The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-05
YOUNG CORBETT
BOUT DELAYED,
Champions Fight With Sullivan
Will Be Held August L.; at
West End Club.
JUDGE TRACY DIsMIssEs FELTz
Bantam's Case Passed Over in
First District COurt-Gener-
al Notes of the
Ring.

/ To hold the Corbett-S Sullivan bout o.
Thursday. the regular fight night Of th'
West End Club. Charley Haughton has do
cided to set the match between the feather
weights over for three days and to schedule
it for one week from tomorrow evening
This will make the date August B.
kilograms were received from Harry Pol
lax yesterday stating that the change was
acceptable to him The date for the F'eltz-
Corbett fight IS one week later, August 20.
This Will give the champion two hard bat
ties within seven days.
The exact day of Corbeft's arrival hero Is
not certain. All reports from the East indi-
cate that he Is negiecting his training, as
| usual, and that he shows no disposition to
buckle down to hard work This fact, COM
bined with the bot weather here. should
mako the champion have some unpleasant
moments in either fight.
Some surprise was felt In the club man
aSement by the readiness with which Cor
pett agreed to the ten-round route in each
hight 1t was thought that he would set the
limit at six rounds. distance he could COW
ef at a rapid clip. condition or no condi-
ton. That he has confidence in his own
trim Is evidenced by the fact that he ac-
cepted the longer distance.
Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan is accepting the
prolonged delay philosophicany. He is
counting much on the result OF this battle
and hopes to make the fight of his life His
WORK at Clayton Is clearly apparent in his
increased color and ruddy appearance.
When Tommy enters the ring, In fact, he
VIII be distinctly ruddy in more spots than
the top Of his head. which is covered with
nalr OF a vivid shade. Like many fair
Sk0NG0 DerS0ng ho
esGise raS ln the sun, but merely becomes brick
fsa aS race and arms are deeply tinted
n0m on nls work in the open air.
so far as appearance goes ha seems in
n1se-class condition. He looks larger and
later than he has yet appeared Mnce his |
Waa T., IN h tnis city He claims that he never
WEE IN better shape. and that his speed is |
more marked than ever before.
=. Tommy Feltz was dismissed when his case
came came up In Judge Tracy's court yesterday. |
hand: hand: Judge Tracy dismissed the little |
y ommy Is naturally peaceable boy, and |
me decision was pleasing to his friends !
Feltz will now buckle down to work for
ms bout with Corbett Right here may be a
chance for some one to get on a bet with |
Otto Richter. his manager. While the latter
mas has not sspsesssd his views as to the dVra
N Feiz's ability. and. it Is said. he will
contest, II not on the final result
Richter claims that he was only too will
ing to bet on Feltz in the last battle with
sullivan Eddie Desmond. It will be re- j
called, was on the lookout for Felix's man
ager. being anxious to bet quite a large |
sum on the Brooklyn man. He could not
ind Richter at the time. however. nor
teltz end Of q 800 bet at evens.
Richter was satisfied with his failure to
meet Desmond when he saw how the battle
was going. But he stated that he would
surely have taken the Feltz end had he
been approached before tie dRht. He
would have been 500 poorer in that case
Little betting seems to be made on the
result Of the Corbett-Jenries battle. So
marked 10 this that considerable attention
las been attracted By small wasers. none
u which exceed 800 IN tho various cities |
locally, not q single wager Of Importance
las yet been reported
Jeffries will be at to in the betting, to
udge from appearances It Is said that ,
dds o6 to will be offered at the time Of | !
he tight that Corbett will not last the
listance This looks Hike an even bet for
10Th parties.