The San Francisco call., 1904-03-10
FIGHTERS SIGN
NEW AGREEMENT
For the Third Time COrbett
and Jimmy Britt Change
the Division of the Purse
CONFIDENCE is SHOWN
Californian and Spider Kelly,
His Mentor, Discuss a Plan
of Campaign for the Bout

Young Corbett, the ]. Pierpont Nor
having Britt agree TO still another
change In the division of the purse for
which they are 10 fight on the 25th inst
II was first given out that the purse
would be divided so per cent to the win
ner and 40 per cent to the loser.
After thinking this over Corbett had
a talk with Britt and convinced him
that as he was the featherweight cham
pion and was going out of his class he
should be allowed to dictate the terms
Britt finally agreed to this and Corbett
named his terms. They were that he
was 10 receive half the purse il he lost
and so per cent il he won.
The more the little Denver boxer
thought OF this the less he liked It, but
he did not think Britt. would agree to
another change He sent friend TO
Britt to sound him on the subject and
the Californian nearly took his breath
away, jumping at the suggested terms
as a hungry trout strikes at a highly
colored fly.
Corbetts latest proposition was that
the winner take 65 per cent and the
loser S5. Under this arrangement he Is
in effect betting Is per cent of the
purse against per cent, or to l, that
he viii win. Under the previous ar
rangement ne would have received 60
per cent IL he won and so per cent il
he lost.
Britt did not rest easy until he saw
Corbett's signature to this latest
amendment to the articles Of agree
ment. The incident shows the absolute
confidence each boxer has in his ability
TO win the contest
Corbett has set the sporting wise
acres guessing. His only work yester-
day was a long tramp on the road. He
is a firm believer in this as a con-
ditioner and keeps as far away from
the gymnasium as possible This lat-
ter work is drudgery to him and he
avoids il as much as he can. He had
his right hand tied in a handkerchief
yesterday and explained that he had
cut himself slightly. There is an i'm
preston that he would like the idea to
get abroad that he may not be at his
best when he meets Britt so that ne
could get a price against his money in
the betting
Britt and his astute adviser, Spider
Kelly, are daily perfecting the plan of
battle the Californian Will hand out
TO Young COrbett when the two crack
boxers come together in the ring. They
are as secretive about the tactics as
any Russian or japanese campaign
ri ho
through the work do so behind closed
doors The first OF these star chamber
mix-ups was held at Britt's training
quarters at Crolrs Gardens in Ala
media yesterday afternoon, and il
Jimmy's appearance when he came out
where other persons could see him
was a true index of his feelings Kel-
ly's plans are an inspiration Of con-
fidence 10 Britt. When asked what
he had been doing in the secret cham
Der with the chief of his training staff,
Jimmy said:
We have just been learning how to
mix uD some of the medicine that Mr..
Corbett doles out to his opponents. /
mean 70 have a good supply of it on
tap when I meet him. and will do my
best TO give him all he can assimilate
or his own prescriptions. If Mr.. Cor
bett attempts to use the rough tactics
with me that / have seen him use on
others he will probably find he will
be checkmated"
Britt went on the road yesterday
morning for a ten-mile stroll at an
easy pace. In the afternoon he drove
10 Oakland in buggy to visit friend
in a sanitarium there. Upon returning
~ 3 O'Clock he donned the gloves with
Frank Rafael, punched the bag and
skipped the rope.