The San Francisco call., 1904-03-17

and the big crowd that gathered at
the tavern had to wait around and
watch the champion phone to the book
makers and loll around till he got good
and ready to enter upon his afternoons
work, which was about $3.50 o'clock.
CORBETTS HARD WORK.
AS soon as he got started they
could not stop him. He roughed it
from the start and kept up a fast
pace till it was all over. He started
in at the weight machine and after
pulling this around for about fifteen
minutes he commenced at the big
swinging bag. That got an awful beat
ing for about the same length of time
and then the punching bag received a
fair share of the champs time.
He practiced all his fancy punches
and his clever swings on this till it
was ready to burst from the severe
strain. Then Monte Attell was called
out to go a few. Corbett started in
at his little sparring partner and rush
ed him all around the ring. He never
let UP for a second and was ready to
take two punches in order to put in
a good one to the body. the kind he
figures to stop Britt with.
When the first round was finished
along came Billy Otis, fortified with a
big chest protector. The way Otis
was treated was not at all gentleman
ly. Corbett kept rushing him all the
time and took special delight in get
ting into clinches and then doing the
rough house act. When he was fin
ished with Otis he called upon Attell
again and alternated with the pair
for three fast and lengthy rounds.
He paid whole lot of attention to
the cIinches and showed his partners
no mercy when breaking away. He
would bring his right over fast and
catch his opponent on the jaw at an
opportune moment and when either of
them would turn the trick on him he
seemed 10 think it was great fun.
When he had completed his boxing
stunts the little fellow was perspiring,
but was still fresh. while both his
sparring partners were winded. This
was one of the busiest days Corbett
has spent for some time.
BRITT is HAPPY.
Happy, and lowering between 135 and
1873 pounds is Jimmy Britts present
condition. Next week the star of Cali
fornia's ring celebrities will settle
down under the watchful eyes of his
trainer Spider Kelly, to disposing of
his extra weight. Jimmy asserts he will
not have to do the Shylock act in ac-
complishing it.
Britts surplus energy and constant
cheerfulness while undergoing his
daily training grind have impressed all
visitors to the little boxers camp, and
they have run into the thousands.
Young Corbett enjoys the fame Of be-
ing an inimitable josher along with
that of champion of his class, but
Britt, too, hath a merry wit that is
more than eighteen karats original.
His friends are confident that should
Young Corbett elect to turn loose a
volley of sarcastic jolts at Jimmy
when the fray wakes f1ercely, as Terry
McGovern believes the Denverite will,
the stocky champion will receive as
good as ne sends.
Britt went on the road yesterday
morning, and in the afternoon sacri-
feed perspiration and weight in a two
hour turn in his gymnasium with the
skipping rope, dumb-bells, punching
bag and with Frank Rafael. He
wrestled with the latter, and the way
the pair tugged and showed was fierce
to gaze upon.
Next week." said Britt. II will get
rid of the weight 1 am carrying over
the stipulated 100 pounds. To-day |
weighed about 135. but l have been
seesawing between that figure and 1SS
pounds for some days and l am not
worried. I have never felt better than