Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-31


Young Corbett," featherweight cham
pion of the world, and Terry McGovern
who has hopes of recovering the title
he lost in the memorable fight at
Hartford a year ago last November,
will meet tonight in the arena of the
Hayes Valley Athletic club to settle
the question of supremacy. The mem
are matched to box twenty rounds. If
present arrangements are carried out
the boxers will face one another about
8 p. m. According to reports from
their respective training quarters Nc
Govern and Young Corbett" are both
in first-class physical condition. Both
completed their regular training yes
terday and are doing just enough work
today to keep their weight at the right
figure until called upon to enter the
ring. The articles of agreement stipu-
late that they are to weigh in at 127
pounds at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Neither anticipates any difficulty in
tipping the scales at the right figure.
Curiously enough, from the hour the
match was made McGovern has been
a favorite in the betting over the lad
who defeated him so decisively on the
occasion of their former battle. Those
who have staked their money on the
ex-champion have had in mind his re-
markabe record as a fighter, his Won
derful hitting ability and his power
to stand punishment. With the single
exception of the fight in which he lost
his title the little Brooklynite has
never been in danger of defeat at the
hands of an opponent. For fighter
of his weight it is generally conceded
that he has the hardest blow of any
one who was ever in the fighting game
Both before and since his fight with
young Corbett" his record has been
one succession of victories. He has
met and defeated all the mem of his
class, both good and bad. His recent
bouts have failed to produce one whit
of evidence that LIE has deterioated as
a fighter during the last year or two.
On the other hand it is believed by his
friends and followers that he is a
better fighter today than ever before
in his career. That he is in superb
physical condition is the universal
opinion of those who have been
privileged to see him at his training
quarters since he arrived in California.
1t is all of these facts combined that
to predict a victory for him in to-
nights contest and has caused the
betting odds to incline in his favor.
The fact that the betting is in favor
of McGovern does not prove con-
clusively however that there are not
ring critics and quite a number of
them who are of the opinion that when
the two little fighters face in the
squared circle tonight Young Corbett'
"hi 'NHeat the dose he administered to
terrible Terry" at the Hartford
meeting. These persons base their
beIlef on the idea that the Denyerite
is the one fighter who is Thoroughly
acquainted with McGovern's stvle of
nghtlng and capable of getting in the
Knockout at the first onnortunitv
Ihey argue further that a fighter once
deteated is always at a disadvantage
when he faces his conqueror a second
Time. The champion, full of the knowl-
edge that he had defeated his oppo-
nent before, gains courage in the be-
het that he can do the trick a second
time, while the vanquished is more
than apt to lose confidence in himself
when he faces the man who has once
defeated him,
To compare the tactics of the two
fighters is an easy matter 1t may be
said that their style of fighting is
much the same. McGovern may have
a slight advantage over his opponent
when 1t comes to the scientific points
of the game, but on the other hand the
champion is considered less likely to
lose his head when things get lively.
AS to hard hitting and gameness the
two little fighters are about as evenly
matched as ever were two antagonists
IN the ring. In whichever corner of
the ring the bird of victory alights the
hght is certain to be a lively contest
from gong to gong The general opin-
Ion IN sporting circles is that the bat.
Tie VIII not go half the limit