Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-28
SPORTS AND SPORT.
SULLETARS HACKERS DO NOT BELIEVE COR
BETT CAN
Balance 1910 Pounds-They Want to Know Where
He Got the Weight-Corbat's Manager Is
Confident Of Suecess-Gossip From
the Big Singers.

New YORK, August 27.-The ques-
ton as to whether Sullivan and Cor0ett
cent in two" the receipts Of their box
ing exhibitions in San Francisco, which
Is now being argued by Charley john
son and Manager w. A. Brady, does
not appear to interest sporting men TO
any extent. What the lovers of boxing
want to know just at this moment IS
how fit John and Jim are for their great
battle. The thousands Of sports who
for various reasons will be forced TO
content themselves with the newspaper
accounts OF the fight, instead OF seeing
it, will have an opportunity OF
LOOKING OVER BOTH MEN
On Monday. They can see Corbett at
Madison Square Garden during the al
ternoon and 90 over 10 the champions
show at the Clermont avenue rink,
Brooklyn, in the evening. johnson aud
Wakely say that Johns friends who
have not seen him since he began train
ing will be surprised at his appearance.
And Brady declares that Corbett stock
will take an upward turn after the two
shows are over.
'sNo person who hasn't seen Jim for
the past two months will believe whas
a well-conditioned man he is" says
Brady, land the raft Of Sullivan's ad-
mirers who will flock TO see his oppo-
nent may not be 50 enthusiastic over the
champion afterward. There is the big
gest kind of a surprise in store for Sui
Ivan and the sporting public, and the
odds will not be TO l next Monday, l
promise you"
While Johnson and Wakely hear how
enthusiastic the Calitornian's friends
are they
DO NOT APPEAR
TO be In the least alarmed In fact,
they are more confident than ever that
the champion puRilIst will defend his
title against the spry young Californian,
who wants TO wrest 1t from him.
81 will say this for Cor6ett," said
Johnson tonight, "that he deserves
credit for the manly way he made the
match when those buffers, Savin and
Mitchell. failed to come to time. What
a .ciuch' John would have had with
Slavin, though, and Sullivan's hacker
rubbed his hands at the thought. And
many people thought the Australian a
World-beater. We think Corbett will
make better fight than Slavin could,
but I doubt whether John will get as
much credit for whipping him as he
would for settling"
MITCHELL's WINDY PARTNER.
The probabilities are that Sullivan
will have a greater advantage In weight
over Corbett than was calculated upon
1T first. Johnson has been carefully
noting Sullivan work, and after con-
sidering the matter had decided that
John would scarcely be at his best at
2lO pounds.
when the Sullivan special train
starts next Thursday from Weehaw-
ken" Johnson remarked, 1.-The central
figure of the party will weigh not above
2tO pounds. BY the time We reach the
Crescent City-that is TO say torty-two
hours later-that same man will be at
least five pounds heavier. He will ex-
ercise on Sunday in the gymnasium Of
the Young Mems GYmnaStic Club, and
on every day following we will keep him
at light work. l think he will weigh
2l5 pounds when he enters the ring,
and really believe that the extra five
mounds will really be Of benefit rather
than a detriment TO him. l should
hate to believe unless | saw the scales,
THAT CORBErr WEIGHS
one hundred and ninety pounds. If he
does, cannot understand how the
flesh he has gained in training can be
expected to help him. Say these figures
are correct, and he is within ten pounds
of the 200 mark, John will have an ad-
vantage of twenty-five pounds over him
and twenty-five pounds of good solid
flesh al that. This will tell III the tight.
take my word for it,"
Corbett received a cordial letter from
the Southern Athletic Club, OF New CIR
leans, to-day Offering him the use Of its
gymnasium during his stay in the Cres-
cent City. The Californian wrote the
secretary OF the club, accepting the
offer end expressing his thanks for the
courtesy. Il was before this club that
Corbett boxed Jake Kilrain, and his
victory over that game and clever
pugiist gave him a big lift in the
world.
Manager Brady has announced sever
al four-round bouts in addition 10 the
many exhibitions set-tos for the Garden
show. Such men as the "C0ffee-cooi-
err" Billy Dunn, C. c. Smith, Muldoon's
colored heavyweight and others will
aDDear. Charley Johnson also intends
to have some spirited sparring at the
Clermont-evenue Rink. All the hand
ball crauks will Aock to see Cobett, for
he has taken on two matches with we'll
known players. Jim will try John
Lawler, ex-champion of Ireland, al p.
N. aud Luke Ford at S p. m.
BETTING
On the Zig Fights Gossip of the Fight
ers.