Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07

stake OF $4,000. The contest. Governor
Mitchell, OF Florida, permitting, will be
decided AZ tho Duval Athletic Club.
Jacksonville, on the morning OF Janu-
airy -, aud despite tho tightness In tho
money market, each spectator will pay
SO. $40 or $50 for the days amusement.
Interest In tho event is almost as
great a. that exhibited when Corhett
and sullivan mot IN New Orleans Sep
TENDER =. 1892, for S45, 900 and tho
worlds ampionship, and when tho
young Californian captured both by
knocking ont the great John H. I'm
twenty-one rounds. The coming baltic
has an Interest, however. that tho Sui
livAu-Cor0ctt contest did not possess.
10 that memorable meeting of giants
American was pitted against American.
When Corbctt aud Mitchell putup .hcir
hands tt Will DO America against Great
Britain
Tho majority OF people on this side
OF the big pond not only hopo that Cor
bett will win aud keep the champion
ship here, but they foot reasonably con
| udent that he Will prove himself tho
| better man. In a certain degree ma
tlonal pride gives rise To this opinion.
| cut the California boys admirers also
| advance logical arguments In support
|
only ~ years old, Is growing better and
stronger every day and is n much more
formidable fighter than when no con
quered Sullivan. Mitchell, on tho
other hand, is 81 years Old. or five
| years torbetps senior, aud has reached
the time OF life when n pugilist is gen
orally going down hill.
Another point the Corbott partisans
make is on the disparity in Size between
the two men. Corbctt is q feet inch
tGll and fairly towers above his oppo.
nent, who is feet 8 inches in height.
10 - apparent that Mitchell will be az a
decided disadvantage in reaching for
MS opponents Jaw. In the matter Of
reach, too. nature has favored tho Cali.
fOrnian, for his brawny right arm is
Tour Inches longer than that OF the En-
Riishmen. The importance OF this fact
appoars when IL is remembered that II
! Corbett aud Mitchell should both lead
| Tor the Jaw with their respective rights
| al the same instant Corbett could land
a knockout blow on the Britou's chin,
while his own jaw would have four
| inches Of sofety between IL and the
| hard hitting English cbamplon fist.
In quickness and science both mon
may be- said TO be on equal terms, and
both arc ring generals Of coBsummate
| skill. Neither man lacks nerve, ard
each Is a. game as the proverbial peb-
ole. Both men arc sledge hammer hit
| ters, but there is general impression.
which may or may not DO well founded,
that Mitchell can land n heavier blow
with his doughty right than Corbett.
HIS biceps is hall an inch larger around,
and his shoulders are broader by four
Inches than those OF Pompadour
! jim, but those vino have seen
Corbett punch the bag and hammer
tho air cushioned chests Of his
sparring partners, Donaldson and Cree
don, bear witness % tho fact that his
blows have moro steam" in them than
they did when they sent John L. Sulll-
van into retirement
In the matter ri weight, too, Gentle
man Jim VIII nave a decided advantage.
Mitchell recently Weighed ls4 pounds
aud states that he will enter the ring at
i72. Corbett will tip the scales az $50
pounds January O.. and will probably DC
az least eight pounds hea yier than his
opponent. When be began training at
Jacksonville. he weighed about 100
pounds stripped IN his battle with
sullivan be pulled down the scales at
113 pounds.
The above statistics plainly show the
great difference in physique between
the puRlists, but glance an the ac-
panyIng outlines o. tho two men
viii make 10 oven moro apparent The
dark Bgure be- that OF COrDett and tho
light figure MitchelFs Cor0ctrs SUI
| perior height and reach and Mitcheil's
superior breadth Of shoulders arc con
/ trdsted With almost geometrical accu-
racy. The following table, complied
/ from a recent measurement OF both
men, more fully shows their respective
| Dimensions:
Corbett Mitchell.
tI ln. fL fn
! TT rIEht ......... ......... ........G af.