The San Francisco call., 1896-06-10

for seat nearest to Jim's corner. The
letter concluded:
81 am naturally anxious to be as close
as possible to Jim when he enters the
ring, and as my eyesight is rather weak
the nearest chair to the stage will suit me
best"
Its hardly necessary to state that the
champions father will be given the best
seat in the house, which seat will be next
to the corner where Jim will take his
minute rests between the fistic exchanges.
With the many requests for drst-class
seats the signatures of several of the most
prominent men IN society circles figure at
the emo of the letters. After Corbett's S
letter there came one from General
Barnes, who is very anxious for good
position so that he may see every
point scored in the contest. Several
prominent people from Portland, Or, will
Journey here specially to witness the bout,
and a dispatch was received yesterday
evening from a prominent sporting man
of New York, which said that party of
pleasure-hunters will start on Saturday
for San Francisco specially to see the Cor
bett and Sharkey mill.
The sale of seats will commence on Mon
to Corbett yesterday that if box seats &C.
eommodating six persons were arranged
within close view of the ring they could
be easily sold at 500 each.
The champion did not dispute the fact
that box seats would sell at good prices,
but he added that he did not propose to
give the rich men monopoly, and that
he certainly would object to any such
scheme. First come first served is the
champions S motto, and under such condi-
tions seats will be sold on Monday.
The National Club is figuring on match
ing Charles Rachette and Jack Howard.
The fighters will meet to-day and sign
articles for six-round contest to precede
the ten-round contest between Smith and
Davis.
The worlds champion pugilist, nobody
barred, not even "LanRy Bob Fitzsim-
mons, sat calm, cool and comfortable be-
hind the drawn red-plush curtains of the
private Office of his brothers saloon on
Ellis street yesterday afternoon.
The resort is always crowded when Cor
bett is around and the curtains are nearly
always pulled together when Corbett sits
there, to shut him out from the gaze of
the crowd, which will stand around and
cape in silent or noisy awe as long as the
tall form OF the young feller" who licked
Sullivan is 10 the slightest extent visible,
seemingly obliyious to what the spick and
span young men IN WDlte aprons are Jnere
for When the champion leaves the place
the crowd starts 10 follow him, bat soon
drops far behind his giants tread, which,
as compared with the length of the steps
they take are as though the champion
walked IN the seven-league boots OF fable
Corbett had just come from a cold
plunge in the saltwater swimming-tank
of the Olympic Athleuc Club. He had
mad good rundown from strong man,
preceded by some very active exercise, and
he felt good and his humor was all agIow.
Every day now the champion goes over
to the gymnasium of the Olympic Athletic
Club and exercises IN ali the ways peculiar
to the athlete as we'll as the pugilist to
get in condition for the four bouts with
the heavy weight sailor lad with the re-
Gently acquired $500 sack. In addition
to that $500 Sharkev is said to have
enough more in the same savings bank to
make the round sum $4,000. An effort was