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Show Declares the Former Qampica Will Be In His Old Form en Next, Tuesday. ; - - ;, - Terry McGovern, according to a letter from Joe Humphreys, Is In prime condition condi-tion and feels confident of winning his fight with "Young Corbett,' which will take place In San Francisco on March 31st. N, Until Sara Harris, 'manager of Terry McGovern, reaches the coast, Humphreys Humph-reys Is looking out for the Interests of the ex-feather-welght champion. In his letter Humphreys says: "Terry began light training a week (?ognd, judging from the manner in vtifch h started to work, there is no d ubt he will be in great shape on the 3 -st. He Is doing everything possible fiat a man could do to get In first-class JLrtm, knowing that he has a hard task ' before him. "Charlie Mayhood Is superintending Terry's course of dally exercise, and I feel safe in saying that Charlie will surely have Terry more fit at this time than he sver-was before. . "I have arrangedrto have Terry box with local boys during -thenixt ten " days. This will, no doubt, make him faster, and also make his Judgment of distance nrach better than it recently was. The five weeks Terry spent at Mount Clemens' Mlch.raad a big Improvement Im-provement in him physically, and the bouts he had at Philadelphia with Bernstein Bern-stein and Maynard seem to have round-ed round-ed him Into ia old-time form. - - -i " "I can safely say that he will be the Terry of old In the ring the night he faces Corbett, and that It will surprise his most earnest supporters when they see the 'Terrible one' go. It looks to me like the biggest kind of a house, as the sports here demand the choicest seats at this early date. . ; ; ' v "We hear reports from Camp Corbett to the effect that the little lDenvertte Is training faithfully and rapidly rounding round-ing into great shape and that he feels confident of winning when he faces Terry. ' .... Terry will do the fastest kind of work for this contest, as he feels It necessary, knowing that 'Young Cor-betf Cor-betf is quick In his delivery with both hands and also In his foot work. Corbett Cor-bett does not really get the credit he Is entitled to: he is a much -ietter man than they give him credit for.' The fact that he has made such a 'pour showing In his recent battles is merely the result of his not being In condition. But he has promised that he will train faithfully faithful-ly for. Terry.- .... - "McGovern expects to win, but he has refused to state how oulckly. He feels better -than he did t'ore starling to tram for any other contest. The slight attack of grip has vanished completely and he is as well and sound as ever. You can rest assured that he wlH be . fit for the battle of his life when he meets Champion Corbett |