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Show CORBETT AND BRITT MUST MEET AGAIN I TO DECIDE WfflCfil IS THE BETTER MAN I ".Nothing but another meeting between Corbett and Eritt will ever osttle the queetlon a3 to whether Referee Graney robbed Corbett In giving tho recent fight to the son of California. Ever elnco tho decision was given the battle of words has waged und it promises to continue till the men are brousht together. to-gether. George Slier of the Chicago Tribune, one of tho great authorities of tho country on the prize ring, takes Corbatt'B Elde of tho controversy and dlacueaea the affair In this way; Young Corbett, champion featherweight feather-weight of tho world, la more in the public eyo and 1 more popular with the masses since Referee Eddie Graney declared him a looser in hte recent fight with Jimmy Brltt than ever before. He Ib much greater In defeat than Brltt la In victory, and although he was deprived de-prived of the pleasure of counting the long end of the purse, Graney's decision decis-ion Increased his future earning abilities abil-ities tenfold. Never since the Fltzsim-mons-Sharkey-Wyatt Earp highway robbery affair, which was also perpetrated perpe-trated In San Francisco, has there been such a hue and cry raised over a referee's ref-eree's decision as In the late Corbctt-Brltt Corbctt-Brltt battle. Verdict Not Justified. Accountn of tho contest 'did not Jun-tlfy Jun-tlfy the verdict, and the consensus of opinion Ib that a draw would have been a rnnk lnjustlco to the Denver boy. Corbett does not hesitate to say ho was made the' victim of as huge a Job as wob ever conceived In modern pugilism. pugil-ism. He states he was coddled to for months, that the wool was pulled over his eyes by men in whom he placed tho utmost confidence, and that his eyes were not opened to what was In store for him. nor did ho penetrate the veil of falsity and deceit that for nearly a year enshrouded his supposed friends until too late. Corbett's version of the battle has the true ring to it, and the one slight cut over his right eye, brought about by a Ijeadon collIs3ion, ns the only Indication Indica-tion he went through twenty rounds of hard Queansberry milling, bears him out. Especially so, when It is known that Brltt's punishment was such ho was, for days after the tight, under the care of physicians. Add to this tho fact that Brltt, according to some accounts, ac-counts, had to be enrired out of the ring, being too weak, exhausted and punished to walk, and that Corbett left the lnclosure unassisted, and it is easily seen why followers of the sport look askance at the verdict. Unprejudiced witnesses of the battle are of the opinion that Graney wae carried car-ried away with the cries of "Brltt, "Brltt, Brltt!" which came from tho throats of the crowd, S00O strong, and forgot everything which Corbett did during the contest. It apparently made him blind to everything that occurred In tho first seventeen rounds, and as Brltt came fast in the final three and tho "native son" sentiment was so strong, he considered he did the proper thing when, at the final gong, he pointed point-ed his finger at the Callfornlan, Indicating Indi-cating he had won. Graney Was Sattled. Garney, whether intent on wrong doing do-ing or not, was placed in a peculiar position po-sition nt the tall end of the battle. Being Be-ing a "native eon" and with a howling mob cheering for the success of a "native "na-tive Eon," he probably did not know whether he was afoot or on horseback. The demonstration for Brltt, which was likened to a dozen college yells, was the greatest and boldest ever attempted to warp the Judgment of a referee, and Graney, If his Intentions to decide the contest on Its merits were honorable, was undoubtedly carried away on the wave of Brltt enthusiasm, lo3t his head and cast his lot with the "native son" clement. That an Injustice was done Corbett, whether intentionally or not, haB been testified to by some of the beBt known writers of the sport in 'Frisco, and Graney, not Corbett, is the sufferer thereby. Tho title of featherweight champion of tho world did not hinge on the result re-sult of tho battle, despite the announcement an-nouncement sent broadcast throughout through-out tho country by the club management manage-ment that tho title was involved. Corbett. Cor-bett. in explaining that part of tho ilstlo argument, said he wanted to fight at 120 pounds and insert in the articles the words "for tho championship," but that Brltt would not agree to battle at less than 130 pounds, which he accepted ac-cepted on condition that the title which he won from Terry McGovern at Hartford, Hart-ford, Conn., on November 2S, 1001, and which he so ably defended against Mc- j: W. 2. Essick. 'J A H M M M M M M M HYl Govern and others, would not be at is-sue, is-sue, Corbett Retains Title, H This, he declare, was agreed upon by Brltt so all the Callfornlan laid claim 'H to was the long end of the puree pre-sented pre-sented to him by Graney. "I can train -Jt down to 126 pounds easily," Bald Cor-bett, Cor-bett, "which still koeps me in the featherweight division. Britt says ho can fight at 129 pounds, but I guess a few pounds more will suit him better. However, I will take him on again, pro-vided, pro-vided, of course, ho will give me tho ' chanco, which I doubt. He got all that was coming to him in the beating line, and considerable more than ho was on- H titled to financially, and I think ho H will let well enough alone. If I am easy lIH picking, as he Is falsely leading himself H to believe, there is more money in sight. H for him to beat me than by defeating H any six men In the country. H "To fight him again I will be com- H pelled to go Into his atronghold, and H will alco be compelled to accept a "na-tlve "na-tlve "son" official, but I will gladly do H that JUHt to get another whack at him. H I will agree to his terms and convince ' the world that I am his master J H |