Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
TWO INTERESTING
SPORTING ITEMS.
), lit,u Catch-as. Catch Can Bout
F Tonight at Salt Lake
Theater.
BIC FIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT
y.aoo corbctt and Battling Nelson
A., Now Waiting for the Gongto
Sound for Second Battle

.,ortlng events are on tap for to-
.nd tomorrow night, both OF which
his"' ~ great interest TO local lovers OF
~ ,s,cs one takes place at the SAT-
e'n'. Tnoster this evening and the other
In occur at san Francisco tomorrow
night ca,oh.as-cotch-oa can
lnv Il the local event. INC other Is
!" ,wenty.round Marquis of oueenspury
anroept between Young Corbett ana
m,,,,ng Nelson Both events VIII I'M
p i1,'Sts5lv draw heavy patronage and 1t Is
oonsdently predicted that the spectators
'sol Get their moneys worth at each'
Toplpht. an unknown Jap who IS sald
A. Ee Ia competent exponent OF inc HSa-
,erionus Jm Jitsu, VIII ehdeaYvI ~ vi
w.oo Prof Eddie Robinson ants the rest
NihsS White people of this city that ms
VI IAN, of attack and DEFENSE ~ superior
hssTnt uscd by the Americans, tnat u.s.
,th.aecatch-can wrestling, honlIsol
S,s,ii ~ 10 show the laps ana the resi- on
w. w2rld. that the American system Is
mai 10 be beaten by another III cAia.r i,','
insG,bfnllv and long for the contest ana
~ Ma nhvsical condition IL as perfect
ln's s.esi ,S training can make 1t. Tie
a9 h il comes to "A question or endul.
sanycSe he viii make the Jap cry quits II
q comes TO a question or punishment nc
yin zinc ms good as he receives
"Ioiils A Sato, manager for the ul-
tbonn Ian, Is confident Of q speedy VIC
,orv lie SAYS his man Is IN the best OF
sbano and will uncOrk few dizzy hnu
issting surprises for the natives or inns
neck Of The woods The name OF ms man,
or where he comes from ana what W
has done IN the Jiu Jitsu llne are secrets
nn 1hi as Vet have been carefully guard
el a uerson asking the Japs for thls M
%rmation are greeted with II don
NOV" or merely n nod and a grunt,
In Tho local sporting fraternity opinion
as 10 the outcome OF tne Contest ~ ul.
Saed But Il was easily learned that
pnhinson Ia the favOrite although the Jap
bas a large following; men VINO claim
a. have seen Ju Jltsu In working order
ard who believe II Is superior TO American
wrestling There are three prellmlnarles
Two will be straight Jiu Jltsu matches
between local and coast Japs' inc other
win he a catch-as-Catch-ca match be-
tween two 1866 pound wrestlers. Then
comes the big event, and then we VIII
see something Of the much-talked-ot Jlu
Jtm.
CoRBErT. NELSON FIGHT.
The battle between Young Corbett and
Battling Nelson Is causing almost as
much excitement here as u Is IN san
Francisco because both boys are wei
known In Salt Lake, especially Nelson,
who really got his start to fame IN TINS
civ when he beat Spider Welch into
drcamland. II will be his first important
feht In which he has been made the ia
vorte because Of his easy ana decisive
victory oyer the little Denverlte In their
first fray
il Is generally believed, however. that
ths time Nelson will meet an entirely
different COrbett. that the chubby one Is
IN perfect condition and able to go the
pace. II Is also believed that Nelson
condition will not be all that could be
desired because u the extremely hard
work ne has been forced to do TO reduce
hs weight TO 100 pounds.
Il IS true that the Durable Dane is al
ways In good condition. He mas many nat
ulal advantages over Corbet When II
comes to strength and staying powers,
but he Is outdlstanoed IN ring general
ship and accurate and hard hitting. lie ~
very anxious to beat COrbett again, ana
use the victory as a lever to pry Jimmy
Britt into the ring again.
C0Tbett will surely make careful fight
II he loses again It is forever to the
woods with him II he Is defeated he will
not amount 10 much I'm the future. lie
Britt 10 fight him, so IT will be seen that
james Edward has something coming to
him whichever way the battle turns, Cor
belt has worked for months TO condition
himself for this match and he did a great
many unheaTd Of things to secure It,
II Is not generally known, but II is a
fact, that Young Corbett had TO MAXI.
great inducements 10 Battling Nelson be-
fore the Dane would consent to meet him
this month Corbett has actually given
Nelson the best part Of the purse, win,
lose or draw, This IL All awful come
down for a champion. and yet Corbett
was 50 anxious to secure a match that he
consented 10 the transaction.
Corhett Is 10th TO talk about n hold
up, as he calls It, but admits that Nell
son Is ganef by his last victory, This
makes Corbctt dOubly anxious 10 win as
he would like TO do little debating, as
oi yore.
The fighters win weigh in at o'clock
tomorrow evening" at 1870 pounds, the
weight which prevailed at their first
meeting They will SO twenty rounds--or
less Marquis Of bloomsbury rules and a
sIushng fight Is looked for Britt has con-
scented TO meet the winner, provided the
.alionio legislature does not put stop
10 the game.