The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-04

the bCl6QAlIlC, none
the less disagreeable.
The pugilIsts abhor 10, and IL is very hard
to get them down TO it, and they declare
that the purse they win barely compensates
for the discomforts they go through. 1t is
no easy matter for a man like Jack McAu-
life, who has been living an easy, pleasant
life. TO give up everything, and have to re-
duce himself twenty-seven pounds on one
hundred and sixty-five. Jack swears that
he viii never train again as long as he lives
and will retire permanently from the ring
after the present fight. He knows that the
era OF big purses is only just opening, and
that there Is no profession which can offer
man like him such handsome returns az
pugiltsm does; but he would rather not do
so well and get away from training.
Sullivan is VIGOROUSLY one OF the most
difficult men in the country TO train. It
took all Of Muldoon's influence and bullying
to get him into condition for the Kilrain
fight. And his present trainer, Casey, has
had even more trouble this time. For awhile
it looked as though Sullivan would not train,
and his friends from New York had to go
down 90 Long Island and plead with him to
get him to do the work expected of him. An
appeal TO his pride and picture of Corbett
Rloating over a triumph brought Sullivan
20 tune, and he finally went to work with
his usual vim.
All the men training for the fights before
the Olympic have been at 1t two months or
more. A part of this time has been only
light training, but the last month has been
hard work. The pugilist must give up all
liquors, even to ale-a hard undertaking to
Sullivan and mcAuliffe; he must be moral
aud temperate in all things. Even the
amount of water he drinks is limited, for
nothing adds more to weight with
less solidity behind ii than water.
and a scarcity Of water in warm
weather, such as we have been
having is not agreeable. His bread is stale
his tea or coffee weak and cold, aud beef
tea constitutes the chief article of his diet
He Is allowed one fairly good meal a day,
but only of light and easily digested food,
and he is required to get up hungry from the
table IL there is any difficulty ia his get
ting down to weight, as was the case with
Sullivan and McAullffe, his bill Of fare is
still more restricted, and, while he is not
starved, he is generally hungry. II is
scarcely TO be wondered at that the pugilists
are usually in so ugly mood from the mo-
ment they begin training. There is a good
deal Of badgering and hard treatment in it.
The dieting part, howaver, is only one
feature Of the preparations, indeed, not
the training proper. 1t is 10 the hard work
that he has 70 do that Sullivan objects. He
must got up early In the morning and take
an eight or ten mile walk, no matter how
hot 1t may be, or how strong the sun is shin
ing. The latter part of this expedition lie
taken in hard run, and as the pugilist is
heavily clad in sweaters-and in Sullivan's
case had lead soles to his shoes-he is in a
magnificent perspirstioD by the time he
reaches home. There he is slowed, all
glowing and sweating, between blankets
for a sort Of quiet Turkish bath, after
which he ia rubbed down. McAulifFe has
invented a rubbing board, which has been
found very serviceable. 1t is like a cross,
his arms and legs being tied to the cross
beams, and when thus attached his attend
ants rub him down until every particle of
snperhuous flesh is removed. A second rub
is given half an hour efterward, and finally
rub with alcohol. This treatmeIt, includ-
ing the walk, the sweating and the rubbing
down, is given two or three times a day, as
the pugilist may be working for wind" or
is compelled to reduce his weight consid-
erably. II for wind" there must be more
running than walking, aud a three to five
mile run day is considered necessary.
From two TO four hours must be spent
each day in the gymnasium, jumping the
rope, punching the ball and finally sparring
THIS exercise always produces a profuse
perSpiration and Is followed by another
rub down."
1t will be seen that the training requires a
considerable force Of men, and puts the
pug w a nSdN1 6pou5es ne u66ub a
manager to look after his interests before
tie club, arrange for his quarters, trans
porJatlon. ETC., an experienced trainer, two
assistants to rub him do wn and care for hi "A
and good second class pugillst to spar with
him. He has to get board and aocommoda-
ton for all these for two months, to pay
salaries, transportatio etc., making a
total expense probably OF 81 500 in addition
to the 1000 to $40 900 he has to put up az a
side bet Sullivan and Corbett are even
better equipped, for they have their entire
household, even TO cooks.
Each Of the pugilists training for the
Olympic fights has varied his programme
slightly. Corbest has trained up. He is a
much lighter man than Sullivan, and as
pounds count for so much IN a fight his
trainer concluded TO add rather than reduce
his weight. This requires the grea est care
and attention, so shat the added weight will
DO solid, nos mere useless fat Corbett also
had q professor of wrestling to give him
lessons Ia shat ara, In case tho fight should
be close distance one. with g great deal of
"ctinching." He6esms to aim mainly at
agility and rep,disy. hoping, by being
quicker, to get In more blows than Hulli-
van can. His condition ia pronounced by
every expert who has seen him to be per-
feet, and he will make che best fight Of his
life
Sullivan has had to reduce forty pounds
"a difficult task with him. Even with this
reduction he will fight some twenty pounds
heavier than Corbett-a great advantage.
He has trained for wind In case the fight is
a long one, and has also taken wrestling
lessons. He has trained better and more
carefully than for any previous fight, and
Is reported as strong as ever. The only
points against him is his age-he has passed
the pugilistio meridian-and his feet, the
latter having shown weakness several
times Of late, and alarming his friends
lest they give out entirely during the fight.
Myers, who has been training at Streator,
Ill, has been working harder than any of
the men and longer. IL is the fight Of his
life he Is a stronger man than his an
tagonist, but less scientific, and with les
experience in the ring. he fought Mo
Aulitfe to a draw once, and the fight was a
long and tiresome one. The two men are
so equal that another long fight is anticl-
paUed, and the betting Is nearly even. Ex-
pecting long confess Myers has trained
for wind, l." and can skip the rope faster and
oftener than any girl in Illinois, and has
spared with his left hand so as to be able
to use 1t, not being good two-handed
fighter, as bis opponent is.
McAulif7e's training has not been salts
factory, and has given rise to a great deal of
talk. He does not like work. and he 10 I'M
fortunately without a manager who can
make him train. He would not give up his
beer, and he did not get down to weight
until Mt tina Last VuoFnauk Ha dranL