The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
TRAINING DRAWS
NEAR ITS END
COrbett and Nelson Will Do
No More Serious Boxing
Until They Meet Tuesday
WEIGHT SEEMS EASY
Danes Friends Are Thought
to Be Trying to Infiu-
ence Odds in the Betting
WEIGHT SEEMS EASY

The long siege Of training which
Young Corbett and Battling Nelson
have gone through for their battle on
next Tuesday night is drawing to a
close. Both boxers are gradually ta
pering off the strenuous work they
training camps at San Rafael and
Larkspur.
Both are in fine fettle, neither having
had setback during the long cam
paign A victory means much for
either of them as the winner gets an
other opportunity to fight Britt On
the occasion of their former battle Mel
son decisively defeated Corbett, but the
little Denverite claimed he was out Of
condition. He has trained earnestly for
the past two months and no excuses
will be offered if Nelson should again
be victorious.
There is a doubt in the minds of
many people as to whether or not Cor
bett can regain his old time form. He
has always been successful in his re-
turn fights. He lost a decision to Ben
ny Yanger, and in return engage
ment the fight was called draw. The
decision, however, should have been
awarded to Corbett, as he cut his op
ponent to ribbons.
Corbett was then knocked out by
Young Dempsey, but he turned the ta-
bleS in a return engagement. The same
thing occurred in his battles with Kid
Broad and the San Francisco public
still remembers his encounters with
Eddie Hanlon. If history repeats itself
Corbett should be the victor.
Bud Hauser of New York and John
Mcnamara and Tim McGrath visited
Shannons villa yesterday to get a line
on Corbetts condition. They are old
friends and all declare him to be in the
best possible condition. Gymnasium
work and boxing have been abandoned
by Corbett, as Trainer Mcdonald
thinks the date of the battle too close
to take any chances of his protege in
juring his hands.
Corbett rested yesterday morning,
but in the afternoon he and Cans took
a long run over the hills. The weather
was extremely warm and Corbett per-
spired freely, Joe Cans standby for re-
ducing is road work and 1t was he who
induced Mcdonald to cut out gymna
SUM exercise. After q brisk rundown
it was announced that Corbett weighed
about 1873 pounds. Road work will be
indulged in to-day and tomorrow.
Corbett expects to rest on Tuesday un-
til he enters the ring.
Battling Nelson is beginning to take
things easily at his training camp at
Larkspur. The Dane is in the best pos
sible condition, but, as ring followers
know, he never neglects to train. All
fighters look alike to him and he holds
none cheaply. He is a glutton for
work and seldom has to be urged to
don his working clothes.
This is the fourth occasion that Bat
has worked at Larkspur, and people
who have followed his movements de-
clare him to be at his best condition.
Yesterday morning Bat took a short
run, accompanied by Manager Billy
Nolan, Bill Benner, Rawhide Kelly and
Fred Landers. Bats training mates
take kindly to the road when the dis
tance is short.
Yesterday afternoon Nelson spent
about half an hour in the gymnasium,
going through his regular work. He
boxed three rounds with Fred Landers,
DuL the WOIh was SlOW COIllp eQ Will
the boxing of last week. Billy Nolan
did not want Bat to don the gloves and
it was only with the promise that he
would take things easily that he was
allowed to box. After being rubbed
down Nelson's weight was given out as
being 133 pounds. He will work to-day
and tomorrow, but will rest Tuesday
Nelson's advisers have claimed he will
have trouble making the weight, but
it is thought this was done to inf1u-
ence the betting. His friends are san
guine he will win. On their last show
ing Nelson should rule pronounced
favorite, and it was apparently to in
f1uence the price that alarmist reports
were sent out. The betting public is
not to be caught so easily, especially
when 1t is known Nelson Is training on
so well.
Corbett is also showing his best form,
but it will take the nerve-racking
work Of the actual fight to determine
whether the old vitality is behind the
powerful muscles he has built up or
whether it disappeared beyond recall
during his nine months of idleness