The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-24

rounds, then they dry out. Usually they battle best when in this condition. for the muscles are flexible and real vitality has a chance to assert itself
 There is another thing which pugi- lists should aSoid before a combat, and that is overanxiety. Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia came pretty near being licked through it when he met Tommy Ryan of Philadelphia the other night. O'Brien did lot of fretting before the fight and naturally was subject to a high nervous tension during the com bat. After he knocked Ryan down in the fifth round he was very anxious to finish him. He made an awkward at- tempt to land a knockout with a right hand swing, and in doing so left him self unguarded and received a wicked smash on the jaw. which came near re sultfng in his undoing- Had not O. Brien been nervous and oyeranxious he might have whipped Ryan by just stalling him off with couple of jabs. This would have helped to keep Ryan dazed and in a position whereby O. Brien could put home the blow that might have done the trick"
 
 pugilists to get to weight is the Tur- kish bath. Young Griffo used to in duIge in this frequently and many crit ics are inclined to thing that this pro- cess was more detrimental than bene- ficial and accounted for the fact that he was unable to knock an opponent out. Griffo said that he never cared to put rival away because he wished to preserve his hands, but it cannot be denied that his constant visits to the baths sapped his strength. Griffo' s cleverness alone. some think. often pre- vented him from being laid low in a battle.
 Joe Cans believes in natural methods to get down to weight. He adds that sweaters and flannel cloth turned around the abdomen is the best way to take off superfuous flesh. Cans has often tasted the bitter ef- fleets of the drying out process and is inclined to champion it, but thinks that a weeks experience is too trying
 Young Corbett is probably the only fighter who has been compelled to un- dergo the drying out process nearly every time he trains for a scrap. Cor bett is compactly built and when not in trainingshe takes on weight at a rapid rate. He is very fond of ale, coffee and tea, and when he starts pre- pairing for a mill he is usually ten pounds heavier than his normal weight. In order to secure matches of late he has been forced to tip the beam sever al pounds below the lightweight limit and several pounds above the feather weight class. Consequently he has q hard time of it getting to the required scale His opponents know of this and whenever they make a match with him insist that he post good sized forfeit. Corbett has resourceful and capable trainer in Harry Tuthill. Tuthill knows Corbetts constitution like book and is very strict with the champion. Dur ing the final days of preparation for the last mill with Eddie Hanlon, Tut hill would not let Corbett drink any thing for nearly five days before the fight, and this fact alone aided Corbett in keeping under the stipulated scale. Corbett at times rebelled saying that drying out" was too much of a hard ship. But Tuthill was obdurate and as a result on the night of the bout had Corbett in better condition than ever before in his fighting career - New York Sun.