The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

the army thing and go with me, but he
only laughed at me.
Much as 1 like Jem | liked "A safe
spot more and I left him, whiskers and
all. sending his regards to New York.
He promised to come back and run for
Mayor OF Thu Bronx after the war"
This is Jim Corbett's anxious week
and Jim Corbett always was one of the
anxious kind. Jim Cowler Is to do or
die Wednesday night at the Rink
against the sleep potions that Turk In
the horny fist of Jim Buckley's gunner
No matter how II terminates it's going
to be an exciting night. with the breezy
Corbett shouting ring wisdom at the
stranger the fans are bound to get their
fill OF thrills. And in the other corner
tho excitable Buckley will be screening
his head of to get even for the $500,
his entire fortune, which no lost when
Jim Corbett punched John l.. Sullivan
into a helpless old hulk at New orleans.
Cowler is making his American debut
under trying circumstances. Gunboat
Smith thrives on greenhorns. His punch,
plus his experience, IL "A difficult hurdle
for a green one to negotiate.
The night following this fight Johnny
Dundee and Jack Britton meet at Madi-
son Square Garden. That should be a
pretty tNnlDltlOn 10 look upon. III Dun-
dee goes INTO that fray with two good
hands he will surprise his friends. He
hit Joe Rivers so often and 80 hard on
the elbows at Ebbets Field Friday night
that Ii Will be a wonder IL his hands
are sound Thursday.
Joe Rivers is through as a lightweight
II seems. In the Dundee fight he came
into the ring after n busy training spell
\ waiRhinU 12Q Mounds Ha didn't look
fat, either. Joe will fnd II hard work
to make the lightweight limit again. In
six months or a year he VIII be lost TO
the circle of little men.
"Do you know that Young Corbett
came within an ace of being deprived
of the glory that followed In the wake
OF his defeat OF Terry McGovern?' said
Joe HUMPHREYS the other day. "Aurelia
Herrera is the man who might have
taken the honor had he nerve enough to
come close to Terry and hit him one
more punch in their great battle In San
Francisco. Terry was hardly right for
that fight. He'd been touring with a
theatrical show and he didn't get much
chance to train. He looked fit, as he
always did. but I knew his wind was off,
and so did Sam Harris.
at was "A terrific fight. Terry tearing
In with his usual vim | forget what
round II was. but suddenly the Mexican
caught Terry on the jaw. lie could hi,
harder than any other little man that
ever lived. think Terry's knees
knocked together and he reeled around
the ring. No worlds champion ever
was closer TO defeat. Spide Kelly In
Herrera's corner was yelling like a mad
man.
"'Hit him again. Aurora Boreal!s
Hit him just one more for the poor old
Spider" yelled Kelly as he crawled
half way Into the ring. II was a des-
perate and tense moment. Terry still
swayed and Herrera, either through
c%owardice or the thought that Terry was
stalling for n knockout punch, would
! not go 10 Terry TO finish him. The bel
was the sweetest music | ever heard
Then there was a riot in our corner.
We cuuldn : believe that Terry could
be so close to going down. | looked
around for Sam Harris 10 get the smell
, ing salts. Poor Sam was shaking 81
= badly through fright that he couldn'
find the cork OF the smelling salts bot
tie. A newspaper man reached over
took II out Of his hands and said
{ "Tll open IL for you. Sam We go
G IT under Terry's nose finally and brough
= him TO. With our hearts In our mouth
We sent him out for the next round