The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-08-14
BATTLE
ROYAL
TONIGHT
JeffrieS and COrbett
Meet to Settle the
Championship
BETTING Is Two to One In Fa-
yOr Of JeffrieS who
Should win Bar
ring a Job

San Francisco. Cal, Aug. 1f.-wl
science triumph over brute force o
vice versa at Mechanics Pavilion to
night7 Will corbett the idol Of ad
mirers OF scientific boxing methods
succumb 10 Jeffries, the ideal rougl
and ready hghter7 These are ques
tIons asked and answered In the al
irmative and negative by sporting
men. Some good judges OF matter,
pugilistlc are Of the opinion that Cor
belts science VIII earn for him the
heavyweight champion and the right
10 collect the winners share OF the
biz purse. but the most OF the shrewd
observers say they are convinced that
tho former bollermaker will again de.
feat the man who won the pugillstlc
crown from John l.. Sullivan.
Nobody familiar with Corbett's
movements since he first came into
prominence by aghtlng Elxty.one
round draw with Peter jackson In
1891 Is Inclined 10 deny that his phys.
ical condition has undergone n change
not conducive 70 success In feats Of
skill and endurance Nor will any
we'll Informed follower Of rinesIde
eyents dispute the assertion that his
entire sysiom has suffered consldera.
bly, since he fought John L. Sullivan.
and that he Is by no means as sturdy
or reliable as when he went around
the "only Sullivan" as a cooper would
around a barrel In the arena OF the
Olympic Club OF New Orleans IN Sep
tembcr. 1899.
Instances whore unmlstakahle evl |
dence In support OF the above asner |
tion may be found In Corbett's hghts
with sharkey In this city and with
Fitzsimmons In Carson City. Can
gladiator who once loses ground In an
athletic way recover sufficiently again
TO win against o sturdy opponent? |
History records few instances OF such
happenings. But, In spite OF all
Corbott SAYS he never felt better In
his life. and thinks ne viii surely be
tho Victor In tonlght's battle. His
oplnioa apparently ia shared by such
astute followers OF the game as Tom
my Ryan and several others. So much
for Corbett
Now for IeHrles. the champion. he
Il a fighter In every senso that the
term implies. he II OF the rough
and ready sort and never so happy /
as when alugglng In fact. ne says
he would rather hsht than eat. JET
fries knowledge Of the scientific prln
ciples Ia said 10 be greater than when
he met Corbett In the ring before but
force is still his main reliance. Bull
like fushes and crouchlng h his forte.
He PUSHES madly at his man. tries 10
corner him and then send his pile
driving blows AZ various parts of his
opponents anatomy Corbett h the
man In the game today best able 10
Keep away from these onslaughts.
The only question is does the chal
lenger poasess steam enough TO plant
a Knockout blow Ieifrles Willingly
allows an opponent 10 land ON him
three or four times In order 20 re.
turn one blow, lie figures he can
anord 10 doso owing 10 the marvellous
power he ppts IN his blows. Tie wlnl
employ he tactics Indicated In to
nights battle and he thinks they wlnl
result In corbe,t's defeat
So FAR as physical fitness Is con.
cerned the statements are al yarl
ance On tho occasion of the preyl.
ous meeting between the two Jelfrles
undoubtedly had the advantage IN this
particular Corhetts mode Of llfo
as before stated. had not been such as
10 'mprove his condition any. while
on the other hand Jearles and disst
patton were comparative strangers at F!
mat time Just how the chances
stand now Z q dlalcult TO state eN,
aetly. corsest undoubtedly has been
baking eXoellent care Of himself for
year or more In anticipation of 10
aishta meeting Those Intimately
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