Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-10
YOUNG CORBETT
COMES TO FIGHT
FORMER CHAMPION TO MEET
HERRERA
Appears to BE Out Of Condition and
VIII Ask Postponement Of Date
Two Weeks-WiIl Train
Near Monrova

Young Corbett arrived yesterday
from New York and will begin train
Ing Immediately for his battle with
Aurello Herrera.
Corbett is accompanied by Billy Shay
and Tommy Murphy of philadelphia
and today will seek n location for train
ing quarters far from the madding
crowd the races and the other tempta-
tions which have been his bane and
undong.
In appearance, Young Corbett is not
the scrappcr he was when he was
champion of the world, and his pudgy
form Is on the order Of the fat man
from Borneo rather than that of
fighter in trim condition ana an as
pirant for revisitaton of fate and a
return to championship form.
Corbett admits that he Is not In con"
diton to engage in an ordinary street
brawl and says that he has fought
most Of his battles in the east without
being in trim, but confesses to a high
regard for the proves of Herrera and
says that he will not enter the ring
until he is ready to fight at his best
Since arriving Corbett has decided to
train outside Los Angeles and is preju-
diced against beach resorts. He is con-
sdering locations near Monrovia and
will inspect these today.
1t is probable that he will establish
training quarters dl vi near MOilIONih
and will not visit Los Angeles until
he completes his training and comes
here to engage in the boxing match
with Herrera.
In speaking of his conduct since los
ing the championship title Corbett says
that he has learned the lesson to be
drawn from improper care of his physi-
cal condition and realizes that to graf
ify his ambition to again become cham
pion he must adhere to the straight
and narrow path, and for this reason
he will not loaf about Los Angeles nor
seek any of the convivial companions
of former days.
Il still have the punch and can box
at my old gait" he says. II am bet
ter man today than ] was when l
fought Britt and | am sure that / can
make better showing against Britt
now than then.
MY failure TO train properly and
heed instructions from those wiser
than ] proved my undoing, and the
path back to glory is rocky road.
but ] am confident that I can travel
it successfully and will again be cham
piou.
Il come to the coast to stay until I
have converted every fight fan here
abouts to the opinion that j am a
better Young Corbett now than | ever
was, and I am the best boxer In my
class in the world
MY ambition is to get OH return
match with Britt. ] know | can de-
feat him, and my battles on the coast
will be with that object in view, to
clean up everything between me and
Britt. and then force him to give me
another battle.
III [ get this match with Britt and
defeat him. am in line for a match
with Nelson for the championship ana
I shall overlook nothing that is es-
sential to accomplishing this condition
Il expect to battle several times be-
fore / letve the coast and will proba-
bly be here until spring. 1 know l shall
defeat Herrera, and, in doing so, ] be-
lieve / will have won from one OF the
best boxers in my class in the coun-
try"
Corbett will insist on a postponement
of the date for the meeting with Her
rera from December 80 to the second
week in January. as he wants to give
a full month to training and put him
self into condition to show at his best
form