The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-19

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-, leave for San Francisco last night as
Ss had Intended and spent thsnighs At
ma old tralnlng quarters at Cooke ranch.
Ws let, for san Erahclsco tonight. He
,Aowrd very llttle marks to'ds'. OF the
,.,rIrhmsut no received In The ring. Hi1
Swsr lip was split, and was Slightly
swollen, but there were no other marks
about him to indicate ne had Just gone
through q hard battle.
"My llpS are very thin" said Fits,
.,nd crack open without being hurt. I
tnoT that lust some blood yesterday,
XII IL did not weaken me q all, and
tsiuES looked much worse with me than
,Sey really were, There was not d time
n the night that was not sure Of vim
1isc, and in the sixth round, In which
,Sey say Chfbet had me going. ] told my
nj, was going TO lick Ccrbett TO GER
t1lpty. cav that he was able % keep
Ss head out Of my way and then began
~ las for the body and finished him
S,It as did ShRhkey. Them b no sense
Il Saying that Il mas q chance blow ana
IN that sort 90 thing, Il was Just the
lind u blow that was waiting for
chance to deliver, and when the chance
cane | sent Il home and won the hBht:
Taa, was all the chance that there was"
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1s.-When
Csrbes was told q rumor was about that
~ was dead, he was having broken
roth ,inkered with by dentist and was
nthtr tractlous
"Dead. am l." he roared in voice OF
thunder.
everyone that am the most lively corpse
you ever saw" and he shot out his hst
in pantlmine at the dentist, who retreat
ed ~ d safe distance.
CSrbstt was up bright and early this
morning. looking little the worse for
Wslr. He slept under the influence OF
nlatcs. He was la good spirits and said
NJ was feeling Hne and suffering no pain
except sllgh; distress from broken loob.
jlnI said he was ready 10 meet Fltz. any
dny for $4,000 and would tight this after
ro1n II Bob would meet him. Cprbett
bsJ breakfast served In his rooms at the
ho:el
Ma conservative estimate Sl2j,0 900 was
bet on the three fights in the local pool
ro0nls. The money was won principally
b. IKE smaller beltorJ. the talent, as a
rule. being on the wrong side. The
larger part OF the money Wagered was
placed In Corbett's pool rooms, Among
the big winners was Major Frank Nc
laughl!n, who q said 20 have cleared up
something like $4,000 on the victory OF
Fi;zSiminonS. He has been an ardent
supporter OF the Cornfshmln ever since
be came 20 America. and has on several
occasions furnished the backing for the
rtl-hCaded fighter The second biggest
winner on the fight In San Francisco Is
Adolph -SpeGkles Il is reported that he
won. over $4,000. Riley Grannan made
a good clear up, az he went to Carson
and especially 20 back Fitz and Haw-
kinS, but Ed. Puu er, The hOrseman.
missed 1; By going 10 the fight. He back
ed COIbett, while his colt Rey Del TERRA,
practically unbacked. won at the Oak
land track at nifty to one.
There was deep gloon at the
Cor5ett home on Hayes street, yesterday.
"Gentleman Jim," who Is the son Of a
livery stable keeper, formerly lived with
the family over his fathers stable. at 5lS
Hayes street That was before he be-
came famous Yesterday all hiS sisters
md 'CeuSiliS and MS RuiitS gathered IN
their home aud anXiouSly waited for
news. which came over special from
Cdvbetts room. At first they were hope
full and full OF northumberland no
group OF mourneTR was so melancholy az
they, In an upper room were gathered
inns wife. mother and sisters, Mrs.
Charles King. Mrs. John Boyd, Miss
Corhett. MlEs Kate CorbetL and Miss and
Master Corbett and 'siblster-ln law,
Mrs. Harry Corbett About 2 o'clock
there was not one OF them with dry eyes.
Their faces were swollen with weeping
and Mrs. Jim" who Is pretty. was al
mot unrecogni8ahle Not only had their
hero fallen. but the fortunes OF Coroett
as well. for It Is said that COrbett pere
put his little all on his son but has lost
syen ~. livery stable. which has afford
ed the family sustainance for many
years II was hard to see any member
OF Inc family. They had never prepared
Tor this con tlngency. and the catastrophe
fell on them as from the Sky II had
never occurred to them that Jim could
lose.
Fi:zsFmmons. the new champion puEil-
Iat Of the world. was taking things Very
easy To-day. He looked IN excellent
shane and the terrible Pounding he re-
Celyed in the ring yesterday, from Cor
belt did not show to any such extent as
might have been expected.
His lower lip-was cut quite badly ana
{. was covered literally with cours-pil
ter, but this Was the only thing ABOUT
him that gave any indication OF the or
deal ne had gone through on the preced,,
ing day. One thumb waa tied up ana
Bob explained that he had hurt II on Cor
belts head IN the first round and that Il
gave him. much trouble during the hEirt-
corbett said to the Associated Press
to-day: II don't want to say anything
more about the Tight. Hold on, though.
lust say this, VIII you. that was beat
en- fairly and GquArely and that nave
no Kick coInlng-nO complaints 10
make. And don't represent me as SICK
or diving. or even III, for am nOt--Only
chagrined at my carelesSness In the