Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

much in a fight his trainer concluded
10 add rather than reduce his weight.
This requires the greateat care and
attention. so that the added weight
will be solid. not mere useless fat. Cor
bett also had a professor OF wrestling 20
give him lessons in that art, In case the
tight should be close distance ono,
with a great deal Of "clinching." He
seems to aim mainly at agility and ra-
pidity, hoping, by being quicker, 70
get In more blows than Sullivan can.
His condition is pronounced by every
expert who has seen him 10 be perfect,
and he will make the best fight OF his
life.
sullivan has had to reduce 40 pounds
"a difficult task for him. Even with
this reduction he W Il fight some 20
pounds heavier than Corbett--a great
advantage. He has trained for wind in
case the fight Is a long one, and has al
50 taken wrestling lessons. He has
trained better and more carefully than
for any previous fight and Is reported
us strong as ever The only points
against him are his age-he has passed
the pugilistic moridian-and his feet,
the latter having shown weakness Sow
eral times Of late, and alarming his
friends lest they give out entirely dur
ing the fight.
Myer, who has been training at Strea-
tor, Ill, has been working harder than
any Of the men aud longer 1t Is the
fight Of his life. He Is u stronger man
than his antagonist, but less scientific,
and with less experience in the ring.
He fought McAuliiTe TO a draw once,
and the fight was a long and tiresOme
one. The two men are so equal that
another long fight is anticipate, and the
betting Is nearly even. Expecting Il
long contest Myer has trained for
wind and can skip the rope faster
and oftener than any girl in Illinois,
and has spared with his loft hand so 81
to be able 10 use II, not being q good
twO-handed fighter, as his opponent is.
JACK LOVES HIS BEER.
McAulifIc's training has not been sat-
isfuctory, and has given rise TO great
deal OF talk He does not like work,
and he is unfortunately without a man
ager who can make him train. He
would not give up his beer, and he did
not get down tOweight until the last
nom mt. He drank too much several
times, and nothing is worse for pugi-
list However, he has trained to o cer-
tain extent OF late, doing more running
than any Of the other men,as he expects
a long fight and will need wind Nc
Auliite has been very sGcretive in his
training, and has refused 10 spar before
strangers, lest it might give away some
Of his ring tricks. A iayorite practice
OF his Is to train at night. when all the
others are in bed. He argues that as
the fights are to be at night ana before
the electric light, he ought toaccustom
himself to il. He expresses the opin-
ion too that men who 20 TO bed every
night at Z o'clock will feel sleepy on the
night they enter the ring, when they
find that the contest begins at $3.50 p.
m. MCAuliiIe has suffered slightly
from acelimuting fever, and will not
on ter the ring Ia lirst-class condition.
Little Jack Sicily enters the profess
siunal prize ring FOR the first time In
his life Tuesday night; hitherto he has
been an amateur. IL is an ambitious
undertaking for him, who has never
fought professional fight before, to
have as his antagonist the acknOwl-
edged champion Of his class. On uc-
count Of his amateurishness Sicily has
needed u great deal Of training, and has
improved wonderfully under Jimmy
Carroll. He has turned his attention to
sparring, principally in order to learn
all the tricks Of the trade. He has
fought all corners at Bay ST. Louis, 20
as to be prepared for any kind of fight
ing Jimmie Carroll also got some OF
the heavy weights TO punch him roundly
50 that he would get accustomed 20 hard
blows and would be able to bear punish
ment we'll. Johnny Griffin who is a
first class leather weight himself, was
brought down to Bay ST. Louis in order
10 box with Skelly
The instructions to Griffin were to
pcrsOnate Dixon, and 10 light as much
ns possible as the latter does, which he
can do, having seen the little darby
fight "a half dozen times, SO that Skclly
can learn DiXon's ways. But after all,
Skelly Is only an amateur, and the
fight is regarded rs somewhat OF an OK
pertinent TO put him against profess
sional and q champion. This feeling
that IL Is an experiment is increased
by Skelly's misfortunos here, touch
OF fever, which has left him somewhat
lGnguid, and an attack OF toOthache and
liberation Of the teeth, which knocked
him out entirely and compelled him to
give up training for ton days, and set
him back to that extent
Dixon who had just fought before the
COnoy Island club Of New York. needed
no training, and just exercised enough
TO keep himself in condition.
SECTIONAL PRIDE IN 1T
Such are the leading features OF the
training aud condition Of the six gladi-
ators who enter the Olympic ring here.
The result will show which Is tho best
mode of training for strength, wind and
endurance, The betting, by the way,
is no criterion OF the condition Of tho
men or their chances OF winning. for it
is astonishing TO what extent personal
and even geographical matters enter
into the bets.
This could not DO better shown than
In the MyerMcAuliHe fight. where all
the Western mon, with scarcely an OK
copuon, are backing Myer, because he
comes from Illinois, while she East Il,
equally unanimous and enthusiasts &c
over the Brooklyn boy, McAuliffe.
If the lights prove a success IL h prob
able that a dozen engagements for
other contests will be made within a
week, and the improved and refined
prize ring, "a designed by the Olvu-
pics, will enter the field as a connection
OF base ball for the amusement and on
tertainment OF those sAmsricans who
admire athletic sports.