Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-14

sEFFRlEs IS PICKED TO WIN
The Betting Which is Very Light
Mostly in His Favor, Odds Being 2 to
both Fighters Said to Be in Prime
Condition and Confident of Winning
News Of the Days.

terest now centers on the fight tonigh
between James ]. Corbett and j. j
Jeffries, While both men have a largt
following, very little money is beine
placed on the contest. Jeffries stu
rules a TO / favorite. Both men viii
enter the ring in fine condition and both
are confident of victory. Corbett will
be seconded by Tommy Ryan. Prof
Dare, Yank Kenny, Tom Corbett, and
Sam Berger. Special arrangements have
been made to police the fight and pre-
serve order around the ring. The
fighters will divide 70 per cent of the
gross receipts, of which IS will go the
victor and % per cent to the losser.
Corbett, despite he has been informed
of Jeff's marvellous condition. is conf
dent OF winning.
''I know" said the ex-champion, "all
about Jeff-how he has been training
.
manner In which he is going to fight
me. / have been doing my best think
Ing between working spells and know
just what am going against / have
got his every move figured down to a
nicely. If I can weather the early
storms which will face me in the first
ten rounds, viii have clear sailing to a
good victory the last ten. know my
self better than do others. know
what have to contend with. If l cam
not win will be satisfied did my best.
I have been waiting nearly two years
for this opportunity TO wipe out my
Coney Island defeat, during which time
/ have taken the bes. care of myself.
If lose will 4eaye the ring stronger.
healthier man than ever. which is some
satisfaction"
Asked about the plan of battle he will
pursue, Corbett said: II will stall
along and feint him into knots. stab
him when see an opening. and avoid
his blows and rushes. know just now
he will come to me. He will leave his
chair at the call of time and rush me
like wild bull. They have been train
ing him for speed. He will try it on me
the first crack out OF the box. ! VIII
side step his rushes and make him fail
all over himself AT the end of ten
rounds, Ii he don't land me, he will SLOW
up enough for me to get in my work,
and then will fill his face with gloves.
1t sounds well, don't 1t? But you will
see me do 1t just as ! am telling it
now.
II amt bothering my head about
what my friends tell of the way he is
going to fight. / will make him fight
as I want. viii make him do any
thing like. He tipped me on the chin
at Coney Island. 1t was a scratch hit,
but the big 'gazabo' won't do 1t this
time.
Tommy Ryan, who stood by, said:
"Jim Corbett is today the greatest
fighter / have ever seen. My exper-
fence leads me to conclude that per-
fectly scienced man In good condition
is superior to one who carries little
into the ring with him outside of brute
force and the power to take hiding.
have held heart to heart talks witt
Corbett. and have boxed and advised
with him until know his capacity 70
have ever put a glove against. He may
not be able TO set himself and send as
hard a smash as Jeffries, but at close
uuarters. in lightninglike exchanges
the accumulative effect of his on
slaughts viii be more forcible than that
wild play of the champion, for the
blows will go at the target with pre-
cision. Nothing Will be lost in wasted
. swings and expended energy
Superior in intelligence.
"Corbett knows the man he's going
against. He's aware of the kind of
fight he will have to put up to wiz.
I am confident he is enough his SUI
perior in intelligence to believe that
his wise head will furnish the means
which VIII enable him to stall off JEFF
fries in moments of peril and get home
effectively when the opportunity Of
fers."
DO you think Jeffries will be put
down and out?"
We'll, ] will not go to that extreme,
but will predict that he receives hard :
er punishment than has ever been ad-
ministered to him. He will be beaten,
you can state, until he appreciates that
It Is a fight--a good swift one, at
That"
jeff Laughs at Ryan.
He will outpoint me, eh 2" said jeff,
when brought face to face with to-
nights issue Ryan will be behind
him to see that he does that. Ha, ha!
That's good joke. They also say Ry-
an's presence in Corbett's corner Will
rattle me to the extent that ! won't
be able to fight. They should know
that when 1 see Ryan's mug it will
make me fight harder than If he was
not there. Let them have their way
today, but tonight it will be my cut in.
They say I am slow: that Corbett will
go around me like a cooper round a
barrel that won't lay a glove on him.
They will learn to their sorrow that
have speed to burn; tnat Corbett. and
not me, will be the truckhorse I've
got him cinched at everything but
fancy work. and that amt good
lnough to beat me.