The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02

Taken as whole a great battle is prom
hie e MI Snxet De e., Perfect instance Of
or. IL each man battles in his normal style.
Unless the affair ends abruptly for one
reason or another. II should afford the best
years In this respect it is OF far greater
promise than the Fftz-Jcffries fight ever
OF those favorins corbett's chances. men,
ton may he made of Nal Doyle, Paul
| Fisher and Harry Rodgers. The last named
was formerly of the San Francisco Bxam-
hEhti Is n In New York under the Horton law.
sr.asnS Of coTbees 81 has CITY, and said
Il saw corbett recently in New York saw
him box with Frank Erne and other clever
! with Jerries. 1 was by the rinEside when
ne fought Jeffries at Coney Island. and to
! this day believe It was Corbett's careless
ness that lost him the fight.
IT seems to me that the question at issue
Is Gorbstts ability to hold down. his ex-
cifabi!ity in the fight. He lost his battle
first. setting too fast pace and then GET
ting careless. Had he stepped back from
Fftz's solar plexus blow instead Of merely
trying to draw his body back. honestly be-
lieve that the result would have been most
when he fought JeHries he was in a
round on. Friends who had backed him to
last that distance stood up and cheered him
wildly Corbett was 30 tickled that he be-
playing with Jeffries. He didn't notice that
he was being backed toward the ropes. and
the T FnoW k / ssste y.pev ner.on., an, ,s
Is perfectly square official. Precedent
counts for so much in an affair Of this sort,
However, that I am doubtful whether Cor.
Of the pointing; But I fancy that the asnt
will go the limit and that the tale of blows
will show that Corbett has done the most
work.
One more postponement marked the local
pugilistic situation last week. Attell and
definitely until the former RECEIVERS his
health, He suddenly discovered that he was
too sick to fight Regain and sent word to
This is a distinct disappointment. The
fight was the best carded here in the last
year. Regain has many friends and Attell
of any pugilfst., save Tommy Sullivan. Each
contingent comes out strongly In support OF
It's own candidate and the fight itself shoald
have been record-breaker.
Haughton announces he will make every
effort to send the men into the ring the
week folIewing the Young coroett-su 5H
programme, and Is set for one week from
tomorrow.
Sullivan has prohted. II anything. by the
delay in cardlng the fight with Young Cor.
bett HIS training was not so Tar advanced
Wnen word OF tho pOstp0nement came, IN
endanger his growing stale or training off.
He simply eased up slightly In his work
and states that he Is now IN better shape
than ever.
Tommy will make no effort to take on
extra weight when he fights Corbett. The
champion will not make weight for the
fight That much Is regarded as practically
usual tendency toward embonpoint strongly
marked. Inasmuch as Tommy will be re-
Quired to weigh in, however, there fs no
Use in his trying to take on extra weight.
Sullivan Is at his best at 1874 to 126
pounds He can 20 to 1913 and be fast and
to this latter mark when he opposes the
champion.
II Sullivan will work hard at developing
his wallop, he can make the rotund paunch
Of the champion very sore before the af-
fair s over. Herein lies an excellent OPP
pcrtunity for the use of his shifts and long
range upper cuts. Moreover. Tommy has
blow to the jaw that is not going to help
any one on whom 1t lands.
Andy Walsh has taken the place Of Frank
Hart as Sullivan's trainer. and while he
does not approach Hart in skill at handling |
Tommy up to good shape.
Johnny Regain IL in better trim now than
he has. been for some weeks. Ever since his |
recent illness he has been recovering his |
strength rather slowly. and his easy VIC |
tory over Clarence Forbes showed that he |
was almost back in his old form.
He was distinctly weak when he first |
reached Memphis after his Illness here.
in getting draw with Regain. With Eegan |
in his present trim, Kelly would not have |
a chance. Chains second-rater would be |
OF tboxed from the start.