The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
SPORTING NEWS.
James. J. Corbett Sizes Up the
Coming Pugilfstic Mill.
Pays Hearty Tribute TO Rubin
as a Scientific Boxer.
WILL FIGHT TO LIMIT.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons Says Roberts
Ring Days Are Over
wiz Devote HimseIfto the
Drama HencefOrth.

New York, Jan. 1.-The World pub
fishes the following signed statement
from James J. COrbett, who fought
Champion James JeffT1es and VINO
trained with Rubin at Lakewood and
taught him the most he knows about
the fighting game-
Before / say anything OF the relative
merits Of the TWO fighters, Rubin and
Jeffries I want it thoroughly under
stood that I bear no i'll feeling toward
the champion because he has refused
me a chance to fight him again. And
I'm not prejudiced because Rubin is
endowed with some of the qualities
developed in him I'm going to see the
fight and what I hope to see is the best
man win
'Jeffries, Of course, is champion, and
to have sustained that degree he had
to have some good qualities as q fighter
Now those summed up in a sentence
would hardly sound like much. but in the
twenty-four foot ring I'll tell you they
count big.
ssThe first Is his enormous weight. In
that proportion he is better than any
other in the world. Then, by virtue Of
his bulk, he has a punch that is a
money winner. But his best virtue IS
the amount Of patience he possesses
1t is hard to find a. fighter with so much.
To win in the twenty-htth round IS
just the same to him as landing the
prize in the first minute To have such
a quality IN ones makeup means judg-
ment of the best sort, and he has it.
But you'll excuse this one little
knock-he has such good sense that he
won't meet me again. don't think
any better evidence Of his good sense
can be shown He Is just that way in
the ring.
Then, as to Rubin, cannot say that
he can use the same good head work
as Jeffries. He hasn't the punch, either,
nor the weight But withal he is JET
fries superior as a scientific fighter. He
is more aggressive, too In fact, think
-4.-1- ,. Ill G1@-@ 10
champion up from that crouching posi-
ton Of his and set him to lighting as ne
ought to.
-Ruhlin, I know. will stand more pun
ishment than Jeffries. In his heart he
is gamer, and until he is sent to the
seclusion of the floor by an accurately
aimed blow he will be there fighting
even with broken arms, if it is his mis-
fortune to suffer such.
when I say he can't punch as hard
I don't mean that he can't hit hard
enough to knock a man out. Any
heavyweight, if he takes deliberate aim
and is true TO his mark, will hand his
opponent over to Nodland But he is
going to be handicapped with Jeffries
because his weight is not equal.
sJeffries' stronghold in. this fight, as
in all others, will be his running blow
that is, standing off al a distance Of
from five to ten feet and running at his
opponent His weight. falling up
against the other fellow is productive of
a firing effect on the receiver.
But what I hope for is to see Rubin
in the same condition he was when he
fought and beat Tom Sharkey, and to
use the same judgment If ne is in
shape and uses his head rightly neither
Jeffries nor any other man on earth
could knock him out in twenty rounds.
Then after it's all over the very worst
Gus can get is a draw.
1.-THE fight, I expect, viii go the limit
to a. decision. The result of the referees
decision depends entirely on Ruhlins
form.
'SThe question will be whether clever
ness, gameness and aggressiveness on
Ruhlin's part will win over the punch,
the weight, the GOODNESS and the pa
thence Of Jeffries.
JAMES J. CORBETT."