The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
SPORTS
]. C0RBE11 SCORES.
H Heavyweight Champ onship Battle
Will Be Fought in a Twenty
four Foot Ring,
Gentleman Jim z Meets Jehries and
Signs Articles for Contest
in August.

In private room Of Harry Corbett.s
poolroom In San Francisco yesterda att
ernoon Champion Jim Jeffries and James
j. Corbett met and signed articles for a
fight for the heavyweight championships in
San Francisco on the night of August u 4.
These articles We're prepared in New York
but there was much discussion yesterday
over the meaning of Queensberry rules
and over the referee.
The feature of the meeting which was
most noteworthy was that Jeffries did his
own talking for the first time and he
showed a keenness and great shrewdness.
On all the previous occasions Of this kind
Billy Delaney has been spokesman for
Jeffr1es, but tho Delaney sat at Jeffries'
right hand. he was seldom consulted by
the champion, who seemed to have very
clear ideas of what he wanted.
The important points decided were that
when a man clinches the other man may
use. his free arm, and that if both men
1a1l to- agree on a referee by July .25 each
shall forfeit $500. Jeffries looked In
splendid trim yesterday. and he locke
large beside Corbett whose face seemed a
trif1e drawn. Corbett was the shrewder
OF the two men, however, and was the
aggressor In all stipulations for the fight
Corbett sounded the keynote of the CON
ference when he said to Jeffries:
Wen, we know that the. public does
not want to see a wrestling match; we
know you are bigger and stronger man;
what the public wants is science and that
we should give them"
Jeffries responded promptly: '.I'm not
going to make this fight wrestling match
and if there is any clinching or hugging
you will be the one that viii do it,
Then after a long discussion it was de-
cided they should break at the call Of the
re1efee, but when one man was clinched
he had the right to punch with his free.
arm. It will therefore devolve on the
referee to decide who is the aggressor in
clinches.
Corbett scored a, decided ADVANTAGE by
having the 24foot ring adopted. It has
been several years since anything larger
than 70 or 22-foot rings have been used
IN San Francisco. The last heavyweight
battle between Jeffries and Fitz was in a
20-foot ring and Fitzsimmons suffered
from 1t as he could not escape punish
ment. There was much talk over the
referee, Jeffries denied fatty that he wanted
S1ler or any other eastern man He said
a Californian was good enough for him. To
protect the club and make sure there will
be no quarreling over the referee the lght-
ers pledged themselves to each pay $500
forfeit if they did not decide on 9, referee
by July Is. s4>ss !.
It was decided to have the fight on q
O-Bc
20 per. cent and the Yosemite club 80 per
cent. Seventy-five per cent will go to the
winner and 25 per cent to the loser. From
all indications to-day the fight will be for
blood, and tho the men were friendly they
showed earnestness to meet and settle the
point of supremacy.
Possessing all of his former cleyerness.
punching powers and ring generalshiu,
Frank Erne. the, ex-lightwe:ght champion
last night, made a veritable punching bag
Of Warren. Zurbrick in the ring Of the
International Athletic: club at Fort Erie,
winning furiously fought battle on a
foul in the tenth. round.
= The boxers agreed to fight under the
clean break rules: which govern all glove
battles. in Canada In the eighth round.
Iurbrick fou]ed .Erne. He was cautioned
He nodded his head and then Erne almost
put him out with a, wicked left lab In
the ninth round, Zurbrick who was fight
ing losing battle, fouled by repeatedly
Erne in the stomach while ina
clinch. The crowd hissed.: Erne smiled
and allowed Zurbrick to continue his tao
tics. - - - I.
In the tenth round zurbrick began
punching in the. clinches. He was eau
toned three times. When the round. was
nearly over Erne drove Zurbrick against
the ropes and when they came to. a clineh
Zurbr1ck began punching with his right 4
The crowd. yelled fowl. and Referee Nc
Bride stepped in between them and waved
E.rne tO his ar % wiz, :