Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-10
HOW I BECAME A NEW PERSON.
a Celebrated Puglist Tells the Man
ner by Which He Emerged From
Private Life Into the Arena.
By James j. Corbett.

Private Life Into the Arena.
BY James J. corbett.
Eight months ago he world at large
looked on me as a back number-a
dead one" wrecked, by high living,
and altogether unworthy of considera-
ton.
| fought for twenty-three rounds
against the strongest pugilist on earth,
and had strength enough in ne to go
any number Of rounds more.
To-day people are talking about mir
acles and telling OF the dead man
restored to life.
AS a matter OF fact there was no mir
acle about it. What | did was perfect
ly natural and can be lone by any
man.
Now that the fight is over | will tell
the secret of my regeneration and ex-
plain every detail of the process that
brought me out the line OF back num-
bers into the foremost rank of living
! pugilist~
This do not tell in a spirit of boast
~fulness, but in order to help other men
whose systems are considered on the
wane, and who foolishly try to coax
back health, strength and nerve by
means OF injurious medicines or by
courses of treatment that only serve to
shatter what is left OF their constitu-
tions.
| will describe my own regime in
every particular, and | believe any
man who follows it will recover
strength and general tone as complete
ly as l have.
After | lost the championship l went
on the road as an actor. Then l
opened my saloon in New York.
Now neither of these professions is
conducive to perfect physical condi-
ton, and my friends believed my days
as an athlete were over.
did not agree with them.
knew that I could once more place
myself where | was before.
So l challenged J~effries, confident
that / would be fit TO meet him.
The challenge was sneered at by
most people. That made me all the
more determined to recover my old
form.
That was last September. Let me
describe in a few words my condition
at that time:
My muscles lacked their old time size
and hardness. Ny liver and stomach
were in wretched condition. My nerves
left much to be desired.
Now that is no sort Of shape Tor an
athlete to be in. | set about changing
it for the better.
I figured out a plan of my own which
/ followed religiously.
In the first place the human frame is
made ZIP of two separate organisms.
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ent on the other. There is the outer
mantle bones, flesh and network OF
muscle. There is also the inner man
the heart, stomach. liver. lungs and
other organs. Then there arc the
nerves. which form the keynote Of the
whole outer and inner structure.
I was always quick TO find out an
| opponents weak points. l was no
slower in discovering my own
| ct about first getting my stamach,
liver and nerves into shape. The out
| er man could wait.
Accordingly as soon as the Jeffri1
match was maae Clast September1 i
mapped out my plan of campaign and
started to work.
Here is a summary Of nv daily rou-
tine during the next four months. /
needed ali that time to put liver. stom-
ach and nerves into proper condition.
Daily Routine.
For First -Four Months.
Rise at 1880 a. N.
Breakfast at s.
Rest for 7 hour.
st Il walk half z mile to the gymna-
SUM.
Work at gy sum for n hour.
Walk back home.
Lunch at ?.
Rest until l.
Walk four miles.
Dine at 6.
Retire al II.
This, OF course. was subject 10 slight
changes.
Ny g%ynnastic work was arranged
wiz a special purpose. This was 70
tone up the system and cause enough
perspiration to force the poisonous
humors n my blood TO escape by
can Of Precipitation
Ny gymnastie work was all to this
end On reaching the gymnasium, I
went through the following exercise:
gymnasium work.
Fifteen minutes of pastures and mo-
tions 70 strengthen muscles OF liver and
stomach.
Fifteen minutes work with the pull
ley weights.
Fifteen minutes steady boxing
Strip and take a medium shower
bath followed by a rundown
The bouy motions CONSISTED in bend
ipg forward until the fingers touched