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Show RIVERS IS FAVORITE I Mexican and Brown Are I Both Confident of . Success Tomorrow Training ended at the camps of Joe Riven and Knockout Brown yesterday, yester-day, and the lightweights are noting not-ing up today, barring a bit of light gymnasium work to keep them on edge for their scheduled twenty-round twenty-round battle at the Vernon arena tomorrow to-morrow afternoon Doth fighters are down to weight and in perfect physical phys-ical condition. From present Indications Indica-tions Brown will hae a slight advantage ad-vantage In poundage, as Rivers tipped tho beam esterday at 182. Brown will I hoer tightly around 133. ringside; mark I My boy Is fit for tho scrap of bis career, ' declares Dan .Morgan, and Knockout s appearance indicates that i this Is alout rltrht Brown put up a very satisfactory finish to his training and Rave his sparring partners sound drubbings in the last two days of work. Critics who watched his final workouts work-outs eloselv declare there Is no doubt but that the New Yorkei Is in Shape to fight tho battle of his life "I will win by a knockout, within fiiteen rounds,'' declared Brown today. to-day. "I saw the fight that Rivers put up against I.eaeh Cross, and I certainly cer-tainly ha the Mexican's measure " Riveis. on the other hand, Is just as confident of pullinc down the long end of the purse tomorrow afternoon as Rrown. The Mexican is trained to tho minute, and ha? no thought of losing. 'Brown's open style of milling Will enable me to hit him almost at will," said toe. "Whoever I can hit I c'n lick The bout may go the limit, lim-it, but I don t expect it to." Betting is rather slow, with Rivers fsvorlte at odds or 10 to 7. But little1 real monev has been placed with the; commissioners. ac Brown's supporters are holding out for 2 to 1 |