Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
''PENNYS' PRIZE
RING GOSSIP.
Local Fight Fans Are AnxiOusly
Awaiting HyIand-Corbett
Contest.
JIMMY BRITT SWELLED UP.
Don't Like McCarcy's Plans and May
Flukc on His Fight With
Kid Herman.

LOGAN fight fans are thinking OF
nothing these days except the 20 round
Queensbury debate between Fighting
Dick Hyland and ex-champIon Young
Corbett, which IL scheduled TO take
place here the latter part of this
month. II Is little to be wondered at
that the rngsters are Interested be-
cause they Will have an opportunity to
see IN action two really good little
men. and there is every indication that
tile fight will be Of the whirl-wnd or
d .r from gong to gong.
Both youngsters have begun pre-
Urinary training, and al the beginning
az next week they Will be settled down
70 hard and strenuous work. Young
Corbett started out this week with "A
few miles road work, and Hyland fol-
lowed suit. Thursday and Friday even
ings the Denyerite appeared nj the Ly'
rio In a boxing stunt. While this Is
not exactly training, II does no harm,
Hyland boxed In Ogden and made n
good impression on the Junction city
fight fans. Both promise to be down
10 the stipulated poundage when the
day Of battle arrives, and each de-
clares he will carry off the welghty end
Of the money sack.
The ex-champion says he knows Hy-
land is good man. but believes he can
beat him. He also realizes that TO do
so he must be In tip top shape and for
that reason will not lag IN road work,
That's the kind Of labor TO condition
the fighters and II they want to be good
they must keep II up. 1t strengthens
the legs and puts the breathing appar-
atus In proper condition for a long
winded session.
Corbett viii probably do his indoor
training mt the fire department and
win box with all the local youngsters
who may be anxious to make rep"
and be able in the future to strut about
and brag that they boxed with Young
C0rbett Hyland win not do much
boxing, II any. until the arrival OF Alex
Greggains, who viii leave San Fran
cisco probably on Monday and come
straight To Salt Lake to help Red
Sammy McClintic along.
The question of where the fight will
be held IL stu In the air McClintic
don't like the idea of the Salt Palace
arena. The Salt Lake theater can not
be secured, and neither can the Grand
be had. In view of recent weather
conditions and the uncertainty of the
IutuIf, II Ufni III the bDti tdll ubtS NOT
look good TO either fighters or fight
fans.
Jimmy Britt is veal angry doncher-
know! In fact he is so angry he is
likely to refuse to play with Kid Her
man In McCarcv's back yard At Los
Angeles. All this sad and terrible
news was sent 10 Los Angeles from
San Francisco in the following dispatch
90 the Times:
Jimmy Britt is not I'm a pleasant
mood at the manner In which the fight
promoters of Los Angeles are making
matches. and It would not surprise fol-
lowers OF the game II Jimmy refused
10 fight at the southern city. Britt
Is matched TO meet Herman, but he
fore his fight comes Off frankie Nell
and Abe Attell are due to pull off a lit
tie scrap that may take some of the
edge off of the Britt Herman battle.
Shortly after the Britt-Herman fight
the same matchmaker viii have Her.
rera and Nelson as a special attraction.
Unless Britt IL assured of a very good
house the chances are he will call the
match on.
"You can say for me-" Britt says,
that ] am no preliminary tighter
and never was. | don't propose to
be one now"
Britt would not say he was going ia
call his match off at lsos Angeles, but
he appeared to " very sore at the
numerous matches the Los Angeles
people are making. Britt has always
been a very good card, especially here
and he Is the best drawing card in IN,
fighting game. Any time Jimmy gets
ready to fight he is assured Of good
house. He Is even more popular now
than he was before he met Nelson II
may be Britt viii call his battle off III
Los Angeles and meet Herman here
either the latter part Of April or II
May
Poor Kid Parker, one time won.