The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-12
Jimmy Britt Puts Up a Brave
Fight Talk.
"Young Corbett" Will Be an
Easy Mark for Him.
KNOWS HIS STYLEWELL
Says His Hands Are in Grand
Shape for the Battle.
Thinks Jack MunrOe Is a Com
ing Champion.

San Francisco, March 12.-They're off.
Jimmy Britt and Young Corbett will
now get down to business for the great
est of great fights. James was spec
tator at the Corbett-Sullivan go, and
watched Corbett like hawk. On the
way out he heard two friends of his
saying: Britt can't punch like Cor
bett and you must admit it." 1t didn't
take James long to get in close and fire
away at short range. He tore off long
spiel about the deadly wallop and al
| there.
IT can't show what 1 can do against
big fellows like Sieger and Fitzgerald
said James, Il wasn't in the ring those
| nights to knock them out That doesn'
constitute win in my mind. You don't
have to knock all men out to win. I
knew before they came here that they
were gluttons for punishment, and all /
did was to wear them down and weaken
them | knew my cards and just play
ed right. Well, my fight with Candle
was different. Spider Kelly. who was
in my corner, knew all the time that
my right hand was bad. He knew when
l hurt it, and just stalled Candle by
yelling, Swing your right, Jimmy /
swung a few wild ones just to make it
look good. 1 fought ali night with one
hand. You'll see whether I can punch
or not the night I meet Corbett. This
be bif-bang, and one of US will drop
before seven rounds have gone I tell
you now that it won't go the limit, and
see if I'm not right"
Il guess you're not confident, Jimmy
chirped one of the friends while light
ing new pill.
well, I have a right to be-" piped
James. Il know what 1 can do. 1 am
almost certain Of winning this, and new
er felt so sure of anything in my life.
L have COrhPft fight three finapS
now and know his style pretty well. He
has had all little fellows to lick. None
of them as tall and rangy as myself. l
am going to work today, but 1 won't
have to kill myself doing the weight. !
have been working with Sam Berger at
the Olympic club and weighed 1873 this
morning. You see. that leaves me with
eight pounds to take off. That's easy.
My hands are both in grand shape now
and barring an accident in my training
l will enter the ring without an excuse
for a lose''
Jimmy Coffroth, matchmaker OF the
Yosemite club, which has Jeffries and
Munroe signed for their next big event,
thinks he has the best card of the year
for his club. "Jeffries can't last for
ever,H said Coffroth last night. 'sAll
champions have fall, and it is usually
with. a man who is on the short end at
10 to or 4. Sullivan lost to Corbett
in 10 to betting. Fitz lost to Jeff in
the same odds and McGovern lost to
Young Corbett at overwhelming Odds
look for this fellow Munroe to give
Jeff one of the hardest fights of his
career, and possibly to win. We put
over two champions last year, and
Munroe might make the third. Frankie
Neil won the bantam honorS in our
club and Fitz won the light heavy
weight championship. They say when
two big things happen there's bound to
be a. third. Maybe this is it.
II saw Munroe on my trip east a few
months ago, and he's a likely fellow. In
the fight with Limerick I sat right by
| the ring, and you should have seen the
as hard as he could hit, and he's a big,
husky fellow, too. You know a man
doesn't need to be q champion to hit
hard Not at all. Well. that punch
caught Munroe right on the jaw, and
it never feazed him. He shook his head
and came back for more, just as If
nothing had happened. That's the sort
champion. He showed cleverness with
Sharkey, and was slowly beating him
down. Jeff did no more. The best he
could do with Sharkey was the limit
both times. Only decisions. Jeff hasn't
met a young man since he faced the
sailor. All have been dead ones-Cor-
bett, Fitz and Rubin. Munroe can
beat any one of them for mine any
! time he starts. He's as busy as a bird
dog in the ring, and will keep the best
of them hustling. Compare Jeffs rec
ord with Munroe'S as far as they have
gone. Munroe beat better men than
the champion did in his early bouts.
Jeff beat old Peter Jackson, Henry
Baker and Van Buskirk before he
climbed the ladder. Here, Munroe has
Limerick. Maher and Sharkey. Figure
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