The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-21
THE IN. nc GL AD|ATORS
Jim Corbett and Peter Jackson Will
Meet Tonight in San
Francisco.
When the Match Was Made and
the Terms Of the Agree
ment
Measurements of tho Two Men and n
sporting Writer'S Prediction as
to the Result.

OAN HhANClbCO, May SU.-IlO match be-
tween Corbett and Jackson, which will be
decided tonight IN the arena of the Cali
fornia Athletic club, wns made in Decem-
ber last. In the early part of that month
jackson was ON his way to San Francisco
from Australia, and Corbett, vino was about
to sever his connection with the Olympic
Athletic club, was seeking meeting with
Frank P. Slavin. Tho California club COM
municatsd with Slavin, then in England,
offering purse of $4,000, the same amount
as that depending on the coming encoun-
ter. slavin proved rather high priced in
the matter of travelling expenses, and
consented to fill the breach. or in other
words, to take the place of Slavin. The
change WAS acceptable to Corbett, and arti-
cles of agreement we're drawn up and
signed, each man being held responsible to
tho extent of $500 to keep faith with his
opponent and the California club in every
thing called for by the duly attested con.
tract.
Corbett returned to San Francisco early
in March, and Immediately betook himself
to picturesque Sausalito, the breezy, health
giving seaside resort on the Martin county
shore. He installed himself at Ross Villa,
where the waves lap the beach a bare roads
width distant, and under the careful guild
anne of that experienced ringster, Prof.
John Donaldson. of Minneapolis, Jim COM
menced course of light work.
As the weeks sped by and Corbett's i'm
proving condition warranted more severe
routine, the veteran trainer, Billy Delaney,
joined Corbett, and the result of the united
efforts of such capable pair of mentors is
that Jim has reached that stage of physical
perfection best denoted by the old-time
ring formula that "he is fit to fight for his
life.''
Jim varies the monotony of training by
rowing on the blue waters of Sausalito bay
and practicing baseball in the fields. When
the weather is warm enough to warrant it
he enjoys plunge in the "briny," both in
the early morning and after he has rested
sufficiently from hls afternoon tramp. Life
never grows weary with him at Sausalito
bv the sea, for tho ferry steamers carry
numbers of visitors to the young Cali
fornian's rural retreat daily.
He is an especial favorite with the men,
bers Of the theatrical profession, and a
season at a San Francisco theatre would be
deemed incomplete did it not include a
visit to Jim Corbett. His old clubmates
ana puplls OF Jne olympic cluD also cross
the bay in numbers to pay homage to him,
and he has many light spar with the
young fellows he has taught to box in the
past. At $3.50 Corbett bids his trainers and
friends good night. and is soon wrapped in
slumber sweet.
jackson did not commence his course of
preparations until April, and he had been
barely a few days at his training quarters
when he had the misfortune to be thrown
from buggy, by which accident he sus-
tanned injuries severe enough to confine
him to his bed for couple of weeks. 1t
was thought at first that his ankle was
sprained, but luckily suoh was not the case.
He recovered sufficiently to resume work
during the last week in April, and at the
present time he reports that he is feeling
good and strong, and while his injured foot
has still to be kept bandaged, he does not
approhend that it will effect his chances of
success in 10 least when the eventful even
ing arrives.
A comparison of the proportions of Jack
son and Corbett will show that in most
points they are exceedingly we'll matched.
They are of exactly the same height. each
man measuring six feet and one-half inch
in his Stocking feet" Corbett's chest
measurement is forty-one inches; Jackson's 8