The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-29
SPOR:i rs.
EASTERN men
PICK CoRBEIT
BIG MONEY WAGERED ON CHAM
PION TO BEAT HANLON.
Dope Artists Figure that the Cali
fornian Is Not Up to Young Cor
belts Fornr-Fighters Finish Train
ing and are Ready for Bout.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 2e.-vith
the arrival of the sporting men from
the east last night there was big
boom in the betting on the Corbett-
Hanlon fight, which takes place here
this evening. Ben Carson, a New
York follower of pugilism, brought
$4,000 with which to back Champion
Corbett. Many thousands more are
in the possession Of the party. When
the two feathers step into the ring they
will carry an almost ecord-breaking
amount of wagers on their respective
chances. Young Corbett last night
was five to four favorite.
Corbett "dopes" to win and Hanlon
hopes to win. That expresses. the
condition Of things in the coming
featherWeight championship battle to
a nicely. The great variance between
Corbett's condition of to-day and that
when he met Eddie before gives him
a shade on form. There are dozens Of
angles to be considered, but added ex-
his two struggles with Benny Yanger
does not appear to overcome the
punch and rapid brain Of his opponent.
Hanlon is the hardest man that can
be picked for Corbett. Always dan
gerous and ever careful to save him
self during the hardest milling, pos
sessing defense that has bothered all
corners, and with elbows that threaten
the other fellows hands every mo-
ment, he is a a,formidable antagonist.
| No one knows just how good Young
| Corbett is. His first bout with Nc
| Govern was considered a fine fuke by
| many. because the Knockout came
wildly. Few knew that Corbett could
have beaten McGovern early in the
second fight, when a right to the head
sent the former champion to the mat.
Corbett wanted no more talk about
superiority. He simply stood away
and played with Terry until the open
ing came that looked good. In the
battle Terry never appeared to have
| more than outside chance
Everything of, a preliminary charac-
ter has been settled for the fight. 1t
is announced at Corbett's quarters
that the Denverite is down to weight,
and that there is no possibility Of his
! in time. He is pronounced to be per-
fectly fit. Hanlon has trained consci-
entiously, and there are good reports
from his camp. The selection Of Ed
Graney as referee brought out some
deferred betting, and most Of the
money was placed at 10 to 8, with Cor
bett favorite. Both men were on the the
road yesterday morning doing light
work, and the afternoon was devoted
| to some gymnasium exercises. Last
night practically finished the training
The opinions of some leading fight
ers in regard to the outcome follow,
| Terry ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS TOO nara
| proposition for IIanlon. At the weight he
is strong. fast as lightning, clever and
a terrific hitter. Hanlon should finish ovel
| the sleep route.
frankie Neil-Hanlon is good now. but
| I the champion win
James J. Corbett--Hanlon for mine. Tht
little fellow was going at great race
when I saw him last. and improving ever.
day. I expect to see the championship
change hands.
Harry Corbett-It is a hard proposition
with Corbett tough lad to hurt.
think Hanon has improved enough tt
| win.
Benny Yanger-.Young Corbett will wiz
and 1 will whip the winner.
| Abe Attell - Eddie 1danlon will win
watch what 1 say. The San Francisco lat
is a terror now. He is the toughest propo
sition to reach with blow I ever, found
and T ought to know, after q twenty -rount
draw with him.
Jim Jeffries--Too hard for me, alth
they say the coast boy is it. It's hard t.
figure the Denver lad beating that cast
iron Hanlon.
The sale of seats for the Corbett
Hanlon championship fight has ex
ceeded the most sanguine expecta
tions The SO and IS variety of tick
cts were exhausted before the bo.
office closed Sunday night, and man!
more of the expensive kind were tax
en- at an early date. At present cal
culations the proceeds will run above
the $4,000 mark. and new record
may be set in the receipts for ;
7 featherweight battle.