| Show l 1 Kh TALK WITH CORBETT j i A Vilt With tho Prlo riulitoiitml n C Mint With J 11m i li I About Ilimpoll ami VhyHKal Do olopiniMit t 1 1 = = = It I 1 11 1 lie Diltmil J11linHD ud Tell llom lie tiAfeti la Heal imaittlfl Qricul gillie IIM III lilt ind HiMt7tat g ft a CNd fir I r Iillir Comflainlllovi a Man Ittli Htm JlgAiaf flnlm beta and J1 j CallireJ laets Maney in ll Ire llglitms Cottill Vlicuiiet Kinf Itr I ins tank ClerUuf and Saya Thai lie ll Gaining honey on He SlageA Pen Mure olie California Slufgit by a Mia Who ilea Alter Seen alight I I a-light = T t apeell IOorr reniltnei or II hi Kaws ICoUlaM JII br rut u cin outer I r rOOKAIWN down to I Abuy l Park last week 10 a rrtiV f IIaven InttflltW 1 with Jamca J r7J > rJX r f CobelL I Gave j j r a hntlmn a rbe I fight nor hae fry yf with a ever talked I a prlio fighter before I dont know that I hate ever shaken a hand tint s Sullivan hook I know nothing about the rules of the ring and I pane never put up tiny money on a boning match I represent In this a large number ol people of the United States and I want to describe fur them Just how this man looks to in ouUlder At least n million or 10 of dollars will be won or lost upon 1 him during the next hew week and it t least fifty million out of the ntre million people In the United bintM will be Hiking about him I have been with him for n day I hate seen him dieiied and undressed 1 have watched him ai he went through his training and have had a chance to tludy every ateet spring of the five feet ten Inches of muscle bone and Inw ol which hit frame If made I have seen him haul one of his trainers the burly McVey who weighs JOB pounds over the those In a wrestling match andjliave watched a regular fight between hint and Sieve Donncll who Is to I form a second part of the great fight I lute chatted with him while he rested and trace had a glimpse of Ml soul as I talked with him In his cottage late In the evening when Ms hard days work was done and he was for the time at 1 peace wllh hlmscll and the worM 1 have In short had a good chance to study him and I find him a decidedly Interesting character charac-ter A HN ricruai OK Connor f Let me tell you how lie looks Seeing Corbett on the street you would not imagine im-agine him to be an athlete He Is an loch and a half under > lz 1 feet but the loose clothes which he wears elves an angular appearance to his person and makes tin frame seem almost 111 Jointed lie Is perfectly unassuming In his manners man-ners and has not the ordinary strut oft of-t ram ol his class There gre nothing of Inen f i the Bad Man of Hitler Creek about him and he does not put t on the antics 01 the dude He wore when 1 Ultcd him a rough suit ol Scotch tweed under t which a flannel shirt with loose turnover turn-over collar shone out and Ills hurl wiry black hair was covered with a fifty cent traycl ng cap the User I of which extended well out over his forehead There Is nothing peculiar about his l walk and you would never imagine him the greatest athlete of his time liven when he Is undressed and at rest you cannot realist I that he surpasses almost every other man In the United Slates In muscular power and skill I have seen many an arm which appeared to hate greater strength I Ills 1 legs are lean I and I symmetrical rather than overdeveloped with buncbcs ol muscleand his long arms hang below the middle of his thigh Iron the shoulder to the elbow the musclts are not filled out and the greatest development seems to be In toe lorearm the she of which Is hllb created by the beardof black hair which stands out all over 110 The shoulders are lull and straight however and the neck Is one of the strongest 1 have ever seen on a human being 1 Ills a peculiar neck It Is square rather than round and the back ol It Is almost flat with treat imisiulir cords running down on either side Into the the shoulders As Corbel pulled the roy McVey about the t room by his neck McVey having grabbed him with all Iris might I by the hind I could see time muscles stand I out so that they were as big i as jour wrist and the I nect seemed square column of painted Iron Ills not a short neck and the head which is hastened I to It Is long I and I thin with cars set low and with black hair standing out like I a shoo brush all I over the head above them I Col l belts face han long and thl ha-n Ills forehead 1 Is low Ills I nose Is large I unit straight Ho has strong Jiws a good set of upper aril I I lower teeth and his bluish gray ejc kr lelow ovrrhanging i look out below r heavy overhanging brow While at rest these C J el assume a Mindly 1 look They laugh now and f then as he tails and they grow sober a > i he discusses the possibility ol I his defeat Whell he punched the bag or loULht t with O Donne they changed In tlulr expression every moment and I am told In a fight Corbett keeps them always al-ways on the I eyes ol lto advcrsry and reads his soul like a book They arc wonderlullypenetraihiKetci eyes ol r determination and when fheyaie In connection con-nection illi them Corbetls iron Joins l 7 come together and he attempts a milt i cult act they almost flash lire Iheie I1 I no shilling about them hover and the lire is like the sparks Iromcold steel bur Coibelt seldom loses Ills head nod as he fights Ire 1 makes a icicnlilic slu ry III lt ol the 1 Icellngs and Intentions ol his opponent op-ponent As he went through his train tug I could see that n great pan ol his strength conies Irons I Ins ability to read his opponents and of his petted mastery ol emery muscle ol his frame Every atom ot his 1 body Is 1 In perfect condition j Ills machinery Is ol the lines steel und Ills being HI tiled by exercise and hardened by training l that he will be able to direct It lathe best iitvnmagc I gathered from his talk that hetipected to beat iiislmnions 1 rather through his superior mind than his superior muscles and I was surprised at the practical cum mon sense which he showed In his dla cuulon of the fijht thirst talked to him about MI I tralnlnz sod asked hlir II he UUInot find It hard ork He replied I ew people have any Idea what such Sisming means It is I DO fan I can tell 37 J r dha IHa u you You have to keep It up I for weeks and I will lulll IlcA clly from now on until the fight working every d y and watching I every point tu put and keep f r lrd myself In perfect condition It U es peclnly hard at the slim just now my fchain id hands are covered with blisters The fink of my palms raw and sore bull I have to go on I know it will pass away I get sick and and my tired hands of will it eel I dont hard like but It I and I want to t Hop TIIII LI IB Of A SLAY It Is Ilia life of is slateIle coul tilled Think of 111 I I cot up at S oclock I t this I morning and toot I a row for nn honr on the lake before breakfast After I was through with my meal I walked n mile 10 Ilia Irs cottage and well Into train ng You saw mi there I punched the big for half an hour and then rolled the weights ol that w list michlna up ami t own for fifteen mlnulrs to strengthen my wrisli I worked like a hone at the pulley weight and then acullld for another hour with M Vey I dont like to wrestle and I hate to be pullfd and hauled and strained day alter day for the I mere purpose of putting my X hfner usT tU 51 musrles Into Shape o Ttal hsmlhil 1 which I did next was not hard I work but It was in sweat t box ri a i halt 1 gallon ol perspiration must have run oat at mowhlhi I was jumping about l oonh 5tnbo trying tu oil my joint And then trip fight wllh Steve OUonnell INlay I call II a fight lor ll was one 0 Hjnntll and I are notghlnK i through mere spar ting I matches I I in our training the fight 1 everyday and fight lo win Dannell Is gelling ID be I A formidable miutoniil He has learned all 1 ol my lilckf and I li have more trouble with him every bout He keeps me brliJil and I will hi In crtcct condition by the time the fight cones oil I tliJ In addition lu the work you saw i I have to take hooF walks nod 1 worn steadily up lo 4 a cock every day and do rot dare to stop lor lunch It Is no picnic I can tell you UIIAT COHHETT CATS Sneaking of lunch Mr Corbetl I what do ou eat at such times Oh I almost anything replied Cor belt bUll dont dare to eat hare than two meals a day 1 have In exercise and light on an empty stomach and 1 ulll no Into my fight with I iiiilnunoii In I all 1 probability I fee me very hungry II a man his any I food nfn his I stomach and he gets a blow below the belt ll knocks bun out 1 used lo lake three meals n day but dutlng training I tonTine ton-Tine lit sell la two I hlvn my break last about 8 to and my dinner at j ji trhal did I too eat tod i y 7 I asked Wtll lets I see leplled Corbett I had a chop some oatmeal toast and I ripe ltuu with n cup ol tea bur my breakfast i My dinner consisted I ol some I well done roast lamb mashed potatoes and other vegetabes and a little stewed bruit lor dessert I had lo pan by the pastry and sweets I have to he care lot to eat things which agree with me and Ills queer what things do agree with me When I am In training I have an entirely dillertnt appetite than Ihal hlch I have al ordinary times I have all sorts of odd I tastes and my system sys-tem seems to demand certain tools ill desire a thing I I net tl It 1 1 lor 1 I know that nothing elte will satisfy me Ykat I I Ir 1 I eat one day may be entirely different I r from what 1 want the next 1 dont know what It lsbut I suppose Its the training I law about dilnklngP 1 never drink very much at any lime you know I Hut I It is whit I I Ii drink ns with my food I take what 1 crave and I tonunmrs drink considerable I sweat profusely and the water goes through mr pares like a sltve 1 use only one kind ol water Ironi beginning lo end I am now using an Imported German mineral min-eral water and 1 hate enough In stock la keep me supplied until abet the fight I do not like ice water lam I alrald ol It Sometimes I crave a glass ol beer during training and at others nothing bulls bottle of champagne will satisfy shin At such times I mutt have It no milter what It costs Till TALUS or THAININO What ls the act ol such training I upon your constitution Is It of permanent perma-nent value Ioi It last alter you stop 1 ee when this light Is I our I will lie In perfect condition livery muscle will be healthy Every I pore clean My stomach and oilier machinery will be in the smoothest working order If b I had no exercise whatever it would I think bo five year before I materially failed Ol course I cant tell I exactly how I long It I would last I have never lecn l put 01 training for more thin a year belore Ihls How I about Its value for building up weak bodies Mr Corbels Take a look al met I weigh I ninetyfive pounds I > Could you make a prize lighter of meA 1 me-A smile play ed for a moment around the lips of the athlete as he looked lie ret t list I doubt about the prlic fighter hull I could make you stronger and healthier Let nny man take such lining 01 I am taking alllil I wl 11 I engage Hut It will round him out and make him well If he lias no organic disease It I will CUR some diseases I It will Olive awny liter complaints I and stomach troubles li It will put his kidneys Into good working order and nervousness and sleeplessness sleepless-ness w11 I My Ironi oJ him I I have 11 filend i 1 here with me Iron Son ranclico One of his lungs won slightly aliened lid I was losing weight and lire I doctors did not seem lobe able to do anything bur I him I have liken him In charge am he ls I growing better and 1 will nuke n well mm ul him Of course I do Ihls on Ihe ground ol fricnd > hlp I would not don 1 lor pay 011K ATIILIITIC OUSKNANCU How about the people ol the United Stales Mr Lorueti Do yon IIInll 1 they are Improving physic ill I No rejlml Ilia titian fighter The athlete are Impioving I but the people are not the rich who hate the time and ought to do II are too much wrapped up In luxury and huiness The poor have too hard a struggle tu I make ends meet and they du not consider con-sider It Ills I a great mistake How about lure athletes I of today ver I sus those of the past You have I doubt iDOl i-DOl read all about the great fuhtcis ol tllhg hM1naahpabr4 + history Do you think we have as jirad men now as evil I ci I do and belter replied Cur belt Ihyslul development II being more studied enemy year Our men are better and more evenly lialned than were the fighters of Ihe past They are the equali and I bellve the superior I i eJ eThrse wnrhi ol any who have ever ih ed Thlswmld big I ing ahead in other things Why not In athletic sports COHDKTT ANTI FIT1SJlJlIUNS I The conversation here turned lolhe coming fi alit and I asked Mr Corbclt i wander how a man feels In great fight like that you are now going lo have with a nation hang nr on to huctety blow whenhcknow r loAn few r minutes I stand to make or lose him thousands How U Itl Are you not alr U > leant answer that question replied re-plied Mr Cotbeti I would nut ol 1 count say tint I wan ever afraid It would not bo wise fur me lo answer that way and If you aik 1 me I will say that I hue never betn alrald Hut It Is a serious siluaibn tint of a great prlu fight A nun can never tell how he Is going tu conic out until It Is I ended lie I may know or III nk ho knawshe I map heel rl that he can beat his orpoirnt but ha cannot be ceilaln until the fight Is over Now I feel that I ca i a hip 1 ill Simmons iltslmrnoni I leek toil he c in beat me and he I do iiit i 011 Is Just j as cons hens as I am I can only say If nn can best ma he Is welcome to it I think he wl1 I have enough lo I 10 nd il he succeeds he will earn IIs I monty I can tell you W Ilarr I and of a man j lulmilons I I1 believe he u 1 1 Inciter mm than any I have yet fought lie Is by all odds the bes mm prescnh company ix tcpled In the United btitei tulip He his a longer leach aid mute science than hail Sullivan KIn or Mitchell and he Is lull of nerve I dont brlletu III underrating your enemies but feel I that I un beat Mm ilK WILL 11010 IIDMtCLF IN C1IFCS I should think Mr I C rbtl It would lake lots of nerve to I go through a fight Ilk this Onr mutt gel nun Can you hoi I younell cntiK such times its I think I cm 1ml know they say I did not at the 1 Mitchell I fight They said I bust my head It uas not true hut even If II allihe luhll of DIY head ulll enable me lo knock out Ill I slmmuns as quickly as I did Charley Mitchell I will be silMied to lose It Hut you AIr not alrald you will kill a man > ume lime In such a fight No replied Mr Poibftt Such a thing Is nut possible Vi fight wllh clover and you ctul I baldly kill a man that way If you lied IT DOES IILRT Hut I you get haltered I and bruised raid I Noses are u ten broken and the flesh of n prim fighter face Is I sometimes some-times reduced a Jedv Does not the phy slcal 1 p iln sop you Djnl It bun Vei of course ll toeV replied I Cor belt rather Indignantly his mind going back probably I lows he hid rccelted In the past It hurls at the lime and il lasts often n Rood while alter the light but you ncter think of pain at such times You hate only one Idea and that li I to beat your opponent UK WILL NIAKK IIQIIT AGAIN Who do you expect will next chil hence you fur Ihe championship Mr Corbel said Ii if you heat Ftus slmmoit whom will you fight next I will never light again under any circumstances was the emphatic leply This J Is my tlulill fililo Idont 1 like nand n-and I wont do It It looks very easy as you sit here on Ihe poich and talk about nghllng but real lighting is no fun yu ten how I have to train Today my heel were so ore I could I hardly 510011 Lot tie training hid lo go on Then you have no Idea of the alllle and the slander that are showered upon the man who is I called champion of Ihe world 1111 I you I am llred l ol II This prize fighting Is no Heft snip II Is I true there Is money In il I but It Is I worth all it costs tROll rum DANK TO TilE rain RING How did you com lo Let Into III Where did you get r first taste for boxlns I have always had II replied Cor belt As n boy I was cock 01 Ihe walk wherever I went 1 boxed nt ichool and after 1IIIh I and wen Into butlntsi I li I kept up my boning I beluiuul ton boxing club und gave lessons at the time I was n bank clerk and ll was my boxing that got me nut of the bank and made me strike out fjr myself lion much were you getting ass bank clerk I asked My salary was f iwo a year when I Hopped replied Corrcu I started In at fan a mourn and had Ion In Stun a mono Ilul what is f too It Is hardly mure than enough lo I uy a detlll suit of clothes to say lIt Ihln of keeping a family on It bill 100 a mouth wan pretty ioo < l fork btiik clerk ard 1 It Mimed lo me II at 11Ya9 I drab firI tu ben be-n clerk all my llu iflstijiJ I II I was this that made mo break away and strike out fur mysell Hut you coul I I hive done better alter I a while had remained uiththebink I t could you not1 tusked I Hate you tuner wished that I you had done so amid let Killing I I ah lie p No never wasCoibettis reply I I had kept on at true book I woulc ruhobly nol been ueltlnR more than bras a month lodav liirrt are huts oI I smarter men Ihan I am workuu fir less I Ihan lint In carry clip of rue Union You can buy acres of them Ihay nil work out anti ail growling less vi uahlj as they grow older ant by and by the will bo bopped Now I duni want lu bo mete y a tog In the wheels of any nuns machinery I bduvo most men can do bilcr If trey mart out lug themselves them-selves One needs only n little horse sense Intro are thorn bright men working as clerks than as employ Wnat me others need is to break away mid strike out ttoNBt IN melts riaiimu Wu have u ada u gret dc n ol I mon jy since you kit 1 Ilia buu luve you lui nn I ao tuuit repliod Corbet I made an amount equ il II lo thirty years on my bank salary or f37ooa nn ol t tho bullivau fight t 1m I tIe a gout thug oai 1 ol Inche and I hOle to no well out lusltumuni My stage walk has paid me briler than my 11 I tint tiiiugi of course It has been based u n n my rccoul us a I1 hasher Alter this tight ha over I expect lo devote myself lu the stage I have always had unit HI 1 > m to be an actur and I believe I am a mecca as tuck lctl 1 have sovural now plays in r tor Iou I view which aro being prepared for me You are is ffmil i San from mst fighter Mr Coibell Yon seem lo understand how to mono and Invist your money Yen was the reply I hive saved some and Invested some borne ol my Inveslmeuu promise ill If they burnout lib out as I i hoio they will I will 1 be a rich man In n short 1 lime II not I stand Into In-to al lame a great deal t Hut if those I 1111 wilt still lute Jim Coibett to all back ou end he has Ironer failed me yet a rnrwea rejaZl |
