The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

hat he shows more vitality and energy
than in any Of his latter bouts
Young Corbett also seems to be working
faithfully for the coming contest and he is
probably stimulated to additional efforts by
to time of his condition soon after his leav-
/ ing this city. That he was in perfect triIn
while here, 90 one who saw him work At
champion, probably disguised with the con-
tinued interruptions to his battle, Is said to
Sdws e fbs febt pP P%as' %f 6sfniftiY eaI netaH soff IN
this city, thereby doing himself much harm
SO far as condition was concerned.
This fact was commented upon when he
reached the East and the comments seem
to have done him good. He appears to have
buckled down to his work ana mis- daily box
ing with Eddie Santry has undoubtedly
done. him more good than mere rough work
with his trainer, Frank NewhouSe. Santry
is one of the cleverest boxers of his weight
Sullivan here. before Sullivan handed the
final blow which ended the light. Will be re-
membered; HIS practice win, Young Cor
bett is said to be fast and hard, daily.
Both men certainly seem likely 10 get in
to the best Of condition, If their own efforts
count for anything. and there need be no
that he met a better man. No betting IS
yet reported on the contest that is OF any
value in deciding what the prices VIII be
against the men, as personal favoritism hg-
ures largely in any wagers recorded so lar
on the result.
Sam Harris is quoted as saying that he IS
willing to bet so 100 on MCCiovern. Fol
lowers of the ring VIII believe that he
means. to bet this amount when they see
the money placed and not before. Mccoy
ern is no such a certainty in this battle as
TO justify even a small portion OF SlO,JJ De.
ing placed on him this far in advance OF
the fight, when there is q chance that he
may go back again in condition. ana the
talk was probably started by Harris for the
n1rn ~ aHN~arttEaWnOnf
Taken all together, the bout should adoro
as good q fight as has ever been witnessed
in the fe~ather-weight division. And from
the style of both mems fighting 1t seems
likely that the result will I've brought about,
one way or the other. by j decisive, knock
out punch.
There is still some little dispute about the
referee. with Jim Curbett, Bob Fitzsim-
mons and Charley White mentioned as the
ticie.
Local interest will center strongly in the
fight between Harry Forbes and Tommy
Feltz at Chicago Tomorrow evening, as the
wilmer Of the contest will come 10 this city
to fight within the next few days. In the
six-rcund bouts permissible in Chicago
Feltz will make a great showing against
Forbes. but it Is safe to say that the lat
ter will get the, verdict unless Tommy
should put him out.
The idea of giving a decision against a
Chicago fighter. however badly he might
be worsted in u contest, would SAVIOR OF the
ridiculous to a Chicago referee. TheS are
there to look after their friends interests IN
most cases. and the record of any Chicago
fighter that is based on fights pulled on in
his home town may be thrown out Oh con-
sideration as affording a line on his class.
While not all fights have been conducted on
this basis, enough of them have been
pulled off on similar lines TO give the Chi
cage game a very bad name throughout
the country.
On recent form shown by the men, how
ever. forbes should win the bout on his
merits. even thong the distance favors
Tommy. He will. therefore. be the next
attraction at the West End Club, in all
likelihood.
Bob Fftzsimmons is still suffering great
ly from injury to his left hand received IN
his battle with Jim JeffrieS, and the MEM
Der is so badly swollen that he has to have
assistance to dress and undress. An N-ray
examination of the hand was made last
week. and it was found that the bones at
the knuckle Joint were dislocated signify.
while below this there seemed to be a slight
fracture.
The hand is still feverish and extremely
painful. but the physicians in attendance
think that the injury can be cured by
STEADY massage. They believe. however,
that 1t will take some time to accomplish
the cure.
Eddie Santry and Ole Olsen will fight ten
rounds at indianapolis tomorrow evening.
Immediately after the bout Santry will re-
turn to the East to take up his work with
Young orbett.