Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-25
CORBE7T VS. NELSON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
The Little Fellows Will Clash
Then For the Second
Time.
THE BENvERITE IN GOOD SHAPE.
Nelson Has Been Having Trouble In
Getting Down to the Required
Weight This Tim.

Next Tuesday night at San Francis
co. william RathwclL alias Young
Corbett. and Battling Nelson the Great
Dane" viii clash in the roped arena
for the second time. Much interest is
taken here ana elsewhere in this bat
tie, because OF the fact that Corbett
is In 50 much better physical condition
than he was In when the pair FIRST
Clashed.
The match Is at the weight which
prevailed In their first meeting 100
pounds at O'Clock on the evening OF
the fray
1t is claimed for Corbett that he has
had no trouble I'm reducing weight
while on the other hand the BNttler
has been having considerable trouble
If Nelson is forced to reduce by means
OF Turkish baths ana other heroic
measures at The eleventh hour, Cor
belts chances VIII be so much better.
There Is no man in the lighting
game whose opinion upon this partic-
ular battle IL of more weight than
that Of Ted Murphy the erstwhile
boy manager OF the Dane, In a
letter from Chicago, Murphy says:
Il think BAIT viii apply the defeat
TO William Rothwell once again, pro-
vded that Nelson has trained prop
erly But look out for n surprise u
Nelson's foot slips in training and
Young Corbett, on the other hand,
works faithfully. There viii surely be
| a somersault"
Murphy's opinion is valuable be-
| cause he knows Nelson as a professor
| knows his books. Not being IN any
sense connected at present with either
| fighter, his view of the battle is abb
solutely unbiased. Writing further In
| his own picturesque style about his
own future, Murphy says;
II am confident | have under my
| management the next champion Of the
| welter- weights, Tony Caponl, who has
| engaged IN 80 contests and never met
| defeat He can assimilate an awful
| crash on the jaw, live through 1t like
| Oakem' and still battle back lie has
| met men OF all sizes from l40 TO 1865
| pounds and scored 20 lOnockouts. Like
| Nelson, he is temperate and just %
| years of age. | predict for him great
future, bar accidents. | handled him
In eight fights before | took my de-
parture for the west with Nelson. who,
By the way, can tell you something
about Tony Caponrs fighting abilities
II ne wishes. Nelson has not seen
Tony perform for over a year, and the
| Improvement is nothing short of Won
derful lie can slip the one-two' with
| perfection and repeatedly whalcd
Martin Duffy In training quarters when
| that gent was weller weight champ.
/ lie will certain make good as the best
thing that walks at 145. as he can take
the gaff and is the correct siae-5 feet
9L Inches I'm his socks. He also has
speed and a world of ambition, l hope
to match him with Jerry Mccarthy the
welterwelght champion of Utah, by
virtue of his defeats of Harry Walsh
champion OF Canada otto Seiloif,
Jack Daley and Nose La Fontise, Well,
II | invelgle Jeremiah into a match, |
think MIR. Anthony Caponl will he well
ter-welght champ OF those diggin's.
And then he may get r call from some
place farther west, possibly dear old
Frisco or dear old Butte, Mont