The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13

days ago with Hook Keys, the crack
Australian lightweight. said to be the
best man the antipodes have turned
out since young Corbett startled the
pugilistic world. Dick Hyland, pre-
viously mentioned, is another native
SON."
TWO Chicago fighters, Fred Cooley
and Dick Fitzpatrick who went TO
Frisco to fill engagements and were
In active training when the earth
quake came. have been impressed into
service by the militia, together with
their faithful managers, and write that
they are keeping In splendid condition
by helping clear away the debris
1t Is reported that Burns and Bob
Fltzsimmons-old Bob Is determined to
keep In the limelight somehow-are
matched to meet at Tom O'Rourke's
Tuxedo club, just when it is not GER
tain There have been so many
matches arranged for this organization
that have so far failed to materialize
that we are beginning to be little skep-
tical Of the whole proposition. Never
theless. we are willing to be shown.
for if Tom can make it stick IT will
help a whole lot. with things as they
are ut present.
George E. Phair's Dope.
Young Corbett, at one time the
biggest little man in the pugilIstic
world has gone beyond recall That
peerless fighting machine, once the ter
ror of the prize ring, has fallen beyond
hope of redemption. II remained for
Dick Hyland. a husky youngster from
California. to beat the former cham
pion into submission and to put the
finishing touch TO meteoric career
Corbett's exhibition against Hyland
was a miserable one. He entered the
ring totally unfit for test of physl-
cal endurance. he showed poor judg-
ment In mixing with his younger op-
ponent. his blows were weak and his
cleverness was utterly lacking. In less
that five rounds he was staggering
about the ring In such state that the
police about the arena took pity on
him and stopped the fight
1t was Jimmy Britt, a Californian
who started him on his downward
path, and II was Dick Hyland, another
Californian who put an end to It. But
neither Britt nor Hyland, nor any OF
those who have won from Corbett. can
take the credit OF bringing about his
downfall When he was In his prime
about the time when he startled the
world by defeating Terry McGovern
there was not q l30-pounder In his
class, and 1t would probably have been
the same today II he had not brought
on his own ruin. Boxing and high liv-
Ing cannot thrive together and there
is many shining mark in the flghting
world to serve as an example. But Cor
bett simply could not stand prosperity
1T was a case of easy comes and easy
goes with him. and a. money came to
him In big Jumps 1t naturally went in
large handfulS.
1t was hoped that after his defeats
by Britt and Battling Nelson he would
see the error Of his ways and set about
to retrieve some Of the prestige that he
had lost. He went from bad to worse
however, dlsregarded the advice of his
friends constantly broke training rules
while preparing for battle and With
each fight dropped lower until now he
would find 1t next to impossible to Sc
cure windup match from any re-
spectacle club.
Marvin Hart, the big Kentuckian.
who tried to step into Jim Jeffrics's
shoes offering no other excuse than
that he had defeated Jack Root. gave
another instance OF his incapacIty for
that position when he met Mike
Schreck In a four-round fight in New
York last Thursday night According
10 reports. Schreck, who at best is only
poor second-rater. had all the better
or the encounter and looked as II he
would score a Knockout In a longer
fight
! Hart'3 championship claims were
never seriously considered even after
he had defeated Root. for Root himself
was only q lightweight, and not a
champion at that When Tommy
Burns, q middle weight defeated Hart
, In Los Angeles. and. according to
Hart's calculations won the heavy
weight championship, a loud protest
went UP from the kentuckian's camp
| Charges OF doping and prejudiced
| rcfereeing were made and made so per-
| sistently that great many were led
| to take stock in them. The result OF
last Thursday, however, shows that
| Hart's defeat at the hands of Burns
was due solely TO his inability to fight
| 1t IS painful to think of what would
| happen to Marvin II JefTries had taken
him seriously and fought him for the
( championship.
| 1t looks as II Tom O'Rourke's Tuxedo
| club. by means Of which the sporting
| public Of New York expected to be re-
| galed with revival OF the hghtine
| game, is doomed to destruction After
! spending In the neighborhood of $40 900
! in building the arena and getting
around the laws, the management Of
the club has been notified by the State
| authorities that prize fighting will not
be allowed there. and that all attempts