Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
His Ex-Manager Tells Something
About His Style Of
Fighting.
The DIFFERENT PUNCHES.
The Little Denver Fighter Possesses
Something More Than Cool Head
Aud Wicked WallOp.

- ALT LAKE, fight fans have read
and heard a great deal since the
Hanlon- Corbelt fight ancnt the
lattor's style Of milling, Some crit
ics have declared that there is Moth
ing to him except a wicked waliop and
a cool head; that he was clumsy and
not over courageous,
But 1t cannot be disputed that the
best judges Of the little Denver fight.
cr's ability are those who have ira
veled with him, and assisted him in his
preparations for important fights. Prob
ably the best judge Of them all is John
+. Corbett the man who managed the
champion al the time he Wrested The
title from Terry McGoyern, Writing
To the Denver Post recently, Johnnie
had the following to say about the
champion
OBy John f. CorbetD
In commenting on Young Cotbetts
ability rs q fighter, a great many OF
our critics are prone 20 give the cham
plon credit for ndught but a cool head
and a wicked wallop. Admitting mat
Corhett Is not as snowy at his style
of fighting as boxers Of the Abe Attel
or Jim Corbett type, still | am content
10 believe that the Denver boy has few
supericrs when II comes To the real IS
sue of dealing out hooks, jabs, Jolts
and uppetcuts. Having handled Cor
bett. as champion. | viii, as near as
htl 81 "a
~ iistcuffs,
Commencing with Corbetts left mana
the hand which Is the most essentlai
In the makeup Of champion WIN
his left Corbett Hooks jabs, Jolts ana
swings, but seldom uppercuts' ne never
leads at an opponent with lett nook
or swing without first sending
straight left. The champions motive
In sending a straight left ahead or
hook or swing Is to prevent MS aver
sary from getting inside with straight
right or right hook Corbett uses
left hook and swing with greater enect
when counteyins an opponents lead
The champions fayOrite blow win MS
left IL a hook, and believe the Denver
hoy posscsses left hook which Il not
eouaied by any Of the present day
fighters ,.,.u
In using this hook Corbett let's It 60
without pulling his arm back an men,
I'm other words, from where he holus
his glove when felntins Tor an OPEN
Ing. 49,. ...,,
While handling Corbett | have seen
him drop no less than twenty opponents
wUb his blow. oscar Gardner KID
groad. Benny Yanger aud Terry NC
Cavern ali hit the canvas from the
force of this hook The champion mas
a good straight left, which he sends
from different positions, When ne is
lighting an opponent who VIII come 10
him ne let's his left go from the same
nositicn he would left hook, but WIN
ami moving his left foot forward, SIMPLY
pushiug his glove through an oppoh'
ent's guard. II Is when his anlaSohlsl
aide steps this blow that Corbett
made 10 look clumsy for ms WelthI
from the ankles up, goes WIN N'Is
nunch. and naturally when the ehall-
MON hits the air he becomes oVerDaI-
arced and staggers across the rlhs'
Tbe Denver boy uses a straight lel'
r,ore accurately and effectively wheh
ne steps i'm with his left FOOT ~ Tue
came time he starts his punch Cor
hett has A left shift, which, IN my oplh-
ion il surpassed by no other hgnler'
nyront Fit5slmmuns; but unlike fll1'
Who sends his left tor the solar pleNus,
Cnrhe,t aims for the chin In using
nd bloy C1rhett first feints win ms
Non, for his opponents head Nlhe
,t tS", ant of len tighter VIII lake one
step backward, ana thip" up .,s ,,as
glove to stop the rlght ne .nuus.. hIf,s
coming. 1t IL then the eN"''p'o" '''''''
and sends in his left . .,o,o.
Toe bernstein VIII bear OUT 'ilS sT,s
mont that Corbett throws al MS "e'5"'
with this shift
THE CHAMPIONS RIGHT
Now. to the champions famous r'gm ,I'
Cnrhctt punches straight hooh'' sMiHGss
and uppercuts with ms lIsnN %nN ~
matters not which one OF these DIoNs
81" lands. II IL strikes a vial spot ~ ~
generally "a case OF dead pro WIN
No. man ne lands on. CorOeu Keeps
hIs riebt loaded 20 the muz2le, ana l'ke
Sis lrft sends if from where ne nous
iIs gtoyo when felntng. lielng apIt 10
,brny his weight with his blows WIN,
out mining his arms back to 'lOad up
,s vhet Won for the Denver BOY me
'h,p,nionshlp from Terry McGoNeIIl.
Vhon Inc gong sounded lor the secohu
r,und of thclr Hartford battle, mellow,
crn rano running out OF ms corner anu
s,artsd ia pulling hls wallops trom ms
Lnsoa When Curbett saw TINS ne ll'-
r,adiotely SET himself and sent yo.!ey
M hooks and uppercuts inside OF Me
Coyerns swings, and Terry was terri
bic no longer . t,. a.,
o,ronent's kldneys while fighting at
lnng range. but uses a straight rlshl
and right uppercut for the BODY win
,crrible force Corbotts fGyorlte knock
am punch Is a short right swing Tor the
inv He never fails 70 land TINS DloW
an any one who win swap rights WIN
him. by this | mean any hbNter VINO
wiU LET Ms right go nj the ZANE tlne
Corbett starts his The Denver lad is
tricky. and when ne finds out that MS
man is willing to swap rights a pleas
ed look comes over his face at me
same time, n you watch close, you VIII
see his right glove draw back untll
even with his breast. In this position
Corbett holds Il while lighting at long
range: let his opponent land Jab alter
iob with his left Covbctt may try 10
avoid il by stopping away but he VIII
moi try 10 ward of the blow with his I
right arm. lie Is keeping this hand
loaded and cooked for his opponents
lIgh, lead which he knows will come
with a little feintIng.
Probably for q few times Corbett
WIN. after drawing his opponent
right, step In or stay away from ~
then Of n sudden he VIII SET and simply
pun back his head a few inches out Of
the way Of his opponents glove c0us-
ing him TO lose his balance and before
he can recover, bang goes the cham
pion's right to the jaw, have yet to
see the fighter who dared to swap