The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
THE BIG FIGHT
BY LITTLE MEN
Ccrb,tt and Hanlon Are Both
Working Hard.
FORMER WILL MAKE WElsRT
SAYS he Will HAVE 10 DIFEI-
GUILTY IN REACHING 1e9 LES


san francisco. Dec. 2G-When Eddie
IIanion had concluded his work this aft
crnoOn he weighed 13a pounds. Young
Corbett" a the end Of his days exercise,
scaled 1924 pounds. These figures are
official. for d. each case the weighing
was done IN the presence of newspaper
men.
Hanlon put In a hard day. He has been
lowering around the 1874 pound mark for
several days AID he made up MS mind TO
take OFF a little weight in hurry, He
covered ten miles on The road I'm COM
pany with Traiuer Eoley iu the morning.
AID in the afternoon he pat IN about an
hour and quarter bag punching, rope
skipping and shadow fighting with dumb
bells grtpped in his hands.
Eddie told his friends that he did not
thiuk his condition could be improved
upon. lie said he was just aching - get
into the ring and fight. and that he firm
~ believed he would win from -Corbett
far inside the twenty rounds provided Tor
Young Corbett' had an easy day OF
It, Instead Of trudging miles along the
ocean boulevard and back, ne tooN =
short walk and then had his customary
dip ia the briny. In the afternoon ne
SPARED a few rounds with Nome Atteh
and went through course o. wand eN-
ercises. the purpose of which seemed 10
be the strengthening of the abdominal
muscles
Corbett Weighs 1873 Pounds.
When "Corbett' had finished HIS work
he invited the newspaper men into ms
dressing room. He Jumped on the weigh
ing machine and showed them that ne
was n trtfie under i53 pounds.
That's as close to the lighting weight
as / expected 10 be today, he said Il
merely want 20 convince YOU gentlemen
that ] VIII have no difficulty in eetttng to
1913 by the z9th. 1 did very light work TO-
day. as YOU saw. ! am satisfied with my
condition and weight. as i know 1 can
reach the notch called for IN the articles
D a. No ~
Trainer Harry Tuthih. who is in charge
7 of things out NJ 'Corbetts' camp IS 2
/ good deal of statistician lie has vest
( pocket diary in which he KEEPS track 2l
an Young rorbett's' undertakings. lie
( referred to his little book yesterday IOl
the purpose Of showing that "tOrDett
+ since he met Hanlon. while Hanlon has
1 only appeared IN the ring twice since the
+ event in question. his opponent on bOtf
Z occasions being Benny Yanger
/ Some OF 'COrbetts' fights We're fierce
( ones" SAID TuthilI. He Knocked oul
Hughey Murphy twice and has also
! knocked out jack O'NeiH. ST. Louis JacF
! O,keefe and others, besides getting de
/ cisions over such good men as Jimmy
Briggs, Billy Maynard and Tim Cah0nan
| He knocked ont Terry McGovern. too. p2
the way. and # can truthfully be said thu
! the McGovern tight was about the only
one Of the lopfhc trained d day for.
Hanlon Has Improved.
- must AE ettltls llNWtNf.I. LlldL y mic =
great number believed they saw consid
I cradle Improvement IN HanlOn when hs
/ boxed Yanger 4he last time Ii is morJ
/ on the score of physical development tina
] Hanlous friends expect 10 see a chang,
for the better I'm him when he boxes
"Corbett" next Tuesday night. Tt il
l claimed that the local fighter was pound!
under the stibulAted weight in ALI of hi
I fights for year past. It requires bu
"a cursory glance to note that Eddie j.
becoming much bigger boy He. says b
I is bigger because he has trained differ
I emily. but the suspicion prevails tina
I fanlon's day for going into the ring un
the stage where he has to train dow
I instead Of building up, as formerly.
Young Corbett" is one of those WIZ
held the latter view.
''It is all very fine for the Kid to sa.
that he is fattening himself UP with bah
food so as TO have something TO sWea
off" said "Corbett." Il guess he ha
had as much trouble to get TO weight a
In have, If he Will tell you the truth