Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-14

the largest purse ever offered for glove
contest, Q good many laughed at him
others declared that he had only gone
into the match for the purpose OF adver
tising himself and making money In tn
show business. l heard that severa
offers of even money were made thai
Corbett wonld not put up the seconc
deposit of $4,000, but couldn't find any
body who wanted to make such
wager.
Corbett means to fight Sullivan and
means to defeat him if he can, just az
much as Sullivan ever meant to defeat
an opponent. Corbett is 26 years old
he is big, strong, we'll developed muscu-
larly and is as quick both with his
hands and feet as a streak of lightning
When men cay he is not punishei
they don't think about what they are
saying. The idea that q man who
weighs 100 pounds in condition can't
hit hard is absurd, providing he throwa
the weight of his body with his blow, as
Corbett certainly does. don't claim
that he can hit as hard as Sullivan, but
do claim that Sullivan will have some
difficulty in landing one OF those ia
nous right-hand swings of his on any
part of Jim Corbett's body.
will admit that if Sullivan hits Cor
bett in the right place it will be all over
with the Californian. II Peter Maher
had got in one more good punch on Fitz-
simmons there would have been q differ
ent result in that fight. Corbett is a
cool, level-headed fighter, and he will
keep Sullivan guessing pretty hard when
they come together. Some individuals
expect to see Corbett run away from
Sullivan and try to tire him out that
way. There is an easier way than that
to tire outa pugilist, and Corbett knows
just what that is.
John L. Sullivan, in my opinion, can
never get into condition to fight any
great length of time. He can never get
his wind good enough. In all Of his
Queensberry rules. fights he has tired
himself pretty early in the game. l
went up to see him the night before he
met John Laffan in Madison. square
garden, and finer specimen of man
hood never saw. He punched the ball
until thought he would break in the
ceiling, and the exercise didn't seem to
fatigue him in the least. When he met
Laffan the next night, however, he was
as limp as rag after his steam was ex-
hausted. Had Laffan been game man
Sullivan would have met defeat that
night, for he was almost powerless to
project himself.
This was some years ago and Sullivan
has not improved any since then. This
is natural conclusion. do not think
he will ever be the man he was before
that fight. He will not find in Jim
Corbett John Laffan, q "Tug" Wilson,
an Alf Greenfield, Paddy Ryan, a Jake
Kilrain or Charley Mitchell. He will
discover the cleverest puRilist in the
world today, and he won't have any
thing like the walkover he expects. If
the champion expects to beat Corbett
with one of those famous fierce looks Of
his he is going to be fooled, for Corbett
Isn't one bit afraid of him or any other
fighter living.
I think the men who are laying two
and three to one against the Californian
will be very sorry after the second round
of the fight. Since it has been conclu-
sively proven that Corbett really means
business, not few of the men who
laughed at him when he challenged Sui
Ivan, have been quietly figuring up the
situation. Sullivan is the idol OF the
American public, but that won't help
him any when he gets in the ring. Cor
bett has been roundly roasted by the
newspapers in his native town and by
other newspapers, but on September
9th next / believe that the young Cali.
fornian will be hailed as the champion
pugilist of America.