Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-23
CHAMPIONSHIP
BOUT ON FRIDAY,
.y,.,s eerbet'' and Jimmy n1'H, Britt
Vii Settle LOnsstandlns
Dispute
HOW FIGHTERS ARE MATCHED
~, Boxers Have Had Remarkable
"" S,,.r, ia Squared cireIe-Ea'h
Confident Of Winning

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rSsrs corSetts1 victor, Iy, over nvs sr" ths
q o., ''s !, the latter's victory wv, ,hs
Bhlt u,.ysrlte-vhIch? Aye, there's 'he
~, ~ How many pockets full full u Of S wno
M ~, ~" \, gladly given to the n man VINO .,n,
nala " an accurate, infallaole UP!
cald w, ,hs aeht game have until
p'0'es .,, n to place their cash on the
fn'S !, ,sIs biz fight and most OF them
l''a J, y Ga with the majority of them
y, " .,.s Of tossing up coin and take
W.. :, tails Not many wagers nave
, ,'.s' made, Il alvices from san FRAN J.
ven ns 10 be relied upon corbett Is
oS ,ss ~, the fayorite and his sup
s .A,,r. are holding out for odds or ~
While the Native Son adm'rers
,srand loto n,o,, rush for the
lha s,, III The men are about READY 10
,p,r tht foped arena M, since tho
fsnrIes battle, has there been
eu,sssnreaA interest In a ring pat
'Nn Ns,a IA in The contest which taxes
W. S Fidsy night at Frisco; -
Nse 49, dispute OF long standing De-
lhuy aeh,ers. Ever since the little
W,,a scranper yrenched the champion
tn'u ~, from the brow VI the once
sTp,,ih,p' Terry McGoyern, Brit mas
Ii', ag,syrorinq for fight. They were
~ ,n,1 s,a' and them II fell through Some
ni..uJ S mi, eTawled out of II, but the
us,,i,lss are that II was all done FOR
rs,,,Isng effect. But nothing now
..I.is n Inc way Of the ong-looked- Tor
, ~, according 10 this mornings dis
,s,aA ,,sm Frisco both boys are IN great
ss,oe ana arc taking things easy. They
.i9 only 40 enough 10 prevent gong
wi, 1he questions being asked anxi.
,,,r nav arc these. Can Britt stand
NJ Inv WIN he be az a disadvantage IN
..,.Ise ,he weight-lB p0Unds2 Has ne
M ",,ph 10 p1t Cofbett In dreamlandY
W M nave 10 answer these QUESTIONS.
N0,hsit hss demonstrated hls ability TO
.t.o,h enlistment and 10 give II, He has
w ,hdre tried in the fiery furnace, as
lvre and found 10 be pure gold.
WHAT JAMES EDWARD HAS DONE
R.r, career has been OF the most
pierom,nal order. When. as an am
,isur Ms iamo passed beyond the
@,i,s Of the olympic club Of San Fran
no he soon began TO be- looked on
IA conner" bat when, early In 1902, he
became professional, ana began his ca
ref As such by beating Toby Irwin In
i.N,tn rounds the sharps who keep tab
q matters hstlc recognized that anoth-
n .tar was about TO arise In the pugil-
M armament. Then came Tim Heggar-
N ftaherwelght champion Of Austria
hi sho went out IN eight rounds, and
4 iOok Britt lust the same time 10 ac-
cunt NJ KID Layigne. Frank Ernie sue
snbm IN seven rounds 10 the Native
Sn. aAd that fght ended thu FIRST year
Il bfits professionalism, Last year he
t,f,ald Willie Fitzgerald, Charlie Seiger
nd Martin Candle To Jack OKeefe he
", On an alleged foul, but later he
ft1,ht twenty-round draw with the
pre men.
Young COrbttt Is If the same type as
Nat o. his opponent, He has taken good
ar Of himself has had a long expert
tru In the ring, and has won his Vie
prts by the display Of lOng-headcd-
~ which not uhnaturally makes him
ushyotie ot many who know the work
Do'h men thoroughly. Britt has an adj
nhlast Of height and reach, but Corbett
hs NE experience OF many a hard battle
'h.h Will aSuredly stand him In good
tIead 10 July. lS9S, Young Corbett
hgsft his first professional battle, and
ION nat time on he has been fighting
rs way 10 the front, a position which
giined In November. lNl when, IN
w rounds he put TO sleep the famous
Ieiry heGoyern the Terrible Terry
shss mere name was one 10 cOnjure
uh Ihlriy'seyen battles has he fought
w y every one the boy has learned
rrtlhng, As the champion lightweight
M world, Young Corbott has won hIs
Alits honestly and defended their
mrsy blt Y next week will tell wheth.
oesuhed 10 pass into to ranks
mas beens with the thousand
"a champions who have preceded him
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES.
iae coming fight presents many fea.
IN o. particular interest TO those who
wv me game closely. Tho work of
Nv meh so well known and Is nj the
XIV ume so different in its style that 3
uul neld ior speculation at once pre-
Nv seli Neither man can claim at
HMg Of youth, for there is but Il
Mnefenee In their ages Britt hay,
wv seen the light Of day on Oct. :
'yung Vofbetl putting I'M an appear,
MA, Dehyel on tho 2lst OF the sam,
Nv. ufitt Is however, five feet vi,
IN, N height, while his opponeni
NrSs' "q rl the mark at five feet thre,
M To-, iuM extra height and reach OF
A ane s y, u nd afe put down by hls friend,
uN M US strongest assets In the flghl
ten IVY WY champion hut what the cham
nnl,s.ss y inches he fully makes nm IN
dssnI \, re mas weight In his should
MAJ ,,, ~ nus IONS, and he knows how /,
telt,, IVY ounce Of II tell. as many f,
Coh.r Va" -. Warned by bitter experience
tn,,s,,Nn mas tho reputation Tor bein,
mi Nh asSlmilat0r OF punishment
ehafi nas also taken his fun shar,
Nd Ass snoVM IN his different contests
M NV been ready for more
a. Nlel difference In lhe mothnd. =
Rnti kss ~ W we swift tactics whlcl
nd n ~ invariably shown i'm the ma si
Nhleh t'e vauuous ring genetalshln 10
Nv AIN, hhuIuy champion Is Justly fam
,nl - Wv mas always been n whisl,YIna
gi irlgnI,e VINO has seen him IN bIs nrns '
"A S,eanne viii doubt thai no Il ,ps,e
vol WY /. he ever was before Ia " Soo
ia'Sn amazingly clever. and he w soI
Mn M 1Vueh may be relied uHon 70 w VIZ
nsht vh,s. qeal Of punishment-nnnIsh
L ecn sacn Is anything bur N , ol,pp tSsd,
sb q, ron The hands OF ynmma WIZ wy.
NV. pul has Britt "A npnn,, VvtnB, Sor
Htn put the lIttle n,n sulnclenu.
M vWs,ssmlahd, even II tho ch ,Vnr Deny We
h ors, ,G blow should offe T9'f mo .o nc
bt,I ny which has yet 10 he de m1 \
0, W. v, Young Corbetts '''p pu'-'he,
h /, INV ,inI9,low there Il no NV 10 lan l
\ ,mn lnnnply nn N ~, pH,sslble doubt