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LIFE  ftllft  BATTLES 


OF 


JAIBES  J.  CORBETT 


THE 


Ghampion  Pugilist  of  the  Worid. 


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1892. 


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Entered  according-  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1892,  by 

RICHARD  K.  FOX. 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


PREFACE. 


Tfc  order  that  the  thousands  interested  in  pugilism  in  both 
hemispheres,  who  have  read  or  heard  how  James  J. 
Corbett  of  San  Francisco  won  the  prize  ring  championship 
of  the  World,  in  a  contest  for  $10,000  a  side  and  a  purse  of 
$25,000  offered  by  the  now  historic  Olympic  Club,  of  New 
Orleans,  La.,  may  read  a  graphic  description  of  the  big 
battle  and  also  know  something  about  the  champion  of  che 
world  in  1892,  Richard  K.  Fox  has  decided  to  publish  the 
book  entitled  the  l  \  Life  and  Battles  of  James  J.  Corbett, 
the  Champion  Pugilist  of  the  World." 

The  book  is  illustrated  and  contains  complete  reports 
of  Corbett?s  defeat  of  Jake  Kilrain  ;  his  drawn  battle  for 
$10,000  with  Peter  Jackson,  the  Black  Demon,  and  his 
historic  encounter  with  John  L.  Sullivan,  who  had  held  the 
title  from  1882  to  1886  and  from  1889  to  1892  without 
ever  meeting  with  defeat. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  there  are  millions  who  did  not  see 
the  great  contest  between  Corbett  and  Sullivan  on  Sept.  7, 
1892,  in  New  Orleans,  the  book  will  no  doubt  be  read  with 
considerable  interest  and  will  be  kept  as  a  reference. 

The  Author. 


RICHHRD     K.     FOX 

Editot*  and  Pi»opi»ieto#  of  the  " Police  Gazette  M  and  "  Fox's 
Illustrated  Weekly,'* 

DONOR     OF     THE     POLICE     GAZETTE     HEAVY,    MIDDLE,    LIGHT     AND 
FEATHER-WEIGHT     PRIZE     RING     CHAMPIONSHIP    BELTS,    THE 
CHAMPIONSHIP   CHALLENGE  ROWING  CUP  AND  THE  SIX- 
DAY     GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE     CHAMPIONSHIP     BELT 
OF     THE    WORLD,    ETC.,    ETC.,    VALUED 
AT     OVER     $100,000. 


INTRODUCTION. 


OINCE  Tom  Hyer,  an  American,  born  on  February  7, 
1849,  won  the  Prize  Ring  Championship  of  America 
at  Still  Pond,  Maryland,  there  never  has  been  such  a  good- 
ilooking  and  gentlemanly  champion  as  James  J.  Corbett.  of 
'San  Francisco,  Cal.,  better  known  in  prize  ring  circles  as 
j  the  California  Wonder.  Corbett  is  not  only  blessed  with  a 
pleasing  countenance,  but  stripped  in  condition  ready  for 
the  fray,  he  would  be  a  great  study  for  a  sculptor,  his  form 
being  of  the  Apollo  order,  while  his  physical  development 
is  grand, -and  clearly  demonstrates  the  benefits  derived 
from  early  training  and  regular  athletic  exercises. 

As  a  boxer  Corbett  is  a  professor.  He  displays  all  the 
superior  requisites  of  the  science  of  the  manly  art  of  self- 
defence.  His  attitude  is  manly,  and  even  in  the  most 
trying  moments  of  a  battle  his  postures  are  graceful. 

His  intellectual  attainments  have  made  it  possible  for 

him  to  familiarize   himself  with  the   human  frame,     His 

Labits  of  life  and  his  early  education  tended  to  make  him 

prominent  figure  in  social  and  professional  walks  of  life. 

[e  is  essentially   a  gentleman,  and   has  made  hosts  of 

friends. 


JAMBS  J.    CQRBETT,    CHAMPION  PUGILIST   OF  THE  WORLD, 


ItlFE  flllD  BflTTItES  OF  Jfl|VlES  J.  COtJBETT. 


CHAPTER  I. 

corbett's  early  life. 

Patrick  el.  Corbett  sailed  from  Ireland  to  New  Orleans 
in  1854,  Not  being  as  prosperous  there  as  he  wished,  and 
hearing  much  of  the  u  glorious  climate  of  California/' he 
concluded  to  betake  himself  to  the  Golden  Gate  and  settle 
th  re.  About  three  years  after  his  arrival  there  he  married, 
and  nine  children  are  the  result  of  the  union.  The  family 
consists  of  Frank,  Harry,  James  J.,  Thomas,  Joseph, 
Esther,  Theresa,  Kate  and  Mary.  The  third  of  the  boys, 
whose  full  name  is  James  John  Corbett.  was  born  Septem- 
ber 1,  I806.  He  is  now  in  his  twenty-seventh  year,  and  is 
the  holder  of  the  proud  title  "  Champion  Pugilist  of  the 
World,"  which  he  won  by  his  game  and  complete  defeat  of 
the  erstwhile  idol  of  the  pugilistic  world,  the  mighty  and 
hitherto  invincible  John  Lawrence  Sullivan,  of  Boston. 

Master  Corbett  was  a  pretty  steady  attendant  of  the 
Sacred  Heart  College,  San  Francisco,  although  his  love  for 
the  game  of  fisticuffs  caused  his  parents  and  teachers  many 
an  anxious  hour,  and  his  willingness  to  thump  and  be 
thumped  was  the  principal  characteristic  of  his  early  years. 
He  himself  describes  a  fight  with  a  schoolmate  as  one  of  the 
hardest  battles  of  his  lite.     He  said  recently  : 

" 1  had  rather  fight  in  the  ring  than  out  of  it  any  time. 
One  of  the  hardest  bouts  I  ever  had  in  my  life  was  when  I 
was  fourteen  years  of  age.  I  was  attending  St.  Ignatius' 
College  at  the  time.  There  were  two  yards  at  this  college, 
called  the  *  big  yard'  and  the  'little  yard.'  When 
pupils  reached  a  certain  degree  of  proficiency  they  were 


8  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

promoted  from  the  little  to  the  big  yard.  Dave  Egan,  my  j\ 
chum,  and  myself  had  just  been  promoted  and  did  not 
know  many  of  the  fellows  over  the  fence.  We  chipped  into 
their  games  just  the  same  and  soon  got  acquainted.  At 
that  time  l  Fatty '  Carney,  a  big,  burly  boy,  was  the  recog- 
nized bully  of  the  yard.  He  had  an  unpleasant  habit  of 
putting  heads  on  people  who  looked  cross-eyed  at  him.  I 
had  never  made  any  name  for  myself  as  a  fighting  boy  and 
did  not  want  to. 

' i  One  day  we  were  playing  <  prisoners'  base. '  Carney 
was  not  in  the  game,  but  he  took  deliberate  pains  to  run 
into  my  chum  Egan.  We  had  a  few  words  and  he  got  dead 
sore  on  me.     i  I'll  tend  to  you  after  school,'  said  he. 

u  After  school  was  out  one  of  my  friends  came  to  me 
and  said,  L  Fatty  Carney  is  laying  for  you  outside  and  is 
going  to  lick  you. '  I  was  terribly  afraid  at  first  and  was 
going  to  run  home;  but  something  stopped  me.  I  don't 
know  what  it  was — pride,  maybe.  Anyway  I  sallied  out 
and  found  Carney  waiting  for  me  with  his  coat  off4.  I 
walked  right  up  to  him  and  asked  what  he  wanted  '  I'm 
goin'  ter  lick  yer  out  of  your  boots, '  he  replied.  I  hauled 
off  my  coat  without  a  word  and  we  went  over  to  a  vacant 
lot. 

L  c  I  had  no  more  idea  of  sparring  than  a  hog  has  of 
Christmas.  I  had  seen  one  fellow  spar,  however,  and  had 
noticed  him  looking  at  his  opponent's  stomach  and  hitting 
for  his  face.  I  did  the  same  thing  to  Fatty  and  was  over- 
joyed at  the  result.  The  longer  we  fought  the  more  enthu- 
siastic I  became.  I  was  not  angry ;  I  was  simply  delighted 
with  the  scrap.  I  had  him  almost  pounded  out,  when  there 
came  a  wild  cry  of  police.  Fatty  sifted  and  I  sifted  in  the 
same  direction.  We  went  up  to  another  open  lot  and  got 
at  it  again.  I  was  getting  the  better  of  it  when  he  started 
in  on  a  rough  and  tumble. 

"He  was  bigger  and  stronger  than  I  and  he  was 
rapidly  doing  me  up  when  a  man  with  a  gold-headed  cane 
interfered.  He  pulled  Fatty  off,  stood  us  both  up  and  said: 
'  Now  go  at  him  and  if  he  does  not  fight  fair  I'll  warm  him 
with  this  cane.'  It  was  a  long  fight,  but  I  licked  him  at 
last,  and  went  home  tired  out. 

u  The  next  day  the  president  of  the  college  called  me  up 


MIKE  DONOVAN,    CORBETT'S  ADVISER, 


PROF.    DONALDSON, 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.     9 

before  the  throne  and  asked  me  where  I  got  the  bruised 
eye.  i  Me  and  Fatty  Carney  had  a  fight,'  I  replied.  i  Who 
licked  ! '  he  asked.  I  told  him  all  about  it  and  he  fired  us 
both  out  ot  school.  That  fight  gave  me  quite  a  reputation 
among  my  school-mates. 

"Afterwards  I  used  to  box  in  my  father's  stable. 
Every  stable  hand  who  came  there  for  employment  had  to 
put  on  the  gloves  with  me.  There  was  one  fellow  around 
there  called  'Forty '  Kenealy,  who  was  a  rather  tough  nut 
in  the  boxing  line.  One  day  Kenealy  and  I  were  present 
at  an  entertainment  given  by  the  Sullivan  Cadets  The 
president  of  the  cadets  seeing  us  both  present  got  up  and 
asked  us  for  a  bout.  L  Will  you  box  ? '  asked  Kenealy.  '  Yes,7 
I  replied,  i  come  on.'  We  got  at  it  and  a  regular  slugging 
match  followed.  He  was  a  hard  customer,  and  for  a  time 
it  was  about  even  up.  Finally  he  swung  out  at  me  and  I 
ducked.  As  I  came  up  my  head  struck  him  in  the  chin 
and  almost  knocked  him  out.  Everybody  thought  I  had 
hit  him  with  my  fist,  and  Kenealy  thought  so  himself. 
When  they  stopped  us  he  was  all  but  gone." 

Like  his  late  antagonist,  Corbett's  first  idea  when  he 
had  passed  his  boyhood  years  was  to  become  a  professional 
baseball  player.  He  played  with  the  amateur  nines  around 
San  Francisco  and  became  quite  proficient  as  a  ball-tosser. 
He  was  bent  on  emulating  Anson,  Joe  Start,  John  Morrill, 
Burdock  and  others  who  were  the  baseball  heroes  of  the 
boys  of  those  days.  A  position  was  offered  him,  however, 
in  the  Nevada  National  Bank,  and  in  compliance  with  the 
earnest  wishes  of  his  mother  and  the  very  strongly  ex- 
pressed sentiments  of  his  father  he  dropped  baseball  and 
became  an  assistant  bookkeeper  in  the  bank,  which  position 
he  held  for  several  years.  But  to  this  day  the  champion 
is  a  great  admirer  of  the  national  game  and  a  personal 
friend  of  most  of  the  prominent  players. 

As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  know  and  appreciate  the 
benefits  of  gymnastic  exercises,  Jim  joined  the  Olympic 
Athletic  Club,  of  his  native  city,  and  quickly  became  pro- 
ficient. Particularly  was  he  fond  of  boxing,  and  constant 
practice  under  Prof.  Walter  Watkins,  whose  principal  idea 
of  boxing  is  to  counter  rather  than  to  ward  off  blows,  soon 
made  him  the  superior  of  any  amateur  heavy-weight  who 


10     LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

entered  the  tournaments  of  the  club.  He  won  the  cham- 
pionship competitions  at  least  half  a  dozen  times  before  his 
eighteenth  year. 

Every  professional  that  came  to  San  Francisco  and 
visited  the  club-rooms  Jim  was  anxious  to  put  on  the  gloves 
with,  and  finding  that  he  held  his  own  with  nearly  all  of 
them  he  determined  to  become  a  professional  fighter. 


CHAPTER  II. 

CORBETT    BECOMES  A   FIGHTER. 

In  1884  he  made  his  debut  as  a  full-fledged  knight  of 
the  knuckles.  His  first  professional  engagement  was  with 
Dave  Eisemann,  and  Corbett  disposed  of  him  .very  handily 
in  two  rounds.  He  next  defeated  Duncan  McDonald,  of 
Butte,  Mont. ,  in  four  rounds.  In  regard  to  his  meetings 
with  Choynski,  of  San  Francisco,  Corbett  says  : 

1 l  There  has  been  much  discussion  relative  to  my  meet- 
ings with  Choynski.  I'll  tell  you  all  about  it.  My  brother 
and  Choynski's  were  both  employed  in  the  City  Hall.  One 
day  they  became  involved  in  an  argument  respecting  our 
relative  abilities.  Up  to  this  time  I  had  never  seen  Choyn- 
ski. The  result  of  this  argument  was  that  Choynski's 
brother  brought  him  to  my  father's  barn  and  I  stopped  him 
in  one  round.  After  that  Choynski  began  to  box  with 
professionals.  He  also  circulated  the  report  that  I  could 
box,  but  could  not  fight.  We  made  a  match  to  fight  in 
private  in  the  old  familiar  barn  on  a  Sunday.  When  the 
time  came  fully  five  thousand  persons,  who  had  received 
1  quiet '  tips  on  the  event,  were  parading  up  and  down  in 
front  of  my  father's  house.  The  family  were  greatly  dis- 
turbed and  my  father  persuaded  me  not  to  fight.  He  gave 
me  an  awful  talk.  '  I'll  go  up  and  tell  him  I  won't  fight, ' 
said  I. 

1 '  I  went  to  Choynski's  house  and  his  brother  came  to 
the  door.  Before  I  had  a  chance  to  say  anything  he  said  : 
1  Oh,  he'll  be  there  quick  enough.  You  need  not  be  anxious.' 
This  made  me  mad  and  I  told  him  to  trot  out  his  brother 
and  I  would  fight  him  anyway. 
"Clioynski  came  out  and  we  talked  ten  miles  over  fcr 


JOE   CHOYNSKI. 


JOE  MCAULIFFE. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OE  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  11 

the  sand  hills  and  went  at  it  with  bare  knuckles.  I  knocked 
him  out  in  two  rounds  and  then  went  over  and  punched  his 
brother  in  the  nose.  The  next  time  we  fought  was  at  the 
Olympic  Club  a  year  afterward.  He  had  been  blowing 
again  about  how  he  could  lick  me.  On  this  occasion  I 
knocked  him  out  the  very  first  pass  I  made  at  him.  After 
lie  got  up  I  said  :  'Now,  I'll  make  the  set-to  a  friendly  one 
if  you  want  it  that  way.'  Pretty  soon  he  got  fresh,  and  I 
had  to  knock  him  out  again." 

The  last  time  these  young  men  came  together  was  on 
a  barge  on  the  Sacramento  River.  Choynski  was  seconded 
by  that  great  ring  general,  Jack  Dempsey,  and  made  a 
game  and  determined  stand  against  Corbett.  The  latter 
broke  his  hand  on  Joe,  but  won  in  twenty-seven  rounds* 
Between  his  fights  with  Choynski,  Jim  filled  in  the  chinks 
by  fighting  with  and  defeating  a  number  of  ambitious 
heavy-weights.  Up  to  his  fight  with  a  man  of  tremendous 
strength  and  stature  named  Mike  Brennan  and  known  as 
the  '-Port  Costa  Giant,"  whom  Corbett  easily  defeated, 
despite  the  great  difference  in  weight  and  height,  many 
San  Francisco  sports  had  sneered  at  Jim's  professional 
aspirations  and  predicted  his  early  downfall.  But  when 
this  mighty  man  of  brawn  went  down  before  the  gentle- 
manly young  boxer  many  of  the  doubting  Thomases  began 
to  change  their  tune  and  to  think  there  might  be  something 
in  the  young  Olympic  Club  athlete  after  all. 

Before  Corbett  entered  his  nineteenth  year  Jack  Burke, 
the  Irish  lad,  came  to  San  Francisco.  Burke  had  boxed 
with  Sullivan,  Mitchell  and  Dempsey,  and  was  quite  a 
pugilistic  star.  He  and  Corbett  boxed  eight  rounds  and 
the  bout  was  declared  a  draw.  This  encouraged  him  and 
his  friends  greatly,  as  Burke  was  considered  a  foeman 
worthy  of  almost  anybody's  fists. 

Corbett  defeated  in  rapid  succession  Capt.  James  Daly, 
in  two  rounds ;  Frank  Smith,  of  Salt  Lake,  in  three  ; 
George  Atkinson,  in  two,  and  Frank  Glover,  the  well-known 
Chicago  heavy-weight,  in  two.  Then  came  his  last  fight 
with  Choynski  on  the  barge 

He  next  met  Joe  McAuliffe,  who  was  considered  by 
many  the  coming  heavy-weight  champion.  They  met  in  a 
four-round  contest  for  points  and  Corbett  easily  got  the 


12  LIFE  AND  BATTLES'  Otf  JAMES  J.  COEBETT. 

decision.  About  this  time  Jim  accepted  an  offer  of  a 
position  as  boxing  instructor  of  the  Olympic  Club  and  con- 
lined  himself  closely  to  business,  finding  time,  however,  to 
do  up  a  few  more  heavy-weights  who  thought  him  a  soft 
mark.  Prof.  John  Donaldson,  who  has  since  seconded  Jim 
against  Jackson  and  Sullivan,  was  one  of  these  deluded  in- 
dividuals and  was  easily  defeated  by  Corbett. 

Prof.  William  Miller,  now  of  Australia,  was  at  on3 
time  a  prominent  figure  in  athletics  in  New  York.  He  was 
teacher  of  wrestling  in  the  short-lived  Police  Athletic  Club, 
and  wrestled  Bauer  in  the  Graeco-Roman  style  all  night 
long  to  a  draw  at  Gilmore's  Garden.  The  Professor 
arrived  in  San  Francisco  on  his  travels,  went  up  before 
Corbett  and  met  the  usual  fate.  He  was  easily  defeated  in 
three  rounds.  This  victory  put  Corbett's  stock  away  up 
in  his  native  city,  and  his  admirers  were  now  numbered 
by  thousands. 

He  went  to  Portland,  Ore.,  and  easily  defeated  Dave 
Campbell,  of  that  city,  who  was  considered  a  comer.  Cor- 
bett's next  fight  was  the  one  he  considers  the  most  impor- 
tant in  his  career. 


CHAPTER  III. 

corbett's  battle  with  kilrain. 

In  February,  1890,  hearing  that  Jake  Kilrain  was  in 
New  Orleans  with  Muldoon's  combination  of  boxers  Cor- 
bett went  to  that  city  and  endeavored  to  get  on  a  "  go  " 
with  the  Baltimorean.  It  was  during  his  stay  at  New 
Orleans  that  he  was  visited  by  Phil  Dwyer,  the  well-known 
turfman  of  Brooklyn,  who  had  heard  of  the  young  Cali- 
fornian's  prowess  and  admired  him  greatly.  He  intro- 
duced himself  to  Corbett,  who  said  :  u  Mr.  Dwyer  I  have 
heard  of  you  ever  since  I  can  remember,  and  knowing  what 
your  standing  is  among  sporting  men  I  am  obliged  to  you 
for  coming  to  see  me."  Dwyer  was  much  impressed  by 
Corbett's  gentlemanly  demeanor  and  told  him  he  would  be 
glad  to  be  of  any  assistance  to  him.     He  said  to  Corbett : 

"I  suppose  you  are  aware  that  you  are  going  up 
against  a  pretty  hard  game  with  this  man  Kilrain,"  to 


JAKE  KILRAIN. 


FRANK  GLOYER. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  13 

which  Jim  replied  :  u  I  will  beat  him  and  beat  him  very- 
fast,  I  know  what  I  can  do  and  when  you  see  us  come  to- 
gether you  will  be  surprised." 

Corbett  and  Kilrain  finally  arranged  to  light  a  six- 
round  glove  contest  for  a  purse  of  $3,500  before  the 
Southern  Athletic  Club.  They  met  Feb.  17,  1890.  There 
was  a  big  crowd  present. 

Unusual  interest  was  manifested  in  the  affair,  and  at 
the  pool  rooms  and  at  the  club  and  sporting  resorts  there 
was  brisk  speculation  on  the  result,  Kilrain  being  the  fav- 
orite at  2  to  1. 

The  Southern  Athletic  Club  had  provided  two  other 
contests  besides  the  Kilrain  and  Corbett  match.  One  was 
between  George  Bezinah,  of  Covington,  Ky.,  who  killed 
James,  at  Dallas,  Tex.,  and  Charley  Johnson  of  New 
Orleans,  and  Mike  E.  Smith,  of  Cincinnati,  and  Mike 
Cleary,  of  New  York.  These  contests  preceded  the  more 
important  one  and  did  not  last  long.  In  the  Cleary  and 
Smith  battle  the  New  York  pugilist  surprised  the  natives 
by  knocking  out  his  muscular  opponent  in  the  second  round. 
Smith  stopped  a  right  hand  cross-counter  on  the  jaw  which 
made  him  drop  as  if  he  was  shot.  Cleary  was  loudly 
cheered  for  the  quick  off-hand  way  in  which  he  put  the  Cin- 
cinnati pugilist  to  sleep. 

The  contest  between  Bezinah  and  Johnson  lasted  four 
rounds,  and  Bezinah  won  easily. 

After  these  contests  the  ring  was  cleared  and  everything 
was  made  ready  for  Corbett  and  Kilrain  to  fight.  Corbett 
entered  the  ring  weighing  183  pounds.  Kilrain  weighed 
201  pounds,  six  pounds  less  than  when  he  knocked  out 
Yacquelin. 

Kilrain  had  Muldoon  and  Cleary  behind  him,  while 
Corbett  was  seconded  by  Tommy  Danforth  and  Mike  Smith, 
while  George  Scott  was  bottle  holder.  Muldoon  introduced 
the  men,  and  announced  that  Kilrain  weighed  201  pounds. 
Corbett  looked  over  at  his  burly  rival  and  said  incredulous- 
ly :   "Then  you  can  put  me  down  for  170  pounds." 

E.  R.  Yiolet,  the  well-known  cotton  man  and  an  en- 
thusiastic amateur  sparrer,  was  selected  by  the  Club  as 
referee,  and  A.  M.  Hill  and  R.  A.  Fox,  timers.  Then. time 
was  called  without  any  more  preliminaries  and  both""  men 


14     LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

sprang  lightly  forward  to  the  scratch,  Corbett  smiling  as  if 
eager  for  the  fray.  Both  men  sparred  for  an  opening, 
watching  each  other's  style,  for  it  was  the  first  time  they 
had  met. 

Corbett  carried  his  left  loosely,  while  his  right  held 
guard. 

The  fight  was  a  lively  one  until  round  6,  when  Corbett 
led  with  his  left  and  found  Kilrain's  head.  The  latter  re- 
sponded with  a  blow  in  the  breast  and  Corbett  countered 
heavily  on  the  stomach.  Kilrain  found  Corbett's  wind  with 
his  left  and  repeated  the  blows.  Corbett  meanwhile  paid 
his  attention  to  the  Baltimorean's  head  and  ribs,  landing 
both  blows.  Kilrain  then  rushed  for  the  ribs  and  neck  and 
Corbett  found  his  wind  once  more. 

Kilrain  played  for  Corbett's  stomach  with  his  left,  but 
the  blow  was  a  little  slow  and  Corbett's  left  went  out  hard 
and  straight  and  caught  Kilrain  on  the  nose.  It  was  a 
hard  rap  and  made  the  Champion  wince.  Kilrain  rushed 
again  and  landed  his  lelt  on  the  chest  and  his  right  on 
Corbett's  neck,  clinching  again  as  time  was  called. 

The  fight  was  over  and  the  crowd  was  all  one  way. 
There  were  shouts  of  "Corbett!  Corbett!"  and  Corbett 
was  as  happy  as  a  schoolboy  in  his  corner.  Kilrain  came 
forward  and  claimed  that  only  five  rounds  had  been  fought, 
bat  the  tally  showed  six,  and  Referee  Violet  announced 
that,  as  the  fight  was  to  be  decided  on  scientific  points  and 
not  on  strength  of  blow^s,  he  awarded  the  victory  to  Corbett. 
Corbett  received  an  ovation  and  was  almost  carried  to  his 
dressing  room  by  his  admirers. 

Prior  to  Corbett's  victory  over  Kilrain  he  was  not  known 
outside  of  the  Pacific  Slope,  but  the  fact  that  he  had  de- 
feated Kilrain,  who  had  fought  Jem  Smith,  the  Champion 
of  England,  a  draw  for  $10,000  and  the  Police  Gazette 
championship  belt,  fought  John  L.  Sullivan  seventy-five 
rounds  according  to  London  prize  ring  rules  for  $22,000, 
gave  Corbett  a  world-wide  reputation,  and  he  was  feted 
and  banqueted.  Many  looked  upon  him  as  a  rising  pugi- 
listic star. 

Shortly  after  his  victory  over  Kilrain  Corbett  came  to 
New  York.  .  He  was  the  guest  of  Prof.  Mike  Donovan,  the 
instructor  in  boxing  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club. 


JOHNNY  REAGAN. 


DOMINICK  MCCAFFREY. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COKBETT.     15 

Donovan  brought  Corbett  to  the  Police  Gazette  office 
where  he  was  photographed,  and  a  large  portrait  was 
published  in  that  paper.  Corbett  was  then  introduced  in 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club  and  his  gentlemanly  manners 
gained  him  a  legion  of  friends. 

Corbett  was  then  matched  against  Dominick  McCaffrey, 
a  pugilist  who  had  fought  John  L.  Sullivan  and  other 
noted  ring  men. 


CHAPTER  IY. 

CORBETT'S  BATTLE  WITH  MCCAFFREY. 

The  encounter  between  Corbett  and  McCaffrey,  for 
gate  money,  wras  brought  off  at  the  Casino,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  • 
on  the  evening  of  April  14,  1890.  About  2,500  persons 
journeyed  to  witness  the  affair,  and  among  the  crowd  were 
many  well-known  in  the  sporting,  social  and  financial  world. 
Among  the  crowd  were  Big  John  Quinn,  Phil  Dwyer,  Matt 
Corbett,  Jim  Barclay,  Jimmy  Patterson,  Prof.  Mike  Dono- 
van, Lon  Ackerman,  George  Engeman.  Charley  Johnston 
and  John  Kelly,  while  the  fistic  brigade  was  well  repre- 
sented. It  wras  after  10  o'clock  when  the  gladiators  entered 
the  arena.  Corbett  occupied  the  northwest  corner,  while 
McCaffrey  made  the  south-eastern  corner  of  the  ring  his 
headquarters. 

Neither  was  attended  by  seconds,  nor  were  there 
official  time-keepers  or  referee.  The  rounds  were  to  be 
three  minutes  each  and  one  minute  rest  between  each, 
otherwise  Police  Gazette  rules  governed.  The  rules  were 
not  adhered  to,  however.  If  they  had  been  Corbett  would 
no  doubt  have  ended  the  struggle  in  the  third  round. 

In  the  first  round  McCaffrey  showed  to  advantage,  but 
there  w^as  none  of  that  quick  dash  and  agility  he  used  to 
display,  and  one  of  Corbett's  straight  left-handers  on  the 
mark  twisted  him  like  a  rainbow.  A  few  exchanges  and  a 
clinch,  in  which  McCaffrey  hung  to  Corbett  like  a  barnacle 
to  a  ship's  bottom,  and  time  was  called  amid  yells  and 
hisses  and  shouts  of  "That  is  not  three  minutes  ! " 

The  second  round  was  a  repetition  of  the  first.  Cor- 
bett doing  the  smashing  and  McCaffrey  doing  the  hugging. 


16     LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COBBETT. 

It  was  plain  to  be  seen  that  the  California  Wonder  was  the 
master  of  the  situation,  and  could,  by  a  straight  left-hand 
blow  followed  by  a  right-hand  cross-counter,  have  ended 
the  contest,  but,  straige  to  say,  he  did  not  attempt  to  do 
so,  but  only  banged  McCaffrey  whenever  the  latter  stood 
up  to  him.  McCaffrey  tried  to  dodge,  jostle  and  hang  on 
to  Corbett,  and  time  was  again  called  after  the  men  had 
been  been  battling  two  minutes.  The  crowd,  who  had  paid 
$1  and  $2,  now  began  to  yell  that  the  rounds  were  short, 
and,  to  appease  the  excitement,  Johnny  Reagan  jumped  on 
the  stage  to  keep  time. 

In  the  third  round  there  was  hardly  any  feinting  as 
the  men  came  to  the  centre.  Corbett  let  go  and  caught 
McCaffrey  a  staggerer  on  the  nose.  Mac's  counters  failed 
to  reach,  and  twice  more  the  Californian's  left  fornix  a  rest- 
ing place.  Mac's  nose  was  trickling  with  blood,  but  he 
did  not  sail  in.  McCaffrey  recovered  and  got  in  on  Cor- 
bett's  face  lightly.  Corbett  settled  down  to  his  work  and 
got  decidedly  the  best  of  the  long-range  shots.  Mac 
seemed  to  grow  suddenly  tired  and  weakened  under  Cor- 
bett's  hammering.  Mac  landed  on  Corbett's  nose  with  his 
left,  but  was  heavily  cross-countered  and  two  more  efforts 
of  McCaffrey's  to  land  were  futile.  The  round  ended  in 
Mac's  corner. 

As  soon  as  they  faced  each  other  McCaffrey  led  with 
his  left,  but  was  severely  countered.  Corbett  rushed  his 
man  to  the  ropes  and  tried  upper-cutting,  but  McCaffrey 
clinched  skilllully.  Corbett  broke  away  and  got  in  both 
right  and  left  he  ivily,  and  McCaffrey  was  weakening  last. 
Corbett  banged  McCaffrey  into  his  corner  and  out  of  it, 
an.  I  then  fought  him  to  the  ropes.  Either  from  weakness 
or  in  attempting  to  avoid  punishment,  McCaffrey  bent  over 
the  ropes.  With  an  effort  he  turned  his  lace  toward  his 
opponent  as  though  to  look  if  anything  more  was  coming, 
but  Corbett  had  siepped  back  and  thrown  up  his  hands  in 
an  appeal  to  Steve  O'Donnell  to  excuse  him  from  doing  any 
more  dama  e.  Steve  said  he  guessed  that  would  do,  and 
seriously  declared  that  "Mr.  Corbett  had  the  beat  of 
the  bout." 

Corbett  then  returned  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  and  after 
a  brief  rest  he  once  more  resumed  his  old  position  of  boxing 


STEVE   O'DONNELL. 


PETER  JACKSON. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT .     11 

instructor    in    the    Olympic    Amateur    Athletic    Club. 

Corbett's  ambition  was  to  become  champion  of  America 
and  later  in  the  summer  of  1890  he  issued  a  challenge  to 
tight  any  man  in  the  world  for  $5,000  a  side.  At  this  time 
Peter  Jackson  was  about  to  return  from  Australia,  and  the 
California  Athletic  Club  decided  to  bring  about  a  match 
between  Corbett  and  Jackson  on  the  latter's  return. 


CHAPTER  V. 

THE   CHAMPION'S   BATTLE    WITH   PETER   JACKSON. 

In  1890  Peter  Jackson,  the  Black  Demon,  the  greatest 
colored  pugilist  who  ever  stepped  in  a  prize  ring,  was  chal- 
lenged by  Corbett  to  meet  him  in  the  orthodox  twenty-four 
foot  ring.  The  Black  Demon  picked  up  the  gauntlet  and 
the  California  Athletic  Club  offered  a  purse  of  $10,000  for 
Corbett  and  Jackson  to  fight  for. 

The  match,  after  it  was  arranged,  created  considerable 
interest  in  England,  Australia  and  America,  and  owing  to 
the  fact  that  Jackson  had  quite  a  fistic  record  he  was  made 
a  heavy  favorite  and  thousands  of  dollars  were  wagered  on 
the  re-ult. 

5  The  battle  was  decided  on  May  21  and  22,  1891.  It 
was  claimed  that  both  men  were  in  the  "pink  of  condition  V 
when  they  entered  the  ring  and  the  friends  of  each  were 
confident  that  their  favorite  would  punch  his  way  to  vic- 
tory. The  gladiators  were  cautious  and  apparently  afraid 
that  the  other  might  obtain  an  advantage.  Yery  little  hard 
hitting  was  done  at  the  start,  Corbett  clinching  on  every 
occasion  to  avoid  punishment,  it  would  appear.  A  great 
deal  of  science  was  displayed,  and  Jackson  succeeded  in 
drawing  first  blood.  Toward  the  close  the  men  fought 
more  viciously,  and  the  Californian  landed  some  powerful 
blows  upon  his  opponent's  body  and  head.  They  would 
have  knocked  out  an  ordinary  man,  but  the  negro  seemed 
to  be  made  of  tough  material.  It  was  anybody's  fight  to 
the  last.  Both  men  were  severely  punished  and  completely 
exhausted.  At  the  wind  up  of  the  sixty-first  round  they 
were  physically  unfit  to  continue,  and  the  referee  decided 
the  battle  a  draw. 


18  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

The    following    arc    the    details    of   the    battle  : 

Peter  Jackson's  seconds  were  Sam  Fitzpatrick,  who 
has  stood  behind  him  in  all  his  battles,  and  Billy  Smith, 
Avith  Billy  Fields,  who  gave  Jackson  the  use  of  his  forge  in 
training,  as  bottleholder.  Corbett  was  served  by  John 
Donaldson  and  Billy  Delaney,  with  his  brother,  Harry 
Corbett,  as  bottleholder.  Hiram  Cook,  who  has  refereed 
all  the  big  tights  at  the  club,  acted  as  referee. 

Alter  two  preliminary  scraps  the  main  event  was 
called.  Both  men  appeared  shortly  before  9  o'clock. 
Jackson  weighed  197  pounds  and  Corbett  185.  The  bet- 
ting just  before  the  men  entered  the  ring  was  2  to  1  on 
Jackson.     It  had  been  10  to  6  all  the  afternoon. 

The  following  is  a  description  of  the  light  by  rounds  : 

Round  1 — On  the  gong  sounding  both  men  promptly 
walked  to  the  centre,  exchanged  the  usual  hand-shaking 
formalities  and  the  fight  began.  There  was  considerable 
sparring,  when  Jackson  tried  that  old  left-hand  body  jab 
and  failed  to  get  in,  but  Corbett  was  most  uncomfortably 
awkward  in  getting  away.  This  gauged  his  speed,  and,  as 
though  acknowledging  his  weakness,  he  clinched  the  next 
moment.  Two  lovers  never  hugged  so  closely.  Jackson 
tried  hard  enough  to  get  away,  but  Corbett  wouldn't  have 
it.  Hiram  Cook,  the  referee,  stepped  in  and  separated 
them.  Corbett  made  a  left  swing,  failed  to  get  in,  and 
Jackson  hit  him  hard  with  a  straight  right-hander  under 
the  heart. 

Round  2 — At  the  opening  of  mis  round  Corbett  jumped 
to  the  centre,  but  it  was  plain  to  see  his  heart  was  not  in 
the  jump,  so  he  jumped  away  again,  the  Australian  follow- 
ing him  like  a  cat.  A  clinch  followed,  but  both  hugged, 
and  no  harm  was  done.  Jackson,  after  the  breakaway, 
pursued  the  Californian  about  the  ring  and  Corbett,  turn- 
ing, engaged  him  at  close  quarters.  It  was  another  hug- 
ging match,  and  in  the  breakaway  Corbett  tried  a  vicious 
left  swing  which  barely  missed  Jackson's  jaw.  Corbett 
landed  two  or  three  light  ones  on  the  body  before  the  call 
of  time. 

Round  3 — Jackson  landed  his  right  on  Corbett's  heart. 
Corbett's  left  was  in  working  order;  however,  and  Jackson 
retreated  before  a  heavy  blow.     Corbett  followed  the  re- 


JACKSON  RUSHES. 


CORBETT  LANDS  ON  JACKSON'S  JAW. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES   J.  CORBETT.  19 

treating,  steps  of  his  opponent,  who,  when  the  opportunity 
showed  itself,  paid  absolutely  no  attention  to  the  dusky 
man's  head,  but  went  diligently  to  work  on  his  wind.  If 
there  is  anything  Jackson  seems  to  hate  to  have  interfered 
with  it  is  his  stomach,  and  while  stretching  out  his  length 
to  injudicious  counters  he  threw  his  body  back  out  of  all 
danger.  Corbett's  hugging  tactics  were  not  greeted  with 
any  marked  degree  of  appreciation  by  the  audience,  but  in 
the  wind-up  of  the  round  his  clever  ducking  from  straight 
left-hand  jabs  gained  him  much  applause. 

Round  4 — This  was  a  well  contested  round,  so  far  as 
sparring  was  concerned,  but  little  damage  was  done  on 
either  side.  Toward  the  end  Corbett  landed  three  good 
hot  ones  on  the  negro's  jaw  with  his  left  hand,  and  then, 
seeming  to  gain  confidence,  followed  his  man  and  shot  in  a 
few  more  straight-arm  lefts  on  Jackson's  body  and  jaw. 
The  spectators  went  wild  at  this  slight  change  in  favor  of 
the  white  man,  but  Jackson  kept  on  smiling  that  wicked 
smile. 

Round  5 — Jackson  assumed  the  aggressive  at  the 
opening  and  there  was  a  clinch  immediately  after  the 
negro's  lea  i.  -At  the  break  Corbett  found  it  necessary  to 
seek  refuge  at  a  distance,  Jackson  giving  him  a  blow  over 
the  heart.  Jackson's  good-natured  face  was  wide  open 
with  a  grin,  which  belied  a  horrible  straight  right  he  de- 
livered the  next  minute.  Corbett  seemed  to  be  the  receiver 
generally  up  to  this  point  of  the  affray,  which  was  begin- 
ning to  look  anything  else  but  like  the  great  scientific  set- 
"to  that  was  expected. 

Round  6 — Jackson  at  once  assumed  the  aggressive, 
however,  and  kept  following  Corbett  around  the  ring 
Corbett  kept  out  of  harm's  way  cleverly  enough,  though, 
and  occasionally  parried  things  by  turning  and  poking  his 
left  at  Jackson's  wind.  As  the  bell  struck  Corbett  got  in  a 
good  left-hand  swing  on  the  Australian's  jaw.  In  the 
interim  between  the  sixth  and  seventh  rounds  the  lump  of 
ice  rubbed  on  Jackson's  head  diminished  half  its  size. 
There  was  a  speck  of  blood,  too,  on  his  breeches,  but  not 
enough  to  be  traced  to  either. 

Round  7 — In  this  round  there  was  no  damage  done  on 
either  side,  but  Jackson  was  nearly  blinded  by  the  perspir- 


20  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COBBETT. 

ation    that    was    falling    off    his    receding    brow.     * 

Round  8 — Both  delayed  careful  tactics  during  half  of 
this  round,  and  then  suddenly  showed  bursts  of  speed.  A 
hot  rally  in  the  centre  of  the  ring  followed,  in  which  Corbett 
evened  things  up.  Jackson  nearly  jerked  his  arm  out  try- 
ing to  reach  him  with  his  left  and  later  landed  another  blow 
on  Corbett's  jaw.     A  clinch  followed  and  the  round  ended. 

Round  9 — This  round  opened  viciously  enough,  as 
though  each  man  thought  the  other  personally  responsible 
for  the  apparently  short  space  of  time  in  which  he  was 
allowed  to  rest.  Corbett  got  away  again  most  cleverly 
from  Jackson's  threatening  left  jab,  and  after  a  clinch  and 
a  little  in-fighting  they  broke  away  seemingly  unharmed. 
Hardly  had  a  second  passed  before  Corbett's  left-arm  swing 
came  as  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  as  possible,  finding 
Jackson's  jaw  unprotected.  It  was  a  terrible  smash,  under 
which  the  Australian  quailed  more  than  under  any  other 
blow  he  has  ever  received  before  an  American  audience. 
The  round  closed  before  much  could  be  done. 

Round  10 — Corbett  led  first,  and  Jackson  returned  the 
compliment  by  half  a  dozen  nasty  short-arm  jabs  in  the 
wind.  After  a  breakaway  Jackson  sent  several  right  and 
left  swings  at  Corbett's  head,  but  the  latter  cleverly  ducked 
away,  saving  his  jaw  and  earning  cheers  from  the  specta- 
tors. Jackson  visite.l  the  Californian's  stomach  good  and 
hard  just  at  the  call  of  time. 

Round  H — Corbett,  after  a  feint,  got  in  his  favorite 
swing  on  Jackson's  wind,  and  the  shouting  was  ear-splitting. 
This  was  cut  short  in  the  next  pass,  and  Jackson's  ugly 
left  did  some  execution,  under  which  Corbett  winced.  Jn 
this  round  more  than  any  other  30  far  Corbett  showed  he 
really  was  a  clever  sparrer,  repeatedly,  like  an  active  cata- 
mount, escaping  Jackson's  left.  Corbett's  head  was  either 
to  the  right  or  left  of  Jackson's  fist  each  time,  while  his 
hands  were  busily  engaged  playing  a  tattoo  on  Jackson's 
ribs. 

Round  12 — Jackson  managed  to  land  his  left  on  Cor- 
bett's jaw,  which  must  have  severely  jostled  his  anatomy 
for  some  moments.  Corbett  got  savage  on  Jackson's  wind 
and  honors  were  again  nearly  equal.  Fierce  exchanges 
with  no  harm  done  ended  the  round. 


PAT  DUFFY. 


WALTER  WATSON. 


LIEE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  21 

ROUND  13— This  was  a  desperate  round  and  was  made 
up  with  the  most  offensive  punches  of  the  evening,  except 
in  the  last  thirty  seconds,  during  which  Jackson  followed 
his  man  up  along  the  ropes  from  corner  to  corner,  occasion* 
ally  reminding  him  of  the  trouble  he  was  in  with  left- 
handers. 

Round  14— The  Australian  was  on  the  aggressive ,  but 
he  washed  fully  as  much  force  in  pursuing  Corbett  as  the 
latter  did  in  escaping  his  vicious  onslaughts.  He  got  one 
good  one  on  Corbett's  heart,  though  lie  received  only  a 
light  return  for  it  Corbett  landed  on  the  jaw,  but  the 
visitation  was  without  force,  owing  to  weakness,  wh  ch 
was  becoming  apparent  in  both  men.  It  was  seen  that 
both  were  certainly  masters  as  near  as  count  be  of  the 
manly  art  of  self  defence,  if  not  of  the  other's  destruction. 

Round  15 — Both  pugilists  showed  how  careful  each 
wad  of  the  other's  welfare  by  stopping,  ha  els  down,  while 
Corbett  turned  his  back  to  Jackson  and  kicked  out  of  the 
ring  a  cork  that  had  fallen  from  a  soda  water  bottle. 

Round  16  was  wasted  in  liddling  away  at  a  safe  dis- 
tance. Then  Corbett  shot  out  his  left,  getting  a  good  one 
on  Jackson's  wind.  He  get  in  a  good  right-hander  the 
next  minute,  which  landed  with  terrific  force  on  Jackson's 
jaw.  The  crowd  yelled  and  Corbett,  taking  new  heart, 
crowded  Jackson  into  his  corner  and  smashed  him  right 
and  left.  Peter  seemed  a  little  groggy  as  I  e  walked  to  his 
corner. 

Round  IT — Jackson  was  as  fresh  as  a  daisy,  but  Cor- 
bett was  in  just  as  good  fettle.  Sharp  exchanges  and 
short-arm  blows  left  both  blowing.  They  rallied  nicely  in 
a  little  while  and  Corbett's  left  did  magnificent  execution. 
His  favorite  double  blow — first  to  the  wind  and  then  to  the 
jaw — successfully  illustrated  Jackson's  discomfiture. 

Round  18 — In  the  beginning  of  this  round,  however, 
Jackson  was  himself  again  and  thumping  at  the  white  man's 
heart.  To  look  at  both  men  in  this  battle  no  one  would 
ever  dream  that  odds  in  betting  could  have  been  thought 
of  before  the  contest.  Jackson  sought  to  regain  his  lost 
prestige  in  this  round,  but  Corbeot  stopped  all  his  leads 
with  surprising  cleverness  and  countered  him  once  or  twice 
on  the  head  and  over  the  heart.     His  blows  seemed  to  lack 


Ltf e  AisfD  Battles  op  james  j.  coeBetT. 


steam,  however,  and  did  little  damage.  At  the  end  of  the 
round  Corbett  dealt  Jackson  one  of  the  heaviest  blows  of 
the  fight,  a  left  hand  swinging  smash  square  on  the  mouth. 
Jackson  was  a  shade  wobbly  at  the  call  of  time,  but  Cor- 
bett's  efforts  had  told  on  him  also,  and  it  was  still  any- 
body's fight. 

Round  19 — Jackson,  as  usual,  was  on  the  aggressive, 
making  his  man  back  around  the  ring,  but  doing  enough 
execution  in  the  slapping  line  to  prevent  the  Australian 
from  taking  too  many  privileges  with  his  vulnerable  points. 
The  round  closed  with  honors  about,  evenly  distributed. 

Round  20 — This  was  Jackson's  round.  He  followed 
his  man  viciously,  giving  him  no  time  to  recover.  Corbett 
got  in  a  few  good  stops,  but  Jackson  kept  at  work  jabbing 
his  left  into  Corbett's  heart.  Finally  the  Californian  lad 
seemed  tired  of  this  treatment,  and  turning  on  Jackson 
lought  him  across  the  ring  into  his  corner  and  punched  him 
har<  1  with  both  hands.  Jackson  escaped  from  chancery,  and 
a  hard  and  even  exchange  followed.  Jackson  was  taking 
slightly  the  best  of  it  when  the  gong  struck. 

Round  21 — Corbett  had  somewhat  the  best  of  it  until 
in  closing,  Jackson's  left  elbow  caromed  against  Corbett's 
neck.  It  was  a  staggerer  and  Jackson  had  his  man  going 
for  a  second  or  two.  The  rebound  off  the  ropes  brought 
Corbett  back  from  an  awkward  position  to  a  clinch,  and 
the  most  disastrous  round  of  the  fight  for  him  to  date  ended. 

Round  22 — In  this  round  Jackson  continued  the  ag- 
gressor, and  Corbett  had  all  he  could  do  to  avoid  his  awful 
swings  and  dangerous  jabs.  It  became  a  sort  of  pedestrian 
match  around  the  ring,  Corbett  making  backward  and  the 
Australian  crowding  him  to  the  last  limit. 

Round  23 — This  was  virtually  a  repetition  of  the  pre- 
vious one,  Corbett  acting  as  receiver-general  and  doing  the 
backward  pedestrian  act.  He  looked  very  tired  and  Jack- 
son never  seemed  as  eager  and  capable;  The  only  showing, 
however,  that  amounted  to  anything  was  interrupted  by  the 
clanging  of  the  gong. 

Round  24 — Jackson  caught  the  runaway  once  in  this 
round  and  sent  a  hot  shot  into  his  heart  region.  Corbett 
kept  out  of  the  way  after  this.  As  surely  as  water  dripping 
wears  out  a  rock  so  surely  did  Jackson  seem  to  be  tiring 


BUD  RENAUD, 


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pyNCAN  MCDONALD. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  23 

Corbett  into  a  loser.  Corbett's  activity  of  the  former 
rounds  had  departed  and  his  heart,  as  far  as  outside  ap- 
pearances could  be  judged,  had  gone  with  it.  There  was 
no  fighting,  but  it  was  not  the  Australian's  fault,  Corbett 
•  refusing  battle.  Jackson  in  his  usually  careful  style  left 
well  enough  alone,  and,  barring  his  close  watch  on  Corbett, 
he  did  not  do  very  much  more  to  weary  him,  which  might 
involve  taking  chances. 

Round  25 — There  was  little  fLhting  done  and  both 
men  showed  heavy  punishment. 

Round  26 — Neither  did  anything  remarkable,  but  Jack- 
son tried  time  and  again. 

Round  27 — Jackson  forced  the  fighting  and  Corbett 
fought  on  the  defensive  until  he  managed  to  get  in  a  left 
swing,  which  jarred  Jackson's  bowels,  and  Jackson's  left 
touched  up  Corbett's  forehead  with  telling  effect. 

A  series  of  clinches  characterized  the  opening  of  xhe 
twenty-eighth  round,  and  in  one  of  the  breakaways  Jackson 
dealt  Corbett  a  fearful  blow  over  the  heart.  Corbett  got 
back  with  a  right  swing  on  Jackson's  jaw,  and  a  terrific 
fight  ensued.  It  was  stand  up  and  give  and  take  ;  it  was 
a  smashing  match,  and  these  two  cleverest  men  in  the  ring 
to-day  seemed  for  a  time  to  forget  their  cunning.  Science 
was  left  out  oi  the  question  and  the  men  banged  each  other 
might  and  main,  each  trying  to  get  in  a  knock-out  blow. 
Both  were  very  groggy  at  the  call  of  time. 

When  they  toed  the  scratch  for  the  thirty-second  round 
they  sparred  fur  wind.  Jackson  got  his  first,  and  again 
assumed  the  aggressive.  His  leads  were  wild  and  easily 
avoided  by  his  wily  antagonist. 

There  was  a  sharp  rally  at  the  opening  of  the  forty- 
first  round,  Corbett  coming  out  second  best  in  the  exchange. 
Jackson  evidently  had  held  himself  in  reserve  for  a  strong 
rib-roaster  which  brought  Corbett  to  clinching  tactics  to 
save  further  punishment.  At  the  end  of  the  round  in  a 
clinch  Ccrbett's  knees  seemed  to  weaken  under  him  while 
he  hung  to  Jackson's  neck.  Jackson,  although  far  from 
fresh,  looked  much  stronger  than  his  opponent. 

In  the  fiftieth  round  Corbett  was  plainly  the  weaker, 
Jackson  was  strong  and  confident,  but  his  leg,  injured  in  a 
recent  accident,  gave  him  considerable  trouble. 


24  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

In  the  fifty-first  round  both  men  were  completely  used 
up,  and  Jackson  appeared  to  limp  on.  the  leg  he  sprained 
when  thrown  out  of  a  chaise.  Corbett's  hands  were  swelled 
to  twice  their  natural  size,  and  both  showed  the  marks  of 
each  other's  handiwork. 

In  the  fifty-fifth  round  Corbett  landed  his  damaged  left 
under  Jackson's  right  eye,  but  the  blow  would  not  have 
dented  a  pincushion.  Jackson  countered  with  both  hands 
and  fought  Corbett  to  the  ropes,  when  the  latter  clinched 
and  the  round  ended.  * 

In  the  fifty-sixth  and  fifty-seventh  rounds  Jackson 
showed  that  he  was  the  strongest,  but  little  fighting  was 
done,  owing  to  the  California  Wonder  being  on  the  defen- 
sive. 

In  the  fifty-eighth  round  it  was  evident  Jackson  would 
win,  provided  he  had  the  stamina.  Corbett's  hands  were 
gone  by  constantly  coming  in  contact  with  Jackson's  cocoa- 
nut,  and  he  could  not^do  Jackson  any  damage.  Few  blows 
were  struck  in  this  round  or  in  the  fifty-ninth. 

In  the  sixtieth  round  when  the  pugilists  faced  each 
other,  Hiram  Cook  stated  both  must  fight  and  end  the  bat- 
tle if  they  expected  to  win  the  $10,000.  Jackson,  general 
like,  was  waiting  for  Corbett  to  lead  so  that  he  would 
counter  him,  but  Corbett  had  lost  all  steam  and  he  knew 
he  could  not  hurt  Jackson  even  if  he  tried,  owing  to  his 
hands  giving  him  so  much  pain.  No  blows  were  struck 
although  Jackson  was  on  the  qui  vive  for  Corbett  to  lead. 

The  sixty -first  round  ended  the  contest.  After  the  men 
faced  each  other  Corbett's  friends,  who  knew  they  had  no 
chance  to  land  their  money,  shouted  make  it  a  draw,  and 
Corbett  looked  anxiously  at  the  referee,  trusting  he  would 
do  so.  When  Jackson  would  advance  Corbett  would  re- 
treat, and-  these  tactics  were  kept  up  until  the  gong 
sounded. 

Hiram  Cook,  the  referee,  stepped  to  the  centre  of  the 
ring,  and  declared  that  it  was  apparent  that  the  men  could 
not  go  on  to  a  satisfactory  finish,  and,  under  the  circum- 
stances, he  would  declare  it  "No  contest."  Unless  the 
directors  of  the  club  choose  to  give  the  men  something, 
under  the  articles  they  signed  they  cannot  demand  a  cent  of 
the  $10, 000.    They  signed  to  fight  to  a  finish;  and  didn't  do  it, 


PAYE  CAMPBELL, 


JACK  ASHTON, 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  25 

Three  lusty  cheers  were  given  for  Corbett  and  three 
for  Jackson,  ami  the  crowd  filed  out,  but  not  satisfied  with 
the  ending  by  any  means. 

The  battle  lasted  4  hours  and  3  minutes,  according  to 
Police,  Gazette  rules,  each  round  lasting  three  minutes, 
not  including  1  minute  rest. 

The  purse  was  not  divided,  but  the  Club  retained 
$5,000  giving  the  other  $5,000  in  equal  parts  to  the  boxers. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

THE  CORBETT  AND  SULLIVAN  BATTLE  ARRANGED. 

After  his  battle  with  Jackson,  Corbett  returned  to 
New  York  under  the  management  of  Wm.  A.  Brady,  the 
popular,  shrewd,  energetic  theatrical  manager,  appearing 
in  the  "Dark  Secret." 

On  Charley  Mitchell  arriving  in  New  York  from 
England,  Corbett  challenged  him  and  a  match  was  arranged 
for  the  rival  boxers  to  engage  in  a  six-round  glove  contest, 
but  the  affair  fell  through. 

Corbett  having  failed  to  induce  any  foreign  champion 
to  fight  him,  issued  a  challenge  to  fight  John  L.  Sullivan, 
the  champion  pugilist  of  the  world,  for  $10,000  a  side,  and 
the  championship. 

On  February  10,  ?892,  William  A.  Brady,  Corbett's 
manager,  deposited  $1,000  to  bind  a  match  with  Sullivan. 
This  was  telegraphed  to  Sullivan,  who  requested  his  back- 
ers, Charles  Johnston,  of  Brooklyn,  and  James  Wakely.  of 
New  Yorkj  to  cover  Cqrbett's  pioney? 


26     LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COKBETT. 

On  March  10  Wakely  called  at  the  World  office  and 
deposited  $2,500  with  the  sporting  editor  in  behalf  of 
Sullivan.  Both  Corbett  and  Brady  were  out  of  the  city, 
but  agreed  to  meet  Wakely  at  the  World  office,  and  post 
the  balance  of  the  $2,500  and  sign  articles  of  agreement. 

This  important  proposed  fistic  encounter  was  arranged 
in  the  New  York  World  office  on  March  15,  1892.  The 
announcement  that  the  match  would  be  made  attracted 
quite  a  gathering  of  sports,  viz. :  John  McDonough,  Phil 
Lynch,  John  Kelly,  of  baseball  fame;  John  C.  Humphrey, 
of  Oakland,  Cal. ;  Bob  Smith,  Billy  Madden,  J.  C.  Kennedy 
and  James  Wakely,  who  has  made  his  name  famous  as  a 
betting  man  and  a  plunger.  The  Police  Gtazette  was 
represented  by  William  E.  Harding.  John  L.  Sullivan  was 
not  present,  but  James  Wakely  attended  to  the  matter  and 
posted  the  $2,500  for  the  champion. 

Corbett  and  his  manager,  W.  A.  Brady,  were  first  on 
hand.  Brady  pulled  down  the  $1,000  check  that  he  had 
deposited  a  week  before,  and  supplanted  it  with  $2,500  in 
bills.  As  he  did  so,  he  remarked:  "It  was  no  trouble  to 
raise  this  money.  I  could  have  got  $10,000  as  easily  as 
this,  if  it  had  been  necessary.  There  are  men,  members  of 
high-standing  clubs,  right  in  this  city,  who  will  put  up  al- 
most any  amount  on  Corbett.  I  cannot  use  their  names,  as 
they  have  asked  me  not  to;  but  when  it  comes  to  money  we 
shall  have  all  we  want.  I  might  say,  also,  that  I  have  a 
slice  of  this  thing  myself." 

Jim  Wakely  came  along  about  half  an  hour  later,  and 
there  was  no  time  lost  in  opening  proceedings.     The  first 


JOHN   L.    SULLIVAN,   EX-CHAMPION   OF   THE   WORLD. 


CHARLIE  JOHNSTON,   SULLIVAN'S  BACKER. 


LlPE  A&D  fiAttLES  Of  J  AMES  J.  CO&BETT.  27 

question  was  as  to  a  final  stakeholder.  Wakely  said  Phil 
Dwyer  was  good  enough  for  him,  but  here  Corbett  made  a 
manly  objection. 

"Mr.  Dwyer  would  suit  me  in  everything,  and  I  should 
be  glad  to  accept  him,  were  it  not  for  one  consideration. 
He  is  my  personal  friend  and  has  offered  to  back  me.  That 
he  would  put  his  money  on  me  I  know,  and  for  that  reason 
I  cannot  consent  to  have  him  as  the  final  stakeholder,  if 
it  should  happen  that  some  question  or  other  arises  about 
the  payment  of  the  stakes  and  I  should  get  them,  everybody 
would  say  that  Dwyer  was  prejudiced.  I  don't  want  this 
match  to  be  wound  up  with  any  such  feeling.  I  want  the 
money  to  go  where  it  belongs,  without  question,  and  I  want 
to  avoid,  right  now,  the  possibility  of  a  question.  There- 
fore, I  object  to  Mr.  Dwyer." 

"How  would  Al  Smith  do  ? "  asked  Brady. 

•'Sullivan  has  no  use  for  Al  Smith,"  responded  Wakely. 

It  is  a  public  fact  that  Al  Smith  is  not  over  friendly 
toward  the  big  fellow,  and  Wakely's  opposition  was  but  to 
be  expected. 

The  name  of  Ed.  Kearney  of  New  York  came  up,  but  Cor- 
bett did  not  know  enough  about  that  sporting  man  to 
accept  him,  and  it  was  finally  agreed  to  select  only  a 
temporary  stakeholder,  just  then,  and  a  final  holder  when 
the  next  deposit  would  be  made  on  June  1.  George  N. 
Dickinson  was  accepted  as  temporary  stakeholder  of  the 
$5,000  meantime. 

The  next  subject  was  the  time  of  fighting  and  the  battle 
ground.     Corbett  conceded  to  the  demand  of  the  other  side 


428  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  3.  COBBETl\ 

to  have  the  fight  during  the  first  week  in  September.  As 
to  place,  both  liked  New  Orleans,  and  both  agreed  to  give 
the  Olympic  Club  of  that  city  the  preference,  provided  they 
could  secure  a  $25,000  purse.  If  the  Olympic  Club  would 
not  hang  up  $25,000,  then  the  organization  that  would 
offer  the  most  money  would  get  the  fight.  These  details 
having  been  made  all  right  all  around,  articles  were  drawn 
up  and  signed  as  follows  : 

These  articles  of  agreement  are  to  govern  a  glove  con- 
test to  a  finish  between  John  L.  Sullivan,  champion  of  the 
world,  and  James  J.  Corbett,  of  California. 

First — The  match  is  to  decide  the  heavy  weight  cham- 
pionship of  the  world,  a  stake  of  twenty  thousand  dollars 
($20,000),  and  a  purse  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
($25,000). 

Second— The  contest  shall  take  place  before  the  Olym- 
pic club  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  7,  1892. 
In  case  the  said  Olympic  Club  refuses  to  give  a  purse  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000),  the  contest  shall 
take  place  before  a  club  to  be  mutually  agreed  upon  by  the 
signers  of  these  articles. 

Third — The  contest  shall  be  under  Marquis  of  Queens- 
berry  rules,  the  gloves  shall  be  the  smallest  the  dub  will 
allow,  and  other  details  of  the  contest  itself  shall  be  left  to 
the  decision  of  the  Olympic  Club  or  the  club  before  which 
the  contest  shall  take  place.  The  club  selected  shall  name 
the  referee. 


PHIL.   CASEY, 


BAT  MASTERSON. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  29 

Fourth— The  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  ($2,500) 
has  been  deposited  by  each  party.  It  is  agreed  that  the 
remainder  of  the  stake  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000)  a 
side  shall  be  deposited  on  the  days  named  here — June  1, 
$2,500  ;  July  10,  $2,500  ;  August  25,  $2,500, 

Fifth — The  final  stakeholder  shall  be  agreed  upon  on 
the  date  of  the  second  deposit.  June  1. 

Sixth— Should  either  party  fail  to  comply  with  these 
articles,  the  money  then  in  the  hands  of  the  temporary 
stakeholder  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  party  which  shall  have 
fulfilled  its  obligations  according  to  this  paper. 

J.  C.  Kennedy,  James  Wakely, 

Witness  for  Corbett.  For  John  L.  Sullivan. 

John  McDonough,  James  J.  Corbett. 

Witness  for  Sullivan. 

After  the  match  was  arranged,  President  Charles  Noel 
of  the  Olympic  Club  was  asked  how  big  a  purse  he  would 
give  and  the  following  reply  was  received  : 

New  Orleans,  La.,  March  15.  m 
To  the  Sporting  Editor  of  the  World  : 

Will  give  $25,000  for  Corbett.  Will  mail  articles  to- 
morrow. Chas.  Noel. 

Sullivan  selected  Phil  Casey,  the  champion  hand-ball 
player,  as  his  trainer,  and  he  took  up  his  quarters  at  Canoe 
Place  Inn,  Good  Ground,  L.  I.  Jack  Ashton  also  assisted  in 
training  the  champion.    Sullivan  weighed  230  pounds  when 


30  LIFE  AND  BATTLE^  Ofr  JAMES  J.  COKBETT. 

he  began  to  train,  and  by  constant  work  he  reduced  his 
weight  to  210  pounds.  Phil  Casey  was  assisted  toward  the 
middle  of  Sullivan's  sojourn  at  Good  Ground,  by  Mike 
Cleary,  who  helped  Sullivan  to  train  for  his  fight  with  Jake 
Kilrain. 

Corbett,  a  few  weeks  after  the  match  was  ratified,  went 
into  training  at  Deal  Lake,  near  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  under 
the  management  of  Wm.  A.  Brady  and  Billy  Delaney,  well 
known  both  in  New  York  and  on  the  Pacific  Slope  as  a  star 
trainer,  assisted  by  Jim  Daly,,  of  Philadelphia,  the  champion 
heavy-weight  pugilist  of  Pennsylvania. 


CHAPTER  VIL 

THE  GREAT  BATTLE  BETWEEN  CORBETT  AND  SULLTVAN. 

The  fight  was  decided  in  the  Olympic  Club,  New 
Orleans,  La.,  on  Sept.  7,  1892.  About  10,000  spectators 
witnessed  it.  Betting  was  4  to  1  on  Sullivan,  3  to  1  against 
Corbett. 

The  following  is  the  fight  by  rounds  : 

Round  1 — Both  men  were  smiling.  Sullivan  rushed  in, 
but  missed  a  left-hand  lead,  Corbett  dancing.  Corbett 
parried  a  thrust  and  danced  away  again.  His  activity  was 
remarkable,  and  the  first  minute  was  spent  in  sparring. 
The  crowd  began  to  hiss  Corbett,  and  he  continued  his 
running  tactics  until  half  the  round  was  over.     Sullivan's 


THE   OLYMPIC   ATHLETIC   CLUB   BUILDING,  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA, 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COKBETT.     31 

face  was  dark  as  midnight,  and  he  seemed  angry  as  the  bell 
rang.    Not  a  blow  was  struck  during  the  round. 

Round  2 — The  men  sparred  at  long  range  for  almost  a 
minute,  Corbett  dodging  away  every  time  the  champion 
tried  to  force  matters.  He  ducked  a  left-hand  lead  cleverly, 
but  the  big  fellow  rushed  him  to  the  ropes  and  caught  him. 
Fierce  fighting  followed.  Sullivan  landed  twice  on  Cor- 
bett's  face,  followed  by  an  upper  cut.  Then  Jim  was  even 
wilder  than  ever,  flying  about  the  arena  like  a  hunted  deer. 
Sullivan  watched  his  chance  and  got  in  a  left-hand  swing, 
but  it  did  not  land  with  full  force,  Corbett  getting  back  with 
a  light  punch  in  the  belly. 

Round  3 — Sullivan  missed  an  excellent  chance,  and 
bit  his  lips  reproachfully.  Corbett  danced  away  from  a 
right-hand  lead  at  his  stomach,  and  it  was  evident  that  he 
was  going  to  make  a  long  fight  of  it.  John  rushed  in  and 
landed  lightly  on  the  back,  but  it  was  only  a  glancing  blow. 
Jim  came  nearer  and  got  in  a  rib  roaster  on  Sullivan's 
heart.  Sullivan's  return  was  short  and  did  no  damage. 
Corbett  landed  two  left-hand  swings  on  the  champion's  jaw, 
and  for  the  first  time  in  the  fight  did  some  work.  This 
maddened  Sullivan,  who  came  on  and  got  in  twice  on  the 
stomach  and  neck  without  receiving  a  return,  Corbett  was 
astonishing  the  talent. 

Round  4 — The  champion  seemed  much  worried  that 
his  blows  did  not  land,  and  he  looked  serious.  Corbett's 
agility  was  remarkable.  He  seemed  to  escape  Sullivan's 
leads  with  the  greatest  ease,  but  he  did  no  work  himself, 


32  LIFE  AND  BAT  TLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

and  it  was  evident  that  he  was  playing  a  waiting  game. 
His  gymnastics  amused  the  assemblage  for  a  time.  They 
began  hissing  him  and  cried,  "Fight,  fight  like  a  man." 
Sullivan's  leads  were  wild  and  Corbett  landed  lightly  on  the 
neck,  the  champion  paying  no  attention  to  the  blow.  As 
the  hissing  began  again  Corbett  came  in  and  exchanged 
blows,  but  nothing  came  of  it.  As  the  fight  progressed,  it 
was  painful  to  Sullivan's  admirers  to  admit  that  he  was  not 
the  champion  of  old,  being  very  slow. 

Round  5 — Sullivan  landed  on  Corbett's  chest  and  got  a 
counter  on  the  neck.  Corbett  landed  a  terrific  left-hand 
punch  on  the  belly  and  followed  it  up  with  another.  Then 
he  attacked  the  champion  savagely.  Blood  flew  from  Sul- 
livan's eyes  and  nose  in  streams.  Sullivan  hugged  Corbett 
to  save  himself,  and  Corbett  pushed  him  away.  Both  men 
were  bathed  in  Sullivan's  blood.  , 

Round  6 — Corbett  went  at  his  man  instantly,  but  a 
punch  in  the  ribs  stopped  him,  and  some  sparring  ensued. 
Sullivan  was  weak  and  his  face  was  a  sight.  Corbett  came 
in  and  landed  with  the  left  on  the  stomach.  In  a  clinch 
blows  were  exchanged,  but  no  damage  done.  Both 
countered  on  the  jaw  and  Sullivan  ended  it  with  a  right- 
hand  swing  that  would  have  ended  the  fight  had  it  landed. 
Corbett's  quickness  was  marvellous,  and  he  landed  his  left 
on  the  broken  nose  at  the  call  of  time. 

Bound  1 — Sullivan  was  strong  when  time  was  called, 
and  walked  briskly  to  the  centre.  Jim  then  got  home  a 
straight  left  on  the  big  fellow's  belly,  and  coming  nearer 


CAPT,  BABBETT,  OF  NEW  OBLEANS. 


SULLIYAN  RUSHES. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  33 

got  three  in  quick  succession  on  mouth  and  chin.  Corbett 
then  jabbed  his  left  into  the  champion's  face  and  the  aud- 
ience showed  their  appreciation  by  cheering.  He  landed  a 
right-hander  on  the  jaw.  Then  he  rushed  Sullivan  to  the 
ropes  and  fought  him  to  a  standstill. 

Round  8 — Sullivan  attempted  to  force  matters,  landing 
his  right  heavily.  Young  Jim  did  not  like  this  and  banged 
the  big  fellow  on  the  jaw  and  followed  it  up  with  another 
blow  on  the  nose,  getting  a  good  stiff  punch  over  the  heart 
in  return.  Jim  then  punched  his  man  twice  in  the  ribs  and 
got  home  a  terrific  right-hand  smash  on  the  jaw.  Sullivan 
was  weary  when  time  was  called. 

Round  9-— Sullivan's  blows  were  short  and  harmless. 
Finally  he  hit  Corbett  on  the  ear,  the  blow  sounding 
throughout  the  building.  An  exchange  of  blows  followed, 
Sully  putting  his  right  on  Corbett's  ear  once  more.  Both 
men  clinched  and  the  crowd  shouted  foul.  Corbett  put  his 
left  lightly  on  the  big  fellow's  cheek  and  landed  three  more 
blows  as  the  round  ended. 

Round  10 — The  men  sparred  warily.  Sullivan  put 
his  left  on  Ccrbett's  ear  with  force,  and  ducked  a  return  in 
quite  his  old  style.  A  strong  exchange  followed  with 
honors  even.  Sullivan  improving,  he  caught  Corbett  on 
the  right  eye,  reddening  the  skin  and  making  Jim  knit  his 
brows.  Corbett  had  all  the  best  of  an  exchange  that  fol- 
lowed, landing  twice  on  the  jaw. 

Round  11 — Sparring  was  followed  by  hot  work,  Corbett 
doing  the  most   damage.     Protracted    sparring    ensued. 


34  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMJi»  o.  wb^ix. 


The  young  man  rushed  in  and  had  the  best  of  a  volley  on 
the  ropes.  He  followed  it  up  with  another  smash  on  Sully's 
nose,  dancing  away  each  time  out  of  harm's  way. 

Round  12 — Corbett  rained  blow  after  blow  on  Sulli- 
van's stomach,  and  Sullivan  in  attempting  to  escape  let  his 
guard  down  and  received  two  blows  on  the  neck  and  jaw. 
These  were  followed  by  punches  in  the  abdomen.  He 
played  for  the  jaw,  but  missed  twice  and  waited  for  an 
opening.  He  landed  a  terrific  right-hander  under  Sulli- 
van's chin,  which,  had  it  been  delivered  on  the  point  of  the 
jaw,  would  have  ended  the  fight. 

Round  13 — Corbett  ducked  away  every  time  Sullivan 
attempted  to  lead.  Not  a  blow  was  struck  until  near  the 
end  of  the  round,  when  Corbett  put  his  left  on  the  big 
fellow's  jaw,  springing  away  out  of  danger. 

Round  14 — A  sharp  exchange  began  the  battle,  both 
landing  on  the  jaw,  and  then  the  big  fellow  smashed  Cor- 
bett on  the  cheek  with  his  left.  It  made  no  impression  on 
Corbett's  hard  face,  and  Jim  squared  matters  with  two 
punches  on  the  mouth  and  chin.  A  sharp  counter  followed, 
both  men  landing  with  great  fierceness.  Corbett  jabbed 
Sullivan  on  the  nose  and  had  the  best  of  the  rally  that  fol- 
lowed, his  blow  having  more  steam  than  Sullivan's. 

Round  15 — Each  got  home  on  the  neck  and  jaw,  and 
they  mixed  it  up  in  lively  style,  Corbett  doing  the  better 
work.  The  big  fellow  clinched  his  teeth  in  a  vicious  fashion. 
Corbett  got  home  on  the  stomach  and  got  away  unhurt. 


CORBETT  LANDS  ON  THE  STOMACH, 


THEY  MIXED  IT  UP  IN  LIVELY  STYLE. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  Otf  JAMJES  J.  CORBET.  36 

Sullivan's  blows  were  weak.     Corbett's  full-arm  swings  had 
a  world  of  force. 

Round  16 — John  attempted  to  rush  in,  but  was  met  by 
a  straight  left-hander  in  the  mouth.  Sullivan's  breathing 
was  labored,  and  could  be  heard  plainly  by  persons  twenty- 
feet  from  the  ring.  Corbett  punched  the  big  fellow  on  the 
mouth  and  jabbed  his  left  into  the  big  man's  stomach  re- 
peatedly, escaping  punishment  with  ease.  They  clinched, 
and  Corbett  hugged  his  man  while  the  crowd  yelled  "foul." 
Corbett  raised  his  hands  deprecatingly  as  he  broke  away. 

Round  17 — There  was  very  little  fighting  in  this  round, 
neither  man  landing  a  blow  worthy  of  record.  The  time 
was  taken  up  in  sparring,  and  the  round  was  the  tamest  of 
the  fight. 

Round  18 — Jim  jabbed  John  twice  in  the  short  ribs 
when  the  big  fellow  atttempted  to  come  in  at  the  opening 
of  the  round.  Sullivan's  nose  had  stopped  bleeding,  and 
his  face  was  much  more  sightly  than  half  an  hour  before. 
His  mouth  was  open,  for  he  breathed  heavily.  John 
smashed  Jim  twice  on  the  ear,  but  the  young  gladiator 
responded  with  two  blows  on  the  jaw  that  were  scorchers. 
Corbett's  next  blow,  a  right-hander  on  the  jaw,  was  a  dan- 
gerous cne,  and  he  followed  it  with  three  more  of  the  same 
kind,  and  Sullivan's  chances  waned  rapidly. 

Round  19 — Corbett's  cleverness  in  tapping  Sullivan 
and  getting  away  was  greatly  admired  up  to  this  time,  and 
when  lie  jabbed  the  big  fellow  four  times  on  the  face  in  suc- 
cession the  spectators  raised  a  howl.     Sullivan  here  got  in 


36        Life  and  battles  of  james  j.  o 

his  left  on  Corbett's  breast,  but  it  did  not  hi  br- 

bett  touched  John  L.  up  for  two  right-hande:  ly, 

amid  more  howls.     The  people  seemed  to  be  „  ^u  corbett. 

Round  20 — Corbett  fought  his  man  to  the  ropes,  using 
his  left  and  right  on  stomach  and  jaw.  He  punished  the 
big  man  repeatedly  in  his  wind,  and  it  seemed  to  be  all  day 
with  Sullivan,  who  carried  his  right  hand  as  though  it  had 
been  injured.  Jim  jabbed  the  big  fellow  in  the  stomach 
again  and  then  came  in,  getting  home  on  the  ear  and  ribs 
with  great  force.  Corbett  had  a  marked  advantage  when 
time  was  called  amid  deafening  cheers. 

Round  21 — Corbett  was  out  for  blood  and  started  to 
finish  the  man  who  had  held  the  championship  for  so  many 
years,  and  whose  name  was  a  terror  to  all.  He  rushed  in 
and  planted  blow  after  blow  on  Sullivan's  face  and  neck. 
The  champion,  so  soon  to  lose  his  coveted  title,  backed 
away,  trying  to  save  himself.  He  lowered  his  guard  from 
sheer  exhaustion,  and.  catching  a  fearful  smash  on  the  jaw, 
reached  to  the  ropes,  and  the  blood  poured  down  his  face 
in  torrents  and  made  a  crimson  river  across  the  broad 
chest.  His  eyes  were  glassy  and  it  was  a  mournful  act 
when  the  young  Californian  shot  his  right  across  the  jaw 
and  Sullivan  fell  like  an  ox. 

It  was  a  game  battle,  but  Sullivan  was  clearly  out- 
fought. It  was  a  triumph  of  youth,  science  and  agility  over 
age  and  physical  power. 

Corbett  forced  the  fighting  from  start  to  finish.  He 
landed  on  Sullivan  when  and  where  he  pleased.     The  ex- 


CORBETT  LANDS  ON  SULLIYAN'S  JAW. 


SULLIYAN  LANDS  HIS  RIGHT. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OE  JAMES  J.  CORBET*.  3? 

champion  hit  his  opponent  only  five  times  altogether,  and 
then  with  little  force.  Sullivan's  nose  was  broken,  his  face 
and  body  bruised,  and  he  was  finally  battered  down,  a 
bleeding  mass  of  humanity,  unable  to  rise  at  the  call  of 
time.  Sullivan  stood  up  against  the  greatest  number  of 
hard  blows  ever  received  in  the  ring,  and  showed  himself 
to  be  the  game  man  his  friends  knew  him.  Corbett  was 
wholly  uninjured,  and  was  as  fresh  as  ever  at  the  finish. 
Sullivan  had  failed  to  land  even  one  of  his  famous  lunge 
blows. 

It  was  a  great  victory  for  the  young  Californian,  who 
proved  himself  a  marvel,  and  many  an  expert  will  admit 
that  he  made  the  greatest  fight  ever  seen. 

After  the  battle  crowds  assembled  to  greet  the  new 
champion,  and  even  the  once  great  John  L.  Sullivan's  ad- 
mirers cheered  the  tall,  athletic,  good  looking,  gentlemanly 
pugilist.  When  Corbett  reached  his  hotel  he  gave  the 
following  graphic  description  of  his  victory  : 

"  I  found  Sullivan  easier  game  than  I  anticipated,  though 
I  do  not  mean  to  infer  by  that  that  he  is  not  a  wonderful 
pugilist.  He  is  by  far  the  strongest  man  and  the  hardest 
hitter  I  ever  encountered,  but  my  quickness  and  skill  en- 
tirely nonplussed  him.  I  had  the  best  of  him  all  through. 
In  the  first  place  I  won  the  toss  for  corners,  and  that 
annoyed  him.  Then  I  made  him  go  into  the  ring  first.  He 
tried  hard  to  make  me  do  this,  but  I  said  :  l  No.  He  is 
the  champion.  He  challenged  me.  I  will  follow  him.7 
And  I  did.  He  had  to  pass  right  by  me  and  I  was  so  cheer- 
ful and  at  ease  that  I  could  see  he  was  wrathy.    After  we 


38  LIPE  AND  BAfTLES  Otf  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

got  into  the  ring  I  stepped  around,  trying  its  elasticity  and 
spring  with  my  feet^  and  that  disconcerted  him,  for  he 
thought  I  would  be  afraid  of  him.  When  we  were  called  to 
the  centre  of  the  ring  to  receive  our  instructions  from  the 
referee  we  were  told  that  when  ordered  to  ' break'  we 
should  do  so  at  once,  and  not  attempt  to  strike  each  other 
until  fairly  apart.  '  Do  you  mean,'  I  asked,  '  that  we  must 
not  hit  going  away? ' 

"  <  Yes,'  replied  Mr.  Duffy. 

(l  'Then,  suppose  Sullivan  hits  me?'  I  queried. 

"  *  Then  I  will  give  the  fight  against  Sullivan,'  was  the 
answer.  Sullivan  seemed  impatient  at  the  delay.  I  took 
hold  of  his  hand  cordially  when  told  to  shake  hands,  but  he 
threw  mine  away  disdainfully. 

11  In  the  first  round  I  made  no  attempt  to  hit  Sullivan, 
as  I  was  only  feeling  him  out.  He  led  at  me  five  times,  but 
without  avail.  A  few  of  his  friends  began  to  hiss,  but  I 
quieted  them  with  a  deprecatory  wave  of  my  hands. 

i  l  In  the  second  round  I  began  work,  and  I  soon  satis- 
fied Sullivan  that  I  could  hit  him  hard  and  often.  I 
smashed  his  nose,  and  after  the  fifth  round  I  said  to  my 
second,  Billy  Delaney,  '  I  can  knock  this  fellow  out  now, ' 
but  he  begged  me  not  to  take  any  chances,  but  to  bide  my 
time.  Sullivan  glared  at  me  constantly,  but  I  only  laughed 
at  him.  He  called  me  a  hard  name  in  the  eighth  round, 
and  I  sailed  in  and  smashed  him  right  and  left,  body  and 
face,  until,  I  think,  he  wished  he  hadn't  called  it. 

"In  one  of  our  clinches  Sullivan  struck  me,  so  the  next 
time  we  came  together  I  gave  him  a  good  thump  in  return. 


CORBETT  WAS  OUT  FOR  BLOOD. 


SULLIYAN'S   CHANCES  WANED   KA£IDLY. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  39 

As  we  broke  apart  he  exclaimed,  deprecatingly,  l  Don't 
take  any  advantage  of  me!'  I  answered:  c I  don't  have  to, 
I  have  you  licked  now.' 

1 i 1  was  so  strong,  so  quick  and  so  full  of  ginger  all 
through  the  battle  that  I  was  surprised  at  myself.  I  never 
tired  once,  and,  though  men  tell  me  that  I  fought  faster 
than  any  one  they  ever  saw,  1  could  have  kept  up  the  pace 
for  another  hour  with  ease. 

"The  gong  saved  Sullivan  twice  from  being  knocked 
out,  but  I  did  not  think  that  the  twenty-first  round  would 
end  the  battle  when  it  was  called.  I  got  in  three  smashes 
on  Sullivan's  heart  and  face,  and  then  his  eyes  turned  up  so 
that  I  could  see  nothing  but  their  whites.  Then  I  knew  I 
had  him,  and  I  never  gave  him  a  chance  to  rally  until  he 
fell  to  the  floor.  I  stepped  back  fully  ten  feet.  I  was 
perfectly  cool  and  collected  while  he  was  beingxounted  out. 
I  was  stepping  forward  to  help  him  up  when  Billy  Delaney, 
thinking  I  was  excited  and  might  hit  him  a  foul  blow, 
caught  hold  of  me.  I  shook  him  off,  saying  :  <  I  know  what 
I  am  about.  Don't  worry  about  me. '  Then  Professor  Duffy- 
tapped  me  on  the  shoulder  and  pronounced  me  the  winner. 
I  jumped  forward  and  helped  to  pick  Sullivan  up  and  place 
him  on  the  chair.  He  was  unconscious  and  a  fearful  sight. 
They  say  in  New  Orleans  that  Sullivan's  was  the  worst 
knock-out  that  ever  was  seen  in  the  Olympic  ring." 

" I  am  surprised, "  said  Corbett,  "that  he  should  be  so 
cast  down  by  his  defeat  by  me.  I  tell  you  that  no  one  can 
whip  Sullivan  who  is  not  as  fast  as  I  am.  I  am  not  so  sure 
that  he  wouldn't  whip  Peter  Jackson,  for  Peter's  style  would 


40  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  OORBETT. 

suit  him  a  good  deal  better  than  mine.  Peter  would  go 
and  shy  with  him,  and  no  man  can  do  that  with  any  hope 
of  success.  From  what  I  hear  of  Joe  Goddard's  style,  I 
think  Sullivan  would  lick  him  in  three  rounds." 

Corbett  claims  a  great  deal  of  his  success  must  be  at- 
tributed to  his  trainer,  Wm.  P.  Delaney,  who  has  trained 
and  seconded  him  in  all  his  important  matches. 

Delaney  is  a  fine  specimen  of  manhood,  a  pleasant  con- 
versationalist and  a  jolly  good  trainer.  Some  of  the  men  he 
has  coached  and  trained  are  as  follows :  Young  Mitchell, 
Tom  Cleary,  Jack  Brady,  Clarence  Whistler,  Herbert  Slade, 
Mike  Cleary,  "  Buffalo  "  Costello,  Ed.  Smith,  Charley  Tur- 
ner and  George  Hammil. 

Jim  Corbett  would  trust  Delaney  when  he  would  be 
doubtful  about  every  other  man  on  earth.  During  the 
great  Jackson-Corbett  match  Delaney  alone  talked  to  Cor- 
bett, and  not  a  word  was  mentioned  at  all  until  twenty 
rounds  had  been  fought,  and  then  Delaney,  thinking  danger 
was  nigh,  began  to  encourage  his  champion  by  saying  : 
"Go  cautiously,  Jim,  take  your  time,  my  boy;  you  have  all 
night  before  you,"  etc. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

CORBETT'S  RECEPTION  IN  NEW  YORK. 

Corbett  was  tendered  a  grand  reception  and  welcome 
at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York,  September  12, 
1892.     Long  before  the  doors  were  opened  crowds  filled 


WM.    A.    BRADY,   CORBETT'S   MANAGER. 


TRAINER  DELANEY. 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.     41 

the  streets,   and  great  enthusiasm  prevailed.     After  the 
doors  were  opened  there  was  a  tremendous  rush. 

The  gathering  was  one  of  which  Corbett  could  well  be 
proud.  There  were  the  usual  number  of  those  intimately 
associated  with  the  affairs  of  the  squared  circle,  but  .the 
largest  portion  of  the  gathering  was  composed  of  business 
and  professional  men,  while  society  was  also  well  /repre- 
sented. They  were  all  there  to  take  a  look  at  the  world's 
champion,  and  they  drew  a  long  breath  of  satisfaction,  as 
they  gazed  on  the  young  athlete's  lithe  figure. 

William  A.  Brady,  Corbett's  astute  manager,  mounted 
the  platform.  After  the  applause  had  subsided  he  started 
to  make  a  few  remarks  to  the  spectators.  He  had  not  got 
past  u  Ladies  and  Gentlemen,"  when  suddenly  everybody 
in  the  Garden  arose  and  united  in  a  deafening  yell  that 
completely  smothered  Brady.  The  outburst  was  caused  by 
the  appearance  of  a  tall  young  man  in  white  trunks  and 
green  stockings,  who,  stripped  to  the  waist,  and  with  his 
pompadour-cut  hair  standing  up  straight  and  unruly,  was 
making  his  way  through  the  aisle  leading  from  his  dressing- 
room.  It  was  Corbett,  and  he  had  come  out  before  he  had 
received  the  cue. 

When  the  champion  stood  up  in  the  middle  of  the  ring 
and  looked  around,  the  spectators  threw  up  their  hats, 
waved  canes,  yelled  themselves  black  in  the  face,  and 
otherwise  exhibited  their  pleasure.  Dainty  handkerchiefs 
fluttered  from  the  boxe's,  while  the  more  enthusiastic  of 
those  near  the  ring  rushed  to  the  ropes  and  tried  to  shake 
the  champion's  hand,     Owing  to  the  fact  that  his  right 


42  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT. 

hand  was  bandaged  up,  which  was  the  only  visible  indica- 
tion that  he  had  been  engaged  in  a  desperate  battle,  he 
asked  to  be  excused,  and  waved  the  injured  member  at  his 
friends. 

Corbett  sat  down  in  his  corner,  and  Jim  Daly,  who 
had  entered  behind  the  champion,  also  took  a  seat.  Then 
Brady  held  up  his  hand,  and  finally  the  crowd  became 
quiet,  after  which  he  said  : 

"Ladies  and  Gentlemen: — I  have  in  my  hand  a 
letter  from  John  L.  Sullivan,  who  for  ten  years,  off  and  on, 
held  the  title  of  champion  of  the  world.  On  the  day  follow- 
ing Mr.  Sullivan's  defeat  the  champion  sent  him  a  note 
offering  to  spar  in  this  place  on  Saturday  evening.  Mr. 
Corbett  has  nothing  but  the  kindliest  feeling  toward  Mr. 
Sullivan,  and  no  one  recognizes  more  than  the  new  cham- 
pion the  sterling  worth  of  the  man  whom  he  defeated. 
Mr.  Corbett  hopes  that  Mr.  Sullivan's  benefit  will  be  a 
tremendous  success.  I  will  now  read  Mr.  Sullivan's 
letter : 

u  'Mr.  James  J.  Corbett,  Coleman  House,  City: 

"  'In  reply  to  your  letter  dated  New  Orleans,  Sept.  8, 
1892,  will  say  I  accept  your  proposition  to  spar  at  the 
Madison  Square  Garden  on  Saturday  evening,  Sept.  17. 
Awaiting  your  reply. 

Respectfully, 

John  L.  Sullivan. '" 

When  Sullivan's  name  was  mentioned  there  was 
another  outburst  of  enthusiasm  only  second  to  that  which 


PEES.   NOEL  OF  THE  OLYMPIC  CLUB. 


:.""..' 


VICE-PRES.    SPORL   OF  THE   OLYMPIC 


CLUB. 


LIFE  AHD  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.     43 

greeted  Corbett's  appearance,  and  the  heartiness  of  the 
shouting  showed  that  the  big  fellow  is  still  a  prime  favorite 
with  the  people. 

When  Brady  got  another  chance  to  talk,  he  said  : 

1 1  Mr.  Corbett's  reply  is  that  he  will  be  here  next  Sat- 
urday night  and  spar  at  Mr.  Sullivan's  benefit." 

Then  there  was  more  cheering,  which  was  followed  by 
cries  of  "Speech,  Corbett,  Speech!"  When  the  champion 
heard  that,  he  looked  a  trifle  embarrassed,  and  scratched 
his  right  ear.  Then  he  slowly  arose  and  took  a  position  in 
the  centre  of  the  ring.  In  a  clear  voice  and  natural 
manner  he  said  : 

"Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  thank  you  all  for  your  very 
kind  reception,  which  I  assure  you  I  fully  appreciate.  I 
sincerely  hope  to  see  John  L.  Sullivan  succeed  in  all  his 
undertakings.  I  admire  him  very  much,  and  will  do  all  I 
can  to  assist  him.  I  assure  you  I  will  do  all  I  can  to  defend 
America  in  the  matter  of  pugilism,  and  if  I  do  one-half  as 
well  as  John  L.  Sullivan  has  I  shall  be  entirely  satisfied." 

This  neat  speech  deepened  the  good  opinion  of  the 
spectators  and  provoked  more  cheers.  As  Corbett  resumed 
his  corner  a  handsome  floral  piece  was  handed  to  him. 

Then  Brady  introduced  Mike  Donovan,  the  friend  and 
adviser  of  the  champion,  and  the  New  York  Athletic  Club 
sparring  instructor  was  heartily  received.  Billy  Delaney, 
the  man  who  trained  Corbett  for  all  his  battles,  next  made 
his  bow,  and  blushed  at  the  thundrous  applause. 

After  that  Brady  said  "time,"  and  Corbett  and  Daly, 
who  had  put  on  gloves,  faced  each  other.     Corbett's  right 


U  Lit E  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COEBEtT* 

Was  useless,  but  with  his  left  and  his  expert  feet  he  made 
matters  very  interesting  for  his  sparring  partner.  His  re- 
markable activity,  shiftiness  and  science  were  all  shown  in 
the  three  short  rounds  he  sparred,  and  then,  to  a  parting 
cheer,  the  young  champion  left  the  ring  and  pushed  his  way 
through  the  crowd  to  his  dressing  room. 

A  dense  mass  of  people  hung  around  the  Twenty-sixth 
street  exit  until  the  pugilist  came  out  to  take  a  carriage  to 
go  to  his  hotel,  and  he  received  another  ovation. 

^Since  1849  to  the  present  time  there  have  been  many 
prize-ring  champions  of  America,  both  foreign  and  native- 
born,  but  none  of  the  famous  fistic  heroes  ever  had  the  oppor- 
tunity of  battling  for  the  premiership  of  pugilism  and  such 
large  purses  as  have  been  offered  of  late  years.  Corbett 
has  the  name  of  fighting  for  the  largest  amount  of  money 
ever  contended  for  in  the  prize  ring  and  also  the  record  for 
being  the  first  pugilist  who  ever  won  the  championship 
without  being  compelled  to  fight  according  to  London 
prize-ring  rules  witfti  bare  knuckles. 

Every  pugilist  from  the  time  Tom  Hyer  flourished  as 
champion  of  America  in  1849  up  to  1892,  when  James  J. 
Corbett  succeeded  to  the  title,  fought  with  bare  knuckles 
and  according  to  London  prize-ring  rules.  Corbett,  how- 
ever, entered  into  a  contract  to  fight  for  the  championship 
with  gloves  according  to  Police  Gazette  rules,  with  John 
L.  Sullivan,  the  champion.  He  won  the  contest  and  the 
championship  of  the  world. 

He  won  his  spurs  by  his  courage  and  determination, 
and  wonderful  activity  and  science,  clearly  demonstrating 


W?   P,    ftOSS,  SECRETARY  OLYMPIC  CLUB. 


MBS,   JAMES  J.    CORBETT, 


LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  CORBETT.  45 

that  he  was  a  skillful  boxer,  a  good  general,  a  first-class 
judge  of  distance,  and  possessed  every  qualification  neces 
sar  J  V)  reign  as  a  pugilistic  champion. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

MRS.  CORBETT  HAS  SOMETHING  TO  SAY  ABOUT  HER  HUSBAND. 

Before  concluding  this  sketch  I  think  it  appropriate  to 
add  a  chapter  by  Mrs.  James  J.  Corbett,  the  young  and 
beautiful  wife  of  the  champion.  Mrs.  Corbett  has  this  to 
say  about  her  husband  : 

"  My  husband's  name  has  been  so  often  in  the  news- 
papers and  so  much  has  been  talked  about  him,  that  all  this 
fame  he  is  now  getting  does  not  dazzle  me  as  much  as  it 
might  have  done  otherwise.  I  am  sure  it  does  not  turn 
Jim's  head  in  the  least.  Of  course  he  is  elated  and  so  am  I. 
I  was  sure  he  would  win  and  did  not  have  much  anxiety 
about  it  until  the  night  of  the  fight,  and  then  I  was  a  good 
deal  excited  until  the  first  dispatches  began  to  come  in. 
When  I  saw  how  cool  Jim  was  and  was  laughing  every  now 
and  then,  just  as  I  knew  he  laughed  when  he  was  full  of 
confidence,  I  had  not  a  bit  of  uneasiness  as  to  how  the  fight 
was  coming  out. 

11  There  has  been  a  good  deal  in  the  newspapers  about 
what  kind  of  a  man  Jim  is — what  his  private  character  is, 
and  so  on — and  some  of  the  things  I  have  read  did  not  do 
him  half  justice,  although  I  must  say  all  that  I  have  read 
was  very  kind.  Only  his  father  and  mother  and  his  broth- 
ers and  sisters  and  I;  who  have  lived  with  him  and  seen 


U  LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COBBETT. 

him  every  day  in  all  his  moods,  can  know  what  a  gentle 
and  loyal  man  to  the  very  core  he  is. 

"He  and  I  have  been  married  since  the  28th  of  June, 
1886,  and  during  that  time  he  has  never  been  away  from 
me  longer  than  six  weeks  at  a  time,  and  from  what  I  have 
noticed  among  other  married  people  I  do  not  believe  many 
of  them  can  say  they  have  lived  together  that  long  and  not 
had  a  cross  word.  Yet  that  is  what  I  can  say.  I  don't 
pretend  to  be  a  saint,  but  I  don't  believe  any  woman  worthy 
of  the  name  could  ever  be  even  pettish  with  such  an  even- 
tempered,  gentle,  considerate  husband  as  mine  has  been  to 
me.  I  spoke  above  about  his  moods.  That  does  him  an 
injustice.  He  does  not  have  any  moods.  He  is  always  just 
the  same  jolly,  laughing,  kind-hearted  Jim.  Everybody 
that  knows  him,  even  the  little  children  out  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, love  him.  They  could  not  do  otherwise.  It  used  to 
make  me  laugh  sometimes  to  see  him  carry  on  with  the 
children  out  there  at  home.  When  we  were  first  married 
and  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  bank  they  used  to  wait  for  him 
around  the  house.  They  knew  when  he  was  due  to  come 
home  just  as  well  as  I  did,  and  they  seemed  to  come  from 
all  quarters  to  be  there,  and  they  were  of  all  sizes,  from 
little  tow-heads  to  great  gawky  boys.  Jim  used  to  play 
ball  with  them  and  have  all  sorts  of  games  with  them,  and 
they  looked  on  him  as  just  one  of  them.  Indeed,  there  is 
an  awful  lot  of  boy  in  Jim  and  I  guess  there  always  will  be, 
and  so  I  have  told  him  time  and  time  again. 

1 1  When  he  was  at  school  he  did  have  a  good  many 
fights,  and  got  expelled  for  it  more  than  once?  but  it  was 


PROF.   JOHN  H,  DUFFY,    REFEREE. 


JIM  DALY,  CQRBETT'S  SPARRING  PARTNER. 


life  and  Battles  of  James  j.  corbett.    47 

always  with  bigger  boys  who  were  abusing  the  little  ones. 
He  never  was  quarrelsome,  either  as  a  boy  or  a  man;  but 
he  never  would  stand  it  to  see  little  chaps  knocked  about 
just  because  they  were  not  big  enough  to  resent  it.  He 
never  had  a  single  fight  at  school  except  for  that  one  cause. 
He  was  always  very  devoted  to  his  father  and  mother,  and 
the  saying  that  a  good  son  makes  a  good  husband  holds 
good  in  his  case  anyway.  Jim  was  brought  up  in  the 
Catholic  faith,  and  he  is  just  as  consistent  in  that  as  he  is 
in  everything  else.  It  is  his  nature  to  be  loyal  and  true- 
hearted,  and  I  believe  his  faith  in  religion  and  the  teach- 
ings he  got  in  the  Church  had  a  good  deal  to  do  in  making 
him  so  gentle  and  so  fair  always.  Of  course,  he  was  born 
that  way  and  it  is  his  nature  to  have  those  qualities,  but 
sometimes  even  persons  who  are  by  nature  kind  and  gen- 
erous have  those  good  qualities  changed  by  associations  and 
they  need  religious  belief  to  keep  them  true,  although  Jim's 
associations  were  always  good.  At  any  rate  he  is  just  as 
religious  and  just  as  attentive  to  his  duties  now  that  he  is  a 
man  as  he  was  when  he  was  a  boy,  and  no  matter  what 
comes  he  will  always  remain  that  way. 

■"'I  never  went  with  Jim  on  but  one  of  his  trips,  and 
then  I  only  went  part  way.  At  the  time  of  the  Dempsey- 
Fitzsimmons  fight  in  New  Orleans  a  year  ago  last  spring, 
Jim  interrupted  his  trip  to  go  down  there  and  see  it.  Then 
I  went  to  Mount  Clemens,  Mich.,  and  waited  for  him,  and 
when  he  joined  me  there  I  went  on  with  him  and  finished 
the  trip. 

u  Of  course  I  am  glad  he  has  made  so  much  money,  and 


48     LIFE  AND  BATTLES  OF  JAMES  J.  COBBETT. 

I  know  he  will  never  squander  it,  for  that  is  not  his  nature. 
When  he  was  a  boy  and  began  to  work  he  always  brought 
his  earnings  home  and  gave  them  to  his  mother,  and  he  has 
always  kept  up  thrifty  habits  ever  since.  Yet  James  Cor- 
bett's  bitterest  enemy  could  not  say  that  he  had  a  mean 
hair  in  his  head.  He  is  liberal  and  generous,  and  a  man 
can  be  all  that  without  throwing  his  money  away  foolishly, 
and  that  is  where  Jim  has  always  drawn  the  line.  Surely 
no  woman  could  wish  for  a  husband  more  liberal  to  her  than 
mine  has  been  to  me. 

"I  think  that  Jim  would  rather  live  here  in  the  East 
than  in  the  West,  and  so  for  that  matter  would  I.  The 
place  the  papers  tell  about  his  buying  down  at  Asbury  Park 
is  beautiful,  quite  out  in  the  woods,  with  the  lake  right  at 
the  door,  yet  near  to  the  railway  station  and  to  Asbury 
Park  village.  It  is  a  lovely  place  to  live  in  in  the  summer, 
but  I  do  not  think  Jim  would  like  it  quite  so  well  in  the 
winter.  I  have  seen  it  many  times  and  always  admired  it, 
but  I  don't  believe  I  either  would  like  it  so  well  in  the 
winter. 

aI  am  proud  of  my  husband — I  am  willing  to  admit 
that ;  and  any  woman  might  well  be  proud  of  so  good  a  one 
as  he  has  been  to  me.  I  did  not  like  his  going  prize-fight, 
ing  at  first,  and  neither  did  his  father  and  mother,  but  now 
that  he  is  in  it,  I  am  proud  of  his  success  and  glad  to  know 
that  the  success  will  never  turn  his  head  or  make  him  a 
whit  different  from  what  he  always  was,  and  that  is  a  man- 
ly, gentle,  light-hearted  man,  considerate  for  others  and 
true  to  himself  and  to  those  who  love  him." 


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American  Hoyle,  Poker  Player,  Hand  Book 
of  Whist,  New  Card  Games,  Hand  Book  of 
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Manual  of  Chess,  American  Card  Player,  How 
Gamblers  Win,  One  Hundred  Tricks  with 
Cards,  Art  of  Wrestling,  Boxing  Made  Easy, 
Equestrian  Shirts,  Jerseys,  Jersey  Cloth  Goods 
(Shirts,  etc.),  Full  Length  Tights  (Cotton  and 
Silk),  Knee  Tights,  Trunks  (all  colors),  Leo- 
tards, Body  Dresses,  Bicycle  Goods,  Bicycle 
Hose,  Silk  Flesh  Glove,  English  Perculine  Run- 
ning Pants,  Improved  Jock  Strap,  Running 
Shoes,  Running  Corks,  Imported  Sheffield 
Spikes,  Seamless  Shoes,  Boxing  Gloves,  Foot 
Balls. 

Your  patronage  is  solicited.  All  orders 
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attention. 

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Adoiina  Psitti, 

Clara  Morris. 

Isahelle  Urquhart, 

?ay  Templeton, 

Rosin  a  Vokes  (2), 

[      Lillian  Russell, 

Annie  Walters. 

Maggie  Arlington, 

Marion    v..  Erie, 

Annie  Meyers, 

Iiia  Siddons. 

Carrie  Wilson. 

Georgia  Cay  van, 

Li  Hie  May  Hall, 

Maude  Branscombe 

Ann   Williams, 

Helen  Weathersby, 

Neda  Bowers. 

Agnes  Miller. 

Marion  De  Grey 

Maiid  Stuart. 

Lizzie  Fletcher, 

Mairirie  Mitchell, 

Florence  Miller, 

Duchess  ot  Lei'nster 

K-sie  Cameron 

Leiia  Farrell. 

Minnie  Palmer.             Etta  Martens  (2), 

Lilian  Price 

Miss  Jerome, 

Frankie  Kemble  (2) 

II    Dauvrav  Ward.       Laura  Russell, 

Agnes  De  LaPorte 

Helen  Daere, 

Louise  Kerker  (2), 

Maude  Wentworth,     Marion  Roberts, 

Marion  Edgecombe 

•      Belle  Archer. 

Agnes  Evans, 

Adelaide  Emerson,      Hope  Tempie. 

Mlle.Dauvray 

Lurline  Birdsall, 

Cora  Tinnie. 

Florence  St.  John,       Maude  Granger, 

Miss  Tua 

Edith  Cnester, 

Marion  Percy, 

Maud  Harrison,            Kate  Foray  the, 

Mrs.  Scott  Siddons 

Helen  Barry, 

Corinne, 

Lillian  Grubb, 

Emma  Thursby 

Anna  Oolwell, 
Leslie  ('iiester. 

Julia  Marlowe, 
Ada  McDonald, 

Kate  Davis 

May  Wheeler  (2), 

Ada  Rehan. 

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Jennie  McNulty, 

Lilly  Post. 

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Miss  Crouzet. 

Ella  Weattierbee, 

Edith  Merrill 

Letiy  Lind, 

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Estelle  Clayton. 

Marie  Prescott, 

Marie  Tempest 

Miss' Parr, 

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Miss  Van  Osten 

Katherine  Lynn, 

Miss  Engle 

Emily  Rijyl, 

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Isabelle  Evesso 

l,  Bella  Ravmond. 

Pearl  Ardine 

Miss  Bice. 

Miss  Saroltat. 

Mrs.  L  Eldridge, 

Mile.  Bad.) 

Miss  Elvin, 

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Flora  Henderson  Miss  Fortescue, 

Mile.  De  Matsy 

Mrs.  Hauer, 

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Pauline  Hall, 

Florence  Dysart, 

Lizzie  Fleury 

Amy  Roche, 

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Mollie  Fuller, 

La  Belle  Fatima, 

Violet  Cameron, 

Cornalba, 

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Seiina  Fetter. 

Harriet  Vernon, 

Pauline  Lucca 

Lila  Blow, 

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Sturgis  Leath, 

Marion  Hood, 

Louise  Tnorndyke 

Eva  Lee, 

Miss  Brewster, 

Sara  Holmes, 

Emma  Nevada 

Annie  Robe, 

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Marie  J  an  sen, 

Isabella  Coe, 

f       Mile  Eames, 
;      Mile.  Nalidji. 

Annie  Irish, 

Cora  Tanner. 

Xesia  Carls  tad  t, 

Lotta. 

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Jane  Hading, 

Hilda  Thomas, 

Mile.  Paulette, 

Janisch. 

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Louise  Lester, 

Mile.  Darcelle 

Mile.  Carnesi, 

Aiice  Evans, 

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Louisa  Dillon, 

Maude  Millett, 

Mile.  Lehure. 

Miss  Patrice,    - 

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Lillian  Olcott. 

Mrs.  Marini 

Mile.  Fa  Beauty, 

Minna  Gaie, 

Marie  Halton. 

Mrs.  Barrington 

Mile.  Deharconrt, 

Syivia  Grey, 

Rose  Newham 

Miss  McNulty 

Mile.  Dieroza, 

Miss  Mack. 

Mabel  Millette, 

Corine  Gilchrist 

Mile  Dandeville, 

Sadie  Martinot. 

Mrs.  Fitzherbert. 

Bell  Howard. 

Mile.  Vallier. 

Mile.  Chassaing, 

Clara  Louise  Kellogg.  Geraldine  Clnier  (2). 

Josephine  Cameron 

,    (-arrie  Godfrey, 

Mile.  Lliery  (4), 

Fanny  Davenport, 

Phyllis  Broughton, 

lirace  Stewart. 

Josie  Manstield 

Mile  Cobure. 

Mrs    Laiiirtry! 

Florence  Ashnrooke, 

Mi^s  Raymond, 

Mile.  Bert i ni 

Emma  Carson, 

Minnie  Maduern, 
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Irene  Verona  (2), 

Uiara  Dervyra, 
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Flora  Moore, 

rRESSES— IN  TIG] 

Pauline  Markham, 

May  Bell. 

Emma  Carson, 

Ulle.  Bianra, 

Kate  Uart  (2), 

Anna  Boyd  (3), 

Elaine  Carringford 

Maude  Granger, 

Miss  Vallos 

Miss  Robinson, 

Clara  Terry 

Grade  Wilson. 

Carrie  Wilson,               Mile.  Ferrare 

Mav  Livingston, 

Ruth  Stetson  (4), 

Annie  Sutherland, 

Lelia  Farrell  (2), 

Miss  Sheridan 

Kitty  Wells, 

Mabel  Mitchell, 

Miss  Valles, 

Agnes  Evans, 

Forence  Girard. 

Alice  Townsend, 

Miss  Bell. 

Mile  Debuege, 

E.  Verge  (2),                  Carrie  Andrews  (2), 

Mile.  Germaine, 

Carrie  Evivn, 

Miss  Spiller, 

Lilian  Grubb,               Genevieve  Btett, 

Marion  Manola, 

Eflie  La  Tour, 

Grace  Huntley 

Fio  Henderson,             Hattie  Delaro, 

Miss  Polak, 

Eisie  Geronie, 

Jennie  Lee 

Ada  Webb, 

Vernona  Jar  beau. 

Mile.  Duprey, 

Amy  Gordon. 

Victorina 

Nellie  Farren. 

Phedora   DeGilbert 

Eliza  Vovel, 

Daisy  Murdock  (2), 

Ida  Yeararce. 

Miss  Stuard  (4), 

Louise  Montague, 

Miss  Venus, 

Grace  Seavey. 

Miss  Miller. 

Harriet  Vernon, 

Florence  Chester 

Eunice  Vance 

Annie  Siiimiierville 

Jeannette  Larger, 

Addie  Conyers, 

Laura  Burt. 

Annie  Bennett 

Fanny  Rice. 

Abe  Ionia  Barreson, 

Mile.  Dieroza, 

Lilly  Elton  (4), 

Jessie  West. 

Irene  Verona  (5). 

Mile.  Volti, 

Marion  Elmore, 

Alice  Arnold, 

Sylvia  Grey, 

ACT 

Billie  Barlow, 

Ella  Moore, 
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RESSES---IN  COST 

Lydia  Thompson, 

Kate  Claxton, 

Marie  Finney,               Mile.  Bonnet  (2) 

Sadie  Martinot, 

Mary  Anderson. 

Clara  Thorpe. 

Sybil  Sanderson,          Rose  Murray 

Minnie  Palmer, 

Margaret  Mather. 

Adelaide  Detchon, 

Mrs.  Kendal,                  Pearl  Eytinge 

Lillian  Russell, 

Mrs.  J    B.  Potter  (2) 

Fannie  Blood-rood. 

Alice  Letkbridge,         Marie  Roze 

Modjeska, 

Maggie  Cline. 

Aniorita  Bontinella, 

Marion  Hood,                Agnes  Booth 

Clara  Morris, 

lsabeda  Irving, 

Emily  Hainan. 

Mrs  Bernard  Beere,     Christine  Nillson 

Helen  Weathersby, 

Myra  Goodwin. 

Mile.  Franciain 

Maude  Richardson,     EminaJueh 

Marie  Janseii. 

Katie  Seymour, 

Surf  Queen 

Mile.  Periane,               3 

lary  Moore 

Marie  Halton  (2), 

Rose  Cdtghian 

Laura  Don 

Mlie.  Tanzi,                  Ella  B.  Sheridan, 

Doliie  Noble, 

Minnie  Jeoffrevs, 

Mrs.  A.  Neilson 

Mile.  Ajour,                   Ellen  Terry, 

Adelaide  Fitz  Allen, 

Catherine  Lewis 

Mrs.  Chanlrau 

Mde.  Pauiine,               Delia  Ferrell, 

Jeannette  Bouveret, 

Jennie  Winston. 

Bertha  Ricci 

Mile.  Grigolatis,            ( 

arrie  Tu  Tein, 

Minnie  Dupree. 

Amelia  Glover, 

Paola  Marie 

Mile.  Carmen,                Mabel  Hudson, 

Miss  Dunsombe 

Mrs.  J    W.  Florence. 

Irene  Verona. 

Mde.  Nerette,                Marion  Pierce, 

Soledad  Meuendoz 

Annie  Pixley, 

Isabel  Urquhart, 

Marie  Cahill,                  Miss  Williamson 

Mile.  Stewen 

Tneo. 

Maude  Stewart, 

Belle  Bilton,                   > 

larie  Wainwright, 

Jennie  Hauk 

Heoririe  Dennin. 

Marion  Elmore, 

Zeiia  De  Lussan,          S 

ara  Bernhardt, 

Jeffreys  Lewis 

Ma<lame  Gerster, 

Helen  Barry, 

Jennie  La  Tellier,        Lotta, 

Maui"  Vickers 

ModjesKa, 

Mile.  Theiry, 

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Sylvia  Gerrish,             Pauline  Hall, 

Emma  Abbott 

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