Show BATTLE WORTHWINNIN Mitchell a Corbatt Will FightS S for a Big Stake VICTOR WILL GET 80000 TIE MILL IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 25 how the Salt Lake Sports View I Both Men in Fine Shape Plil siique of the Gladiators Compared Some Interestingr Pointers The Salt Lake sports are now all talking about the forthcoming battle between Corbett and Mitchell and some bets have been placed on the result re-sult the American of course being the favorite Mitchell however is not without admirers In Salt Lake He has been here three times and made a number of friends on each visit It will be a battle well worth winning win-ning The pure offered is 20000 and each of the combatants has an additional addi-tional bet of 5000 on the result Aside from the immediate financial benefits accruing the victor can gather in a great many American dollars in a tour as a theatrical star Corbett would be lionized should he succeed in vanquishing the doughty Englishman English-man who forced Sullivan to a draw I at Chantilly in the spring of 1888 when the Boston boy was considered invincible while on the other hand if Mitchell should win Sullivans friends who have never forgiven Corbett for his defeat of their idol would rally around the standard of Corbetts con querer and he would probably reap a rich harvest in America Then cross ing over to England he would be regarded re-garded a a conquering hero such as English pugilism has not known since the days of Tom Sayers Mitchell is really unpopular In London but should he return with the laurels of victory he would be received with open arms and London music halls would prove a golden mine for the Brummagem Birmingham lad In the light of the interest that this international contest is creating a description de-scription of the physical attributes of these modern gladiators will be eagerly eager-ly pursued by even the laymen among those who admire brawn muscle agil agl ity and endurance regardless of their knowledge of the science of boxing Mitchell is 32 years old barely live years Corbetts senior the j3ighshrntin having been born at Birmingham England November 24 1851 while Cor bett was born in San Francisco September Sep-tember 1 1866 Both are sai 1 to be of Irish parentage but Mitchell is atypical a-typical Briton in appearance while Corbett is as thoroughly American The Englishhlan is tncy built but at that is more rangy than the average English pugilist He is a Mg Ute man the critic of pugilists would say He looks big In strist attire tut when stripped he appears small when coin pared with Sullivan Paddy Ryan or even Corbett the two former being of the massive frame while the Californian Californ-ian towers above him hi height He stands about 5 feet 8 incites in height and he will enter the ting at 170 pounds or thereabouts It has ilutys been contended by old Mowers rf the prie ring that a man at 160 pounds was big enough to fight anybody and Tom Sayerss battles are quoted m support of that proposition but in this day and age there is much reason to doubt that assertion I a man at 160 or 165 pounds granting that he maybe may-be a top notcher as a scientific boxer and a stiff puncher meets another at 175 or 180 and that additional fifteen or twenty pounds difference is in height and reach the lighter man Is certainly at a disadvantage and this is Mitchells situation with Corbett Mitchell has a wonderful breadth of shoulders and neck for a man of his inches and from the legs up is a study In muscular develQpment as will be seen by the accompanying illustration of his neck His muscles are of the soft pliable kind that scarcely show themselves under the layers of flesh Hels plump and well rounded not likely to become muscle bound and should always have that looseness of a ton so much desired in the makeup make-up of a shifty fighter His legs appear t be his weak point but his long battle of over two hours with Sullivan in the rain at Chantilly tends to prove that they are all right His endurance is unquestioned a his record shows that he met man after man with the raw uns He is as game as a pebble but tricky and prefers to make money without fighting for it but whenever he has been matched he has always been on hand and once inside the ring will stay there as long as anybody His hands have been well cared for of late years and with the protection of five ounce gloves will stand all the force he can put behind them He is recognized as a particularly clever boxer a good two handed fighter and very active on his feet He is as active as a panther and often surprises his visitors by turning handsprings and backward and forward somersaults The Englishman was well known in Kansas City ten years ago as he was matched to fight Herbert Slade the Maori in this vicinity on October 23 1883 but the governors of Kansas and Missouri objected and the fight was finally called off Mitchell trained for that battle at Plunketts old Shawnee mission on the Olathe road Corbett is the opposite of the sturdy Englishman in build He is of the greyhound order He is over 6 feet in height with a magnificent physique but he does not show the muscular development of Mitchell His gameness game-ness has been questioned but his battles bat-tles with Joe Choynski and his nerve in forcing Jackson to a draw and his defeat of Sullivan proved it was all right Sullivans blind followers ridiculed ridi-culed Corbett when the news that the match was made was sent out and considerable money was wagered that the young Californian would not face the champion of a decade His cleverness clever-ness and aerflitv won that fisrht hnf in Mitchell he will meet a man probably as active as himself with the science of the game down to a fine point To sum up their respective merits Corbett has the Advantage of youth height and reach while Mitchell is conceded to be a great ring general and a gruelling puncher At long range fighting Corbett would have a decided advantage but if the Englishman can force him to infighting his superior hitting ability might then be called into play with disastrous result to the American cKampion aria his future theatrfcalrentures Bob Fjtzsimmons the phenomenal middle nIght champion has set opinions opin-ions on the result of the fight and figures fig-ures it oAt that the coming fight will be a cake walk for CorJbett Look ing at both mens records hq said it is simply absurd to consider Mitchell as anywhere near a winner Compare their records Mitchell has only fought two finialj fights which were both draws H fought Jack Burke on a race track in England with bare knuckles for about an hour and they afterwards fought numerous draws in England and in this country When Pritchard met Burke he smothered him in three rounds then Jim Hall goes over to England and puts Pritchard out in four founds and I knocked Jim Hall out in fOur rounds having beaten him twice tore Take this line on Mitchell ar d where does he really class When1 I say he cannot stand before me Tor eight rounds I think there is som logic in my argument t ° Now Joolf over Corbetts record When he was only an amateur he bested Jacjt Burke in eight rounds easily and on three occasions he whipped JUe Choynskt he outpointed Jake Kilrain with perfect case He easily defeated Dominick McCaffrey who tol me he did not land on Cor I belt while he could easily outpoint Mitchell and outpunch him His long fight with Peter Jackson places Corbett in my estimation on a higher pinnacle than his defeat of Sullivan Corbetts reach is between two and thru inches longer than Mitchells The American is about six ears younger than the Englishman Mitchell has led a pretty gay life for the last eight years and his face is not as fresh or does not look as free from dissipation as that of Corbetts I dont think It hurts a man to occasionally knock around but this constant wear and tear of night carousing that Mitchell has gone through for years will tell in his battle with Corbett I dont say that Corbett is one of the best livers in the world but still nc has kept his system pretty clear of whisky He has a long head and knows what he is doing and wilt train more carefully than any heavy weight I have ever known I have never seen a man in better form than Corbett was that night he met Sullivan at New Orleans Or-leans If he isin as good fettle when he faces Mitchell I cant possibly se > but one result Air regards the science of both men I think Corbett outclasses Mitchell He will be much more rapid and catlike and the weight and dissipation dissi-pation that Mitchell has gone through will tell when it comes to fighting Fat men cannot fight long It takes a lean dog for a long race and if wo take the trouble we will notice that the lean long and lanky fighters like myself my-self are keeping right in front of the procession I predict that Corbett will come out of his fight with Mitchell with but very little punishment not even a black eye He will jab the Englishman constantly with his long left 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