Show CORBETT IN now that james john corbett is on the warpath karpath looking for the scalp of ocono one robert fitzsimmons we are induced to publish an estimate of the former summed up by a a french journalist in the pars paris illustration Ii illustration after witnessing a performance the frenchman wrote i john corbett is the boxeur the champion of the world who has appeared for several evenings at the folies bergere A handsome fellow young and dark complexioned elegant one metre and eight centre metres tall with formidable biceps and the neck of a bull it appears that no one in tho world boxes like him ile iia stands upright before the public at once confident and derisive seeming to ray pay to the public who would like to measure himself with met me terrible is the fist of this yankee one would expect that french boxers would except his challenge as the parisian maitre darmes did when prof pini came here and boasted that he would give them fencing lessons but our masters of the boxe have left john corbett alone and the two gloved loved fists of the american boxer are displayed freely invincible on the walls of paris 1 I discussed john corbett with a frelih professor of the boxe who mid no I 1 will not make an assault with him I 1 do not wish t compromise the reputation of the national boxe bose one would in vian demolish the jaw of t these hese americans they would remain erect intrepid and would continue the combat they go to the hospital if necessary after the fi fight but they do not dot leave the ring we will go goto to the if you and I 1 will fight with highway lombera and malefactors however redoubtable they may be they are not so compared w with 1 john corbett Cor betl |