The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23
GOTHAM T|RES0ME
To YOUNG C0RBETT
Denver Lad HES Himself to Pa
cifc Coast to Prepare for
Fistic Encounters.
WANTS TO REcoUP FORTUNE.
Battling" Nelson Will Have
First Go, When He Will Go
After Britt to Regain
Lost Laurels.

'IE LhL SPECIAL
New York, Oct 22.-Gotham has grown
tiresome to Young Corbett." the Denve,
lad. and he has hied himself westward tc
the Coast, where he will get into the fight.
Ing game again.
Corbett shook the dust of New York
from his feet on Wednesday. and started
Tor the Pacific to get into trim to meet
all aspirants for his laurels. Incidentally.
his aim is to capture the feather weight
Championship and to recoup his vanished
fortune.
Corbett goes West expressly to fight
battling Nelson. the clever California
FEATHER weight. who surprised the fight fol-
lowers recently by defeating Eidie Han
Ion in a decisive manner The match will
take place the latter part of next month,
and will be limited to twenty rounds.
While Corbett has this only match
cunched. his visit to the Coast means
the beginning Of n of the busiest cam
paigns that any feather weight HAD ever
mapped out Corbett has several fights
In view. and his prospective opponents
include the greatest fighters in the world,
both In h feather-weight and light
weight division.
BRITT SECOND.
After his battle with Nelson, Corbett
will set sail after the winner of the Britt
Cans battle. which takes place in San
Francisco the latter part of the month.
Coroett will be on hand to witness the con-
test. and If Britt be successful, he will
force hts conqueror into a return match OF
claim the feather-weight championship by
default. II Cans is the winner, Corbett
may take a shy at the lightweight cham
pion, for the little Denver man doesn't be-
leve that the colored man would have
much the best Of the weight IL he agreed
to weigh m at 133 at ring side. It is said
mat Corbett has eyes on the lightweight
championship and he knows by defeating
Cans after Britt had failed to accomplish
the feat 1t would be the same az a victory
over the Californian.
Unless some other worthy opponents pop
up In the meantime, Corbett will be pre-
pared to return East after he meets the
winner of the Gans-Britt fight for the pur-
pose OF keeping his promise to meet Terry
delphia. Corbett said yesterday that he
never had any intention of sidesteppine
McGovorn. and that he intended to fight
him just as soon as his schedule would
permit him.
WHITE NOT ACCEPTED.
While these three fights will keep Cor
bett busy for some time to come, he has
another event on, which is by far the most
as it involves a side bet Of $500. The
match Is with Jabez White, the English
champion light weight. and is to take
place before the club Offering the best in
ducements.
Corbett remained in town two days just
for the purpose Of clinching this match.
and when his train pulled out from the
Grand Central Station last night the little
fighter qpRfned Upn nlooGnft IN kn0w that
he was about to get back into the game
and that his long Siege Of idleness had
been broken. There were a number Of
friends on hand to see corbett and bis
party OF.
Every since ais battle with Britt. almost
a year ago. when he had the decision CIV
en- e against him cof6stt has lone little or
taking In the races n other pleasant
pastimes. and, incidentally, has lost most
his winnings. Through his inactivity
with consistent training and plenty Of
o work he expects to get back into his
form, ready to cope with the best
men in his class. The former champion
looked the picture of health as he babe
friends Good-by.
WANTS TO FIGHT.
well. I Il New York pretty WE'LL"
said Corbett. But it is only a place for
the rich I am going out to do my share
of the work now that I have had such a
long vacation. I am only too glad 10 get
back into the game. I would have fought
long before this had 1t not been for the
fact that I did not want to break my word
Britt. We agreed hat neither should
fight until we came together In the ring.
But Britt threw me down. and it's up to
to get even.
IT am going to fight Nelson first. Britt
him up after he had put Hanlon
out and took on Cans. so tina II would ap-
pear that he was handicapped. I want
to fight Britt at all costs, just to show
that / was robbed Of the decision which
was given to him over me in our last bat
tie. He may get all he is looking for
Cans. n IL this Is so. why, then I
may take a crack at Cans.
II don't intend to forget McGovern.
to fight him in Philadelphia. and
the match still stands. SO far as / am con-
1 will fight him Just as soon as I
return East. 1 just want to make a clean
sweep OF the feather-weight division to
prove my claim to the championship title,
which I won fairly and lost through a
decision. There are a couple of
lights which will keep me pretty active.
it will bring me around in time for my
with White. I understand this
is a great fighter. so / will
to be pretty careful to see that 1
larry OF that 5000 bet which his friends |
been SO anxious to back him with"