The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
COACHED BY SISTER.

Young Corbett," the champion
lightweight pugilist of the world,
owes his supremacy to woman.
Not in the ordinary romantic sense.
Young Corbett's athletic greatness
has no sentimental basis. On the
contrary, in the most literal sense of
the words. Young Corbett, /" 9TH
erwise William Rothwell, has been
expertly coached for his great part by
his younger sister.
Plainly, therefore, glory ought to
fall where glory is due. Miss Ethel
Rothwell, who is ID in the matter of
years, but infinitely more mature in
the matter of common sense, ought to
have at least as much credit as the
trainers" of other great fighters
have had. Indeed, if the extent of
the service she has rendered her
brother were widely known, Miss
Ethel, who is now the most domestic
and retiring of misses, would be in
demand as an expert authority by
light-weights the world over.
AS coach Ethel was born, not
made. In her well-balanced little
head the principles of successful prize
lighting were providentially innate.
Or this at least was inferred by the
representative of the New York
W0r3d who called upon her at her
home in Denver.
1t is useless to deny, though this
is incidental, that Miss Ethel is ex-
ceptionally attractive. She is viva
cious red-cheeked young lady, with
deep blue eyes and two heavy braids
of auburn hair.
The main point is that in build
she greatly resembles the champion.
Young ladies who may be moved to
emulate her may be interested to
know that the Denver Diana is only
four feet eleven inches tall. She is,
however, extraordinarily muscular
with no extra pounds. Her exact
measurements are as follows Fore
arm, 8 inches; biceps, 9 inches;
wrist, S inches; calf, inches thigh,
16H inches waist, IS inches; neck,
IS inches chest, 80 inches; reach,
90 inches.
Now, in addition to her muscle and
pretty face, Miss Ethel is a young
lady of marked initiative. When her
stalwart young brother confded to
her quite in secret his pugilistic ambi-
tons she said to him:
Listen to me, Will. If you want
to be fighter, skip rope. 1t will
help your wind and it will make your
feet nimble."
The budding champion laughed.
Whereupon his sister explained fur
ther and he took her advice. This
was two years ago. Today he is the
champion. This illustrates the re-
markable sagacity of woman.
Having become an expert rope
skipper and demonstrated the wis
dom of the exercise to his own satis%
faction, young Mr.. Rothwell needed
no persuasion to adopt the next piece
of advice his sister gave him.
This was that he should try saving
wood. In the back yard of the Roth
we'll house there is always an enor-
nous stack of logs and large saw.
She advised him to saw with his
right hand for IS or 20 minutes and
then do the same with his left. This
was to help him as a puncher. She
was always present to see that he did
it well.
If he grew tired she still kept him
at it.
Before entering a battle young
Corbett was coached at home or at
his training quarters by his sister.
At almost every fight she accompa-
MED him as far as the amphitheater,
when she would go home and await
the result of his encounter. Her ad-
vice was always:
"Keep cool and let the other fel-
low do the worrying.
She figured that he would have a
better show of winning by sidestep-
ping his opponent and delivering his
famous punches to the right or left
jaw. 1t was seen about two years
ago that the "kid' changed his tac-
tics in the ring, and it was at his sis
ter's advice that he did so.