Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-21
CORBETT SAYS He
WILL WHIP JEFF
Tells How He Will Regain Heavy
weight Championship Title,
HE is STRONGER THAN EVER
HIS Learned How TO Hit Speaks o
His Rig Advantages over the
Big Fellow.

James j. Corbett was In his dressing
ROOM with few minutes 10 spare be-
fore going on with his monologue turn
Having Just entered, ! sat comfortably
down on trunk, says Robert Edgren,
"Corbett, | said. Il want to know just
exactly what you think about your COM
ing fight with Jim Jeffries. Your opinion
OF your chances, II you will tell It can
didly and give reasons for It. will be more
interesting than that Of any other per-
son concerned IN the bout
Corbett thought minute, and the hui
morous expression that ne was Just as
sumlng To 20 win hrs Iunny stories Iaded
away IKE our last SNOWMAN.
Il intend TO win TINS aght.' he said,
but guess YOU are usel 10 that kino
OF tax. 1 expect 70 Wnlp Jennes, anu 4
nave a good foundation Tor my hopes
"A year ago you brought tItzshnmOns
up 10 Mooo gymnasium one AFTERNOON
ana persuaded lne 10 spar Win INN, f1t2
had been training then win Runlin to
hBnt JeIIrles, ana ne WAS IN lar run,
was soft ana OUT O1 shape. Inc way 1
lost my wind ana got ured IN three
ROUNDS Of last boxing made me sore. 1
am pretty proud fellow ana 1 mated
myself Tor gettlng so far away from my
oli lighting form. lagnt then / made a
resolve 10 get back. W ell, / nave been at
II steadily ever since, ana To-Day am IN
better shape IMAM 1 nave been since the
day ! fought sullivan. That SOUNDS like
the old stereotyped way ngnters nave of
taking, doesn't ~ Well, III show you
something"
CokBETT LARGER THAN EVER.
Corbett Strengthened up and with one
deft movement Invested himself OF coat
ana vest Inc snlrt followed. He stood
stripped TO the waist
nave known COrbett for years. | was
with him al Carson TOR nye weeks when
he Was framing Tor the hght with bltz-
simmons. 1 know every turn ana twist
OF his 1.-the ana muscular frame. AT
other times / have seen him work day
after day ANA month after month in hana
Dall courts and gymnaslums,
AS Corbett shipped he showed larger,
more rounded muscles than | have ever
seen him carry before. Ills arms were
DulNer. HIS chest iull ana rounded, has
abdomen protected by Il corrugated coat
lDs as thlck ana rugged as that Of rom
Sharkey himself since year ago Cor
bett mas Undergone another transtOrma-
ton more starting than that which pre-
pared him Tor his last night with the pres
cnt champion.
Jim, how did you do ~" asked
COrbett smiled. 81 have changed my
idea OF fighting entirely he declared.
Il found That II is the punch that wins
hghts, and not what | have always con-
sldered To be cleVerness. | have trained
accordingly.
NOW, mere are my reasons for thinking
that ! VIII whip Jenues, / don't care
whether or not he knows them, for no
matter how much he knows about the
way ! VIII fight MIN, he Will not be able
to change his own way. He Is built and
has intelligence enough 10 fight in just
one way, III he lives TO be u hundred he
can't alter IT, | am about 10 times as
last as Jetf Last time / fought him /
wasted my strength by uHing much more
speed than / had any need tor IN hghtng
hlm. | can be far slower and SAIL be
three times as quick as he is.
In using my speed 10 get IN and then
away yards further than | needed to, 1
spoiled any chance had 10 hit hard.
This time | am going u be enough
faster than JefIres to keep myself safe
and not fast enough TO waste half OF my
speed. You have seen professional strong
men train, They get more and more pow
erful, ana all the time they get slower
That Is just what ] am doing for this
tight. l have been working Tor year in
way 70 develop my strength without
taking any care az all about keeping fast
Ny movements VIII be liitle slower now
"a very little slower-and about four
times as strong.
u have learned how to hit. When |
fight Jeit again Will not step In like a
flash, lab him and spring back / will
time him. When he leads | will step in
side with hook that will be faster than
any movement Of his Jam 1t into his
body and then instead OF jumping out
will eaten MS arms 10 prevent return,
block any blow that he trles 10 use and
step back into position for the next OPEN
ing. Jef1res with his hitting power Is
dangerous man, no matter how poor a
boxer he Is. Will have TO take care that
he does not land on me where he can do
damage. | don't think that will be hard
10 do.
WILL KNOCK JEFFRIEs OUT
''There is this advantage that | will
have. Jefiries knows as well as ! do that
he will have to knock me out 70 win. IL
the fight goes the limit he will have no
chance Of a decision on points, lie Will
know that, and he will know that he will
have no time to spare II he wants TO
make sure OF landing me. He will be
forced to 60 at me like a wild bull from
the beginning Of the first round. IL he
doesn't | will simply Jab him as fast as |
please. II he does ! viii eight him with
out extending myself, saving my strength
has CONT about 10 rounds at full speed
and is getting tired. Then there viii be
something doing. / will have chance
10 get In that punch that / am develop
ing. II Is all nonsense 10 say that Jeff
can't be knocked out. A man Of his
build is the worst dub In the world when
he is tired out and hard blow on the
point Of the chin viii put him away as
well as II would any one else.
But here Is something more that
makes me confident / know something
about Jeffries that he might as well know
that know. | have discovered his weak
point. Jenries can't take punishment UNI
der the heart or anywhere about the
stomach. This statement will prove by
circumstantial evidence, and many man
has been hanged upon that kind OF evil
dence before now. guess it Is good
enough.
II hrst met Jeffries at Carson, when
he came up there to join my training
camp The second day We boxed, Delaney
came 70 me ami asked me to let up on
JEFF and cut out the body punching lie
said JEFF felt sore about the body and
couldn't stand It,
in with that crouch which makes him
twice as low as he Is naturally? Why,
only 10 make 1t impossible TO reach his
bouy HIS Jaw Is In range and he pre-
fers TO take a punching on the jaw rather
than down below,
IL asked Jack Monroe while ago n he
succeeded in hurting Jeh. and where.
Monroe said: We'll, he seemed 10 vince
when | reached his body. ! hurt him
good deal with a right-hand punch un-
der the heart. II nearly put him out OF
business.
"Now. to cap the climax and show that
all these circumstances nave somt foun-
dation. | have something better stili 4
while ago | was up at Yale. While there
was examined by the doctor who has
charge OF examining the students lie
had examined both Jehries and Fitzsim-
mons before that When he was through
with me we sat down and talked a while.
Without any suggestion on my part he
said. 'Joffries has a marvellous physique.
but he has one extremely weak point that
found when examining him. | wonder
that Il has not been discovered by his
opponents His lower ribs are short and
very badly connected 50 that they offer
a r,inat no defense for ttc vital organs I'm.