The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-30
QIRBEIT IND A0JY NON
sHIFTIEsT ROXERs IN THE p,xc
TODAY COME TOGETHER
TONIGHT
BETTING ON THE EVENT EVEN
Corbett will Have Ten 70 NIT.
Pounds the Best of the weights
Should BE a Pretty
Contest.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-After ineffeetua1
attempts by various mathematics dur
ing the past two years to get J. J. Cor
bet and Kid Mccoy together Manage,
! Kennedy, of the Twentieth Century club
/ has at last succeeded in making a match
/ between the two men, who are conceded
/ to DE the two most shifty and mastery
artists of the prize ring. Corbett and
/ Mccoy meet tomorrow at Madison SQUARE
! Garden They finished their training for
the battle today. Mccoy put the finishing
touches on his preparations at Saratoga
! and announced at the conclusion of his
day work that he was fit to work. He
weighs ten pounds more than he has ever
done before, and says if he is beaten It
VIII not be for lack of condition. Mccoy
ieft Saratoga tonight for the city.
Coroett, who is conditioning at Bath
beach, put few finishing touches to his
training today, with a little light sparring
and bag punching. He will devote to-
morrow to good rest, and will leave for
the scene of battle tomorrow afternoon
The betting on the result of the fight
does not appear to be at all lively. On
the contrary, the admirers of the pugil-
lists are holding off for a slight advance
IN the way Of odds. A few wagers. have
been placed, and the leading Judges are
about evenly divided regarding the
chances of these two scientific pugilists.
Many Mccoy men want odds and the
betting may be 10 to at the ringside. AT
present 1t Is even money. Friends of
nccoy say ne is not out for his class in
racing Corbett. They assert that he has
grown and thickened much in the last
TWO years, and now the bracing air of
Saratoga has helped to put a lot of solid
muscle on him. so that he weighs fully 40
pounds. The only question Is whether he
mas built himself up in good useful mus
cie' His admirers claims he has One
expert who saw him today says:
Mccoy Is a legitimate heavyweight.
although he is still ten to twelve pounds
ilSnter than COrbett. That advantage in
weight will help Corbett every time the
Two men come into conclusion at short
range. In the clinches Corbett will he
able to throw twelve pounds more on
McCoy's shoulders than Mccoy can throw
on him. That sort of thing counts for a
goa deal In a long fight Whenever the
Two clash the heavier man will be the
gamer. Remember how Jeffries used his
bett.
I'm height Corbett has an inch the
better of it, while as to reach the two
men are about evenly matched. Then
again, Mccoy hits the hardest blow. but
Corbett hits oftener, and Corbett, in spite
OF his much greater SIZE is exceedingly
fat. If he fights up to his usual form
he viii keep out Of harms way and try
10 tire Mccoy until he has him weakened
enough to finish him.
There was much discussion of +he match
at sporting resorts tonight, and each man
appeared to have many warm friends II
was agreed on all sides that the contest
ought to be not only the prettiest fight
ever seen in the ring, but the most ex
citing
FITz STICKS BY COREETT.
Turn about is fair play Before the Fitz-
slmmons-Sharkey fight Jim Corbett de-
cared that Bob would win and spoke in
nigh terms Of the fighting ability Of fire
IrecKled one. Now 1t is up to Fitz to saw
nice things about the man he licked al
carson City, and the conqueror of Ruh
I'm and Sharkey steps up like a good fell
row. Tow, although he is on anything but
friendly terms with Corbett, and picks
his one-time rival as a winner over the
clever kid" when the two meet Thurs
day night. Fitz says:
Corbett will beat Mccoy. This is NV
honest opinion. Corbett is too big. strona
and clever for Mccoy, and the kid will
surely find this out before the battle has
5OHe mdhy ROUNDS They say Corbett
can't punch. Well. take it from me be
can and pretty hard at that He land d
often enough on me when fought him in
Carson City, and, although the blows an
peared very weak to the persons who
were looking at the fight, they. neverthez
less, left an impression on me. Just a.
they will on Mccoy, providing Corbett is
successful In getting them in on the
kid
Mccoy is the harder hitter of the two.
but, as Corbett is the cleverer boxer and
also the better ring general, I really
can't see how he is going to lose
Another thing which will help him to beat
Mccoy is the great amount of science he
Is possessed Of at the present time. He
has improved greatly since he fought me
and, besides, has grown much stronger
Ills great showing with Jim Jeffries
whom he stood off for twentv-tbrae
rounds was a wonderful thing and should
be given due consideration in his coming
battle with Mccoy
When Corbett can stand off such
big slugger as Jeffres for so MANY
rounds he certainly stands an excellent
chance of beating Mccoy, as he will have
everything in his faYor-height, weight
and reach. With these advantages look
for him to win"
TOM SHARKEY PICKS MCCOY.
Fitzsimmons having picked Corbett, it
IS but natural that Tom Sharkey, who
has fought both Corbett and Mccoy and
who knows the different styles of both
men, should pick Mccoy In Thursday
nights battle, and why he thinks the
kid will win. Sharkey likes Mccoy
personally and apparently is much I'M
pressed by his showing against him some
time ago. On the other hand, he dislikes
Corbett
81 look for Kid Mccoy to win his fight
with Jim Corbett on Thursday night In
less than eight rounds" he says THE
kid has got to do it in that time IL ne
intends to win at all, but he Will know
that he has been in fight before he is
through. Corbett may be called a has
been by many people, but, let me tell
you, there is a lot left in him yet.
In nutshell, my reasons for think
ing Mccoy will win. are that he is just
as clever as Corbett and has a better
punch. He's bad youngster with either
hand and IS clever as Corbett is. I don't
think Corbett can get away from those
terrible jolts of the kid for very many
rounds