The St. Louis Republic., 1904-01-14
CORBETT-BRlTT FIGHT
FINAL DETAILS ARRANGED.
Surprise Expressed Over the Sclec-
tiOn of the COlma Club-YOunE
Corbett Has Best OF Weight.

Now that the Colma Club of San Fran
cisco has been selected as the place OF
battle for Jimmy Britt and Young Corbett.
San Francisco sporting men are wondering
] just where the crowd is going to come in.
Dispatches from the Coast City state
that general surprise is expressed over the
choice of the fighters, even If the club is
offering $4,000 or 15 per cent of the gross
| receipts. The club holds forth in a pavil-
ion located about forty-five minutes ride
from the city and criticism is freely ad-
vanced concering the accommodations
there.
The park in which the pavilion is built
is said to be three blocks from the nearest
car line In case the night is wet this will
seriously interfere with the receipts it Is
believed. especially with that element
which buys at the box office just before
the battle
The club placed $1,000 as forfeit when
its quarters were decided upon, and II was
agreed that this sum should be turned over
to the boxers unless the institution put up
the remaining s1i,0Oa by last evening.
Fer the greater part of the time ar
rangements were pending for the match
1t was thought that Mechanics Favliloh
would be the scene of battle Manager
pfdim tbst tbe Control cd Of this structure was
trrmn ,i, c,yJ mil a little regulation was
dug up In the city ordinances.
Works of San Francisco Is required to en-
force an ~ orJinarce proyjding that all seats
In a nIihIic hail shall be fastened firmly to
the floor. Directors of Mechanics Pavil-
driven in the flooring. however. This may
have thrown something of damper on
me club clalrns' II ~ n,ay nG te,tnr npears
70 bavo rc.sted in oblivion for some time,
but was dug up lately.
II Is said that me nsht WI, villa .ake S,phett piatt
inc nrsf week II, Ma,nn gar,nnts ;u fbe East
mas i9t OF ehsaf eiiel.S ~ I'm III III no III,
scheouled tor that 'ihie' puI VIII p'ooao''
call them OH
.o,,o--.s .,o. y,o,,,,, S,or-
1t Is seheraiiy oei.eNeo '''a' iou"s -
bett has distinctly the better OF the weight
question IN the coming bout. Britt was
a. -, ~, h,,, o,,, Gov ,ao ,ounds and
Corbett seemed to consent rather reluc
tantly Yet those who are close to the
champion state that he is secretly pleased
with that additional pound over his ngure
in the Hanlon fight.
Corbett down to 129 pounds and it will
cause MIN a gSod deaI OF .toupIe 10 nan Rr;,,
;s is'e sajI :" he m the naishborhood of l3S
pounds just at present. it does not ap-
Iear as II Coroett would nave all 'he re-
'JSr Erit, 10 10 said 70 he better man at 1873
than at 1870. This fact Will likely make
the Denver boy favorite over him when
they come together. Forecasts of the
odds on the fight are to the effect that
Corbett will be at shorter odds in the
first betting than he was in the Hanlon
bout
Fitzsimmons has expressed candid opin-
ions of a good many of his fellow: boxers
i'nS VI q ~ -, ,u,,,.,,,
hefore ths, Dut II cduSeu so'ie S"di Piise
last week when he handed down favor
ahIe verdict in Sharkey's case.
Fftz stated that sharkey was ih9Sa 9S.
dangerous man IN ms es,ifi,a,i4m h,l a,.irs that
qualified this however. & py sayinS ,s 'nae nI.
SharKey was uanserous ueEause ms ~ ~
ponent could never imagine What ne
would DO next ana that Ine saiiot NM AZ
sell never khe" what ne was soihs u w.
he PICKS rom as an Easy Sic.oi Gses es
JACK munro anu sta.es onat na.i "
10 De apIs 70 MI iidIu etioISli % ~ IT,, ~, :,
hole in Sharkey before blow taxes any
cfect on the sailor. III. ciams 'tiat
Sharkey swings so rapiaiy INA. 1nat ne IS !,S aRI
70 get pio" III, @ soe.u;Ii s.; si Ia "iA
KNOCK out the pest ihaii III 'ie fiis-
- o,p-, . ro
Fhiiaueiphia 'asA %, 'e. CIV .-s
,hai- hatt,e set for January q nt Phila-
delphia- that the discussion which pre-
ceded the eventual matching of Corbett
md EjtySmmonS has been thrown COM
n,e,a,v into the shade
This ho,,t has a record all its own in
the matter Of trouble-trouble caused for
nronnoters managers and followers of the
zane The men nave been matched and
rematched. have called their fights of and
then called them on again. They have
agreed on dates and disa greed over loca-
tion, In fact. If there is any point on
which they have failed to squabble the
sporting world does not know It,
The latest hitch is the matter of the
referee. That is, It was the latest argu-
ment. Ryan wanted Siler O'Brien want
ed Crowhurst, a Philadelphia sport, Ryan
fr sisted ON Siler Thereupon OBrien an
nounced he would call the affair off unless
Crowhurst presided Then Ryan grace
fulIy acceded.
Inasuuch az the referee cannot hand
down = verdict in Philadelphia and as the
men are certainly clever enough to pro-
fair is carded for. it Is difficult to see just
what was the reason for such discussion
over tne o,noiaa: nnant,rcs or Crowhu,s, was
r,ade in an interview by Ryan last even
in,r II may he that by noon to-day Ryan
Iii b,ya sent wire stating that his
"bieotions to the official will stand 1t
Soesn,t Jool, Ms IL this would develop just
at present however.
While Rrooklvn Tommy Sullivan is
mentioned ho"e'ei' - ii'"S We ie N'u
that his former manager anu trainer,