The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-25
FAST FIGHT, NO
MATTER WHO WINS
Young Corbett Expects to Mix
It Lively With Britt
Tonight.

great many of the fight fans have
been predicting slow fight when Britt
and Corbett come together tonight, but IT
Britt makes an open fight OF 1t, as ne
now threatens to do, there is going to be
some tail scrappfng, says W. c. SHEPPARD,
sporting editor of the Denver Times.
1t is seldom that two boys capable of
putting up as hard a fight as these two
get together. Both are going to be strong
when they get into the ring. Britt has
had no trouble whatever in making the
weight, and if he loses will not have
chance to say that the weight was too low
for him. He has been down to 1913 for the
past week and has been forced to let up
in his training for fear that he was get
ting. too fine.
While Cerbett has been training faith
fully, he has paid little attention to his
weight was supposed to be a triffe low
that it will take a little work the last
day or two to put him at the figures men
toned in the articles of agreement.
The fight experts who have been watch
ing the fighters every day since they did
the first tap of work for this mill are
will be in the pink of condition The
weight was supposed to be trifte low
for Britt, but Naughton says that he has
been able to get down without showing
rib, and if this is the case he Will en-
ter the ring as strong as he has ever
been.
1t Is absolutely useless to figure on Cor
belts condition While ne Is framing ann ne
are sure will ruin his chances: he is never
anywhere near the weight two or three
days before the fight and he never loses
his weight money or gets into the ring
without being IN condition to win. 1t Is
pretty safe to assume that Cerbett will
enter the ring in the best possible condi-
ton and he VIII face a man VINO Is "a
the best form he has shown during bis
career. Under these conditions the nght
should be fast enc. but Britt's policy has
never been to mix things.
He buries his head under his ShouIdeFs
and guards it further with his right
hand, while he pokes out the left and de,
petrds upon the damage It can do 70 Ehd
the decision for him On TINS aec s2as
and he has never shown the PuEcn. For
a man who fights In this position he mas
shewn wonderful clepeEnesS and has been
able to wear down the second ana th1ra-
along the same lines when he meets Cor
bett tonight the mill Is likely to
drag, as Britt, by reason OF ms adyanIag &c
away from him.
On the other hand, as Cerbe.t points
out, Britt viii be entering the ring with
and depending upon that left jab. Giving
Britt all the credit that should go to a
first-elass fighter, 1T is hard to see where
he stands chance with his one mana
against the two clever mittS which Young
sCorbett carries. Britt, sore over the
criticism that has been heaped upon him
for being a one-handed fighter, has been
trying to change his style and bring that
right away from his chin and use it "a Bit
If he changes his fighting style when he
meets Corbett the mill will be one of
those waIeping affairs that viii come to
an early close.
Britt. standing away and pecf1iug with
his long left arm, has a chance to stay
close to the limit. If he does not reach the
end, but Britt mixing up will soon be laid
on the mat for the count. To pull his right
hand down from under his chin and at
tempt to get it in the game would mean
a complete change in his style of fighting.
Undoubtedly this would give him an ep-
pertunity to strike a harder blow, but
it would be at the sacrifice of a defense
which is the only thing that entities him
to consideration at the hands of the good
men.