The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-06

could get in one of his right or left
hand wallops he might put me out
In the eighth round, when he looked
SO weak, when 1 came to my corner |
said to Corbett, Now I'll go in and
finish him. Corbett checked me, say
ing, Don't do anything of the kind
You are winning surely and certainly
You are wearing him down and weak
ening him every round. There are II
rounds to go yet. Take no chances If
it is necessary to take any, 10 rounds
from now will be time enough to try
them Taking into consideration every
thing you must admit that that was
good advice, and that was sensible IN
following it"
Now for Fitz. I know that he is
strong, powerful and skillfUl man.
Everyone who has fought with him
says this, and everyone who has fought
him or who has seen him fight knows
that he is one of the most desperate
punchers in the business. feel certain
that I will defeat him. 1 am younger.
bigger and stronger than he Is, and L
think that these advantages viii enable
me to win. However, l am getting my
self into the best possible condition 1
never felt better and stronger or more
certain of success before in all my life,
and you can tell al lmy friends that L
will do all that lies in my power to win
I recognize, though. that have a very
hard job before me, but l think l am
equal to the accomplishing of it."
Rubin certainly looks in magnificent
it at the seashore has made him as rud-
dy as an Indian. His flesh is hard, his
eyes are bright and he looks like man
in the very perfection Of youthful health
and strength. He is no braggart, this
same Rubin, and after my talk with
him 1 felt that perhaps 1 have erred in
imputing to him the lack of ferocity
which makes a perfect fighter. He may
not be as fierce as the Numidian lion or
as rugged as the Hycarnean bear, but he
evidently possesses a stolidity which,
when backed by determination, fully
makes up for the qualities possessed by
Leo and Bruin. l expect to see Mr..
Rubin give an excellent account of him
self and feel sure that be he winner or
be he the loser his admirers will have no
reason to be ashamed of him.
F'itz is certainly doing all in his power
to get himself into frst-class condition.
He no longer believes &imSelf to be in
Vincible. He has been taught otherwise.
Though he may have enough money to
enable him to live comfortably for a year
or two he hasn't any large amount of
this worlds goods and he has growing
family dependent on him. Unless he wins
with Rubin his days as a firSt-claS5
fiStic attraction are over. No one COM
prehendS this fact more fully than he
does, and consequently he can be de-
pended on to do all that in him lies to
enable him to remain in the hStic firma
ment a star of the first magnitude He
has called medical science to his aid to
enable him to get his lame hand and arm
into good condition. He has had his
famed fin baked in an oven with which
medical men have accomplished many
remarkab bic cures lately.
There have been reports flying around
from time to time during the past two
years that Bob has been looking on the
wine when it was red more than has
been good for him. l don't give much
credence to these reports. He may have
taken a few glasses of liquor now ana
again, but I think he is naturally tenn
perate man and is not given to or adj
dicted to the use of liquor to an abnor-
NAL degree. saw him not long ago
bathing at the ocean and he then GER
tainly looked to be in excellent condition
His principal handicap Is the fact that
he is 10 If not Is years older than Rub
lin, and after a man gets on the shady
side of 40, though he may feel well, he is
seldom as good physically as he was
when on the sunny side of mature man.
hood. 1 think he is going to make a
desperate fight, but I shall not be sur
priSed if it is unaVailing one.