Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-20

says.
Now II is declared that the Jeffrles
ana Corbett fight Is TO be faxed. Man
aser McCarey OF the Los Angeles Attn
letic club of this city says so. He says
the men have framed deal to fake
and that he knows every detail Of the
proposed hippodrome. They were made,
he declares, by Harry Corbett, a broth
er OF the ex-heavyweght champion,
and Jeffries McCarey even goes so
Tar as to say that the men have decid-
ga on the round in which they will end
their fight but he does moi mention
the round.
II Is thought by the majority OF
SPortsmen here that McCarey is trying
70 gee even with Jeffrles for his refus-
at TO light Bob Fitzsimmons at his
cluh' When COrbett heard McCareys
statement he said
Nothing In 1t. You know JEFF and
nave no love for each other. / want to
get at lin with my fists and settle the
question that way, and not with my
mouth,
IL IS foolish talk McCarey Is max.
lng' said Jeffries. Hes sore because
Flts and ! wouldn't fight In Los An
ge'es, ghd he's telin' this yarn 10 get
square amt maxim any talk to rlle
Corbett and | don't want to see him
until l meet him in the ring"
Both the fighters have been here TO-
Two weeks, but they have not met and
II Is said they are avoiding each 9th
err
The showing Britt recently made
against Willie Fitzgerald and then
again last Saturday against OKeefe al
Butte promised nothing TO base the
claim Of his friends to championship
honors. In order TO be able TO cope
with glove artist OF Cans caliber
Britt should have disposed OF two such
opponents as Fitzgerald and OKeefe In
apple pie order. In no other way could
an expert figure that he had chance
against the Baltimore whirlwind.
II the friends of j. Edward are sin
cefe they viii quickly advise him to get
al thought OF meeting Cans out Of his
mead. For Just as surely as he meets
that terrible man under the managt
inent OF Al HEREFORD Just so sure will de-
Feat be recorded against him.
Britt evidently was sincere when he
first gave forth the statement that Il
was his Keen desire 10 meet Cans. Be-
cause Billy Lavigne and other warm
admirers Of the California fighter ad-
vised Il. Lavlgne believed positively
that Britt could defeat Cans. He
preached IL on the street corners and he
poured IL into the ears Of Britt and his
brother Willie when occasion presented
itself He Kept at Il so long that he
had Britt believing that after all Cans
was not the terrible cyclone people
preached him to be. The result was
that In an idle moment Britt announced
he would fight Cans.
Since the Fitzgerald fight however,
very little has been heard from Britt re-
gardlng match with the black man.
While the argument was thlckest Britt
TOOK the train and left for Butte to train
for his fight with O'Keefe. As matters
now stand there IL not a chance Of the
pair meeting For two very good rea-
sons. The first Is that Britt wants none
OF Cans game, and secondly they
would not draw the big house expected.
after the showing of Britt against
O'Keefe and Cans against Fitzgerald.
People would look upon 1t as foregone
victory for Cans and would not care
10 see Britt beat TO pieces with no
chance 20 win.
Kid Broad Is one of those boys Of
whom II was said by scores Of fight
fans; He can not be knocked out"
Bilt up al Butte last Saturday a certain
Mexican, one Aurelio Herrera, demon