The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28
SPORTING NEWS.
Young Corbett Will Find Nelson
No Easy Mark.
The Little SWede Boxer Hard
Man to Rattle.
LIVELY SCRAP ON 10Th
COrbett Having Hard Time to
Make the Weight.
His Opponent Finds No Trouble
in Hitting 1870.
LIVELY SCRAP ON GOTH

Cincinnati, Nov. 2S-A special to the
Enquirer from w. w. Naughton at San
Francisco says:
San Francisco will have it's monthly
pugilistic function next Tuesday night
when Young Corbett and Battling Mel
son will try each others mettle in a 20
round bout So far no attempt has
been made to cast a slur upon the
match. The claim hasn't been made
that it is fixed to go a certain way
and that if it should go the other way
it is fixed anyhow. For which, while
but a small mercy. let us be truly
thankful.
AS near as can be judged each lad
will trip to the firing line in full pos
session of his fighting force. Making
weight, so FAR as Nelson is concerned.
has been as easy as strolling down hill.
The usual scare was started about
Corbett's avoirdupois, but the Denver
youngster has declared himself in a
sensible, business-like way when APP
preached on the subject.
My name isn't Carnegie" said Cor
bett. I'm not giving away my sub
stance just yet. 1 have $500 forfeit
up for $50 pounds and there is no fear
of the money getting away from me.
I've been making weight out here win
ter after winter and it appears to me
that half the talk has been about the
difficulty 1 am supposed to have in
scaling down. I'm always there and
I've never been accused yet of being
weak in a fight. / wish they'd change
the subject and talk about something
else''
Corbett states the case correctly. He
is always under the specified notch at
weighing hour and he never looks wan
or weary from overswea ting. But he has
hard time keeping his engagements
just the same. 1t may have been in
nate laziness that has caused him to be
oh no of nAd tiT0aG
past but the fact remains that he has
had to steam off a few pounds on fight
day more than once. Luckily for him
nature has endowed him with such Il
physique that he can resort to that sort
of thing without seriously impairing his
vim.
1t may be that Corbett will be pinch
ed to make good in the Fairbanks de-
partment this trip, but if so the chances
are the public will not be let into the
secret 1t is said that when making
tests the beamy little fighter juggle
the weights himself and does not per-
nit his manager even to get peep at
results. This all comes from taking
pride in the belief that he is a feather
weight pure and simple. Corbett insists
that he could do 126 pounds if there
has trouble in reaching 100 occasional
ly is due to unexpected spells OF cold
weather, according to Corbett
Anyhow, it is safe to leave COrbett
alone with his weight He. will get
there just as he has done before, and if
Nelson takes the big end of the purse
it will hardly be because Corbett was
weakened by reducing.
| heard a discussion the other day as
to how Nelson would act if Corbett be-
gan haunting him as he has tainted
other opponents while fighting. Ac-
cording to all accounts the Denverite
is a postmaster at working off irritat-
ing illusions in the ring, and he gen
orally contrives to arm himself with in
formation concerning his adversary's
weak points before the contest begins.
The general impression among those
heard talking over the matter was