The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-27

CoRBETT's COTTAGE AT LocH ARBoUR.
and Fitzsimmons will meet at Dallas, Tex,
An October next. The men could. s1ot get
out of battle II they wanted to, and to
give each his due honestly believe that
neither wishes to dodge meeting. There
Is too much fccling between these chaps to
admit Of any such argument. They hate
each other just as cordially as the boys
who sport the orange and the green over
An old Ireland. That will give zest TO the
meeting. There will be no love taps, but
redhot jabs and peppery upper cuts.
Aside from the artipathy each bears the
other there are other reasons which con-
duce to their coming together. These are
the love OF glory and the gold which fol-
lows In its wake and the force Of public
opinion All athletes, be they fighters,
wrestlcrs, oarsnen, pedestrians or what
not, fear public opinion as much as they
love gold Once let the public get on to
the fact that champion of any kind Is
afraid to meet an opponent In his class,
and his days as an athlete are numbered.
He could not draw brass pennies, not to
talk Of silver dollars, TO the box Office of
any show that he might give. Indeed, he
would be lucky II he did not get bouquets
of ancient eggs thrown at him from the
gallery. Therefore il is safe to bet ma
tional bank against Coney Island barn
that the boys will face each other in the
roped arena; II not In Texas, then in Mex
loo or some other spot; If not in public,
then In private.
What kind Of battle will it be, and
what are the chances Of tho menS have
been asked these questions at least 100
times and will answer here TO the best of
my ability. Corbett should win, as he has
height and weight In his favor, besides a
trihe the best Of IL In the way Of shiftiness.
In Skill speed, reach, courage and strength
they ore pretty near even, although Fitz-
simmons Is BY far tho harder hitter. Cor
bett, however, has no airtight cinoh. This
Is an era Of surprises, and Fitz may land
one of his Knockout blows.
II Corbett SHOULD 90 at lanky Bob ns he
did ut MITCHELL he would get whipped TO a
dead moral certainty. He can never mix
1t with Fitz ct tnfghting and exchange
blow for blow, simply because the Austria
lian's punches are about twice as danger
lous as tho Califognian's. Corbett's forte Is
'outfghting, af1d, mark my words, you
viii Gee that he plays that game when no
and Fits meet at Dallas. He will try sim.
ply to lab Bob ont, which, II he can keep
away from the Australian, no may do in
go or % rounds.
Fitz, on the other hand, am satisfied,
will 60 at Corbett from the very moment
time is called He will try TO mix it with
Corbett in every possible way and land a
Knockout blow. IL may puzzle the cham
pion to keep away from him, rs Fitz Is a
mighty spry fellow, and can get around n
ring like race horse. ] predict that Cor.
bett when cornered, as he Is bound TO he
by Fitz some time, will resort to clinches
70 save himself from punishment. He Is a
far better wrestler than Fitz, nnd as he
will be about 20 pounds heavier and can
use his strength TO greater advantage he
may even wear Fitz out nc infghting.
Wrestling is terribly exhausting, especial
ly so TO the lighter, weaker and less skill
ful man. Should Fitz get In one or two
hard blows however, before tho clinch Cor
bett may become so weak that his wres-
tling skill will not avail him much.
The fight will be one Of the best, think
that have occurred between big men in this
country for a long timo, as 10th fellows
are so clever, speedy and strategic. Corbett
will try 20 make It wholly n sc .ontinc bat
tie and win by long encounter. Fitzsim-
mons will endeavor 90 use force with sci
ence and win or be whipped in short order.
He Is as sensible in his plan as Corbett is
in bis. One can win out best by waiting,
the other by rushing
Leaving the element OF chance out Of IL,
Corbett for the reasons have already Civ.
en-, should win, although the other man
has cracking good chance 90 capture first
money. He Is big and strong just where
he needs these quallties--in the shoulders,
arms and muscles Of tho back. His shoul.
ders arc indeed broader than the cham
pion's, his back muscles rounder and big.
ger and his chest expansion greater. His
legs G.c not near as shapely or as large as
Jim's, hut Bob says they are strong enough
and tough enough ~ bold him up all day.
Anyhow whichever ay the battle goes,
hwill DO worth going along way 10 see,