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Show TO APRIL- 1ST Yoiins: Cortctt and Tcrnmy Mo watt' Are Matched in Chicago., Tommy Mowatt and Toung Corbett wjll meet la Chicago before the Waver-ljr Waver-ljr Athletlo club April 1st. . . Arrangements (ha.ve been pending for two or three weeks, and it flnalfy narrowed" nar-rowed" down to fhether the fighters Bhould meet before the Waverly or Battery Bat-tery D clubs. The Waverly will have the biggest capacity, and a percentage after doubtless Influenced the selection of this club. - ( The articles agreed upon stipulate that the boys weigh in at 130' pounds at 8 o'clock in the evening. In selecting Mowatt as an opponent Corbett will stack up against the hardest hard-est hitter of his weight in the vicinity of Chicago a boy that will carry the weight to him at all times and that will not "back up" when hard pinked. Tommy Tom-my may not be asf scientific as others in his division, but what he lacks in the fine points of the game he more , than makes up ;in gameness, capacity for punishment, and aggressiveness. Corbett. besides his known ring generalship, general-ship, invites fighting at close' quarters, so tlae battle has all the ear marks of bejng a regular pld-fashloned slugging The outcome of Corbetf s coming fight with Jimmy Brit wllhave no bearing on the match. - |