Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-09
THE PUGILISTS.
Tommy Ryan Believes Jim Cor-
 bett Has a Chance.

He Expects to See Corbett Hold Off
 the Heavy Boiler Maker and Win on
 Points-Jack O'Brien IS Going to
 England Looking for More Good
 Coin-Other Fighting News.
 Persons walking north or south on Broadway last night remarked at the Morton house what at first glimpse seemed bay window of such size and encroa cflment as to call for the imme- diate attention of President Cantor. 1t turned out to be John L. Sullivan toe ing the stoop line. "Hot nuthin'," :" said John, Dye remember the night we billed the kettles on the car tracks? Dh' thoughts of it makes me thirsty y And the lights of the bar seemed to be beckoning.
 Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia is to make another fstic invasion of Eng land. The Philadelphia middleweight is to leave for the other side in two weeks. O'Brten's mission abroad is to box Jack Palmer, who is at the head of the middleweight division of Eng land. The contest in all probability will be decided in London. O'Brien was practically unheard of when he went to England about three years ago. But by defeating the best in his division on the other side he soon be- came known. In the fifteen months O'Brien was abroad he made over $25,- GOO. O'Brien says that he will not remain long across the water, but will return within three months ready to fight anybody in his class.
 James H. Connolly of Fall River, Mass, writes: T wired Butte, Mont, challenging the winner Of the Britt O'Keefe fight on behalf of Martin Ca nole. But it was not announced in the ring. Why? Because nobody knows better than O'Keefe that Canole can beat him. They just side-tracked his challenge. As to Hughey Murphy or Jimmy Briggs, ask their managers, Mack and Mahoney, and they will tell you themselves that Canoie can beat their men easily. Canole wanted to box Young Corbett. I asked John ny Mack to arrange the bout for the Tammany Athletic club of Boston. Gamble can make 128 pounds, but Cor bett has not replied. As for Britt or O'Keefe, at 133 pounds, he can best them sure Young Gamble is a clerk in a large department store in Fall River and is member of the Young Mems Christian association.
 Tommy Ryan now declares that Jeffries will find Corbett no easy prop osition. ''I seconded Jeffries in his last fight with Corbett," says Ryan, '.and I know all about the big fellow. I know that Jeff can lick all these fei- lows that come to him. That's what he wants. He can beat all the Shar- keys, the Fftzsimmonses and the Ruh- lins they send against him. Fitzsim- mons always did carry the fight to fellow. It's the only way he knows how to fight He's quick and all that and yet he fights just the way Jeff ries wants him to. Now, Corbett is the other way. Corbett's plan of bat tie shows that he wants safe get away after the hook. All his hooks are from about the waist-high line, with that side turned towards his man and his head going away. Corbett can no more change his style of fighting at this stage of the game than he can fy. He will fight exactly the same way as he did in his other fight I fig ure the fight in this way: Jefries can win on a knockout and Corbett on decision and they both have a good chance to do that. If Jeffries is lucky he may win in a hurry by get ting Corbett just right. If he isn't hell 20 along the way he did before and the first thing he knows the fight will be over."