Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-23
GOss p on the Coming Fight Be-
tween Corbett and McGoyern,
RUMORS OF SLOW TRAINING
II IL Said the Champion In Less Active
Than fioGoyern the halienger
Report Denied.

As is laways the case before fight
Of more than the ordinary amount Of
interest rumors iy thick and fast Of all
sorts Of doings of the pugs one Of
the latest from the east is that Young
Corbett in his quarters at New Haven
refuses to train as hard as his train
ers would like TO have him. and con
sequently any number OF stories OF
fixed deals and other things have gain
ed circulation, says Malachy Hogan In
the Chicago Record Herald. The story
that comes from Denver regarding the
little champions condition is entirely
different, and Corbett himself stamps
the report az a base fabrication, He
declares he is training as hard as he
ever did in his life. and promises his
friends he viii be In better cond tion
when he meets McGoyern at(i.OuIsvi lie
next month than ne was when he cap
tured the championship at Hartford.
But Hogan continues:
Not having been on the ground, |
cannot very well make any authorlta-
tive comments on these reports, but at
this distance 1t looks az IL some are
true and some are not. Training meth
DDS these days differ from those which
were IN vogue some 10 or 20 years ago,
and because man takes IL more easy
and has more enjoyment these days Il
doesn't necessarily mean that the con-
tests are to be fakes.
HOW TERRY TRAINS.
Take Terry McGoyern for instance
He is none Of your boys who tran on
raw beef ana hard tack. Not he He
has the best there is going, OF course
avoiding those things strictly prohlb-
tied to an athlete. The fact that he
eats at table spread with damask
and uses napkin doesn't need to be IN
terpreted as a forerunner Of cooked
up fight That he has a man" to help
him dress In the morning Is no sure sign
that he Will not be able TO take ca n
Of himself when he faces Young Corr
bett behind the ropes. On the other
hand he will probably be in as good
condition for the fight as any boxer
that ever stepped into the ring.
The training of today differs widely,
but the trend seems to be toward maxi
ing the work more pleasant year by
year. The boxer like any athlete. is,
OF course, compelled to do his regular
stunts In the gymnasium and on the
road but with these over good time"
Is not cut out He is allowed to do most
anything that any other pleasure seek
en- might enjoy, and the continual
round Of games, theaters. driving,
hunting and other form Of amuse-
inents apparently tends 10 keep the
mind In proper trim and aid In the gem
eral scheme OF training.
CoRBETT WILL BE IN SHAPE.
We do not know much Of Young Cor
belts training methods, and the stories
may be true that he Is taking 1t easy.
Reports have II that he IL lazy and
that he refuses to abide by his train
er's orders; that he does pretty much
as he pleases, and that when he gets
tired he quits that his wind is bad
from lack Of proper exercise and so IN.
What effect this will have on the fight
remains to be seen.
II is safe to predict, though, that
Corbett win be in pretty fair shape
when he steps into the ring to face the
man from whom he wrested the cham
pionship Judging from reports Cor
bett needs the money, but I don't think
that he viii take any chances i'm fooing
the public, | look for a fight where
everybody win get their moneys worth.
II Is, OF course, possible that flushed
with his victories, Corbett considers
the former champion too easy a propo-
sitlon, but | hardly think this is the
case. think that he realizes that the
long ring experience Of McGoyern VIII
more than counterbalance any of the
reported slowness of Terry.