Show CORBETT TO CLAIM CLAD o IP If Jeffries Refuses to Accept the Fort Erie Club Offer THEY lIlEY AKE LIKELY LY TO i Claims lie h It tu to tun a n right Fight frith Jim At AI Canon suf Caryon After ACter Jim Corbett nod James J 1 Jeffries get through Jabbering about terms they thoy are aro likely to 10 como come together and accept th the otter offer of ot tho time Fort Foil l OIL Erie Erle club for and then fight It out For Ioor many months In the former has haa lo bUI n the latter While Jeff Jett and biz I wore In hr Salt Snit Lako recently tho champion sed that thaL just as ua soon Boun as ns they got east he ho would accept Corbetts challenge Instead of doing BO so ho has luu nice met Corbett with a n counter proposition tion he wants mInts to tl light fight to a 1 finish Jeffries friends think Corbett should jump at lit the opportunity But Dut there thore are nr two sides Ids to the question In tho the first place did not win the title lit III litH h ht H t mush finish fiGht tight and In tho thu second place pineo he tie should bo be h willing to give gie Corbett tho the same chance chanco as ho he guvo mons mans When Jeff JefE Was waa in Denver that was his its constant complaint lie He would say sayI I 1 want to have hao a finish fight tight so tile the thug cant say allY I 1 won tho the tWo title at nt one ono of ot those pink ten affairs If It I fight one ono battle to 0 a II finish I 1 will be alt wi right anti and nUt there rill viii not be a Do dot on all my record r ord As matters mattell stand tAnd now nosy no I never fought n a finish tight light in my life lito While all that may b be true still sUll many ring followers are aro wondering if It f the champion Is It not afraid to meet i the mho came nano conditions as II he hu Jet Jot fries won the title from Crom Jeffries simply cannot avoid meeting me this time The Tho offer olTer of oC tho the Fort Erie J nub Is too big for him to turn down S Ho lie thinks he can enn lick me and It If ho ha can he will make o n IL lot o Of money for tor I F wont split the purse pure with will him lute like ho he hua had to do In all allot of his hta I fights I will sign an 1111 agreement for Cor or the Uk i winner to take Uko 75 5 per cent ot oC tho time purse I That ought to satisfy him If It I loso lose I 1 Ilont dont lont want any MY of at the tho money Tho The 25 per cent would Just about cover my ex expenses expenses ponces What I want Is n II chance to fight tight him under any old conditions I have hlo cerCel money mone up with Al At Smith already anti I will make It any nil time Ume he ho hewin lent win In to put PUl up 1111 iv mF like amount HU his nik about belling me on the side aldo Is nonsense for ho he could e lud take o that thai money and lay Iny It oft off so 10 us as to 10 bo be ahead any my way wn for Cor or he will viii be an un odd J on favorite In la the betting should we get set together I do not see seo how ho can avoid meet meeting lag ing ma me m Ho Ito nu fight ht some Olno one ant and 13 Is no on has a II better right then than me m mo to l a chance He Ito lm hn oNu oM ie other IH two times ench each and there thero Is la no one left for tor him to take fae on onI If I he ho to light fight nt at all he must glut fight now he wants wanta ho he can have hae and an it ho duos dues not accept IlC Pt th the chance I 1 will claim the tho ar an n I 1 will wilt have hlo a right to What e ous cnn can he have havo for no not meeting me l lon must defend the Ite title rend and It does out not do 1 BOho Ohe H 14 Hnot l not the tho heI he f I feel feci that I can whip him dm now no and andI I 1 think he feels feds te lall It too I nm am going to force him to 10 get iret t Into the ring with mv me if it 1 I con cat an end l I Illo do not riot see why h ht he should turn tUMI don dosh this offer of ot the In Athletic club Their de tie deposit deposIt posit of at 0 shows that they mean business and 1 no matter how mow long IH ho off I ono one would offer after a larger pum a q There has never r beer been but one fight bt far 2 CO or fir more tho one mat between and myself oven even Jeffries cannot turn Ulra up ills his nose nOle at that lint amount Any ny time lime will suit Bult me I 1 am nm ready to go 10 on tomorrow I r believe I will get geta n a chance at the tile title this time lime Jeffries will fill cither elther have 1111 to fight or get ct out I J scant vant him to fight Temptation I Have ha j serer been a II I to a n take fake light I ht In the H years that I have been IJ n nI I Lt foro mho as a II boxer said Joe Joo the tha Other bOler day tIn Time The last lIl time I 1 met Jim Hall Hail I was WIS offered in to lay lar down dowa Three crisp 1000 bills bill and ancl ono one 1500 bill were plated placed In III my hands h nd on the night of the lout bout to al alIe lev Ie Hall hail to win In 1 was WIlI told that mv nn m share even een If it I won would be only a II trine trifle over mo but I threw th the money aside and declared myself that I 1 would win If IC It worn wore possible po I knocked out Hall and lent left tho the ring with a II clear con conscience science They say sa that I had italian an understand log Inc with when I 1 nearly knocked him out CUl In Boston Doston I meet Fitzsimmons before tho the bout awl there was Will no understanding whatever I remember when I J knocked out Jim Hall hail In New York before the time club In 1696 1596 there them wax was sonic some talk that Hall laid down Connelly can cart tell ten you OU whether hether that fight was waa a n Coke or not notH H li was WIlli tacit bult of DC Hall and ami Ill bet l Jim never took a n harder punching In ills his hl ring Ing career than h did dill that In tho the early part of at the contest I was Weeding bleeding profusely anti and to the crowd It probably appeared that I was out c na IU many man of ot the spectators fIlC were II ing to have the rout lOut stopped I Iwas IWI Iwas was WI not Clot getting at Rt Halls head or face faw with my m blocs int bl wI but I 1 was wall driving In me punches on hl hi his body and nOli this drubbing on n Halls Hale slots elate finally weakened Jim and Ind I knocked him out la Iii the tho ho thirteenth round round When Stopped Kd Jod O the Chicago dalle au nil authority has hu made mado a u canvass of at the promoters and the scrappers and the he following changes change of vo 0 collun of oC the Windy Win City fl Sid sia to the bucket paste nerd Id posters poste Young Mo Montt watt Me It to the dinga and punching holes in tn trans r Jim Under a spreading chestnut te tree for Cor or me mf as usual Jack Jock Hoot Think of at tolling taking t to the audeville In n a musical knockabout turn Abe he Jacobs will be bo my III backer lackor Charley Am sick Rick and tired nf or orthe the fight game and Intend to study the th theart ort art of DC handicapping horses ho s They B 81 may V VIt It con can be lI learned d with close study and patience Oh what packages of ot Joy jO soud uld como come to me if It I could pick lck only a afew 1 afew few tew winner Tom Hanlon Back to the fiddle with mt me There Is l room mom for Cor an M Irish h virtuoso Ir in America In fact tact It ft Is the chance of 01 my m life llo I 1 Intend to write a n on or r Casey Cate the Piper and dedicate d It to II my friend Smiley Johnny Herts Will Invade the tho realm 01 of o song writing witting Have on the anvil my m lent first attempt entitled Lou Lou I Love Lose I Lou Isu U Harry flurry f 1 Stout No o matter how ho painful It t I is If I 1 Intend to fro Ro to work Mike Hack to Cincy anti and a aIt living It Ing death Sammy Phillips Will Juggle Jule fruit on uteri and slug coper attempts to get familiar with the min men menKey mono minh Key JI h e fruit Crull Din Ban lJ n Donnelly Its Ita an lion In III wind that no one goal nood I shall shah no go bade back f le t tm lemy my m old profession lon ot of piano moving ImeK Montgomery Me Mo with a IL silk lIk hat and brass buttons In tho time forefront ot of aristocracy Otto with mo mu to tu putting curves curved on pretzels Charles Will become a mo Hilly Hili I to tho the old ota mens menti home hOUle |