The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

enough to state that Britt at 100 will
be easier to defeat than Britt at 1873.
II made up my mind I could defeat
Britt when I saw him box Canoie,
said Corbett. 81 watched him closely
through % hard rounds, and I know he
was fully extended at every point of
the match. He didn't lay up a round.
He couldn't afford to, because the other
fellow was bothering him a good deal.
1 am satisfied that Britt showed every
trick of the trade he is acquainted
with during that fight. I made q study
of him, and when arose to my feet
at the end of the contest it was with
the conviction that I was his master.
AT the same time continued Cor
bett, II consider Britt the most dan
gerouS man of any may be called up
on to meet. III prove what I think OF
the matter by the way l train for TINS
fight I'll work as / never worked be-
fore, and while everybody thinks was
in excellent condition when l fought
HanIon they'll say when this next hgnt
is over that I was in better trim stu
Next Tuesday night one will be IN
position to Judge as to the extent Jim
Scanlan's knowledge of fistieuffs was
improved by his wander-year in Aus
tralia. Jim is to stack up against Joe
Millett at the Colna club, out in the
San Mateo meadows, and as Miilett is
a light heavyweight slugger of renown.
Scanlan's mettle will be thoroughly
tested.
Ever since Seaman returned he has
been spoken of as the champion of Aus
tralia. This is grievous mistake Jim
went against the champion and several
championship candidates in the land Of
the golden fleece, but he did not gain
any titles. The best that can be said
for him is that he tried for the cham
pionship out yOnder
Millett is the man who made Al
Weinig spin like top with a couple of
blows of his powerful fists. Joe's repu-
tation was earned principally in the
Hawaiian islands. where he proved a
terror to all the deep water champions
who blew into port on the British and
American warships. AS rule he
knocked out his opponents in short or
der and came to be regarded as kind
of island John L. Sullivan. A hard
fight is looked for when he faces Scan
Ian, as it is believed that the Pittsburg
heavyweight picked up few wrinkles
during his sojourn at the Antipodes.
How many pounds should feather
weight weigh? This is a question that
is being very seriously discussed in
pugilistfc circles. The same question is
being asked concerning the lightweight
limit, but the fighters and their per-
sonaI friends agree that the matter
should be settled definitely.
Young Corbett, the featherweight
champion. makes the suggestion of hav
ing two featherweight classes, one with
a 122-pound limit and the other with the
limit lZS pOunQS-
Although Corbett has practically ad-
mitted his inability to scale down to 122
pounds and be III shape to fight cham
pionship battle and is now fighting at 130
pounds at 6 o'clock, he still insists that
he is the featherweight champion.
A man who mas followed the game for
many years has his "a. say:
Terry Mcoovern contentiun that he
is the featherweigAt champion because
he was not vhipp "a a ~ pounds 5 ri
diculous. Young forbett knocked him out
twice at weighs that Mctfovern readily
agreed to. McC4overn won his old title
from Dixon at 118 pounds, or four pounds
under the so-caile0 limit. IL 122 Is the
arbitrary featherwe;Eht limit, then Geo.
Dixon was never champion. He won MS
title from Cal Mccarthy at 115 pounds.
and defended it up to 12S with Frank
Erne. It would be better if champions
would all conform to the so-calied limits
of 116, 122, 145 and I5S pounds, but they
don't. Jack McAuliffe defended mis- title
at 1913 to 1888; Erne beat Lavigne at 135,
weigh-in at O'Clock; Cans beat Erne at
1876, weigh-in at Z o'clock. If Langford
had weighed 1888, the stipulated limit,
when he defeated Cans recently, he
would have been over the lightweight
title, but he tipped the scales at $40
Young Corbett is dangerously near the
1873 mark, but just so long as he c&n
induce any one to fight him inside that
limit of featherweight championship, just
so long will he hold it,