
cisco, March 81.
WILL WEIGH 127 POUNDS.
Kelly ana Schrec,; VIII Furnish
II" Local Feature Tiki;
Werk-Ciene:ai Eox
ins Notes.
WILL WEIGH 127 POUNDS.


I've done At once however. ami tn" mac.
| j.. regarded - aasyEod.
! The in5n have greed 20 hatiie before th'
| haye. valley Athletic Gro. for ." Per cen
. of the gross rCc.ip.-. ihe WINE. % 'aE'
| - per ..nt % I'M iNIs.-... tn-y vi.
| w.,h !. .. =. youU..s ~ o'c .olA. ti-
| weight ting tire >srs" - 'hai a; WING!
| YOUNG corbe;t "on ne championship. Tn,
date VA 81 for Jna last dag uf Jntz HlDn:l
| on ;.ccot NJ of inc condition OF both men
| MC:i ,trn Eoa IN training and IN GOO
! form. h!.. bout vita Maynard showed
| while org C0Trcti Chained that ms was
'':'lori'' In MS hattie with iiaElpiI. and TIA
, the night did him good. ~" viii continue Al
| wOrli and unaT1 s,,onably win get n form
for Tic battle.
Young CoIrctt has hal sorao thri!,ir7
e;.i eiiences 9: late. due 10 hts cafniesSacs
In timing. He lad the narroNesf KIND OF
an escape from defaI: at the hands of I'd
nir n ION ar6 he tRs no Gre 10 BAN
for ms Uut himself fhe cha mpiGn pays
ifs.' attention 20 MIA phy sIcal condition Than
vino hes neid the 1irlc Of late aud
he came near rees.:ing bitter lesson !Ist
week.
THAT thc experience will ID him good.
however. sceEIs CO ain. II" is ROT / .scIy
IL attempt Al" liberties in condition. when
hcGovrin i scheduled his opponent: n
he does. II is likely - 90 hard wJh mn.
70 light II llowcTs may expect 20 him in
Lood shapr fer once IN the last six months.
as TO- McGoreru. II Is sure that h. vii
iesNe 70 stop" un- urned 20 he In perfect
Trim wrer te lines IN in al effort to re-
gain III" title.
Ai,h, Ugh Young Cornctt can ne criticised
fer bis failure TO set into proper shape. 1t
Is a pleasing fact record that this is the
ore 'a'lrg 70: which he can he assailed.
He Is willing TO night is not given to use
less talking. behaves himself in decent
fashion ana Is never quoted as making I'M
Pleasant remarks abort his brothers Of the
ring. For this he deserves all credit
The onef critical remark for which Young
COrDett has ever been held responsible even
after McGovern. through his manage. had
assaied the champion repea tedly. claiming
he did not really hold the title. and making
other remarks of the sort. was simple
statement Of opinion made by the champion.
Corbett said that the needless obstacles
thrown in the way OF his bout with Meow
Harris was not anxious. to have Terry fight
him again. but was clamorinS for a match
TO- get a little free advertising.
That there was some ground for this re-
marx is shown by the attitude OF Harris.
He raised objections on many points when
there was a chance of Corbett ACCEPTING
a challenge for fight in the West. When
Young Corbett fought Hanlon and made
showing which indicated poor condition.
Harris instantly wired to arrange for
turn fight. He was ready enough TO make a
match when the champion seemed in poor
trim. and urged that the fight take place
at once.
For the good Of the game. it is to be
hoped that Young Corbett retains his title
when the men meet. and the writer be-
on Corbett's pugiIistic record like the Cans
and Gardner battles on McGovern's list:
while the mere fact that Corbett fights in
stead OF talking, makes him the more
worthy man TO hold the title.
{ While referring 10 talking among pugi-
lists. ii may be remarked that Jack Herr
man. manager of the Fort Erie Club. has
twice shown signs of his Independence of
late In a manner which should be initiated
by other club owners. When a chance WAS
offered Herman to secure the Young Cor
bett-McGovern fight last fall he responded
that he would not bid for it. az he was
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disrepute in Canada through needless talk
ing on the part Of the McGovern camp.
Last week he withdrew his offer for the
Jim Corbett-Jeffries bout. on the ground
that Jeffries had acted in such manner
Of late that he did not care TO put him on.
Jenries was QUOTED as SAYING that he
in the ring with him. Herman promptly
stated that he withdrew his offer for the
fight as talk of killing another man was
entirely too strong.
II more club owners would show this
same spirit Of Independence and would place
the ethics CT the game above the money to
the end. Club after club has scheduled
big fights. from which scandals were practi-
cally certain to result. merely because the
gate receipts of that one contest were aiiur-
ing. The result in both New York and San
Francisco. was stoppage of the game for
periods in which the club owners could have
made much more money had they been
satisfied with clean bouts.
There II TO suspicion attaching 70 a fight
in which Curbe:t and Jeffries figure. the
men would be watched SO closely that any
them Moreover. the pair hate each other
too cordially to make any agreement likely.
But the fact that Herman viii decline a
bout from which he could draw immense
profit. merely because the ethics OF the sit
uation did not seem right to him. shows
that he il a man of considerable strength.
1t certainly seems as if the present time
was ripe for an association of high-class !
boxing clubs to be formed All the big
bouts in this country to-day must be fought
before the West End Club Of this city. the
Fort Erie Club the San Francisco in
stftutions. II the arrangements of these
clubs would form body similar to a jockey
club and would endeavor TO elevate the |
sport somewhat. they would likely find it
profitab BILE in the end.
The fact that three or four clubs control |
AL the big fights makes the time seem suit |
chance that the Southern Athletic Club al /
louisville may be reopened shortly, if some |
esal objections can be Strengthened out and /
Bob Gray would probably jo.n any move
nent to benefit the sport
An association of the sort could control
~ boxing. could bring the sport to |
egal basis and could clear il of crooked |
less Fighters convicted of sakiny part i'm
iaSe could be barred from the clubs al /
lighters as to horses ruled off n Jockey club
rack. the smaller clubs throughout the
,,ountrS would fan into line and would re-
Al present. q boxer convicted of taking
$ in no particular emba ira ssmeut II he |
aked In Philadelphia. he would simply have
0 move to some other city. and if his name
vas well enough known. the chances are
Re gould get bout elsewhere Even n the
eading clubs should bar him. he could Sc
.mre engagements in many Of the smaller
tiles Ike Savannah, Richmond. jackson or
ven Minneapolis. These smaller clubs
you'd have TO drop into line very quickly
!, an outlaw rule like that of a race track
n which ruled-off fighters appeared and
lisqualifying all other fighters who ap-
'eared at the outlawed institution.
orrn. any ,assSCc'atlon 70 atfmept such re-
'r9ceeoing. But pugilism is a game re-
Iuiring 10 be run with firm hand Lax
~ m fne management OF pugilism has
o disrepute; and the only way to control !
is to have strong governing body.
Of late the ring has been comparatively |
has ever been received NJ The rr |
nor that the Jennes-F1tz bout was a fake. |
IInough the subsequent partnership of the
nen eAcIeo suspicious where none had OK
steG neiorc The Gardner-Armstrong affair |
PnfladeIphia recently was respectable but
vas hardly OF Importance enough to affect |
ne game nationally. II tie sport can be
,ept clean for a. couple of years longer BY
ome such means as governing body or
" the EFFORTS Of the individual club own |
re- the game may be regarded with more
clearance by State Legislatures
To amend this last statement, however, it |
nay be said that something more than |
oieration Is needed for the game. It must
nat gwen IT under the Horton law. Tolera-
ION means that politicians have d hand In |
be running Of ahais, as they won't over
nd wherever politicians have mixed IN
port that sport has become rotten.
Ths history Of the prize ring ana the race