Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
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ing Corbett and Hanlon.
BOTH ARE CONFIDENT
FIGHTERS NEARLY DOWN TO
WEIGHT FOR TUESDAYS BATTLE.
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AS the time for their championship battle
draws near young Corbett' and Eddie
Hanlon, who are to fight for the feather
weight championship next Tuesday night
at San Francisco grow stronger in conf
dence.
Each man is sure that he will come out
Of the battle bearing the laurels Of victory.
Both have stopped hard work and are de-
voting their time to gaining speed and add
ing to their qualities of endurance. Hanlon
weighed at noon at San Francisco yester-
day 13O pounds-one pound more than the
articles of agreement for Tuesday evenings
engagement call for. Corbett Is slightly
heavier than his opponent, Weighing yester-
day 1927 pounds.
The one or two pounds overweight does
not worry either Of the men. as they can
reach the required figure with few hours
work.
Hanlon has for the last day or two aban-
doned the boxing part of his daily routine.
He has mixed 1t up 80 long with his coterte
of trainers that they are going about look
ing as though they had been sent through
threshing machine. Joe Thomas and Fred
Landers. two Of Hanlon's sparring part
ners stroll about Crolrs Garden, Hanlon's
training quarters, bearing souvenirs of the
challenger's skill with the gloves. Both
these men have had some hard try-outs"
with the aspirant for championship honors,
and that he has landed on them many times
and hard Is amply proved by their discolor-
ed and bruised visages.
Hanlon carries about with him a pair OF
eyes that are var1-colored. Both are PROOF
that his trainers have landed on him. and
hard, too The glove work between Han
lon and his men has been particularly
fierce. he not sparing his trainers, nor they
going at him lightly. Between them it has
been give and take as hard as the blows
@.,Il r. 100 n~rI rI,@y~ R,l1yr
agree that If Hanlon lands one of his
smashes on Young Corbett's'' jaw 1t will
put quick end to the fight. That Hanion
will do this before the tenth round Is the
mixed 1t up with him." says Landers. land
I know whereof am speaking. Eddie will
surely win. can see nothing else to 1t.
Thomas, his other sparring partner, Is of
the same opinion. Hanlon will win. that
is all there is to 1t, is the opinion of
Thomas.
The same spirit of confidence that per-
vades the Hanlon camp Is evident In the
camp of Young Corbett." The champion
is in fine fettle. He could fight today If
called upon. To please the newspaper men
he went through a course for the boys at
San Francisco, yesterday, and after going
through his varied exercises, weighed in for
the men. showing his weight as stated
above. He boxed a bout with his sparring
partner. smashed the bag and fought
few Shadows" using light dumb bells at
this work.
Being nearly down to weight, the stove
which has been a part of the training
equipment has been removed from the
quarters. 1t Is no longer necessary for
the champion to make use of artificial
heat while boiling down"-his weight. He
has got enough off now and can reach the
129-pound notch within few hours He
will not overwork himself from now until
the day of the battle. In order to avoid
the hard road work and yet take some good
exercise "Corbett'' got out his rowboat
and rowed Tim McGrath and Billy
OTIS around the lake several time. When
he dropped the oars he was streaming with
perspiration He was rushed to his quarters
and after shower bath rubbed down. He
felt greatly benefited by this work and says
he will do the same thing every day until
Tuesday.