Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-27
THE PUGILISTS.
HE WILL
 HAVE TROUBLE
Young corbett Has Mapped Out a Campaign in Which He Will Have to Fight Every Second.

avery second.
 .oung Corbett's doings in the prize ring during the next four months will receive considerable attention. The Denver man has planned busy fistic campaign, and if he he carries out his battles to successful issue he will have won the right to be classed as an exceptionally great fighter. Corbett has arranged three contests. The first is to be with Battling Nelson and takes place at San Francisco next month. Following this he is carded to box Terry McGovern six rounds at Philadelphia, and last but not least, he is to have it out with Jabez White, the champion lightweight of England. These serappers have been tested for their ability and are pugilists to recl+ on with. Nelson is fighter in every sense of the word. Although his ca reer with the gloves began only q few years ago, his performances have eil5een up to championship form. Nell son cannot be said to be a finished boxer as yet. He is natural born fighter, one who possesses grit and sturdiness to 8 large degree and who is improving his art every day. To conquer him Corbett will have to utilize all the skill at his command and be in faultless condition. Nelson never permits any Of the rounds to flag, invariably cutting out the pace,
 Nelson has two powerful hands. He keeps them in motion continuously, ever on the alert to let them rest on a spot where they will do the most dam age. He is crafty, strong and as pIucky as a young game cock.
 He is just the kind of fighter to beat Corbett, who is in his element when the gruelling is at it's height. Nelson has lived up to his sobriquet. t0f Battling" time and again, and if calcula tions are not an1iss he will do so when he faces Corbett. One thing about Nelson is that you never know when you have him whipped. Hescan take licking that would unnerve warrior and then como back like demon. Look at his contests with Martin Canoie and Eddie HanIon, fighters who simply revel in punish ment. After these scrappers had beat en Nelson almost to standstill the } Dane bounced upon his rivals and whipped them into insensibility.
 As for Corbett's mill with McGOv- ern, it is too short to be of real inn portance. But McGovern is coming to the fore again, at least his quick victory over Eddie Hanlon demon afstznted this. But Corbett has A laid Terry low on two occasions and there is no reason why he should not repeat the third time. But McGovern is just the kind of fighter who is liable to upset predictions of this sort. When he is in the humor he is fast as chain lightning and a tough proposition in the ring. He says that he never felt better than he does now. He is mus cular and quick, and his blows seem to be as heavy as of yore. But McGoy- ern's friends fear that Terry's eye sight may desert him. Some time ago he was forced to wear eye glasses. He says that they were not used chief ly for his sight, but to cure continual headaches from which he suffers. Poor eyesight in the ring is handicap, and a fighter must be exceptionally fast to avoid swing or hook under these conditions. McG0vern regards Cor bett as his nemesis He thinks he can whip any other man with ease outside of Corbett. This is only natural, for the westerner was the only man who ever succeeded in knocking Terry out Regarding Corbett's essay with White, but little is known over here of the Englishman. He may prove an other Bowker or Ben Jordan or he may not Those in position to know however, speak in glowing terms of his chances to whip Corbett. They contend that the Denver fighter is just the sort of a pugilist White can con- quer. Corbett is rusher, So is White, but the latter couples science with these tactics. Of course Corbett is scientific in a way, but in his az gressive moments he is likely to throw skill to the winds and depend upon his marvellous speed and strength to fcarry him through. AnotIer point 10 {be taken into consideration in the task Corbett has set before him is that accidents are liable to happen. Jim Jeffries tried to knock out two men in one night in ten rounds each at the Lenox A. C., but came to grief after tackling his first antagonist, Bob Armstrong, the negro heavy weight. Jeffries broke his hand and was compelled to return to San Fran cisco to nurse the member and his reputation, which also suffered.