The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-27
SPORTING NEWS.
Harry COrbett VIII Referee
Fight in Frisco Tuesday.
Was Chosen by Representatives
Of the Contestants.
PUGS HARD AT WORK.
Terry McGOvern Is Down to l27
Pounds.
COrbett Announces That He is
Within the Weight.
PUGS HARD AT WORK.

San Francisco. March 27--Harry Cor
bett has been chosen by the representa-
fives Of Terry AIcGoVern and Young
Corbett as the referee OF the fight at
the Mechanics pavilion next Tuesday
night for the featherweight champion
ship OF the world.
In an interview published recently
Terry McCovern said, or was made -
say tnat he is going to box Young Cor
bett along careful lines He said it is
the ambition of his life to reverse the
decision handed down at Hartford. and
that it is immate1ial to him if the cor
test lasted the fun twenty rounds. 50
long as he encompassed Corbetts de-
1est
III Terry said this and meant it. 1t
Guild be interesting to learn what par
tIcuiar purpose his practice bout with
Welterwe-2ht Eddy Cain is expected L.
have. IL was a windmill affair. anu
from the way the two youngsters kept
lammeIing each other for four rounds
lt might be thought McGOvern was
schooling himself with the object o.
breaking all supposed records when he
Aares Coroett- Cain weighed 20 pounds
more than McCi0Nern. but Terry seemeu
able To hustle the bigger lad around.
no blows were struck from long range
a. an- AT the beginning of every round
44rEoheln crOuched and dived at Cam.
managing as "a rule, TO avoid the blow
aimed at him as he went in. Once in
sl1e Gains guard Terry cut loose with
oQtn hands. and during the balance OF
the three minutes spell the two leaned
teEether and hooked and jolted when
ever an opening presented itself.
guess the lighting next Tuesday
Nisnt won't be any harder than that"
Faid McGcvern. with a chuckle, when
the boat was over.
he Their described the work just ended
as a lttie straight Queensberry work.
on know corbett and I are to fight
straight lueensberry rules" he con-
tnued- We are to protect ourselves a
gu times We can hit in the break, or.
t4l tnat matter, at any other time. The
tn.y ming we must not do is to hit ane
noil ar the same time. but L guess
neither of as viii bother about hold
ing We VIII be too busy
Inc slug with Cain and about three
quarters of an hour of bag punching
QunD- nelnng and skipping around con
stituted McGovern's afternoon work. In
Inc forenoon he covered seven OF. eight
miles on the Alameda roads After his
run down McGovern stepped in the
Weighing machine and balanced the
beam "a exactly 12T pounds
GU see, I am just at weight" re-
lnarked Terry Il would be lighter if
had not rested Sunday. 7 will weigh
125 pounds on the morning of the dav
we are to fight. There viii be no oc-
casion for me to stuff myself after
weighing, as some fellows do when
they are hard put to it to get down to
weight. know myself thoroughly
and when I'm down to 125 pounds on
night day I am at my fastest"
McGoVern looks we'll. and is in ex-
ceilent spirits one thing, however
which attracts the notice of an or
binary observer. is the freedom with
which he perspires. Yesterday the
perspiration stood in beads on his tenn
pies and forehead before he had been
three minutes at work.
with some lighters this would be ac-
ceptec by experts on condition as a
sign of Wea kness. but Trainer Nav
hood says that in McGovern's case it
IS all right
1T is no trouble for Terry to make
l24 pounds" explained Mayhood such
being the case, and as he is such a
Elutton for work, we have to provide
against him getting too light we al
low him bottle of Bass ale with every
meal and encourage him to eat slop-
py food. Then he keeps on an even
Joe Walcott was among the visitors
81 Young COrbetts training quarters
WalcOtt spared a few rounds with
Corbett- The desire to don the gloves
seized hirn after he had watched the
champion and Billy Otis batter each
other for space of 10 minutes. Wal
colt was very good-natured. He al
lowed Corbett to do the attacking. and
he laughed heartily whenever the Den
Nerlte's glove caught him between the
nose and mouth.
Give me a good one tin I see now it
feels. he said In the wind up moments Of
the third round. but Corbett did not re-
cept the invitation to smite his hardest.
Ccrbett announced today that he was
within the weight ait which he is to box
1icGovern and that his condition was with
II can do a fun days work without feel