The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-13

But he will have to take fall out of
Hyland in the meantime
| Though Hyland was knocked out nv
Nelson after % rounds of rough and
tumble fighting nearly three months
| ago. still he came back a month later
and cleaned up Leach Cross. the pride
of New York and the man whom the
Gotham fans had picked to succeed
Nelson as the lightweight champion.
This boosts Hyland's stock along sew
eral pegs. though there are very few
who will ever be willing to concede
him chance against Nelson, for when
the Battler beats a man once, he gen.
orally keeps his goat as Cans and Britt
will testify to-
There is no more talk about Packey
Mcfarland and it is popularity supposed
around as a lightweight and has made
up his mind to take his position in the
figures He could not do 1873 pounds
ringside with leg cut off and it is
cinch that he would need both legs
if he ever went against Nelson
When Percy Starts.
Percy Cove of Seattle, the greatest
freak of the modern prize ring is going
to fight Monte Attell for his training
expenses on the same night that Hy-
land and Frayne hook up. Cove is SO
confident that he is the master of the
now recognized bantam. eight cham
pion that he is going in on nothing in
the hope of demonstrating to the fans
all over the country that he is all that
both he and his hackers claim for i'm.
Cove stands five feet 101a inches
and he can make 115 pounds. Nobody
ever saw the likes of him in any ring
before. His arms and legs are like
pipe stems. yet he has never been
knocked out and is apparently very
rugged as we'll as a very clever boxer.
The way he has been flooring light
weights in his training gym goes To
show that he is possessed of very
ugly punch in the form of left hook
that seems to have the force of big
man behind it.
Before departing from this city for
New York last Sunday morning, Young
Corbett's gall overcame his pride and
he jumped into the ring at Dreamland
| rink before the Powell Hudson match
and made a beggar out of himself.
Through the veteran master of cere-
monies, Billy Jordan, Corbett informed
all the fans that he was broke and
would like to get the price of ticket
| back to New York. With some SORT
boys about Corbett's bride of a week
and how tough it was for her to get
by. The boys came through with some
thing like $50 Pretty soft begging.
This is a fine example of how the
mighty have fallen. Five years ago
Young Corbett was the aristocrat of
the prize ring. He was wont to ride
around San Francisco in his own big
| red automobile drink the finest of
wines, smoke the most expensive cigars
| and entertain the leading ladies of the
classiest shows that came to town. He
scoffed at the other pugilists and
| sneered at the fans. He was Young
Corbett Of Denver and he had shade
on them all. No common brow had a
| license to even approach him.
And a. few nights ago. he waded in
and begged from the same men whom
he used to scott at. The pity is that
these men did not turn him over to the
police and have him vagged. Corbett
made close to 100000 around San
Fra ncisco, the only place in fact where
"a ever did gather any change. And
| -nen he left here five years ago, he
| shouted to all the east that the Cali
| fornianS were a lot of native sons.
buns and crooks.
But it goes TO show what grand
lot of sports the San Franciscans are.
Had COrbett tried such trick in any
other city in the country, the chances
are that he would now be doing his
bit in the county Jail
Willis Britt and Stanley Ketchel are
still roaming around othe Mendicin
mountains. while the New York pro-
motors are burning up the wires trying
to get line on them and bring them
back to get ready for the Langford
match which is to be decided IN
Gotham next month. Britt and ketchel
are away from all telegraphs. railroads
and other signs of civilization and the
chance are that they will remain there
till Ketchel is thoroughly rested up