The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-18
SPORTING NEWS.
COrbett Begins Training Back
in His Old Quarters.
The Denver Champion Now
Weighs About 1872 Pounds.
STILL TALKS DETROIT.
Tells Why He Failed to Knock
Out Eastern Men.
STILL TALKS DETROIT.
Has Earned Several Thousand
Dollars in the Ring.

Cincinnati, o., Dec. lS-Young Corbett,
accompanied by his trainer, Dutch"
Tuthill. and his sparring partner, While
Fitzgerald, have arrived in the city, and
the party is quartered at training quar-
tiers at the Price Hill house. Corbett is
the picture of health. but somewhat high
in flesh. Not so high, however, that he
can not be in first class shape after three
weeks work
Il am all right" said the little cham
pion in response to a question. 81 have
trained many time within the last year
for a fight and have pulled off none. but
it's not been my fault. This time, 1
think matters will go along all right. I'm
going to start into work this week.
propose to hold off for few days until
I get well rested, and then start into
hard road work.
What do you weight" was asked.
well, 1 don't know exactly, but it's
not more than 1872 pounds. The. match
with McGovern compels me to weigh III
pounds at 4 o'clock, and 1 can do that
with the greatest ease. 1 do not propose
to take weight too fast have lot
of time to get into condition, and 1 pro-
pose to take it.
Il have my trainer, Tuthill and Willie
Fitzgerald with me. but there will be
another boxer join after awhile You
see, / don't propose to do any boxing for
awhile. In fact, 1 guess l will not don the
gloves until a week before the date set
for the fight, and that will give me all
the boxing practice I want. 1 viii put
in most of my time doing road and gym
nasium work. and I propose to be as
strong as 1 can possibly be. 1 shall not
pay any special attention to reducing,
for I know that that is easy"
1T looks pretty much like McGovern
and I will have to settle the champion
! ship in Detroit" said Corbett last night.
/ Billy Considine, on behalf of the Metro
politan Athletic club, says he can pull
/ the contest off without doubt, and as
he backs up his talk with a forfeit OF
! $4,000 I feel pretty certain that it will
surely take place in Detroit would
have been greatly pleased to see Bob
Gray get the bout for the Southern
Athletic club of Louisville, but 1 could
not wait any longer for him to post his
forfeit, and so had to do the next best
thing, and that was to accept the De-
troit offer.
Mr.. Gray has been very kind to me.
/ but guess he appreciates the way am
situated. l make my living fightinS.
and the more time I let slip by me the
/ longer it takes for me to get the mOneg
I have offers to fight in San Francisco
and elsewhere, and wanted to clinch the
McGovern match SO l would know just
where 1 stood ! waited several weeks
for GrayS money to go up. but he did
not see his way clear to put up $1,000 as
a forfeit owing to the rather unsettled
condition of things in Louisville. L am
sure ne cannot DlaIne me Tor what L
have done"
HIS EASTERN FIGHTS.
Speaking of the four fights he had in
the east since leaving Cincinnati, Cor
I bett stated that the only reason he did
not knock out his opponents was be-
cause they would not stand up to him.
phey wanted to have it to say that they
stood before Young Corbett and We're
satisfied to stay away and have Cor
bett chase them about the ring. He
almost broke his neck in one of the
bouts in Philadelphia trying to catch his
| opponent, who ran like a deer around
the ring
Corbett is much better off financially than
! when he took his departure from Cincin-
/ natl He has earned several Thousand dol
| lars fighting in the east. and also picked
/ mp neat sum giving private exhibitions.
/ he has not deserted Denver entirely. but
thinks New York the best town for
/ fighter to live in. as there is always some
/ thing doing in the east. ana the club man.
/ ayers know Just where to find him. lie
! figures that Jim Jeffres would be much
1 better off If he lived in the east instead of
/ living in obscurity in the wilds of Califor-
mia. JEFF is doing the right thing, Corbett
/ thinks by making tour of the country
| with Bob FitZSimmOns. 1t is quite a nov
city for the public to the Two big fell
! lows in ring costume together and the
/ tour. in Corbetts opinion, will reap a rich
harvest for both men.