Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-03

New YORK, September John l..
Sullivan met with a disappointment at
the very outset of his journey TO New
Orleans. He expected to go south In
the splendid palace coach "Traveler,"
the finest on the West Shore road, but
for some unexplained reason 1T was not
attached to his train, and sullivan had
to take much more modest coach. he
spent his last day in Brooklyn very
Quietly. He fought the bag, played a
little hand ball and was rehearsed In
his new play, and that was all. His
weight was given out as 21O POUNDS.
He looks all that and more, too, but he
is as strong as he ever was, and II he Is
deficient anywhere it is in wind. There
was a large crowd at the station TO see
him off and the employees OF the railroad
gave him floral set piece which bore
the legend Good Luck" The big fell
low wore heavy sweater under MS
dark coat and had d somewhat bored
look. Some think he looks stale. lie
feels perfectly confident that he Will be
able to stop Corbett in at least four
rounds, and that he will be surprised II
the fight lasts much longer.
Jim Corbett is working regularly at
Loch Arbour, and he will continue to
do so until Saturday noon, when he
will come to this city and start for New
Orleans by the Pennsylvania and Pied
mont roads. His condition cannot be
improved, and he is very confident OF
defeating Sullivan and Of attaching the
alliterative legend champion Corbett'
to his winter show bills. The betting
here continues light. There is plenty
of Sullivan money in sight, but Cor
belts hackers are not very numerous.
Two things occurred to-day which
elated the backers Of both men. The
first was Sullivan's punching the bag
for 30 full minutes at stretch, and his
jumping the rope 500 times. The latter
exercise showed that he was strong in
wind. That which tickled the Corbett
men was Or. Pancoast's examination OF
his heart and lungs, which he pro-
nounced sound, and the declaration that
his muscles, especially those in the
back, were larger and better than Sui
livan's. The doctor gave Jim q pre-
scrintion to ward off q possible attack
OF LIolera.
Advices from President Noel, OF the
Olympic Club, before which the fight
for the championship will be contested,
quote him as saying that the club will
not tolerate draw in any Of the big
fights. President Noel says all three
contests must be square and stand-up
fighting affairs, and that as long as one
man is willing TO go on, the other must
do likewise or throw up the sponge.
The betting is somewhat one-sided,
nothing being in view but Sullivan
money. The people who want TO back
Corbett say It will be time enough to do
so when the odds are to l on Sullivan.
AL Smith. at one time manager for Sui
livan, is now a COrbett man, and will
bet sc, 900 TO $4,000 that the Callfor-
nian will win. Ridge Leveen will bet
So. 500 to S5, 900 the same way. The
brokers are betting heavily on the re-
suit, and it is estimated that New York
men alone will have $780, 900 on the af-
fair. Charley Johnston, one Of Sulli-
vans hackers, left the city with but one
regret to-day, and that was that he
could GET no one To take the $4,000 he
has to bet on the champion at odds OF
S1OO to $40.