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Britt andCorbett May Meat Naxt Month
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Corbett and Nelaon Will Be in
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Battle.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN
THE COMING CONTEST
In all Probability Britt and Cor
bett Will Meet Next Month
for a Go.
I (By W. W. aTeughton.)
(Special Idapstch bj Leued Wlie to Toe Journal)
San Francisco, NOV. 28. San Fran
' Cisco will have Its monthly pugilistic
: function next Tuesday night, when
Young: Corbett and Battling Nelson will
I try each other's mettle In a 20-round
; bout. So far no attempt has been made,
to cast a slur upon the match. The
claim has not been made that it is
fixed to go a certain way. and that 'if
It should go the other way It m fixed
anyhow for which, while but a small
mercy, let us be truly thankful.
As nearly as can be judged, each lad
'will trip to the firing-line In full pos
session of his fighting force. Making
weight, so far as Nelson Is concerned,
has been as easy as strolling down hill.
The usual scare was started about Cor
belt's avoirdupois, but the Denver
youngster has declared himself In a
sensible, business-like way when ap
proached on the subject.
"My name isn't Carnegie." said Cor
bett "I'm not giving away my sub
stance yet I have a t.'.oo forfeit up for
110 pounds, and there Is no fear of the
money getting away from me. I've been
making weight out here winter after
winter, and It appears to me that half
the talk has been about the difficulty
I am supposed to have In scaling down.
I'm always there, and I've never been
accused yet of being weak in a fight.
I wish they would change the subject
nd talk about the price or something."
Corbett states the case correctly. He
la always under the specified notch at
the welghlng-linur. and he never looks
wan or weary from oversweatlng. But
he has a hard time keeping his engage
ments, just the same. It may have
been Innate laslness tbat caused him
to be caught napping at odd times in
the past, but the fact remains that he
has had to steam off a few pounds on
fight-day more than once. Luckily for
him. nature has endowed him with such
. a physique that he can resort to that
kind of thing without seriously Impair
ing his vim.
It may be that Corbett will be pinched
to make good In the Fairbanks depart
ment this trip; but If so, the chances
are the public will not be let Into the
secret. It is said that when making
tests the beamy little fighter juggles the
weights himself and does not permit his
; masseur even to get a peep at results.
This all comes from taking pride In the
belief that he Is a featherweight, pure
'and simple. Corbett Insists that he
could do 12t pounds If there were des
perate reasons for it. That he has
trouble in reaching 131 occasionally la
due to unexpected spells nf cold weather,
according to Corbett
Win Make the Weight
Anyhow, It Is safe to leave Corbett
alone with his weight He will get there
just as he has done before, and If Nel
aon takes the big end of the purse it
will hardly be because Corbett was
weakened by reducing.
I beard a discussion the other day as
to how Nelson would act If Corbett be
gan taunting him aa he has taunted
other opponents while fighting Accord
ing to all accounts, the Denverlte Is a
past master at working off Irritating al
lusions in the ring, and he generally con
trives to arm himself with Information
concerning his adversary's weak point
before the contest begins.
The general Impression among those
I heard talking over the matter waa that
Corbett's badinage will have no more
effect on Nelson than It would on i
stuffed seal.
"Why, this fellow comes from Copen
hagen, where the snow Is seven feet dnep
In summer." said one of the party. "He
Is coid-biooded. and he Is partly denf as
welt It la easy enough to rattle a
Jerk In-f he-bos like Terry McQovern
with reflections on bis courage and ref
erences to his nationality, but good stiff
punches are the only things that will
count with this tow-headed nana."
St ten bains the case, Instead of pol
ishing up his powers of Invective, Cor
bett had better enlarge his stock of upper-shoots
and cross-wallops. Nelson's
motto, apparently, la "Whacks, not
words."
Jimmy Gardner has accomplished
what Coffroth and other pugilistic diplo
mats and tacticians failed In. He has
brought about a match between Young
Corbett and Jimmy Britt.
Not that Gardner labored toward that
particular end. It was by offering him
self as an understudy for Corbett that
ho) expedited matters in tha manner de
scribed. Corbett and Britt.
Corbett and Britt had had a meeting
for the purpose of talking over weight
conditions.. Coffroth was there as chap
erone, and be couldn't Induce the rivals
to keep to the point under discussion.
They found more satisfaction in procla
matlng their dislike for each other.
Britt wanted 112 pounds at t o'clock, and
Corbett was equally stubborn in de
manding 130. Not one conciliatory word
was spoken, and the outlook for capitu
lation or compromise was as blue as
Indigo when they parted with a mutual
snarl.
Coffroth admitted with reluctance that
so far as fhe prospeer of matching the
pair waa concerned, he could not see a
rift In the clouds. He said It was a
pity that each man did not boast a man
ager: He relt that further meetings
between the pugilists would simply
mean further displays of personal feel
ing. Then Jimmy Gardner's shadow fell
athwart the scene. He sent word from
Denver that he would make a weight
suitable for Britt, and after a few ex
changes In the way of telegrams all
that appeared to remain in the matter
of clinching a Brltt-Gardner go was to
have articles drawn up and signed.
Jual about this time Younger. Cor
bett came tumbling, off his high perch.
He thought that all the talk about Gard
ner being matched with Britt waa sim
ply so much tommyrot. Invented for the
purpose of coercing Corbett. He dis
covered his mistake and announced his
willingness to box Britt at any weight
Britt might name.
Gardner may not be overjoyed at the
turn affairs have taken, but whenever
the Brltt-Corbett go Is up for argu
ment he says, with all truth, "I helped to
make that match."
The details of the Brltt-Corbett af
fair have not been settled aa yet, but It
Is felt that everything will be atralght-
ened out within a day or two. and that
the pair will provide the feature event
of the Yosemlte club's December pro
gram. Incidentally there la more joy In
San Francisco over the prospect of the
contest than there waa when the Britt
Gurdner bout seemed Inevitable. It la
felt here that Corbett is entitled to a
return date with the native' son: but. of
course, everything hinges upon Corbett's
ability to defeat Battling Nelson.
INTERESTING SPORT
AT ATHLETIC MEET
Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks
Hold Monthly Outdoor
Competitions.
FIRST BATTALION
WINS WALL SCALING
Nineteenth Infantry Men Seal-
the Wall in Splendid
Time.
WHY DO SPORTSMEN
DESPISE MUD HENS
Many Killed Every Year but Are
Not Thought Fit
to Eat.
WHEN STEWED MAKES
A DELICIOUS SOUP
Its Proper Name Is Moor Hen
and Is Found Along
.the Columbia.
PENN
'VARSITY MADE
SPLENDID RECORD
On the record Pennsylvania Is entitled
to the football championship. Not
only Is the Quaker team the only one
which has a clean score of victories,
but her goal line has yet to be crossed.
The only score against her has been a
drop kick, made early in the season by
Swarthmore. She has beaten Harvard
and Columbia of the Big Six. Yale has
been beaten by West Point and scored
against by -Syracuse. Princeton has
been beaten by Annapolis and Yale and
scored against by Cornell and West
Point Harvard haa been beaten by
Pennsylvania and Yals and scored
against by Holy Cross. Columbia haa
been beaten by Amherst, Pennsylvania
and Tale and scored against by Cornell.
Cornell haa been beaten by Princeton
and Columbia and scored against by
Bucknell. F. a M. and Lehigh. While
there are few who believe that the
Quakers can beat the sons of Ell. on the
figures she certainly saems to have a
valid claim to the eastern championship.
It la a pity that there is no way of de
ciding by play which Is the better team.
There la some talk of a game between
Pennsylvania and Michigan, tha western
champions. It Is to be feared, however,
that the season Is too far advanced for
such a game to be played. It would be
Interesting, however, if the eastern and
western champions could meet on the
gridiron and nght it out for the na
tional championship.
AST
wore a bout.
(Journal Special Service )
Cleveland,- Nov. it. Art Slmms of
Akron and Bert Wing of Cleveland,
lightweights, fought It rounds before
300 sports In a madhouse near this city
this week. Slmms knocked Wing out
with n left swing to the jaw after a con
teat that was pretty even up to the last
round Th' fight was said to be for a
puree of 1500.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Vancouver Barracks. Wash. Nov is
About 2.000 people were present at Van
couver barracks today to see the field
sports. The most prominent individual
athlete was Farr. of I comnanv Nine
teenth Infantry, who won both, the
nuraie race and the 440-yard run. Farr
ran in good form, and won both nr..
eaatly. The mounted wreaUIng was
very exciting. Each battery furnished
three contestants mounted bar. hm w on
the artillerv horses Tha n,.t i,
fought between Cunningham, of the
Twenty-sixth battery, and Erwin. of tha
Eighth battery. The former, downed
his ODDonent after a flenrA .tpiti.
Murray, of the Eighth, then threw his
"pvonrm oi me i weniy-sixth. This
made all of the excitemenet center on
the final hnnt Mmh Bn.iM ..t
Twenty-aixth. and Ponda. of the Eighth.
The struggle waa well fought After
about one minute's wrestling Spiers
grabbed Ponda's collar and pulled him
off. Aa thia waa a plain foul, the offl-
vmiB uaa ronaa mount again, and the
contest began once more In dead earnest
After a struggle of about two minutes'
duration Spiers dismounted his op
ponent snd the contest went to the
Twenty-sixth battery.
The equipment race was won by
Townsland, of E company. The great
est Interest waa given to the wall scal
ing contest, carried on under the same
rules as last month. Each battalion
furnlahed a team. I,leut. Roderick Dew,
with the Second battalion. Nineteenth
Infantry, was the first to make the at
tempt It took them 1 minute, 31 sec
onds to line up on the other side. Lieut.
CM. Allen then lined the artillery
squad up. Thla squad finished In 1
minute, t seconds. Lieut. Evans, Nine
teenth infantry, then led the First bat
talion over In 1 minute 4 4-5 seconds.
There waa a loud cheer when this time
waa. announced. The Third battalion,
under Lieut Ferrell, then tried to beat
the First battalion's time, but failed to
get over the wall at all. The last man
waa too heavy for the small man left
on top to assist him. Lieut. Evan's men
showed system and training and they
deserve much credit for the 1 way In
which they won the contest
This is the first time that the artillery
haa ever failed to win this contest, and
their defeat yeaterdsy was perhaps due
to the fact that It waa necessary at the
last minute to put In several new men
who had never practiced going over the
wall However, the artillery battalion
still holds ths championship In this con
test, for the time made by the team
under Lieut. W. K. Wilson of the artil
lery corps last month waa, aa published
In the Journal, only tt 4-6 seconds, and
this time was t seconds better than the
time made by the winning team toda-v.
Officers Interested in athletics consider
that It was a remarkable feat to put
36 men over a wall It feet high In only
It 4-S seconds.
or Boxnro.
(Journal Special Herri re.)
New York, Nov. It. District Attorney
Jerome, who was a guest at the Han
over Athletic club's smoker recently and
saw half a dosen boxing bouts, said to
day: "I think boxing Is one of the finest
sports there Is, and certainly favor Its
being made legal again here of course,
under rigid restrictions that would In
sure If against brutal exhibitions b
tween men not well matched, and all
kinds of crookedness that has put such
a stigma on the game In the past '
"A boxing commission appointed by
the state from a list of well-known com
petent men, with full power to sanction
all matches, license clubs snd likewise
revoke the ssme. It seems to me, should
be able to keep the sport free from ob
jectionable features."
Along the bottomlands of the Co
lumbia there la during the fall and win
ter months always a large crop of a
native water fowl that la a most de
licious article for the table when prop
erly prepared. Strange to relate, how
ever, this bird, although harmless in its
habits, ajoya the hatred of most local
ducr nunters. It is hard to explain their
-reasonable dislike and almost unani
mous declaration to wage a war oT ex
termination (leaving the dead to rot
where they drop), unless It be their ab
solute Ignorance of Its rare value as an
article of food. The name "mud hen."
by which every one knows the bird
throughouout the Pacific states Is en
tirely misleading, -and although, the
origin of the application la unknown it
must have been derived from some total
ly Ignorant source. The "moor hen," or
aa known in some localities aa "water
hen," represents a family widely scat
tered tsver tha world. The American
species "G Galeata," which we have,
seems to differ very slightly In color of
plumage only from those of other coun
tries, it Is not a good bird from a
sportsman's point of view generally, as
when feeding In a locality It will rarely
take wing, preferring to use Its legs In
getting out of gun range thua destroy
ing the exciting pleasure of a wing shot
It is rarely a fish-eater, feeding mainly
on the tender ftps and seeds of aquatic
planta. Insects and grains. Its flesh is
dark In color and when broiled or
roasted Is not so palatable aa most of
the duck family, being somewhat dry;
but when stewed or made into a soup,
adding a liberal supply of vegetables
and a joint or two of oxtail, with other
seasoning to taste, there is nothing
that will so tickle the pslate of the
moat precocious epicure. Some prefer
to stew them in milk, with an addition
of such vegetables as onions, carrots,
celery and parsley. The birds should be
skinned, not plucked, which will remove
most of the fat of which there Is nearly
always an abundant aupply covering
the flesh. There is no law protecting
the "moor hen" from extermination, and
It would be a wise move to have a
measure enacted for their preservation.
Vv ME fH TEA CHER "
CQMSS IH TUB MOeHfMOa.
15 TO I SHOT WINS
AT OAKLAND TRACK
Dora I., with Hoibrook Up,
Shows Her Heels to the
Sad Talent.
(Journal 8 pedal Service.)
Emeryville, Cel., Nov. tl. Weather
cloudy, track fast.
First race, Ave furlongs, maiden two-
year olds, 1400 The Reprobate (Helger
son). It to t, wonj Golden Buck, sec
ond; Ltllltus, third. Time. 1:01V..
Second rsce. six and a half furlongs.
three-year-old and up, selling. 1400
Dora I (Hoibrook). it to 1, won; Mlmo,
second; Adirondack, third. Time. 1:22.
Third face, futurity course, two year
old. selling, t400 Corn Blossom
(David), 1 to 2, won; Ara, second; Mo
gregor. third. Time. 1:11 H
Fourth race, one and an eighth miles,
three-year-old and up, handicap, J6ou
Dlvlna (Sheehan). 6 to 1, won; Blue
Eyea. second; Toledo, third. Time, 1:53.
Fifth race, six furlongs, three-year-old
and up. selling. t400 Sir Preston
(Davis), 8 to S. won; Whoa, BUI, second;
Silent Water, third. Time, 1:13.
Sixth race, one mile, 3-year -old and up,
selling, 400 San Nicolas (Davis). 1 to
2, won; Indiana, second; Eve G, third.
Time. 1:40.
captaist TMOBn or Columbia.
(Journal Special Berries.)
New York, Nov. 2. Columbia's foot
hall -players have elected as captain for
next year Thomas J. Thorpe, 190S,
science, right tackle of the eleven.
Thorpe haa played tackle for the past
two years. Since he became eligible to
play for Columbia he has been a promi
nent figure in Intercollegiate football.
In the Cornell contest he Is credited with
having practically won the game. He Is
manager of the baseball team for next
season. ,
JOHN L. SULLIVAN
WAS THE CHAMPION
Noted Boxers Declare That John
L. Was the World's
Greatest.
DEFEAT OF KILRAIN
THE BEST OF PROOF
Charley White Says There Was
Never Any" Doubt on
the Subject.
Was John L Sullivan ever champion
of the World? This question haa been
asked thousands of times. There seems
to be some doubt on the subject, some
thinking that the mighty John L was
champion only of America. To decide
that matter several noted authorities
were interviewed on the subject, and
herewith are the opinions of Sullivan
himself. Corpett and Charley White, the
referee:
John L Sullivan Look up the dope
and note the long Hat of hard-fought
victories dating as far back as 1880.
I cinched the champlonahlp of the
world by licking Kllrain at Rlchburg.
In 1889. and held that title until de
feated by "Foxy" Jim at New Orleans,
In lilt.
James J. Corbett Sullivan was
world's champion, of course. Some
people may say he waa not champion,
according to the present champions, be
cause they win championships nowa
days by Queensberry rules. But If you
stop- to think, back in Sullivan's day
he whipped all tha Queensberry rules
fighters with gloves In four rounds, and
they only fought in his day for tho
championship by London prise ring
rules. I don't think Sullivan would,
class with Jeffries In his best day, any
rules; but Sullivan waa champion of
all champions it years ago.
Charley Mitchell John L. Sullivan
waa, without a doubt, the heavyweight
champion of the world. Jake Kllrain
boxed Jem Smith a long draw, but
really beat him. Then Kllrain chal
lenged Smith for another fight, and aa
Smith declined to fight him within a
specified time he forfeited his title
to Kllrain. Sullivan defeated Kllrain.
and therefore was ths heavyweight
champion of the world. I have always
said, and still proclaim, that John L.
Sullivan was champion of ths world.
Charley White Wss John L. Sullivan
the heavyweight champion of the world T
In ray oplonlon there never waa a doubt
of his holding that, title. Flatlana and
the recordf of Sullivan's battles In the
prise ling all go to substantiate his
claim. Ills defeats of the men who were
champions of the different countries
prove conclusively that he won the
worlds heavyweight title. For Instance:
He first won the championship of
America from Paddy Ryan. Ryan had
defeated Joe Goss. the English cham
pion, and this made Ryan ths acknowl
edged Champion of both countries.
Sullivan's next fight, which gave him
his claim to the title, was his defeat of
Charley Mitchell in three rounds, and
It is acknowledged by all f Iste orltlca
that Mitchell waa the legitimate cham
pion of England and the peer of all
English heavyweight fighters.
John L also defeated Jack Burke in
five rounds, who was also considered a
champion of England. He also beat
Al Greenfield, who waa the holder of
the English heavyweight belt of Eng
land. Theae three fights, in which Sul
livan bested the three champions of
England, and his defeat of Paddy
Ryan, the champion of America, gave
him his title beyond a doubt
The clinching argument is Sullivan's
defeat of Jake Kllrain for the heavy,
weight champlonahlp of the world.
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