Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-16
lanes Edward Was Forced to
Withdraw His Objections
TO Sullivan,
WHAT "WALLY" YOUNG SAYS.
California Boy Has Done All the Re-
cedIng-Denyeritc Hasn't Backed
Down a Bit in Controversy.

All the talk that has been going on OF
late among ring followers about Jimmy
prtt being afraid TO meet Ioung Cor
hg,t. trying TO crawl out Of match with
,to Denyerite, Directing TO the latter's
match with Dave Sullivan as good ex-
c,,,, for sidesteppng, and a lot of other
snY has been effectually stopped by
1,,nes Edward coming forward with the
s,atement that he would fight Corbett
n, March 81, and withdraw his objec-
,ons 10 the sullivan match, Britt proved
,hot he does really want to tangle with
fine champion, as he has backed down
from the stand he had taken has given
oysrythinq 10 Corbett, and declares he
wants TO fight As a result, there Is JOY
On The hearts Of fight fans all over tho
.5nntry. and especially In San Francisco
"Waily' Young, Salt Lake man who Is
NOW sporting writer on the San Francisco
chronicle, has the following interesting
comment on the two matches
'' Sg,in there is Joy In highland. The
nrIde Of California and the Idol OF Dem
YER have affixed their signatures TO am
other SET of articles, ana have declared
,bst no matter what betlde, they Will
Gghi on the last night I'm March Britt is
nav willing that Young COrbett should
meet Dave sullivan, and the little cham
Zion regards that affair rs lust little
sugar" Both have eliminated from their
reckoning the chance Of Sullivan winning,
and are regarding the nearest battle WIN
stpreme serenity.
What II Dave Sullivan wins from Young
Corbett? There is always chance In
This instance, II IL true, the chance Is but
n hare possibility, but even that Is dam
eerous sullivan himself expects TO win,
and has something upon which TO base
his confidence. He Is training hard and
consistently over at Crolls, and no mat
Ter what the end Of the battle, will give
n god account of himself The fact that
No has been endeavorng 10 negotiate a
match with COrbett for more than a year
mast shows that he Is earnestly after the
Title and will make try for 1t now that
the opportunity has come,
Barring the possibility that Sullivan
may be the champion after Feb. q, there
Is now every reason TO believe that Cor
lctl and Britt will get together. The Den
yer man Is restricted In his liking for
sugar matches by an ironclad clause
which says that he shall not meet any
one during the month intervening be-
tween IN ct wo fights With this down In
black and white James Edward will have
some assurance Of keeping the Corbett
field 10 himself This may be lesson 20
other lighters intending TO meet Corbett-
have It down In black and white.
The whole difficulty stood a chance Of
being patched up early In the week, but
neither Of the two men saw n chance TO
make the break gracefully. Britt felt that
the idol OF Denver should make the first
advance toward a ro-match. and Young
Corbett maintained that he had done
nothing out Of the way and that II was
up TO the pride Of California.
For the sake OF etiquette and the cour-
,tses. the two polite pugIlsts seemed
to be cxpertly sldestepplng $1,000 purse.
That was the way 1t appeared, at any
rate 10 the average enthusiast,
Just because Young Corbett has a COM
merclal head and Jimmy Britt has never
passed by a dollar that could be honestly