The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-09
CORBETT'S WEEKLY
 BOXING REVIEW
HALLS JOE MANDOT AS MOST
 LIKELY CONTENDER FOR TITLE
weight Champion of the Worldly Special to The Evening Farmer.)

(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the World)
 Special to The Evening Farmer.)
 New York. Nov s-Here I am on the Job again, and let me tell you I am mighty glad to be back. A combine ton of appendicitis and peritonitis had me on the ropes for a spell and it looked like the count, for mine, but eondition, % " fhe su result or years s Of sy. sys- tsmatic trafning' q am quoting the doctors). my vitality enabled me to After that 1t is only a question of good care and treatment and was luc-sy 10 have both. so that it now looks as If will be as sound as ever in the course of a week or two
 But before taking up the subject cf boxing. to which this column is sup heartfelt thanks to my friends for the many kind expressions of interest and sympathy received during the long SO not sound right and sincere to say it, [ am almost glad I was laid up if only so and out I hsd so ,,I aany gooo rrreno5i as; to know that while 1t is quite 8 phys 1caI ifrpcssibility to personally ac- appreciate more than I can tell the many testimonials of kindness and friendly feeling
 It might interest veteran fight fans to mention here that Jim Daly, my old time eparrine partner, and boxer of excellent reputation in the early nine ties, Is pleasantly and prohtably 1ocat- cd In a business way in Philadelphia and a nne physical specimen he is, too. for a man who hes been out Of the excellent argument in favor of ath- zetic training. It was Jim who was with me when 1 was rushed to the. ope the serious nature of the illness prob ably saving my life, a delay of a few hours might have resulted se-i-, 1usly-
 The u.erry game of politics. has mon EaGf the past fsw weeks. Nothing startling in -he boxing line has hap pened- During tf.- few weeks preced- ing a. presidential election, sports are reieeated to the rear in Gotham and it is not the policy of promoters to at- tempt to compete with the big polIti- cal show. Star cards call for big ex- pendftures and with free shows by the epeIl-binders the club managers Ind 1t ndvisable= to retrench wherever possi- ble.
 ' Ioolxins. over the advance bookings at the nr1u1eroutls clubs in New York for the near flu future the e,5 match s hiha1 1nae eson of the manly art is the Mike G1o- b0ns-Eddie McGoorty bout, scheduled for December 8 at Madison square important arranged for New York in many days. and may have much to do
 
 The men are to meet at the middle weight limit of 15s ringside. which will be a genuine test between legitimate claimants to the title vacated by the Heath of Stanley KetcheI- Experts concede Gibbons the prestige of most ISoorty. while less clever, has the ad- vantage of superior hitting ability The latter by virtue of long string or VIC American division and comparatlveiyl easy wing in competition with Eng lands and Australia's champions has highest honore. He will be the favor ate with sporting men outside of this where Csibbons has made his rep the students of the game are confident ms skill will prove the undoing of the i Oshkosh WhirlWind.
 Takius line from the performances of the pair in local engagements, it is | mot an easy matter to pick winner. | -HcGoorty's form has at times been uIcee to the sensational and at others very ordinary. Gibbons on the other hand nas been a consistent performer. Eddie has a soporific left hook that landing spells sure defeat for the av- craze opponent But Mike has cuiti- ! vated the habit of avoiding the dan ! maroxrs blows and at the same time | learned to take advantage of an ad- wersaryis misses to deal st1ng1ng with the clever boxing Jack Denning, | local midd1eweight Mac showed | a vrarxrardriess in trying to avoid left Sabs and if Denning could solve his Euara it is a sure thing Gibbons will fo 1t with those tantalizing. stinging tsfts of his
 It will be a case Of the most scien- l es6c rzaiddfew eight of the division in nnDosftfou to a hardly less clever. keavv hitting boxer, and should fur f fllrf local sports with something to eaTk about for months While it is @r7,htftrI if the affair ends before the frn-round limit. it is thought that a
 
 lengthy to permit one or the other to aar7onstrate superiority beyond ques- 9inr, of a doubt For my part lean aowaris Gibbons not that I admi1e NcCSoorty the less, but that have r-ezter respect for the marvellous Epeed and skill of the St. Paul man
 Billy Papke's success over Georges Carpenrier Frances youthful fstic sfsr rather astonishes me. To tell the truth I thought Papke all in In re- os.,t bouts in this country his work surxeexed- that he could no longer be ranked with the top -notchers, and it would not have surprised me greatly had Carpentier been the one to apply fhe finishing touches instead of the Kswanee scra pper-
 Ad WolEast and Joe Mandot put upt @ corling battle the other night, and kxz@ young Frepchman is nowf being hera1ded as a strong contender for the championship Wo1go@t, too, made it plain that he is far from being Tall fn as Eastern critics would have it. For dcvvn and out proposition Ad showed