Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-24
VOTING coRBETT DEFENDEu.
sOOrtIug Writer Who Knows a ihins
M Two Talks Some,

r.o,, corbett is getting his thumps
iS'" many quarters because he has
,o y 10 defeat decisively some OF the
ns"s,n,S boxers he met In Philadelphia
W. mix Howell, in Bridgeport Her
ss;s Ia il guilty Of the crime OF meet
ma' hslf and thlrd-raters for the piir-
,ns IN getting easy money, so many or
ossailants claim. And because he
has sslsd 10 nut these third-raters out
insISe Of six rounds II Is remarked oil
him that he has not shown IN tnese
ns ' that he is entitled to be
rlasssd as championship timber
Young Corbett is human. Most box
o.s orc Most OF us are. And most ev-
sryone OF US Is looking to get as mucn
,or as little as possible. That's a hu-
man trait, perhaps acquired, put nave
an idea rs lnborn, Corbett, by meeting
these third received as mucn tof
making the showing he did as though
no had nut them out In a punch. what
IL the use OF training ones body Into
stale old trunk, especially when
championship battle Is only Few
months ahead OF him, simply because
the tickle public censures him. Real
~ | think Corbett has acted the part
Of sense.
In nearly all cases the opponents OF
Corbett have made sprinting match
OF the bout. No boxer, ! don't care
how wen trained he is, can do much to-
ward quick decision, when his oppon-
a l,,,t flan ,iaE
Here Il another thing, the Philadel-
phia style OF boxinh contests tends to
Indifference, for the reason that decls-
ions are not given and consequently
cannot 20 on record as anything except
exhibitions. unes, Of course, a knock
out is administered. Suppose Corbett
had punched any Of those third-raters
nearly TO pieces In the six rounds, bur
they had been on deck at the end Of the
bout. would Corbett have won the de-
clslon? Certainly he would not. II
would have been recorded as an exhibit
ton.
There was a time when Terry Nc
Govern did the same thing that Corbett
has been doing relative TO meeting
these third-raters so called. Terry was
tonsured at that time the same as Cor
bett Is being censured now. And once
Terry met Kid Broad In Chicago the
kid came nearly putting McGovern to
me boards for the count, The boxer
who meets third-raers when he Is out
o. condition takes a chance every time
o. being put down and out. George
Dixon took the same chances when he
was touring the country as star
champion, and one night an unknown
naok boy, called the Kentucky Rose
oud put George down for the count. II
was only a short time ago that young
yer named Joe Tipman but Terry Nc
uovern In distress and Corbett Will
que Oh these days get his. too. II he Is
no. careful but that is his own affair.
'Vtoeu has been wise to my mind,
no' seepng NJ as a razor since tho
na'ch with McGovern was first called
~. had he Kept in perfect trim ven-
u'e 70 say that when he finally comes
meet MeGoyern next month. probab-
Y ne would have become stale and un-
.vt 70 DO himself Justice. You don't
- acGoyern training all this time do
~ " order 10 keen on adpe aurine
~ sat Tor the battle? Indeed. YOU
MANY many sam Harris and Joe Humphreys
AZ. Is 700 much Of the game to keep
sn ooy on edge for three or four
ym p' ss ahd then attempt to put him
~. uner TOT championship contest.
NJ ,v s nav have dspleased some Of
'"'ss'ders by not being In perfect