Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-27
THE PUGILISTS.
Jeffries Talks of His Coming
 Bout With Corbett.

He Will Have Fitzsimmons for a
 Training Partner-He Says He
 Says He Would Like to Be Floored
 Once to See How It Feels-Young
 Corbett Met Tartar, Evidently. ill
 George Memsic.
 When Jeffries starts in to train he will have for his chief advisor and sparing partner unique figure in Bob Eitzsimmons, his erstwhile rival and former champion. These two great heavyweights, once the bitterest of enc mics, are to-day the best of friends, in fact, boon companions, and each Is working for the others success. Fitz- simmons will no doubt prove a valua- ble partner for the champion. FNitz- simmons has fought Corbett and won the championship from him at Carson City in 1897. He can be of great value to the big boilermaker. Jeffries has fought Fitzsimmons twice, and as he came out the winner each time, the lat ter is satisfied that Jeffries is the best
 man and intends to do all in his power to enable him to defend the champion ship against Corbett, for whom he has never had any great feeling. One great difficulty Jeffries has experienced while training for his battles is to get a man who could stand the gaff. Even when sparring, Jeffries is no light hitter, and
 when his unsuspecting partners re ceived jolt or two they were ready to leave the camp for an easier occupa- tion With Fitzsimmons, however, this trouble will be at an end, for there IS no gamer boxer than FitZsimmons, and the latter can give the champion few hard ones in return for what he may receive. Jeffries is not the least Dit alarmed over the stories about Corbetts new punch. The champion says he hopes that all the stories are true, as it will give him an opportunity to light.
 By the way" said Jeffries, II would like to be f1oored by punch just for the fun of it. You know I have never been knocked down, although Jack Munroe claims that distinction. l would like to see how it feels. Of course I expect to win, but just how long it will take me to do the trick have never figured out. Corbett IS a
 pretty shifty boxer and may try to make a long fight of it in an effort to gain the decision on points, but l am pretty sure it will never go the limit It will be a couple of weeks yet before I go into active training for the battle You know it does not take place until the latter part of August, and if l were to start in now l would be all out when
 the time for the real hard work ar rived. Too much training is no good
 for man who has hard fight before | him. Take those fellows for instance, who are always training Terry Me Govern was working several months, | while Corbett took it easy with the sec ond rate men that he met. The result
 was when he was matched with Terry he did his first real hard work, and en- tered the ring in grand shape, in fact, so fine that he was enabled to outright the former champion at every stage" l.. Once again the far west has pro- duced fighter with championship pos l abilities in him. He is a second Nun roe, in the person of George Memsic When Memsic heard that Corbett would meet all corners at Portland he went into training with Tommy Tracy and put in three weeks of hard work.
 In the first round Memsic was plainly afraid of the champion and there was 1 little real fighting. Memsic recovered  1 his nerve in the next round and opened hostilities with a storm of lefts to the face and jaw. The all landed hard. Toward the end of the round he shot the left across and caught Corbett right on the jaw, and the champion. toppled over backward. Corbett fell lightly and was instantly on his feet again. The blow was unexpected by Corbett. The round closed with hot fighting, ap- parently in favor of Memsic. Corbett | rushed in to end matters in the third round, but Memsic was wise enough to stay away from the corners and gave
 as good as he received. About the mid- dle of the round a combination of a
 misstep and light punch sent Memsic to the floor. Acting under instructions he remained down until nine seconds
 had been counted. In the fourth and
 last round Memsic proved his ca1ibre -