The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-05
CUTTING DOWN HIS WEIGHT
How Natsada. the Wiry Jap.
Trains for q Match.
The su,isv aa -kfirssn Fight Agi-
tssss the Public Mind In Se-
Attie-Ths Betting.

Natssda so-akichi is preparing ac-
lively for his encounter with Schn-
maeher next Thursday night, under
the direction OF his trainer. James H.
Faulkner His method of working Is
a sensible one. He does not train as
vigorously a. some athletes 90. but
v has his trainer lays ost for him be
strictly attends to. Thus he loses his
weight slowly without sacrificing any
OF his strength He did not go to the
race track as IL was announced he
would but renamed here. He rises
daily at ] a. IN, trsmps tao miles be-
fore breakfast, which be eats at s
o'clock AT 10 O'Clock he walks To
Lake Washington and spends an hour
or two rowing about on the lake. Re
turning 10 his quarters, he is hathe,i
and rubbed down. At o'clock din
ner Is servei. A walk Of four or five
miles II then taken. when be exercises
with Indian clubs and dumbheli. for al,
hour. supper Is psrtakea OF at
O'Clock. Alter rest he wrestles for
while with Faulkner, when he re-
tires. Sorakichi's weight is now 1874,
and the required soirfnpois- ISL
pounds--wiil easily be reached by
! Thursday.
Schumacher is stiIl at Tacoma.
where he Is working like a beaver.
His training consists priseipally of
walking. running and club swinging.
He il understood To have already got
ten down 90 the required Isl pounds.
Schumacher will come on TO Seattle
within day or so before the match
Not many bets are being made on the
result OF the match. Sorakichi seems
( 81 he the favorlte. the majority OF bets
being So TO so on Schumacher.
Another match, To take place to-
/ night, has been arranged between
/ James III. Faulkner and Tacata Sa-
hofu. The MEN ARE 20 wrestle Is min
utes Japanese style snd 10 minutes
catch as-catCh-can, with one minutes
rest between fails. The man winning
the most falls in actual wrestling time
+ to take the money. The match is for
/ so side.
I INTEREST N THn uoELD's RATTLE.
/ la local sporting circles great inter
est Is manifested in Mondays pugil.
+ istie battle between kilrain and suIli-
van in Louisiana. Regarding the win
4 ner. opinions vary much, though on "a
summing up Sullivan seems to have
more friends ard hackers than his op-
( ponent L number OF wagsrs on the
I result have been made. the majority of
which are small with odds generally
Oh Sullivan Considerable sullivan
money was 20 be had Yesterday, with
( no takers.
Said well known sporting man yes
terday Local sports are putting
very little money on this fight, and |
think they are sensible iii SO acting
YoH take the PosT-fsrELLieEScER and
read the opinions OF the different East
ern sporting men on the fight. and YOU
viii ind dozen different men, all of
HON have heretofore been regarded
as ofacles on such matters, giving a
dozen different opinions. From that
you wili see that we have nothing
whateyeT Ia base our opinion upon,
and man Is not going TO wager q
cent unless he in his own mind sees
himself clear. One thing is certain.
the lighters and their hackers are in
dead earnest Sullivan has the most
tn lose and the least to gain. for every
body knows just what the state of the
publie's mind VIII he after the fight.
II he wins il will bee taken a. a matter
of course. and If he loses everybody
viii be asking. what and who was Sui
Ivan, sny how This. With the bad
blood that has existed between Nil
rain and him for long ime viii spur
him on 10 making desperate fight for
victory. To east no siur on kilrain, |
would hate Ia he ia his number mines,
when John Lawrence, fresh from the
hands Of William Muidoop. unqueS-
t.ouabiy the most scientific trainer IN
the country jumps into the ring and
squares off. r