Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-28
BIG BATTLE COMES
TOMORROW NIGHT
Young COrbclt' and Battling
Nelson Waiting for the Gong
To Sound.
FIGHT WILL Be A FIERCE ONE
Denver Lad is Still the FayOrJc bnt
fayOrltcs Do Not Always Win
Not Down to Weight Yet

Only one night and one day before the
big night In San Fanclsco between Bat
Ting Nelson and Young COrbott"
Every Salt Lake fight fan Is asking the
questions WHO win be the winner to-
morrow nghtT
In spite Of the fact that Corbott Is a
faVorlle at 10 10 I, the tough Dane has
many admirers here. and tnoy are Will
INK to back him at the prevailing odds.
Nelson was never taken very seriously
here or Ulgwhere until he beat Spider
Welch nearly to death az the Salt Pal-
ace last March. Since that time he has
been going by leaps and bounds 20 the
lop Of MS class, and has taken unto him-
sen .the long end OF the purse ln every
batue he has had since then In fact
he has never been IN danger Of losing
after the gong sounded Tor the fray
Why should he not win tomorrow nlghti
lie mas an excellent chance In fact
he has many chances II is admitted uit
Corbett " faster man. So Is WEIGH,
Candle Hanlon and Herrera. Yet Nelson
put the Qulctus on them ALL Corbett could
have done the same
If there Is any way Of making n COM
parlson between the two fighters II Is
IN their fights with Eddie Hanlon, aud
even that counts for little. The fighting
game something that can not be
"dopcd" accurately
In tho first engagement. Corbett bare.
~ escaped with a draw after twenty
rounds Of fighting with Hanlon The
latter Knocked C0rbett down. After the
fight Corbet said
81 dreamed that l was sitting on tho
beach looking out az the waves | could
see the moon rising II was shining
bright as the sun, Just then | felt a
shock on my back and woke ny"
The shock was a spongefull OF ice water
that one Of his seconds threw on Cor.
hetts back When this woke him up he
discovered that he was lying prone with
his nose on the floor Of the ring What
seemed TO his dreaming mind to be the
Drlllant moon was really the CLEAN OF
the electric lights rejecting from the wet
ana shining floor into his wide-Open eyes.
In the second fight Hanlon again knock
ed COrbett down but IN the sixteenth
round the referee had 10 stop the fight To
save Hanlon from serious injury
In the fight between the Dane and Han
lon, the latter did not even shake tho
former. He smashed right and left TO
Nelson's Jaw but did not dlsconcert him
al all and IN the nineteenth round Eddie
was a badly beaten Native Son"
This is what light critics call dope"
But N spite OF all this, Corbett might
beat Nelson within half a dozen rounds
In tomorrow nights argument, condi-
ton with Young COrbett will count for
everything N he Is in the condition be
was when he fought McGovern he ought
TO win But will he be IN condition? IL
j. doubtful II he will make the weight
l@ pounds-and be strong and fast. II he
Is not IN the very best shape, farewell 10
the championship for him because Nelson
Will beat him.
The Dane will be IN good shape. Nat
rally he is In better condition than Ms
antagonist lie has always taken better
care OF himself, and he has an advantage
IN youth, helghth and reach. So. while
the Denyerlte Is faster has a more thor
ough knowledge of the game and always
keeps himself well IN hand, Nelson is
game 10 the core has a bad wallOp In
either hand and does not know what II
Is 10 quit. Therefore they are pretty
evenly matched and In picking a win
ner n coin IN the air and decide when
Il falls
The last account Of their condition Is
given In the following from San Fran.
cisco:
Both Young Corbett and 'Batling Mel.
son slackoned UP IN their work today.
The Denver lad was out on the road for
short time this morning attlred In his
usual array Of Reavy clothing and put IN
some time IN the gym. He appears 10 no
well stripped Of supernuous flesh but
sun looks considerably over the weight
Neither Young Corbett nor any OF his
trainers will tell his exact poundage. They
all Insist that he will be down to weight
when the gong sounds Tuesday evening
Battling Nelson was IN his usual
good spirits this morning Ho Is trained
to the hour and his handlers assert he
was never IN better shape in his life Tho
Dane and Manager Murphy are confident
that they will carry away the long end
Of the purse tomorrow night.
Both lighters will do light work tom0r.
row Corbett win go out upon the road
for a short time but his trainers will d.
pend principally upon the drying out
process TO get their man down to the
weight limit
Very little betting has been done here
yet Corbett sim rules ten-to-seven
favorite and the indications are that the
llngslde price wifi he about this figure.
Much depends upon the Denver lads
ability 70 make the weight without weak
ening himself